SLP Friend,

Well, aren't you the literary type! I sent out a survey asking for reading suggestions this summer and you shared some great insights:

• 70% read 1-2 books/month and 15% read 1/week!
• current fiction (45%) and historical fiction (40%) were the preferred genre

I'm summarizing the recommendations you generously shared in each category, but due to the sheer number of responses, titles that received a single vote aren't listed nor are ones that are out-of-print or hard to find. Be sure to save this email for future reference! (List contains affiliate links.)

Current Fiction

• ​Lessons in Chemistry​
• ​The Midnight Library​
• ​A Little Life​
• ​The Five Star Weekend​

Historical Fiction

• ​The Nightingale​
• ​The Household​
• ​The Women​
• ​All the Light We Cannot See​
• ​The Alice Network​
• ​The Last Bookshop in London​

Science Fiction

• ​Ender's Game series​
• ​The Giver series​
• ​Hunger Games series​
• ​Court of Thorn and Roses​

Romance (overwhelmingly listed by author)

• ​Jane Austin​
• ​Nora Roberts​
• ​Karen Kingsbury​
• ​The Notebook​
• ​The Outlander series​

Mystery/Thriller (another group listed primarily by author)

• ​Louise Penny​
• ​JD Robb​
• ​Rita Mae Brown​
• ​The Perfect Marriage​
• ​We Were Liars​
• ​Fourth Monkey trilogy​

YA

• ​Harry Potter series​
• ​The Fault in Our Starts​
• ​The Mysterious Benedict Society​
• ​Fourth Wing series​

Non-fiction (general)

• ​Deep Down Dark​
• ​Gifts of Imperfection​
• ​Amazing Grace​
• ​I am Bunny: How a Talking Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Being Human​

Memoir/Biography

• ​Becoming​
• ​Born a Crime​
• ​Educated​
• ​Night​

SLP related

• ​Whole Brain Child​
• ​Brain on Fire​
• ​Forever Boy​

Self-help

• ​Essentialism​
• ​Atomic Habits​
• ​It's Not Supposed to Be This Way​
• ​Habits of the Household​
• ​The Simple Path to Wealth​

I'm planning to read The Anxious Generation and Table for Two this summer (Gentleman in Moscow is one of my favorites). Anyone have thoughts on either of these?

I have a book....issue. If you are also looking for ways to support your habit, but save money and space consider:

• using the library
• asking a middle/high school teacher friend to loan you a few titles (many on the list are commonly assigned reading)
• buying (then reselling!) at your local second hand bookstore
• coordinating with a few friends so you each buy one new title and rotate every other week
• organize a book swap in the teachers' lounge
• getting an Audible subscription (I find mysteries particularly good on road trips)

Enjoy your long weekend! I hope you close your laptop and put down your phone and just enjoy the time off. I promise it will all be there when you pick it up again on Tuesday 😉

P.S. If you are looking for something easy to get you through the next few weeks, be sure to check out these print-and-go resources. They're also a great choice to send home for summer or extra practice:

• ​Pattern Strips for Articulation​
• ​Trace and Cut Shapes for Articulation​
• ​Category Readers​
• ​Multisyllabic Word Bundle​
• ​Coloring pages and Minibooks ​
• ​Fill-in-the-blank stories​

P.P.S. The Activity Tailor newsletter contiues during the summer months and includes special gifts and freebies for those (like me) who see students, but you need to opt-in! Click here if you don't want to miss a thing.