Jealous of Summer Reading Lists

This is the summer reading list from the high school across the street from me. It's not the high school I went to though. I couldn't find one for mine. Not all that surprising, really, but that's besides the point.

My point is, I don't remember my summer reading lists looking anything like this. Not even close. What a great choice of books! All I remember from my summer reading lists were "classic" books and adult contemporary stuff. Maybe a couple of Stephen Kings if we were lucky. Granted YA wasn't then what it is now but it's not like it didn't exist.

It makes me happy to see reading lists like this. To me it shows that the people making these lists are keen to what kids actually want to read and what might actually appeal to them as opposed to stuffing 500 page novels in 6-point font down their throats over their summers. I can't tell you how happy I was when I saw this.

For those of you out of high school, do you remember your summer reading lists being this cool? For those of you who had to do summer reading, did your list look like this or was it more . . . rigid?