Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Perfect Summer Reads ~ IMO of course!

(20) Great Sounding Summer Reads from My Unread Bookshelves

  1. The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street; Trevanian
  2. Blue Water; Ansay
  3. A Better View of Paradise; R. Coburn
  4. Moonflower Vine; Carleton
  5. My Cousin Rachel; Daphne Du Maurier
  6. Yellow Raft in Blue Water; Michael Dorris
  7. Sea House; Esther Freud
  8. The Divine Ryans; Wayne Johnston
  9. Catching Genius; Kiernan
  10. Heartbreak Hotel; Jill Landis
  11. Fat Girls in Lawn Chairs; Cheryl Peck
  12. Five Days in Summer; Kate Pepper
  13. A Fatal Grace; Louise Penny
  14. My Brother Michael; Mary Stewart
  15. All the Way Home; Tatlock
  16. Mosquito Coast; Theroux
  17. The Blackwater Lightship; Toibin
  18. The Girls; Lori Lansens
  19. Climbing the Stairs; Padma Vercatraman
  20. The Samurai's Garden; Gail Tsukiyama
  21. The Kind of Love That Saves You; Yurk
  22. The House of Winds; Yun
  23. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky; Durrow
  24. Isabel's Daughter; Hendricks
  25. The Blue Orchard; Jackson Taylor
What books look great to you from your summer stacks?

19 comments:

  1. That's quite a list! Some of the books look fantastic, so I've added them to my TBR list.

    I would add The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen. I'm just finishing it up, and it has been an amazing book. Perfect for on the beach!

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  2. Sounds like you have a great summer planned!

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  3. Catching Genius, Climbing the Stairs, and The Girl Who Fell From The Sky are ones I've read and enjoyed.

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  4. The Samurai's Garden is one of my all time favorites!

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  5. LOVE the photo!

    Also love the list of books :) I think my list is about 20 books long as well, mostly catching up on such wonderful blogger reviews like The Shadow of the Wind, Lumby Lines, and CeeCee Honecutt

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  6. I love that picture - suitcase full of books on the beach. My idea of a perfect vacation!

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  7. Diane, I love the picture on this post. Every suitcase should have books in it!! Thanks for the list.

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  8. I'm in love with that photo!

    I've got a few of those books lurking on Mt. TBR, too. =)

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  9. Trevanian!!! OH MY GOD ... I haven't thought of this author in YEARS! I read EVERYTHING by him that was available at the time when I was a kid ... my dad was a fan too. I think I'm going to have check out this book just for nostalgia's sake!!

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  10. A number of your picks are in my TBR pile and I'm eager to add a few more from your list.

    I just love the photograph of the books in the suitcase!

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  11. You have summer stacks? Lol--I just have stacks...and stacks....and stacks...

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  12. Love this list! Thanks for the great books to choose from!!

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  13. I remember loving Yellow Raft in Blue Water, although it's been decades since I read it.

    I love your idea of reading from your own bookshelves. The AAUW Used Book Fair is coming to our town June 16-18 and I'm undecided if I should go. Basically, I haven't read the books I gleaned from their tabletops last summer!

    I think I should follow your example and pack my suitcase of books I already own. ;)

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  14. What a great list! I hope to read The Girls this summer too.

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  15. I meant to tell you that I read Blue Water... I remember that I didn't love it but don't remember why.

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  16. Apparently, I am behind on internet lingo. I had to google IMO to figure out what that meant! Anyhow, Moonflower Vine is on my list.

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  17. Amazing list for the summer. I don't know too many of these. Thanks for the recommendations, although my own list is equally daunting. Can't wait for the last day of school to chill.

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  18. I love that picture! I have some chunksters planned for this summer and then some mysteries. Just a little of this and that.

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  19. Fantastic list! I just posted my summer picks too, but I want to steal a bunch of yours :)

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