Current Reads: Summer 2023 (June-Aug)
 

Ahhhh sweet sweet summer....lazy days, BBQs and sunshine ....
and a little reading :blink: ???

Maybe you're like me and haven't read a book in way too long?
Sooo tell us...... :)

What are your current reads right now?
Any standouts? Favorites? DNF?
or is your TBR pile just sitting there while you soak up the sun??

I have read A LOT this June :)

Current read and enjoying:
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Enjoyed:
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Ohhh I might like that first Krista. I really wish I could get back into reading more. Every time I pick up my Kindle I either have to stop for something else or I fall asleep. lol

I've been slowing down on my 2-3 audiobooks a week habit- we've just been super busy. But! I have read some great ones the month of May & so far in June:

my latest 5 star read:
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (Actually have loved ALL his books)

4 stars:
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
The lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
Did you hear about Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The Mostly true Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer
The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church

My goodreads if you want to follow ;)

My to be read list (and pile- I do still read paper books occasionally too!) is GINORMOUS, but constantly growing so I don't let that bother me too much!

I am following now
This is me: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9662441-krista

I have not been reading (listening) to nearly as much. I had started listening to books while I work but lately i'm trying to listen to focus weird playlists to see if that helps because everything is a struggle.

I haven't read anything all that standout-ish this year. I've been tired and I haven't wanted to devote myself to anything too heavy. I've been listening to mostly romance. There are a LOT of really silly miscommunication tropes in romance books lately and it drives me ABSOLUTELY bonkers every time because these people are adults and should be able to communicate like adults and not teenagers.

Currently listening to on my walks "big duke energy" by emma hart it's a
contemporary romance about a historical author who goes away to try and change scenery/get inspired and falls for a duke.

Here is my goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/395869-kristin

The Celebrants sounds really good, and I'm currently tenth in line for it.

Yesterday, I read I Will Find You by Harlan Coben. It's about a dad serving a life sentence for killing his son, and he after five years, he gets evidence that his son is still alive. It was really good, and I finished it in one day.

I'm also re-listening to the Hamish Macbeth series. I'm currently on book 34, which is the latest release that I haven't read yet, and I'm soooo sad for it to end! If you like cozy mysteries, it's a really nice series set in the highlands of Scotland.

The other thing I'm reading is a lot heavier, but it's helping me think through some of the residue of growing up in Christian purity culture. It's called Non-Toxic Masculinity, and it really hits on a lot of my own concerns about what I was taught in church about gender roles.

I love all his books!

Ok even though I'm not reading much these days I'm gonna follow your Goodreads!!!! lol
https://www.goodreads.com/author/sho...79.Kiana_Donae

Currently reading book 8 of the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley, Atlas, the Story of Pa Salt.
Absolutely loving it. Fabulous series

Just finished Identity by Nora Roberts. Couldn’t put it down.

Have Rob Lowe’s book ‘Stories I tell my friends’ waiting for me back home.

Love me a good book.

Just finished The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer today- it was really good!!!

Added it to my TBR list :)

I just started listening to Dave Grohl's book. I like it so far but nothing beats Matthew McConaughey's audiobook!!

I am reading and just finished ready Where are the Children? and Where are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark! Amazing books!!! Fast reads too

Harlen Coben's I Will Find You was a good one
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
The Soulmates by Sally Hepworth
Paper Ghosts by Julie Heberling
Little War Time Library by Kate Thompson
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

You find my book reviews at Serial Page Turner on Insta
My goodreads
Storygraph
My TBR list is a million miles long but some of the top ones are
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The House is On Fire by Rachel Beanland
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Noelle Salazar has Flight Girls and Angels of Resistance. Flight Girls was awesome

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Khavari, Kate (I met her at a historical fiction writers event)

The House of Eve by Johnson, Sadeqa

I fell in love with reading from MHC :)

I have been reading through The Southern Reach series and the Something Is Killing The Children graphic novel series.

I finished The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi at the beginning of the month and it was SO GOOD.

Next up that I am planning to read is These Violent Delights and A Wilderness of Stars.

Oh Trish, I'll have to look these up.

Love this thread!!! And I am going to go stalk ALL your Goodreads! I am currently reading Firekeepers Daughter
Ladies I will warn you that I read mostly YA lit, LOL, but here is my Goodreads.

I must follow you all on Goodreads!

It looks like I'm the odd one out, but I'm a science fiction fan. I dig hard sci-fi as well as speculative fiction; if I'm going to read fantasy, it's urban fantasy (think vampires and sexy fae rather than hobbits, trolls, and orcs).

My latest run of books has been Orson Scott Card's Enderverse. I finished Shadow Puppets (which was pretty good) and I'm about to start either Shadow of the Giant or Speaker for the Dead.

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I'm thinking about re-listening to Jeremy Robinson's Singularity (this series blew my mind!)

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And I've got Daisy Jones and the Six waiting for me, but I haven't been in the mood to start it. Instead, I've been re-listening to Kim Harrison's Hollows series. Book #17 just came out, but I started reading these 20+ years ago, so I thought I'd go back to the beginning and refresh myself.

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And if none of those speak to me, I've got book #11 of Karen Marie Moning's Fever series in my queue.

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Are there any other sci-fi readers here? Tell me what you're reading these days!

Oh I am loving this thread!

Apparently I never did anything with my goodreads account when I opened it months ago.... been adding books today.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/158470642-stacy

Off to follow you fabulous ladies and add some books to my list!

The majority of my bookshelf is kid books from my days of being a teacher.
A young adult author I was introduced to that writes amazing books is Ruta Sepetys. I linked to her goodreads page. I have read Out of the Easy, and I Must Betray You. She writes very moving historical fiction.

I like some Sci-Fy. I especially like outer space or vampire werewolf stories

I love some horror sci-fi!