My favorite part of the end of a school year and the beginning of the next one was a summer reading list. I always looked forward to the recommendations with excitement. Check out my 2008 summer reading list and feel free to add your own favorites. I am reading these right now, so don't spoil the endings if you have already read them!
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears - Dinaw Mengetsu
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert (it gets better after the first 50 pages, I promise.)
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
Bon Appetit Magazine(the best is the essay on marshmallows by Orangette.blogspot.com 's, Molly Wizenberg)