Books are a big part of my life all year ’round, but kicking off summer with a reading challenge has always been my favorite tradition. There’s something about that first day with the A/C on that makes me wild for a trip to the library…

That being said, it’s a lot easier for me to stay focused when there’s some sort of incentive attached, which is why I decided to participate in Middle Grade Carousel‘s first official #BookADayMay challenge!

My #BookADayMay

(links will take you to Goodreads)

1. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George 💛
2. The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke 💛
3. Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
4. Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon by Lisa Papademetriou
5. Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers 💛
6. Summer Reading is Killing Me! by Jon Scieszka
7. The Ink Drinker by Eric Sanvoisin
8. Explorer: The Mystery Boxes (anthology)
9. Ibby’s Magic Weekend by Heather Dyer 💛
10. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor by Donald J. Sobol
11. Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris 💛
12. The Moon in My Windowbox by Prue FitzGerald
13. The School Story by Andrew Clements
14. Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell
15. Ginger Pye by Eleanore Estes
16. Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine 💛
17. The Half-A-Moon Inn by Paul Fleischman 💛
18. Indigo by Alice Hoffman
19. Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy by Barbara Park
20. Special Gifts by Cynthia Rylant
21. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner 💛
22. Miss Daisy is Crazy! by Dan Gutman
23. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier 💛
24. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
25. Beyond the Laughing Sky by Michelle Cuevas
26. The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver & H. C. Chester 💛
27. The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
28. Where Triplets Go, Trouble Follows by Michelle Poploff
29. The Basilisk’s Lair by R. L. LaFevers 💛
30. Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
31. The Light at Tern Rock by Julia L. Sauer

💛 = I REALLY liked it.

As a bonus, I was able to count some of my #BookADayMay reading toward my monthly book bingo, which earned me a quadruple bingo! I do believe that beats out my previous record.

What are your summer reading plans?