Today is Labor Day. September is here and, while I love a long weekend as much as anyone, this one always feels a little bittersweet. It's hard to say good-bye to summer... even though I really love fall! And this has been one great summer. We attended family weddings, a bridal shower, graduation parties, traveled to NYC twice, three times to central NY, once to both Pittsburg and Philadelphia, plus we had an amazing week in Santa Fe.
A side effect of all that travel (in addition to Covid!) was a summer of scarce reading time. I've only finished ten books since Memorial Day... BUT the quality of those books has, for the most part, been outstanding! The other notable aspect of my summer reading was that I made a "priority tbr list" in May and actually read 7 of the 10 books on it. I'm sure that's a record! It seems like I usually only manage a few.
To recap, here is my SUMMER 2024 PRIORITY TBR LIST:
✅ Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin - nonfiction, summer project read, 5/5 stars
✅ Horse by Geraldine Brooks - 4.5/ 5 stars
✅ Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González - 4.5/ 5 stars
✅ The Annotated Persuasion by Jane Austen, David M. Shapard -classic, 5/5 stars
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
✅ How to Read a Book by Monica Wood - new release, 4/5 stars
✅ September by Rosamunde Pilcher - buddy read, 4.5/ 5 stars
✅ The Bodyguard by Katherine Center - romance, 3/5 stars
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
I still want to read the three books I didn't get to over the summer. Maybe this fall.
ADDITIONAL SUMMER READS
Sandwich by Catherine Newman - a new release, 4/5 stars
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro - for Women in Translation Month - 5/5
Dayswork by Christopher Bachelder, Jennifer Habel - book club selection - 3/5
MY SUMMER FAVORITES
How was your summer reading season? What were your favorite books?
