đŹ what are we reading this summer?
we need some book recs!
Welcome to our monthly neighborhood chat. This oneâs light and open to all readers, so I hope youâll jump in! And if youâre not a subscriber to WAGO (Weâre All Getting Older) yet, what are you waiting for? đ
For a while there, I couldnât get myself to finish a book. Iâd start one, put it aside after a few pages, then pick another, only to do the same thing! So frustrating!
A friend suggested maybe I needed to switch things up a bit and try something different. Something light, in time for summer, and also to counter-balance all the heaviness out there in the world.
Found myself reaching out to cozy British womenâs fiction (not the usual genre I read) and fell in love with a couple of books by Rachael Lucas. Read it out of sequence (didnât know it was a series!), starting with the fifth book first (The Cottage By The Shore), then picking up the first one (The Winter Cottage). Anyhow, theyâre just the ticket. The kind of light reading that makes you smile.
â´ď¸ Have you noticed a difference in your reading preference in Summer (or this particular Summer)? What are you reading? Whatâs hitting, whatâs not? What are you falling in love with (or falling out of)? Or maybe youâre in a reading slump of your own? That counts too. Letâs compare notes.
I needed a light read, so I picked up Sandwich, by Catherine Newman. Delightful! It's about menopause and motherhood and family and adult children and an annual family vacation at the beach. Funny and touching. I missed it when I was done.
I've read and listened to several things this summer. Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott), Such a Bad Influence (Olivia Muenter), Everything is Tuberculosis (John Green), Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy), Part of Your World (Abby Jimenez), A Different Kind of Power (Jacinda Arden), The great Alone (Kristen Hannah). It's all over the place, but it keeps things interesting! I read based on what's ready for me at the library.