July & August 2018

My favorite reads from July and August, organized by mood.  I’ve linked my more in-depth reviews wherever possible!

  • For that author who just gets life as a 20-something: The Bucket List by Georgia Clark
  • For the reader who just can’t get enough of cults: The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
  • For the spooky short stories that will keep you up at night: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
  • For the historical fiction lover who wants to learn about an event they’ve maybe never heard of: Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard
  • For the high school love stories that will tug at your heart again and again: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (1, 2, & 3) by Jenny Han
  • For the story you’ll remember forever: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  • For when you need a reminder that females are strong as hell: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
  • For a beautiful intertwinement of friendship and music: The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
  • For the letter writer: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
  • For the new love gone so, so wrong: Ghosted by Rosie Walsh

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TBR: Labor Day Weekend

As always, I’ve packed way more books than I need for our Labor Day weekend trip. If you need some packing inspiration, my reads are organized by vibe below!

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Tell Me Lies

Thank you to the lovely people at Book Sparks for my copy of Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering.  All thoughts and images are my own.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Tell Me Lies
Author: Carola Lovering
Genre: Fiction
Pub date: June 12, 2018
Read if you like: toxic relationships (think Gone Girl, Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey) and references to the music of Fleetwood Mac. Continue reading

Meet Me at the Museum

Thank you to the lovely people at Flatiron Books for my copy of Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson.  All thoughts and images are my own.  If you’d like to win a copy of this book, see rules for entry on this instagram post.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Meet Me at the Museum
Author: Anne Youngson
Genre: Epistolary fiction
Pub date: August 7, 2018
Read if you like: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Euphoria, the poetry of Seamus Heaney. Continue reading

Visible Empire

Thank you to the lovely people at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for my copy of Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard.  All thoughts and images are my own.

THE DETAILS:

Title: Visible Empire
Author: Hannah Pittard
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pub date: June 5, 2018
Read if you like: learning about historical events you’ve (maybe) never heard of. Continue reading