This list includes both my to-read list and recommendations (books I've read are in bold). I'd love if you share what's on your list too! Anything I should add?
1.
Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman - This one isn't available until July 13th, but I've read her writing and seen enough to know I want to read it. Pat Conroy has written a lovely review here.
2.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - the final installment in this teen trilogy following heroine Katniss in a futuristic game of a survival, I can hardly wait too see how it ends. You have time to catch up and read the first two before this hits in August.
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson - the trilogy is complete and if you can handle the brutality it's quite a ride.
4.
The 100 Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais -reading and reviewing for July - a culinary novel
5. Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman - I absolutely loved it, read more about it here.
6. The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell - bringing this one to the beach
7. Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear - there are now seven books in the series following clever investigator Maisie in post World War I England. The new one, The Mapping of Love and Death, is on my summer list, but I can recommend the whole series...that should keep you busy.
8.
True Prep by Lisa Birnbach & Chip Kidd- I can't helpmyself. I credit the 1980 Official Preppy Handbook with my love for all things pink & green and madras.
9. Into the Gauntlet, (39 Clues Book 10) by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus No.1) by Rick Riordan - had to include a couple from KWB's list. He is eager for summer and endless amounts of time to read....those were the days!
10.The winners:
April & Oliver - Aud
Saving Ceecee Honeycutt - J.J.
Thanks to all who played along - it's fun to see everyone excited to read! Don't fret - there will be another giveaway tomorrow...
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