It’s hard to believe June is already over. I didn’t read as much as I normally do. I’ve been busy soaking up all the sunshine I desperately missed during the long Michigan winter. I also played tour guide to family and friends who came to visit this month. We did a lot of sight seeing – dune rides, light house tours, watching freighters come in and having lunch on Lake Michigan.
I did finish four books this month; three of them would be perfect to toss in your beach/pool bag…
Say You Still Love Me by K.A. Tucker
This was the perfect read to kick off summer! Piper and Kyle fell in love at Camp Wawa when they were teenagers, but a tragic accident and socioeconomic differences tore them apart. Thirteen years later, high-powered Piper finds herself face-to-face with her first and only true love and the boy the broke her heart. Summer camp and young love. Awe!!! MY RATING: 5/5 STARS
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
I’d been anticipating this book because I absolutely adored Monaghan’s debut novel, Nora Goes Off Script. I didn’t love this book as much, but it was also very different than her first book. Sam has spent more than a decade trying to to get over her heartbreak. In the process, she’s lost her true self. Engaged and in a job she doesn’t love, a trip back to the beach unlocks the girl she used to be – the girl she wants to be again. MY RATING: 5/5 STARS
Postcards From Summer by Cynthia Platt
I really enjoyed this young adult novel set on Mackinaw Island. The writing was really well done; however the book felt too long. It was over 500 pages. Seventeen-year-old Lexi lost her mom when she was a young girl. She decides to take a chest of her mom’s belongings and go to the island in hopes of learning more about her. MY RATING: 4/5 STARS
The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
Jackson and I read this book together after reading the first two in the series. We finally get to hear Ruby’s story – how she ended up with Ivan and Bob. Ruby is not excited to celebrate her Tusk Day because tusks bring back bad memories of her first family in Africa, of death and loss. Her new herd helps her realize the past and present can coexist and Tusk Day can be for remembering. MY RATING: 4/5 STARS
