Beach Reads Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I love a good beach read during the summer. I really try to prioritize these each summer but as always, the season gets away from me. This happens during the fall and winter when I want to read fantasy books and never do lol. I thought I would split this between some recent reads that I’d recommend for your beach-time reading while we still have time, and the books I hope to squeeze in August and early September! Recent Faves While IT’S A LOVE STORY isn’t my fave Monaghan, it still was a four-star read and very enjoyable this summer. DEAD OF SUMMER is my one mystery/thriller rec from this summer because it definitely fits the beach read vibe if you’re not a romance reader. I always enjoy a Maxwell though I don’t know if everyone else does! ONE GOLDEN SUMMER was such a perfect, classic summer read – Fortune is an auto-buy now. I’ll always recommend an Emily Henry and GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE is no exception. It’s not the most summer-forward compared to other books because of the historical aspect to it but it absolutely has those elements (beach town, warm […]

Books Set in Connecticut and Maine Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I track book settings on Goodreads shelves and two of them are books set in Connecticut and books set in Maine. These are my two “home states” for the most part and I love reading books that are there! I thought I would share some books in those two settings. These are all books I’ve read and recommend! Connecticut Books Maine Books

Anticipated Reads for EOY (Jul-Dec) Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I love posts like this to see what is going on for the remainder of the year. I’m surprised to see I currently have no books planned for December but I’m sure they’ll pop up as the year progresses! I usually don’t include my egalleys on here because they’re not “anticipated” when I have them on my ereader, right? But I like advertising all the goods! Note: I already read DEAD OF SUMMER by Jessa Maxwell – that would be featured in my July section otherwise. I drafted this in early July so there’s a chance more books get read before this goes live too 😉 July   August   September   October   November

Summer TBR Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I’ve posted a number of summery things lately (summer reading challenges, summery books on my general reading list, and summer TBR/bucket list) but thought I would use this TTT to share the summer TBR graphic I shared on Instagram.

Summery Books on my List Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. My friend reached out to me the other day and was looking for recommendations on a classic summer read – boardwalks, small town vibes, beaches, cottages, ice cream, etc. – all of the books I used to love reading within the YA age target. Think Carley Fortune and Emily Henry for adult books and Jenny Han for young adult. There are still a number of YA books on my list that I should read for the nostalgia and all the feels. I thought I’d share some new and old summery reads that are on my list that I may dive into.  

Springy Covers Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I’m a huge sucker for a book with flowers and cute springy vibes! These are some of my favorites from the last couple of years, including books releasing soon.

Spring TBR (Late Post) Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I never miss a TBR post, except apparently this month. I haven’t been keeping up with blogging too much lately. In any case, I can’t actually skip a seasonal TBR! Here’s my late Spring TBR Upcoming Releases: April Upcoming Releases: May   Released & to Read in Spring

Books that Feature… Time Travel / Parallel Universes / Time Loops Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I’m a huge fan of books that feature time travel, parallel universes, alternate realities, etc. – the list goes on. I have a shelf on Goodreads for tracking “parallel timey stuff” for this reason, and have written countless blog posts about it: here and here to start. I thought this post could be fun since I haven’t written one in a while! I’ll feature books on my TBR that fall into these categories as well as some tried-and-true favorites for recommendations. Timey TBR Books I did my best to categorize these but obviously there’s some overlap for certain books. I consider there to be 4-5 main categories of timey-wimey books and will explain them in each section below! Time Loops / Groundhog Day This one involves someone repeating the same day or week etc. over and over again, like the movie Groundhog Day. I’ve read quite a few of these books but none SUPER nail it for me. There are a lot of directions the author can go with the ending but usually there’s something the person needs to learn before resuming life again. […]

Love Freebie: Fave Recent & Upcoming Covers Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. As always, you can count on me doing a book cover-related post when there’s a freebie! This “love freebie” will include book covers I love (recent releases and upcoming books).