Summer might be drawing to a close on the calendar as children head back to school and bags of Halloween candy magically pop up on the endcaps of supermarkets aisles across the nation. But here in California, summer weather lasts a little longer than other parts of the world (curse you global warming!) and so does my summer reading!
I’m scrambling to finish my seasonal TBR pile. It seems like I always have more books to read than time to read them. It’s the curse of every bookworm! But here’s what I’ve got planned for the next few weeks before I move on to my Fall Reading List which will be all about ghouls, ghosts and murder.
Bloodline by Jess Lourey – I’m in a book club called Let’s Get Lit(erature) and this is our selection for our September meeting. The roots of the story are based on in the real life disappearance of a small boy in the 1920’s and it’s got me hooked! I can’t wait to find out the truth about what is going on in this Stepford-esque town. But I’d better hurry up because Let’s Get Lit meets this Friday night.
Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg – I am honored to have been asked by the author to review this novel. But it just so happens that I’m a lover of champagne, especially Veuve Clicquot, the very champagne which this story is based upon. I can’t wait to lose myself in the story of Barbe-Nicole, a young women who triumphs over the strict conventions of Napoleonic French Society and Napoleon himself to the create one of the most world-renown champagnes today.
Veteran by Susanne Perry – The second Novel of the City StreetsTrilogy deals with the plight of a Gulf War veteran accused of a horrific crime while living on the streets. Social injustice, political conspiracy and haunting past events stymie the police who try to prove the vet’s innocence. I’m hoping there are some cozy nights this September so I can curl up with a blanket and read this book!
Rising Up by Tanya Ross – The mysterious death of Ember Vinata’s mother, life under a disease-free dome where happiness is electronically monitored, prophetic dreams and a smoking hot government agent? What’s not to love in the first installment of the dystopian Young Adult Tranquility series. I can’t wait to find out what’s going on under the dome in this new series.
So those are my September picks. Hoping I can finish them all now that our son is back in school and I have a more structured schedule. Writing and reading is what these next month is about for me.
Happy Tuesday! 💕