Summer Reading?

I ran across this summer reading challenge and found it interesting.

Read 10 books by September 21.
1 classic you've never read but always meant to
1book you've read and always wanted to reread but haven't yet
at least one book featured on AuthorsNow!
1 book outside of genres you usually read
1 "impulse" book that chatches your eye during the summer
5 others of your choosing


My choices so far:
Classic: Hmmm...I don't know which one to choose there are so many I never read I have to ponder this one
Reread: A Tale of Two Cities
Authors Now!: The Forests of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (I brought this one home from school for my summer read)
Outside my genre: Dog on It (mystery recommended twice by a teacher at school and I'm not a mystery reader at all)
Impulse book: Many of my bookstore buys are impulses, so I don't know what I'll count

Others:
The Mad Ones (saw it on Jon Stewart decided I must have)
Gentlemen--came in the new books at school, so I brought it home for the summer
Guns Germs & Steel--I started this when I thought I'd be teaching world history next year now I need to finish it
Thirteen Reasons Why--the kids at school love this one and my niece read it in one night.
Year of Wonders--I've read other books by this author and liked them. I've already started this one.

Summer has arrived!

Summer vacation is upon me and I've spent these first five days sick with a cold. Today's the first day back on the computer and I'm playing catch up with my google reader, email and other social tools. My plans? ASCD conference in Houston next week on formative assessment. Some time spent developing my Web 2.0 skills. I've got the blogging and the reading down, now what's next? A way to organize those websites I want to remember. Revamping the library webpage to make it more student appealing....I don't know exactly.

Two things I found today in my catch up...

Save the Words--http://www.savethewords.org/ Fun to play with. Turn on your sound it's even more fun.

Digital Wish List http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home--reminds me of donors choose. I put a flip video camera on my wish list. We'll see.

Happy summer...once I feel better.