My 2014 Summer Reading List

So, it's no secret... I have a lot of books in my room that I still haven't read. Therefore, I decided to make a TBR (To Be Read) list that then becomes a Summer Reading List. I will try to read as many of these books as possible over the summer period. I've not been reading as much lately since I'm taking part in Camp NaNoWriMo and am over half way through writing my novel.
(Well, I'm half way through my suggested word count but I feel the first draft of the novel itself will definitely be over 50,000 words)
Once I'm done writing the first draft I'll hope to keep writing so that I can continue reading and work towads completing my 2014 Reading Challenge where I try to read a total of 30 books in the year. The summer will be a crucial reading period that will surely impact whether or not I finish my target.

So, here are some of the books I'd like to try and finish over the Summer:

• Bird Box by Josh Malerman (currently reading)
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
• Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews
• Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
• What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Lips Touch by Laini Taylor
• The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall
• A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
• Nameless by Lili St Crow
• Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
• The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice
• The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• Orange Is The New Black: My Time In A Woman's Prison by Piper Kerman
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman
• Taipei by Tao Lin
• King Crow by Michael Stewart

The "To Read" List.

After my last Bucket List style post I decided to write down books from my existing "To Read" list and some more than I've considered in the past but hadn't added until this point. Any suggestions for good books? Leave them in the comments, I'll try to get around to reading them.

1. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice
2. Tipping The Velvet - Sarah Waters
3. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
4. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
5. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
6. Last Exit to Brooklyn - Hubert Selby
7. When I Was Five I Killed Myself - Ernst Kemmer
8. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
9. Looking For Alaska - John Green
10. Nineteen-Eighty Four - George Orwell
11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
12. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
13. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
14. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
15. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
16. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
17. Violin - Anne Rice
18. Angel Time - Anne Rice
19. The Feast of All Saints - Anne Rice
20. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 
21. Paper Towns - John Green
22. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
23. Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green
24. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
25. Animal Farm - George Orwell
26. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
27. Mort - Terry Pratchett 
28. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
29. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
30. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
31. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
32. The Goddess Experience - Gisele Scanlon
33. A Street Cat Named Bob - James Bowen
34. Twilight Time - Simon Crump
35. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - Fannie Flagg
36. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
37. Unfinished Tales - J.R.R Tolkien
38. Children of Hurin - J.R.R Tolkien
39. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
40. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
41. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons (Well, I just want to finish it)
42. The Small Hand - Susan Hill
43. Beloved - Toni Morrison
44. Unless - Carol Shields
45. The Hero Always Wins - Robert Eaton
46. Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? - Dan Bucatinsky
47. Merrick - Anne Rice
48. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
49. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
50. The Beauty Detox Solution - Kimberly Snyder (started, but want to finish)

I also want to sit down and re-read The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit and maybe the Harry Potter series as they have brought me so much joy. 

I also intend to complete George R.R Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. I never wanted to read ahead because I have enjoyed the suspense of the show so much, I'm not even someone who watches that much television, but I can't deal with all the spoilers on the internet or people assuming I've read it and blurting out a massive plot spoiler from later books. It shall be done.

What was the last book you read?
Best book you ever read?
Any books to recommend?