List

Spring is For Reading

Published

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you buy through them, meemish may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.

We are heading in to my favorite seasons, spring and summer. I love the sun as much as I love books. Give me both and I’m in heaven. My perfect reading spot is on the beach, but give me a book, a hammock and sunshine anywhere and I’m one happy lizard.

Read All Day: May

1. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

Cover of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Someone once told me that the only good advice for grief is to stay hydrated. Because everything else is just chingaderas.

2. The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

Cover of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

I found the old me, still in here, and the new me sitting right alongside her. We made friends.

3. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

Cover of The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Genre: Contemporary Romance

That’s the whole point of luck, isn’t it? You have to trust that it’s not fleeting.

4. The Mother

In-Law by Sally Hepworth

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

The Mother

Genre: Mystery

I worked hard for everything I ever cared about, and nothing I ever cared about cost a single cent.

5. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century

Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2 of 5)

The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century

Genre: True Crime

This book is almost entirely about people who lived in small towns a hundred years ago. As much about how they died as about how they lived. But the flash of death illuminated the lifes the victims have lived.

6. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

Cover of The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Genre: Historical Fiction

It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love.

7. The Breakdown by B.A. Paris

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5)

Cover of The Breakdown by B.A. Paris

Genre: Thriller

I never really remember doing any of it, which should worry me more than it does…

8. Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5)

Cover of Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Genre: Romance

It’s amazing how brave you can be when you feel safe.

9. The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Rating: ★★★★★ (5 of 5)

Cover of The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Genre: Nonfiction

All the things that are wrong in the world seem conquered by a library’s simple unspoken promise: Here I am, please tell me your story; here is my story, please listen.

10. Restart by Gordon Korman

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

Cover of Restart by Gordon Korman

Genre: Fiction, Middle Grade

What was so wrong about the old me that now I have to be somebody else?

11. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2 of 5)

Cover of Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Genre: Romance

He’s not afraid of anything he feels. He’s not afraid of saying it. He’s only afraid of what will happen when he does.

12. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 of 5)

Cover of The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Genre: Historical Fiction

Thinking about the past impeded my efforts to be decent in the present.

13. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5)

Cover of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

I don’t need you to be mad that it happened. I need you to be mad that it just like… happens.

Now, Go. See. Do.

~meemish