End of school year reading

Greetings to my fellow reader! 

I have been out of school for a week now. Alhamdulillah, I had a great school year and I really enjoyed our American literature class. My teacher was super sweet and I will miss being in her class. 

We read three full books in my class but many more short stories, essays, and poems. The three books we read were The Great Gatsby, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Red Badge of Courage.

I enjoyed reading The Great Gatsby most but the other two were okay. 

Anyways, earlier in the year I made myself a small list comprimising thirty titles I wanted to read this year. I'd say the majority are classics but I also have some contemporary ya novels that I want to read. So far, I have read about four of them. Below is a list of books I want to read this summer:

Moby Dick

Frankenstien (re-read)

Life of Pi

Arabian Nights

Layli and Majnun

As I have mentioned before on here, my goal this year is to read at least forty books. I'm on track so far but I fear that I may not be able to finish 9 books in the summer as my goal would require me too. However, I am currently reading two, Bird Summons and Layli and Majnun so hopefully I can finish those before we leave for Morocco, Insha Allah.  

The American Bookslayer xx