It’s Tuesday and before getting to today’s post, I have an annoying announcement to make. When transferring my blog to my current host – and this process didn’t run smoothly at all – I had some troubles with Jetpack. It saw this site as a duplicate from my site hosted on WordPress’ business plan. Even though I copied all settings (I had that option), it didn’t copy everything. Besides all the likes I lost on my posts, I also lost all my subscribers. So, were you subscribed to this blog before and you still enjoy my ramblings? Please hit the subscribe button again! Now, on to business. Summer is fast approaching. In fact, solstice is just days away. Let’s hope for sunny days where we get lots of reading done! But what books am I hoping to read this summer?
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
- One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune – This is on my June TBR, and I think I’ll be able to knock it off.
- Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez – I already have been planning to read this book for a long while now, so this summer it must be time, right?
- Out On a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young – This was actually one of my more anticipated releases for last winter. But guess what? I bought the book and it’s still on the TBR. Time for change!
- The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong – Another book I anticipated a lot, but it only got published last month. I didn’t have time to pick it up then, so I really want to pick it up this summer.
- Crossroads by Devney Perry – I’ve heard of this author before, but didn’t pick up one of their books. Now that this one is translated in Dutch and available for a very discounted price, I couldn’t resist and add another cowboy romance to my list. But why oh why is this yet another series?!
- Consider Me by Becka Mack – Another romance because summer is the romance season.
- Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa – I have been meaning to read this book earlier, but I didn’t get to it. It tells the story of Palestinian refugees in Jenin, a refugee camp in Palestina. This book is actually over a decade old, but still as relevant. I’m not sure if I want to read this in English or if I will snatch up a Dutch copy as it looks like poetry plays a major role in this novel. This might make it harder for me to fully understand the story if I don’t read it in my native language, which is important for the topic this book addresses.
- The Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson – This book will be available in Dutch pretty soon and I like to mix both English and Dutch in my reading. So, I decided to stick with Dutch for this one.
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab – I don’t know what it is with Schwab’s books and me, because I’m always intrigued by the premise, but disappointed by the execution. This book however, sounds right up my alley. Vampires? LGBTQIA+? Count me in! This author’s writing is phenomenal, but somehow the plot and characters don’t intrigue me that much. I’m still super curious, so naturally I’ll pick up this one! I’ll read the Dutch edition for now to get into the story and fully understand it, but I’ve seen glowing reviews for the audiobook narration as well. Maybe if I have a spare credit left…
- The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith – Another book that has been on my list for a while, but I haven’t hauled before this month. This is such a hype which makes me a little cautious once again.
- Powerless by Elsie Silver – This is coming over from my spring TBR, because I simply didn’t get to it.
So, these are the books I hope to read this summer. What about you? What’s on your TBR for summer 2025?
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