I just can't get into reading in the summer. The kids love being outside and watching them grow up is cool unlike my eldest who grew up in Germany. I am going to hit those books you have suggested Dalyn sometime later on this year.
I was looking that list of books you posted in this thread.
Battlefield Earth - the original, not the re-edited version was a great story until it got really stupid.
Firefly - Piers Anthony - pretty decent for his odd writing style
Weaveworld - Clive Barker - an underrated book that is very good
Growing up I liked Jay Bennett, Mable Ester Allen and don't laugh, Phyllis Whitney. During the day I played sports like normal kids, but at night, I would curled up on the couch reading until I fell asleep.
The staple was Allen and Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, until I persuaded the librarian to allow me to read Jay Bennett books at 13.
Also I read a lot of King's short stories under his pseudonym Bachman, which includes the classics Running Man, The Walk et al.