Many businesses encourage kids to read over the summer. Many also offer incentives for meeting minimum reading requirements. Some of those requirements include a minimum number of reading minutes, and some require a minimum number of books. Often, one of the requirements is that the reading is in addition to a school summer reading list, and the two should not be the same. 

Some of these businesses include local libraries, Barnes and Noble, Books a Million, and restaurants such as Chuck E Cheese. Even Six Flags has a reading incentive program! There is a list of businesses and their incentives here. 

Personally, I get a little sad that I’m no longer eligible as an adult for any of these reading incentive programs! Sometimes I need an incentive and accountability to reach my goals! Besides, why should children have all the fun! Adults want to be rewarded too!

I made an ambitious reading list for myself last week. Many of these books have been on my nightstand or stacked on my desk or near my bed for, uh, years. I thought I would read more while I recovered from my surgery, but vision and dry eyes was a problem. Yep. There’s always an excuse. Ask me how reading off the list is still going.

Not good. I have a nursing license continuing ed class and a blogging class to do too. But, if I’m going to keep my own children reading throughout the summer, I need to do it too. I also finally feel back on my game.

My reading list is divided into four categories: Biographies, Fiction, Faith, and Business. I have listed it below, so maybe that will give me some accountability! Throughout the summer I will try to do reviews of a few of the books, at least.

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Summer 2019 Reading List

My 2019 Summer Reading List
June 15-August 31, 2019

Biographies

• No Greater Love, Levi Benkert
• West With the Night, Beryl Markham
• If I Perish, Esther Ann Kim
• Elizabeth Fry, Janet and Geoff Benge
• Hearts of Fire, Gracia Burnham

Fiction

• Treasures of the North, Tracie Peterson
• Ashes & Ice, Tracie Peterson
• Rivers of Gold, Tracie Peterson
• A Sister’s Secret, Wanda Brundstetter
• A Sister’s Test, Wanda Brundstetter
• A Sister’s Hope, Wanda Brundstetter

Faith

• A Confident Heart, Renee Swope
• Sacred Rest, Cheryl Wunderlich
• It’s Not Supposed to be This Way, Lysa Terkheurst
• Why?, Anne Graham Lotz
• Uncluttered, Courtney Ellis
• You’ll Get Through This, Max Lucado
• Fresh Out of Amazing, Stacy Thacker

Business

• Living Forward, Michael Hyatt
• You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader, Mark Sanborn
• Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastination and Get More Done in Less Time, by Brian Tracy
• Get the Duck Out of My Pond: How to Start a Business with Your Teen, Build Their Confidence and Launch Them Successfully into Adulthood, Sandy Brantley

I decided that I would encourage other children and adults to read a minimum of ten books each this summer. I am offering an incentive on my Lilla Rose with LoveLeavingLegacy business page. I’m offering a gift certificate giveaway. For every ten books above and beyond the original ten books, a lady or child (boy or girl) will be entered in a gift certificate giveaway only available through me, a Lilla Rose Independent Stylist. If you are unfamiliar with Lilla Rose, you can see more here.

Summer Reading Fun For Kids

You can find the rules for engagement for the Summer Reading Fun for Kids here and the Adult Summer Reading Fun can be found here, as well as the links to the downloadable reading trackers for each in these events.

Adult Summer Reading Fun

A guide for finding age appropriate great books for children to immerse themselves in throughout the summer, and that won’t merely tickle their ears and eyes with twaddle type reading is Honey for A Child’s Heart. The books listed are truly books that promote wonderful, thought provoking books that build minds but are fun. It has served as a wonderful resource list for our family during our 20 years of homeschooling. Reading has been an incredible strength for all six of our children. Another great thing is that it is a fabulous resource for creating a list to take to the library! Another great book for older children is Honey for a Teen’s Heart . There is even a Honey for a Woman’s Heart!

In addition, in the Summer Reading Fun for Kids, I will also share a few Back to School easy hairstyles, hair care tips, organizational ideas, and freezer meal recipes I will be using to get us all ready back into the swing of things for the first day of school. It’s hard to believe I’m talking about Back to School already! Our school year hasn’t even ended yet!

I hope you will join us!

Blessings, 

Deb