Book It! for Adults

I am trying to challenge myself to read as much as I can this August/September recess because I never have time when Congress is in session. It is a challenge worthy of the Book It program from my early days where you would get the free Pizza Hut pan pizza if you read so many books. So far I've read Pillars of the Earth, The Girl Who Played with Fire and Club Dead. Right now I am in the middle of The Forever War. I went a little crazy with checking out books and buying books (see picture on the left) for our week beach vacation, but I think its something I was born with.

In elementary school, one of my favorite times of year was when the book fair came. We got a flyer a few weeks ahead of time and I would go through every title and mark every book I was interested in. I would then tell my mom how much money I needed to buy these books at the book fair. She would always let me buy what I wanted and I remembered being upset if a book that was in the flyer wasn't at the fair for some reason. I do remember one year my mom pushing back a little at the amount of books I wanted--I think I asked for $40, which does seem like a lot of money to give a kid in elementary school, but it was for one of the nerdiest things of all--to buy books.

Still a nerd, my goal is 3 books this week (what else can I do when I laying out on the beach?) The trouble is figuring out which ones to bring. I can get a bit finicky, so I need lots of choice. I'll admit, I'll probably pick up the Charlaine Harris book since you can read those so fast. An easy one. Have a recommendations among these choices? After these three, am I worthy of a pan pizza or at least a gold star?