It’s time for Top 5 Wednesdays, a weekly meme created by gingerreadslainey and hosted by Sam @ThoughtsOnTomes. If you want to know more or join as well, just go to the Goodreads group by clicking here. I quite like that this week’s theme is Summer Reads, I find those much easier than winter reads. So, without further ado, here’s my selection:
Anything by Morgan Matson
This woman has summer magic in her ink! It really doesn’t matter which book you’ll pick up, you’ll feel a warm breeze of summer air coming your way. I still haven’t read The Unexpected Everything, but SOON!
How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart/Sarah Mlynowski/Lauren Myracle
There is just something decidedly summer-y about a road trip. I can’t put my finger on it, but that’s just the way it is.
Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
People were dressed in short shorts and tank tops because the weather was so warm. That’s summer for you!
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
I guess contemporaries just have that summer effect on me a lot of the time. It’s not even that they are all warm and fuzzy and happy all the time, but somehow MLND still screams summer my way.
A Good Year by Peter Mayle
Imagine it – the South of France, beautiful weather, rows of wine and the best company. That’s how summer is supposed to be and I think that book even made me smell summer in the midst of pouring rain.
What are some books you associate with summer? Tell me all about it in the comments?
I agree, contemporaries feel really summery! I don’t quite know what it is. I think I better check out some of these, since it’s winter here and I’m missing summer 😛
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Well, I loved all those books, so go right ahead! 😉
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I’m still on search of my favorite summer read! I’ll definitely check out Second Chance Summer, How To Be Bad and Nowhere But Here! Great list btw. ❤
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Be prepared though, Second Chance Summer is REALLY sad. Like you’ll be sobbing by the end kind of sad.
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Ohhhh, I love those kind of books hahaha. I’m super looking forward to it now. 😊
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Morgan Matson books are great summer reads. Actually her books are great for anytime 😀
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They definitely are! I am excited for The Unexpected Everything.
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Me too. Can’t wait to finaly have it and read it 😀
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This is a great list! Definitely an inspiring one for my tbr haha 🙂 I tried to think about summer reads for my top 5 and came up with NOTHING. Like void-nada-nothing. Sometimes I have the feeling I don’t read enough, even if I literally spend all my free time reading… Ah well, #bookwormproblems
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Thank you! I can never come up with more than 2 winter books, so I totally hear you on not remembering books that suit a certain theme. I bet you are reading more than enough though 😉
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Oh this is such a great list, I agree, Morgan Matson books always make me crave for the summer to come! My Life Next Door just as well, I need to read its companion novel during the summer! 😛
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Thanks 😀 I hope you’ll enjoy The Boy Most Likely To. I really loved some of those parts, even though the romance wasn’t front and center as much as I thought it would be.
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I am so picking up a Matson book this summer. All the raving about how summery her books are have funny convinced me!
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YAS! I full-heartedly support that!
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I still really need to read How to Be Bad– I love reading road trip stories in the summer! I always associate Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta with the summer, mostly because I try to reread it during the summer months every year.
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I had this phase where I just felt like reading all the E. Lockhart books hahaha so, that’s how I got to How to be Bad. It wasn’t my favourite of hers, but road trps are cool.
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Ditto for Morgan Matson! I definitely need to read more of her books as well as her Katie Finn ones
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I am not sure I want to read the Katie Finn ones, I heard they are really different. But I have all her Matson ones so far and am super happy with them.
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Would agree with contemporaries = summer. 🙂 No surprise that I haven’t read anything on your list, lol! My Sci-Fi & Scary Summer Reads.
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I definitely find myself reading more contemporary books when the summer hits. They just embraces that warm and fuzzy feeling of summer. Of course, Morgan Matson and Huntley Fitzpatrick are my go-to’s for some summer loving and I am so happy I have The Unexpected Everything ready and waiting for me to tuck into.
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I agree, those ladies are the queens of summer 🙂 and I can’t wait to read The Unexpected Everything as well.
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Awesome list💕💕
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Thank you 😀
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I haven’t read any of these but I’m certainly going to make this a Morgan Matson and Huntley Fitzpatrick summer since I’ve heard nothing but good things about their books. And I really want to pick up Second Chance Summer as well since I adored The Summer of Chasing Mermaids last summer which was also by Ockler. :3
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That sounds like such a good plan that I can wholeheartedly support 😉
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Great list, upping my TBR list! I have only read Amy and Rogers Epic Detour by Morgan Matson so I need to explore her work more 🙂
My Life With The Boy Next Door was a fab read!
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Oh you have to read Since You’ve Been Gone. It’s my favourite Matson book so far!
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