https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-5-go-to-summer-reads Inspiration for Discovering Magic in the Everyday Fri, 23 Jun 2023 22:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:11 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-1013 […] yourself to new worlds with the pages of a book! Click here to browse our recommended summer […]

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:25:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-819 I loved reading “Wishtree” this summer, and I read “The Alchemist” pretty much once a year. The best!

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:25:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-820 I just finished Henry, Himself by Stewart O’Nan which was purposefully slow…and unexpectedly endearing…kind of like summer. The grace and insights of Henry’s simple days will surprise, delight and draw you in so subtly you’re surprised how much you care after the last page.
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson is next on the top of the teetering pile, her character PI Jackson Brodie as an imperfect knight is perfect. (there’s even a mini series). Can’t wait to dive in…and the title if not the plot feels summery, lol.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:25:53 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-818 Hi! Have you had a chance to read “First Frost” by Sarah Addison Allen? It is the sequel to “Garden Spells” and, in my opinion, even better than the first one. Enjoy!

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:25:43 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-693 I have read three of those books, all fabulous! I’m a sucker for Magical Realism and those books all have a touch of that!
Garden Spells
Big Stone Gap
The House at the End of Hope Street

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:58 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-161 Hi Christen! It’s always nice to find a kindred spirit. Like you, I have always loved a “fluffy” (love your descriptive word) or two during the summer. I’m thrilled with your choices as I’ve not yet read any of these titles, so thank you! I don’t exactly know why I prefer this kind of book in the summer, perhaps it’s because I like to associate this season with being care-free. btw…I’m also a fluffy read fan at Christmas time.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:58 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-177 Every summer for years – The Far Pavilions. Mid 19th century India. Afghanistan. Dust and color, heat, love, death, adventure. 1000 pages and you’ll not want it to end.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:57 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-148 Love your photo, Christen. I don’t really differentiate as to seasonal reading, as my nose is constantly in a book no matter the weather 🙂 Just finished reading the entire Amelia Peabody mystery series by Elizabeth Peters. Amelia is an intrepid Victorian woman with innate common sense, a flair for finding dead bodies and an abiding love of Egyptology & her family. Good times!

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:57 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-149 This summer I discovered Victoria Twead and her “Two Old Fools” series! It’s the delightful story of how she and her husband packed up and moved from England to a small town in southern Spain and the wealth of characters they met there. Modern day memoir.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:57 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/my-5-go-to-summer-reads/#comment-150 Hello – I have heard and read so many GREAT things about “The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend”, I cannot wait to get my hands on this book! Because my funds are limited, I always borrow my books from the library. Unfortunately, I live in a small city and our library serves us and many smaller towns around us. I put my name on the waitlist, I’m number 22 in the queue. I’m hoping to I’ll have the chance to read it before the year is out!
Oh, Christen, the photograph is simply gorgeous. It gave me a feeling of comfort, welcome and relaxation…what an art!

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