Hello! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) where we talk about books! This week’s topic is “Books that Give off Summer Vibes.” Although for our Australian friends, I’m expecting to see some winter books.
Summer is my favorite season of the year, and I’m so happy that the warmer weather has begun! I’ve started to go outside on nice days, sit in a lawn chair, and read a book, with a turned over bucket as a table. But I think I’m getting patio furniture today! So I’ll be sitting on that instead soon. Anyway, here are some summery books. Some I’ve read, some I haven’t.
This summer, I’m really hoping to reread Summer Days and Summer Nights. I read it two years ago, and I loved it. It has so many good stories in it, including “Inertia” by Veronica Roth, which I adore (but really most of these stories are good). I’ve kinda been hoping this book would drop in price. It’s been on my watch list at eReaderIQ for months now, and the price has gone up instead. Well, I know my library has it, at least.
I don’t know if The Weight of Feathers happens during the summer or not, but this book makes me think of summer. I read it on a hot summer day in July a couple years ago, so maybe that’s why it makes me think of summer. Also, some of the characters are mermaids. So there’s that.
I have a hardcover copy of Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West, but I haven’t read it yet. It didn’t win the TBR lottery last summer or fall, and I didn’t think it would make a good winter book, so I took it off the TBR during the cold months. Maybe I’ll get around to it this year. It has water on the cover–how much more summery can you get?
Start Here by Trish Doller takes place over the summer, I read it during the summer, and it takes place on the water. This is such a great book. I will definitely have to give it another read some summer. Maybe not this one, but someday.
I didn’t read Alex, Approximately in the summer initially, but this is another book that takes place in the summer that gives me major summer vibes. There’s water on the cover to this book too!
It’s been years since I read How Stella Got Her Groove Back. It takes place in Jamaica. I’ve been to Jamaica twice, although neither time did I go hang out on a beach resort like Stella did. Anyway, beachy vibes, Carribbean island, how many more summer vibes do you need?
Echoes, by Alice Reeds, also gives me summery vibes. A lot of the book takes place on a tropical island. Now’s a good time to read this book, because the sequel, Fractures, just came out! It’s what I’m reading now.
Today Tonight Tomorrow takes place at graduation. What can be more summery than graduating from high school? It takes place in Seattle (not quite known for it’s beach weather) but it’s a great book.
I initially read City of Bones in the summer. I remember reading this book on the beach while watching my kids swim at the lake. This book also takes place during the summer. So it gives me some summery vibes, at least.
What can be more summery than going on a road trip? Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour not only takes place during the summer, but it’s a road trip! I haven’t read this one yet, but it’s in the TBR lottery, which is where I put books I would like to read, but randomly draw numbers to see which books I’ll read.
So here are some summery books! How about you? Are you looking forward to summer reading? What books give you summer vibes? Next week we’re going to talk about books we’ve added to our TBR and have forgotten why. Hmmm. I may tweak that topic a bit. But either way, I’ll see you then!
I’ve heard tons of good things about City of Bones.
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Oddly, I only gave that book 3 stars, even though I liked it. I did, however, give all the Shadowhunter books after that 4 and 5 stars.
The City of Bones… Good stuff. I’ll have to look into Echoes. Thanks!
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I hope you like it. I’m reading the sequel, Fractures, right now, and it’s just as twisty and weird as the first book (so far)!
Great list! Road trips are so summery, aren’t they? I think I have a copy of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour on my kindle but I haven’t read it yet.
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I haven’t read it either but I think it’s on my summer TBR for this year.
Great list! It doesn’t get more summer than the cover of Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West!
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I definitely should try to read that this year. 🙂
Listen To Your Heart and Start Here have major summer vibes from those covers! Alex, Approximately is one of my favourite books! I love Jenn Bennett.
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I’ve only read two of Jenn’s books so far, but I’ve liked the ones I’ve read!
Kasie West’s books always look like good summertime reads!
I really need to read her books. She’s still a new to me author, but they all look fun.
Rachel’s Today, Tonight, Tomorrow has sounded interesting to me, and of course, I love all Kasie West books (still need to read this one though!). “Star Here” looks fun too. 🙂
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I still have to read any Kasie West books, but I really want to! The other books are good so if you have the time, they’re worth checking out.
Summer Days was such a fun read, and I have a hankering to re- read it too. Good timing I guess since it’s starting to feel like summer now haha! And ooh echoes- i liked that one. In fact the sequel I need to buy!
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I just finished it and it’s twisty and weird like the first one… but it has a resolution!
Sooo many good ones on here! City of Bones definitely has that summer-heat-vibe. I loved Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour so much. Loved “Inertia” from Summer Days and Nights, as well. And I just picked up Alex, Approximately on kindle, so hopefully I can get to it this summer. Happy Reading!
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I plan to read Amy & Roger this summer so hopefully I’ll like it.
Kasie West and Morgan Matson always make me think of summer. Great list!
Thank you. I haven’t either of the authors yet but maybe this summer would be the time to do so!
Oh yeah, Alex Approximately definitely gives off those summer vibes and I know this even though I still need to read it! I love that you read City of Bones during the summer and now it always brings back memories of that time 🙂
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