Comments on: Favorite Books of Summer 2023 https://novelvisits.com/favorite-books-of-summer-2023/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: susan https://novelvisits.com/favorite-books-of-summer-2023/#comment-405770 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:32:48 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=11790#comment-405770 Great list and recap of these! I will be adding many to my TBR, especially the Art Thief, Shark Heart, and perhaps the Claire Fuller novel. I am listening to Tom Lake now … and I wonder if it’s a bit too Waltons happy for me but I will wait till I finish to assess fully. I agree with the person above that Small Mercies is a notable summer book … and I loved the audio of it. Tough. Thx for your list!

]]> By: Ann https://novelvisits.com/favorite-books-of-summer-2023/#comment-405766 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:51:17 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=11790#comment-405766 🌶🌶🌶🌶 😂 The Guest Summer of ‘69 The Last House Before The Mountain (original German title Die Bagage) August Nora Goes Off Script Small Mercies Mothering Sunday The Cutting Season (2nd time reading) A big miss for me: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume. Just not my cup of tea. I just did not think it was any good. Maybe if I’d finished it?? I think it must be a nostalgia read for those who read it 25 years ago. I had Covid for the first time just after July 4th. I was so frustrated that my mind became so scattered. I had a hard time focusing. I was home alone for 3 months with family traveling, and plenty of books on hand. I found Hilderbrand to be a comfort read and not too heavy during that time period. Small Mercies was harsh and gritty and so good. Quite the switch after having just read the delightful Nora Goes Off Script. But I loved the contrast! I think I will do that more often now, just to switch things up. I currently have The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman. Hoping it is worth reading as I know I will not be able to recheck it immediately due to holds. On a more serious note I started reading Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey. I saw her on PBS Southern Storyteller series. Just picked up No Two Persons and The Midcoast at the library. I have 20 books currently checked out. I may have a problem!!! I need to stop requesting books and just read what I have. Am I alone in needing to have a book on hand and keeping a stash going so that if one does not “hit,” I can move on to the next?? Oh, and lastly, I just love Ann Patchett and purchased a signed copy of Tom Lake for my birthday!! Now I see why people gripe about book club stickers. I haven’t read it yet, but will get to it soon.]]> I’ve had a good Summer as far as reading goes. Funny, I did not realize just how good and varied my reads were, until I went back & reflected. And BTW you mentioned a book you were not nuts about and then included, bc it stuck with you (I may not be interpreting that correctly, lol); well, sometimes I only realize how a book has stuck with me, when I find myself telling someone (usually my poor husband, haha!) about it. That was the case a while back with Unlikely Animals.

I’ve had mostly 4 & 5 star reads, for me. I think I have become much better at discerning what grabs me and what doesn’t and moving along. On to the next!

Here are a few: And you will see what I mean by what varied books I somehow ended up with and really liked. I consider Summer as beginning in early May/June & read The Covenant of Water, My Last Innocent Year, Trespasses, Indiscretion, Thirst For Salt. Especially loved those last two.

But technically Summer starts on June 21st:
June:
28 Summers
July
The Idea of You 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 😂
The Guest
Summer of ‘69
The Last House Before The Mountain (original German title Die Bagage)
August
Nora Goes Off Script
Small Mercies
Mothering Sunday
The Cutting Season (2nd time reading)

A big miss for me: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume. Just not my cup of tea. I just did not think it was any good. Maybe if I’d finished it??
I think it must be a nostalgia read for those who read it 25 years ago.

I had Covid for the first time just after July 4th. I was so frustrated that my mind became so scattered. I had a hard time focusing. I was home alone for 3 months with family traveling, and plenty of books on hand. I found Hilderbrand to be a comfort read and not too heavy during that time period.

Small Mercies was harsh and gritty and so good. Quite the switch after having just read the delightful Nora Goes Off Script. But I loved the contrast! I think I will do that more often now, just to switch things up.

I currently have The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman. Hoping it is worth reading as I know I will not be able to recheck it immediately due to holds.

On a more serious note I started reading Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey. I saw her on PBS Southern Storyteller series.

Just picked up No Two Persons and The Midcoast at the library.

I have 20 books currently checked out. I may have a problem!!!

I need to stop requesting books and just read what I have. Am I alone in needing to have a book on hand and keeping a stash going so that if one does not “hit,” I can move on to the next??

Oh, and lastly, I just love Ann Patchett and purchased a signed copy of Tom Lake for my birthday!! Now I see why people gripe about book club stickers. I haven’t read it yet, but will get to it soon.

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