So here are all of my summer reads, all together in one spot. Since we were traveling half of the summer, I listened to a lot of these books on the Overdrive app while I was driving, editing photos, or just chilling and playing Candy Crush. I’ve never played Candy Crush but downloaded the app promising to take it off my phone when I came home, which I have done. It really was such a fun way to unwind and get a lot of reading in.
The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || Mystery/Thriller. One of Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Picks. A journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Loved It
What’s It About || The haunting tale of a widower that loses his wife and remarries shortly after. The story is told through the eyes of his young bride as she enters the world of his first wife Rebecca and navigates the mystery that unfolds.
How Did You Read It || Kindle
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || The story of a girl who refuses to eat, reported she hasn’t eaten for months, and the mystery that surrounds it. I was very interested in the outcome, but it did have some disturbing moments.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || The story of a girl who refuses to eat, reported she hasn’t eaten for months, and the mystery that surrounds it. I was very interested in the outcome, but it did have some disturbing moments.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
The Dry by Jane Harper
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Mystery/Thriller. Another of Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Picks. This was a story of Federal Agent Aaron Falk who arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. The story unravels as Aaron is asked to look into Luke’s death and the past begins to reveal itself as the story unfolds.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Mystery/Thriller. Another of Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Picks. This was a story of Federal Agent Aaron Falk who arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. The story unravels as Aaron is asked to look into Luke’s death and the past begins to reveal itself as the story unfolds.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
I See You by Clare Mackintosh
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || Mystery/Thriller. Yes, another of Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Picks. The story of a woman who discovers a advertisement in the classifies is leading to the disappearance and death of the women advertised there.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || Mystery/Thriller. Yes, another of Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Picks. The story of a woman who discovers a advertisement in the classifies is leading to the disappearance and death of the women advertised there.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Prudencia Prim is a young woman of intelligence and achievement, with a deep knowledge of literature and several letters after her name. But when she accepts the post of private librarian in the village of San Ireneo de Arnois, she is unprepared for what she encounters there. Such a fun read. The writing style is enchanting and feels like it could have been written in Jane Austen’s time.
How Did You Read It || Hard Copy, Library
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Prudencia Prim is a young woman of intelligence and achievement, with a deep knowledge of literature and several letters after her name. But when she accepts the post of private librarian in the village of San Ireneo de Arnois, she is unprepared for what she encounters there. Such a fun read. The writing style is enchanting and feels like it could have been written in Jane Austen’s time.
How Did You Read It || Hard Copy, Library
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. This was a memoir of sorts and I enjoyed how Hope Jahren made science, trees, and flowers come to life through its pages.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. This was a memoir of sorts and I enjoyed how Hope Jahren made science, trees, and flowers come to life through its pages.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || In Whitehead’s ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor—engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. It is a heartbreaking story as Cora and Caeser attempt to escape from their white slaveholders and hope for a better life.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || In Whitehead’s ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor—engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. It is a heartbreaking story as Cora and Caeser attempt to escape from their white slaveholders and hope for a better life.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || The story of time travel, Jane Austen, and love.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || The story of time travel, Jane Austen, and love.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides. Brette has the ability to see ghost and the story unfolds as it takes you from present day to the past.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides. Brette has the ability to see ghost and the story unfolds as it takes you from present day to the past.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
The Daughter’s Walk by Jane Kirkpatrick
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || My first Jane Kirkpatrick’s novel. In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within seven months in an effort to earn $10,000. Bringing along her nineteen year-old daughter Clara, the two made their way on the 3500-mile trek by following the railroad tracks and motivated by the money they needed to save the family farm. Historical fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick picks up where the fact of the Estbys’ walk leaves off to explore Clara’s continued journey.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || My first Jane Kirkpatrick’s novel. In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within seven months in an effort to earn $10,000. Bringing along her nineteen year-old daughter Clara, the two made their way on the 3500-mile trek by following the railroad tracks and motivated by the money they needed to save the family farm. Historical fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick picks up where the fact of the Estbys’ walk leaves off to explore Clara’s continued journey.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || Her memoir, funny stories of her life and success.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || So, So
What’s It About || Her memoir, funny stories of her life and success.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) by Jacqueline Winspear
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Another Maisie Dobbs book. In this novel we find Maisie Dobbs trying to locate a person that is truly disturbed and seeking revenge against society at large. He is using deadly gas to kill his victims. Maisie must use her intelligence and compassion to find this killer. I’m so enjoying this series, so well written and I love that it is set between World War I and World War II in England.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
Loved It, Liked It, So So, Not For Me || Liked It
What’s It About || Another Maisie Dobbs book. In this novel we find Maisie Dobbs trying to locate a person that is truly disturbed and seeking revenge against society at large. He is using deadly gas to kill his victims. Maisie must use her intelligence and compassion to find this killer. I’m so enjoying this series, so well written and I love that it is set between World War I and World War II in England.
How Did You Read It || Audiobook, Overdrive
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