An Outstanding Summer of Reading

 As I have not updated since the end of May (where does time go), shall we chat?

June was a great reading month...lots of easy, relax-the-brain reads.  July continued that trend...with only ten reads.  Then, August became full of real life as school began, but I still averaged a bit more than one a week with six books.

My trend?  Ebooks!  Such a change for me, as I resisted digital books.  Reality?  I still really like "real" hard copy books, but that intangible thing called time, for clicking on Libby or Kindle sometimes (often) is just quicker than grabbing, finding, deciding my next chosen journey.  (This is actually a quite weak rationale as I have an abundance of books!)  I have just learned to like ebooks.  I just do!  

This year, I started color-coding by month, quite the nice visual. Right?

1. Killing Floor by Lee Child
2. Acts of Valor Series - Book 5 - Braving the Valley by Rebecca Hartt
3. Lantern Beach Exposure - Books 1-2 - Fractured Lies and Shattered Whispers by Christy Barritt
4. Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman - Ebook
5. Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne (AR Teen Nominee) - Ebook
6. The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey - book from Abby Barker
7. Five Survive by Holly Jackson (AR Teen Nominee) - Ebook
8. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley 
9. The Measure of Katie Calloway by Serena Miller - Book 1 - ebook
10. Under a Blackberry Moon by Serena Miller - Book 2 - ebook
11. The Water Keeper by Charles Martin - Book 1 - Library
12. A Promise to Love by Serena Miller - Book 3 - ebook
13. The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin - Book 2 - Library
14. Hart's Ridge by Kay Bratt - Book 1 - ebook
15. Lucy in the Sky by Kay Bratt - Book 2 - ebook
16. In My Life by Kay Bratt - Book 3 - ebook
17. Borrowed Time by Kay Bratt - Book 4 - ebook
18. Instant Karma by Kay Bratt - Book 5 - ebook
19. The Record Keeper by Charles Martin - Book 3 - Library
20. Identity by Nora Roberts - ebook
21. Legacy by Nora Robers - ebook
22. I Must Betray You  by Ruta Sepetys - ebook - AR Teen Book Nominee
23. Beast of Prey by Ayana Gray - All Arkansas Reads One Book
24. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben - ebook
25. A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey - Big Library Read - ebook
26. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs - IC Library
27. Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery - Paper Chase Book Club
28. Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus - ebook 
29. The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth - ebook
30. My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank - ebook
31. Lightning by Dean Koontz - ebook

In this stack are some new authors, some old friends, a few AR Teen Book Nominees, several for book challenges; many of these I have become favorites, ones I would not have read had I not began "challenging" myself several years ago to move outside my normal choices.   

My favorite still remains a good mystery with a hint of romance...but historical fiction is growing on me...and a fantasy does take one away.  I do enjoy a good journey!

If my other norm returns, my reading will slow down during September and October...although I hope not.  I enjoy reading...and I do need time for me.

Happy reading to you!