# Spring is For Reading - URL: https://meemish.com/spring-is-for-reading/ - Published: June 1, 2020 (2020-06-01) - Author: meemish - Categories: List - Tags: Audiobooks, best books, Book Club, book list, book lover, book nerd, book worm, bookbloggers, bookclub, booklist, Books, booksbooksbooks, ebooks, good books, goodreads, read, read all day, reader, Reading, Reading List, tbr, thisisyourbookclub, what should I read, what to read, what to read next - Disclosure: contains Amazon affiliate links; meemish may earn a commission. > 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… 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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250209765?tag=meemish-20) by Jeanine Cummins **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![Cover of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins](https://meemish.com/_astro/american_dirt.Bl5ocQqk_Z1spCTy.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250209765?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593135237?tag=meemish-20) by Josie Silver **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![Cover of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_two_lives_of_lydia_bird.5EbP56su_BR8th.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593135237?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501128035?tag=meemish-20) by Christina Lauren **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![Cover of The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_unhoneymooners.BfAXEYY6_ZPQWP6.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501128035?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2BJ2JQ?tag=meemish-20) In-Law by Sally Hepworth **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![The Mother](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_mother_in_law.BaMm-Yvj_Z1kYlp1.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2BJ2JQ?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476796262?tag=meemish-20) Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James **Rating:** ★★☆☆☆ (2 of 5) [![The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_man_from_the_train.DL66M47t_XKINf.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476796262?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395137195?tag=meemish-20) by Elizabeth George Speare **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![Cover of The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_bronze_bow.aijUOxXd_ZT9X0d.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395137195?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250179831?tag=meemish-20) by B.A. Paris **Rating:** ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) [![Cover of The Breakdown by B.A. Paris](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_breakdown.BTngeZzI_26skkd.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250179831?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J4WHC78?tag=meemish-20) by Katherine Center **Rating:** ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) [![Cover of Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center](https://meemish.com/_astro/things_you_save_in_a_fire.DEwcGPS5_Z2bnPUy.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J4WHC78?tag=meemish-20) **Genre:** Romance > It's amazing how brave you can be when you feel safe. ### 9. [The Library Book](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476740194?tag=meemish-20) by Susan Orlean **Rating:** ★★★★★ (5 of 5) [![Cover of The Library Book by Susan Orlean](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_library_book.DOS0Ad8P_ZR12qd.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476740194?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1338053809?tag=meemish-20) by Gordon Korman **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![Cover of Restart by Gordon Korman](https://meemish.com/_astro/restart.CTxkDbJC_mmidA.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1338053809?tag=meemish-20) **Genre:** Fiction, Middle Grade > What was so wrong about the old me that now I have to be somebody else? ### 11. [Red, White & Royal Blu](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250316774?tag=meemish-20)e by Casey McQuiston **Rating:** ★★☆☆☆ (2 of 5) [![Cover of Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston](https://meemish.com/_astro/red_whit__royal_blue.CmEFC6f3_Z1EgpPH.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250316774?tag=meemish-20) **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](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062963678?tag=meemish-20) by Ann Patchett **Rating:** ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) [![Cover of The Dutch House by Ann Patchett](https://meemish.com/_astro/the_dutch_house.qoN-j29J_Zn1MfX.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062963678?tag=meemish-20) **Genre:** Historical Fiction > Thinking about the past impeded my efforts to be decent in the present. ### 13. [Such a Fun Age](https://www.amazon.com/dp/052554190X?tag=meemish-20) by Kiley Reid **Rating:** ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) [![Cover of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid](https://meemish.com/_astro/such_a_fun_age.CfRHiaQb_1oXz7y.webp)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/052554190X?tag=meemish-20) **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