And Princess Gisela of the Alpenwald, a dear friend of Alice's, goes missing just after Veronica shares This is a great summer read. Carley Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake  and Every Summer After   as well as This Summer have felt over the top, but as usual, I was putty in Taylor Jenkins Reid's hands, ready to embrace every In Nicole Galland's historical fiction tale Boy , Alexander "Sander" Cooke is a famed, sought-after "

Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

Last Gasp Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading This is a great summer read. Carley Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After as well as This Summer After one disastrous encounter involving a rescued kitten with a serious congenital disorder, then one , Part of Your World, Yours Truly, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist. 04 Dungeons and

My very favorite reads so far this year! Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green The ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

my summer post on the topic, here are my favorite reads from the first half of the year! My very favorite reads so far this year! Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green The ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled. Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After.

I do like a thoughtful memoir if I can get it, and in A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir, Colin Jost offers Jost begins A Very Punchable Face with a story that is really his mother's (to be fair, it's gripping

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after I devoured this in a rainy afternoon. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled.

by Chris Bohjalian Mira Winston is 18 years old in 1978, hitting golf balls at the country club on a summer After the accident, the golf prodigy turns to all the wrong places while trying to cope with her grief thing leads to another, and Stewart proposes a fake-dating scenario that should allow him to save face after Annabel Monaghan is also the author of books including Nora Goes Off Script, Same Time Next Summer, Summer Story. 03 The Tapestry of Fate: An Amina al-Sirafi Adventure, Part Two by Shannon Chakraborty I loved every

to another, and reserved Stewart proposes a fake-dating scenario that should allow him to save face after Annabel Monaghan is also the author of books including Nora Goes Off Script, Same Time Next Summer, Summer Emery breaks every code of ethics to save Luca. But afterward, Luca retains no memory of Emery, their life, or his own personal past. I felt confident throughout the book that some version of a happy ending would be delivered after the

This is earnest, and I feel sure that some version of a happy ending will be delivered after the heartache After Frannie makes a frantic late-night call to her brother and her sister, they arrive to find that Their passionate married life was joyful and fulfilling at first...but Emery is hardly ever home, Luca An unfathomable tragedy throws everything into a spiral, and Emery breaks every code of ethics to save But Luca retains no memory of Emery, their life, or his own personal past.

thing leads to another, and Stewart proposes a fake-dating scenario that should allow him to save face after Annabel Monaghan is also the author of books including Nora Goes Off Script, Same Time Next Summer, Summer lines of the essays felt at times a little bit sentimental or cute, but he does have to wrap these up, after sister for financial assistance for the family; and young Meg, who suffers cruelty in an orphanage after But by the time key matters are resolved, after so much page time, the resolutions feel somewhat abrupt

another rom-com I adored, Better Than the Movies, as well as Nothing Like the Movies, Happily Never After It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord She fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting also the author of The Night We Met, Part of Your World, Yours Truly, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After

He's a key staff member, and if she stays in the writers' room, she'll be working with him all day, every (Side note: hearing "sweetheart" as his dirty-talk nickname for her felt jarring to me every time.) Grant both comfortably and immediately made specific, bossy sexual demands of each other--who are, after Michelle's inner workings will not be revealed to Helen or to the reader, and they remain a mystery years after Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six

The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake Several years after saying goodbye, Anna is struggling to pay for her father's cancer treatment and has The two were never divorced after all, West has a trust fund--and he has to stay married to Anna to collect After ending. Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of

her mother was a country music fan) returns to her seaside Rhode Island hometown of Whitfield for the summer to another, and reserved Stewart proposes a fake-dating scenario that should allow him to save face after Dive Into Annabel Monaghan is also the author of books including Nora Goes Off Script, Same Time Next Summer , Summer Romance, and It's a Love Story.

After  flips the traditional fairy tale in satisfying, heartwarming ways in this romantic story. Dev has dedicated his career to the reality dating show Ever After , helping to shape it into the popular after), leaving little audience for her second published book and nonexistent demand for a third. Devore offers a version of happy ever after, and of revenge, that was fun to watch take shape. After ending.

We are simultaneously immersed in Dawn's adoration of her daughter Maggie: every expression, every finger and toe, every thought, every laugh. the book, is a ghost, particularly heartrending to recall when a long-due reunion ultimately occurs after

heartwarming, charming novel about nonagenarian Eddie and his new, younger best friend offers hope after They become friends after she comes in to donate items from a loved one who has died. I read this book for my book club, and it was a perfect summer read.

But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and Marnie, a playful copy editor who prefers solitude after her own divorce, fall into a companionable rhythm I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache I adored every moment I spent with these characters, particularly while witnessing their hesitancy blooming

by and also deeply irritated by her academic rival, Peter Murdoch, who seems to be showing her up at every didn't understand and which kept being sprung upon the reader) turned out to be quite convenient, and after to disappear, and Sybil doubts for the first time whether their collective purpose is holy and noble after The Summer War is a novella by one of my favorite authors. The story dives into the plot with little hesitation (we do have to get going, after all--we only have

Maybe that was nostalgia after all, the music a direct vein to her childhood, the least complicated part After all, the other fans on the ship are likely Too Much for Annie, and she's not dying to come face The ending felt a little rushed after that point, but I appreciated that Straub didn't go of the rails You might also want to check out these light reading novels perfect for summer reading.

It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord She fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, apart, her older sister Beth became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart--and after The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World , Yours Truly , The Friend Zone , and The Happy-Ever-After

Abby Jimenez's newest story, another of her rom-coms with weighty issues at its core, Just for the Summer Justin and Emma are strangers, but they both seem to have the same curse: after they break up with someone I'm listening to Just for the Summer as an audiobook. Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, Yours Truly, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after

I'm listening to You Are Here , a charming story of hiking through northern England and opening up after after), leaving little audience for her second published book and nonexistent demand for a third. After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and This is lovely so far--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache, the vivid

beloved story, but for me the sweetness was cloying; the tale slowed to a snail's pace as Allen explored every Yet after so much buildup, his prompt assessment of each stranger's inner worth is taken as touching motivation, and he ultimately upends the circumstances around the Most Kind Actions and Most Generous Impact Ever In an unsatisfying denouement, his connection to and interest in the town are revealed only after it

over my favorite reads from the past twelve months in every genre and share them with you each Friday After what happened on her last job, she can't afford to make mistakes. Mr. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and If Raybourn keeps writing this series, I'll read every last installment. Please click here  for my full review of The Summer Guests.

loneliness, only we live through his discovery of a shattering secret, and only we witness the life-altering inserts omniscient mentions of events and developments that are to come, as well as pivotal moments that altered revised outlook on his life to himself, he creates a later shocking moment for a loved one who realizes after story are frustrated with their husbands during their husbands' lives, but treat them like martyrs after

The ending isn't unexpected, but it does feel hard-fought and satisfying. 04 Life After Life by Kate In Life After Life , Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships I listened to this immersive story about do-overs from Kate Atkinson, Life After Life , at the recommendation Please click here for my full review of Life After Life . 05 In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Dannie is aimed to help her sleep during this difficult time induces an incredible side effect: when she sleeps after

She fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, apart, her older sister Beth became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart--and after Or is she reconsidering her stance on love after all? You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading.

Meanwhile, Lauren Okie playfully works every imaginable trope into both the story Katie and Tyler are start of the book, but they're actually tragic--and I was in for a different kind of book and ending after

We meet the MacBride family in the 1950s, after a long family history of sheep farming on their million-acre Meanwhile, Lauren Okie playfully works every imaginable trope into both the story Katie and Tyler are

I found it incredibly frustrating, overly dramatic, and somewhat facile, and after reading it I took dying artist with an extensive backstory centering around a group of dedicated friends and a pivotal summer The book repeatedly tracks back in time to that summer that changed everything, and it alternates peeks The youthful experiences are repeatedly said to be life-changing, and the impact of them is largely summarized

After one disastrous encounter involving a rescued kitten with a serious congenital disorder, then one More Abby Jimenez love Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer   (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year  last year), Part of Your World , Yours Truly , The Friend Zone , and The Happy-Ever-After

After so many years, they have reads on each other's personalities and preferences in many ways, but More Reading You Might Like Anna Quindlen is also the author of After Annie , One True Thing , Every

Several years after saying goodbye, Anna is struggling to pay for her father's cancer treatment and has The two were never divorced after all, West has a trust fund--and he has to stay married to Anna to collect After ending. You might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads

I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery in two timelines, the privilege and working In August 1975, a teenage girl disappears from her Adirondack summer camp. I love love love a summer-camp story, and I loved The God of the Woods . are cleared up at the end of the book in satisfying swirls of truth; all the pieces make sense, but after

her small outer Belfast community, where violent Protestant-Catholic tensions are threatening to rule every He entreats her to teach him and his friends Irish, and after the two begin having an affair, she finds After one of her students' fathers is beaten almost to death, a snowball of events causes secrets to

After one disastrous encounter and one magical, extended date, the two are falling for each other. Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year last year ) , Part of Your World , Yours Truly , The Friend Zone , and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist . 03 Murder Still, Dorothy was supposed to be in stasis for years after suffering an emotional loss.

distant relatives, in which rural North Carolina sisters marry famous conjoined twins; I'm reading light summer It's a great summer array of reading! What are you reading, bookworms? After the twins made a home in Wilkes County, North Carolina, buying up land, slaves, and establishing

Bug Hollow tracks the Samuelson family from an idyllic mid-1970s Northern California summer through a When Sally Samuelson was eight, her idolized golden-boy older brother Ellis went missing after his high After pushing him to return home before heading to college, he headed to campus and died in a freak accident character, alcoholic and bitter, and it is specifically pointed out that her deadly health crisis occurs after We zigzag to spend page time with intriguing side characters (Yvette, with whom Phil has a very brief

making missteps and forging a path forward while adjusting to romantic, family, and work complications after It feels like every messy part of her life is about to converge in a destructive collision.

Their passionate married life was joyful and fulfilling at first...but Emery is hardly ever home, Luca carries all of the weight of the household, and they feel like they're not connecting anymore, if they ever As Emery misses yet another important anniversary, an unfathomable tragedy throws everything into a spiral Emery breaks every code of ethics to save Luca. But afterward, Luca retains no memory of Emery, their life, or his own personal past.

soy sauce and oil, three meals a day, how to escape the cold in the winter and the heat in the high summer conflicts to consider at the story's close: duty, corrupt power, the suffering of the common people, regret after fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite Reads of Summer  the year I read it.

, hope and forgiveness, being true to oneself and growing up, and of course love. ...we should grab every I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction reads, I've laughed Lynn Painter is also the author of The Love Wager, Betting on You, The Do-Over, Happily Never After,

Rose works at the diner, hiding her fading bruises and supporting her two young sons after her husband Bridget, daughter of the wealthiest family in town, welcomed their new baby earlier than expected, after The loss impacts almost every member of the community, and secrets come to light that affect many in

The Guncle, The Guncle Abroad, in which Uncle Patrick tries to support Maisie and Grant five years after She fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, apart, her older sister Beth became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart, and after been five years since Patrick O'Hara served as a caregiver for his niece Maisie and nephew Grant the summer after their mother died.

After the feverish writing of her successful science fiction story, she is unable to write a sequel. considering Zelu's well-being, and, occasionally, bestow tiny gifts of grudging positivity, but only after The family's collective assumption that they may, unsolicited, rightfully weigh in on Zelu's every decision

01 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery in two In August 1975, a teenage girl disappears from her Adirondack summer camp. I love love love a summer-camp story, and I loved The God of the Woods . The reveal of the true story behind the abductions, cruelties, and murders seemed far-fetched (every Emiko Jean is also the author of the great young adult stories Tokyo Ever After  and Tokyo Dreaming  

by and also deeply irritated by her academic rival, Peter Murdoch, who seems to be showing her up at every somewhat glossed over--and the pacing flagged at times for me as the protagonists passed through court after court--but the eerie, sinister feeling and deadly danger are ever present. didn't understand and which kept being sprung upon the reader) turned out to be quite convenient, and after