I'm not going down the "there's nothing like a good old page turner on a white sand beach in the summer" road on this one, mostly because when it's summer in most places around the world, in my hemisphere it's rainy season. However, every summer, or every winter in my case, when everyone else is getting excited about spending a month at the beach, I get excited about newly released titles. Early may I begin browsing summer reading lists, from Buzzfeed to The Huff Post to Lauren Conrad's. I mostly stick to chick-lit, so if your are looking for deep, philosophical, life altering reads; yeah this might not be the list you're looking for. If, however, you are looking to disconnect from your own troubles, and have a peek inside fictional, girly, fun and relatable character's lives, you might just enjoy these.
These are my summer picks, three of which I've already breezed through.
These are my summer picks, three of which I've already breezed through.
Click on each title for book reviews, plot summaries and to buy directly on Amazon.
I love anything Emily Giffin, but never in a million years would I have thought I would make it through a novel about and around college football, and little did I imagine I would actually enjoy it. Well, I did. I can already picture Kevin Costner playing a mature sexy Coach Clive Carr in an imaginary big screen adaptation.
Other Emily Giffin Oldies but Goodies:
SOMETHING BORROWED SERIES (If you ever saw the film adaptation, please forget it even exists and give this three book series a chance. The dil doesn't do justice to any of the three books!)
I must confess this one is still in the process of being devoured, and I must say I am currently fascinated with Allison Weiss 's struggle with her prescription drugs habit, and what I think might be Jennifer Weiner's best work to date.
This is the first novel I've ever read by Straub, and must say I enjoyed every turn of the page. Join The Posts on their family vacation to Mallorca, as the secrets of this slightly dysfunctional family are unveiled.
4. The Matchmaker, Elin Hilderbrand
You know it's summer when a new Elin Hilderbrand novel hits the stands; the queen regent of the easy-breezy summer read: as The New York Post calls her. Okay, after reading plot summaries and reviews, this might not exactly turn out to be a ''light read'. Filled with tragedy, lost love and heartbreak, you'll be transported as in most of Hilderbrand's novels, to the idyllic island setting of Nantucket, where Dabney Kimball Beech, who has a gift for matchmaking, has lived all her life, and now encounters her own past choices and second chances.
This novel was actually released in march, and read it literally in four days. I completely forgot to shower, as it usually occurs when I begin reading anything Jane Green. A complex and honest story of love, infidelity, family and ultimately of redemption, as a happily married forty-two year old Gabby has an affair and changes everything for her family.
Other Jane Green MUST-READS:
Happy Reading!
XO
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