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Monday, June 29, 2015

Life Lately: Summer Reading Edition

Life lately has been all about reading. I've finally gotten into the groove where I can have everyone in bed and house picked up by 9pm. Then I take a shower, get in bed and read for an hour or so. It's been fantastic. It's a couple of hours a week where I am lost in a character's story. I read rather quickly so I read about two books a week. Right now I am finishing up The Girl on the Train.


I can't stop recommending this book to everyone I know! If you haven't read it, you really need to! I haven't even finished reading it and I am obsessed. I hate having to close the book and actually go to bed. This has been my favorite read of the year!



Next up will be "How To Raise an Adult." I am not about parenting books. I think I have only read one other parenting book in my lifetime but after reading a review of this book on Tamara's blog, I am curious to see what the author has to say.



I love a good beach read and Elin Hilderbrand books are perfect beach reads. I read The Matchmaker and loved it. I can't wait to get to The Rumor!



I can't wait until Go Set A Watchman is released on July 14th. I already pre-ordered and will probably spend all my hours gobbling it up. I LOVED LOVED LOVED To kill a Mockingbird and have probably read it at least 20 times so I am really looking forward to reading about the characters when they come together twenty years later!



I love french life books and am looking forward to this fun one: French Women For All Seasons. This book is from the same author as French Women Don't Get Fat which was great. These are fun, quick reads for me but I am obsessed with french women and will read #allthebooks!


Sidenote: I spend a small fortune on books. I don't do Kindles. I need to read an actual book. I love the smell of books. I have been a reading nerd my whole life!

So tell me: Have you read any of these books? What's on your summer reading list?






21 comments:

  1. Looks like a few different books up my alley! I love summer reading, in the sun - on my patio - or at the beach (If I can find one)! Thanks for the book ideas!

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  2. Sounds like some great books. I will check some of them out.

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  3. I was not aware that Harper Lea wrote another book! I loved "To kill a mockingbird" when I was in grade school. Will have to read this :)

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  4. Your routine at night sounds delightful! I love books by Elin Hilderbrand. I haven't read The Rumor yet - thanks for the great list!

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  5. Thank you so much for these recommendations! I'm currently reading The Book Thief, but I have The Girl on the Train sitting on my nightstand to read this summer, too.

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  6. Great list of books. I've read a couple of these and they were very good.

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  7. What a great selection. These would be perfect reads to read sitting by the pool!

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  8. Oh I will have to see if I can get these on my kobo. I have been reading up a storm on mine and need to keep loading more! - Jeanine

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  9. I have not read any of these books but I would love to read The Girl on the Train. I think that is one I will grab for myself for this summer. I don't read enough but I also like to read the actual book.

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  10. I love reading, too. I have to do it in spurts... read a bunch and then none for awhile... because I get obsessed and can't put them down! I'd love to check out some of these.

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  11. These are ALL Tamara books! Yay! I can't wait to read Girl on the Train. I have it on my desk waiting for me.

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  12. I'm an avid reader as well! My daughter is going to the 2nd grade and we're reading chapter books together this summer!

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  13. I've heard of a couple of these. I'm going to have to look into that newly published Harper Lee manuscript.

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  14. I loved To Kill A Mockingbird and will definitely be reading this 20yr later addition! Harper Lee is such a talented author that was way before his time!

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  15. I'm reading Sacred Marriage right now. I love holding book as well but with the way my days are set up I"m using Audible more and more now.....

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  16. I am currently reading Girl on The Train and had to put it away or I'd be up all night trying to finish it. Great titles you have here.

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  17. I too am anxious to read the new Harper Lee book. After all the wait and hype, it has got to be good. To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite books of all time!

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  18. I thought i commented so if this is a duplicate, never mind me. I'm just so excited about that new Harper Lee book!

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  19. these are all new ones to me, I will have to look for them at the library tomorrow

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  20. I am not an avid reader, in fact the reading I do consists of blogs and science articles, but I will say that I thoroughly enjoy a good book when I am vacationing on a beach and these look promising.

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  21. I was more than a little excited to hear Harper lee had a new book coming out! I pre-ordered and can't wait! As a book junkie, how could you not, right??

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