Summer Reading

Ahh, summer!  Barbecues, sunshine, flip flops, fruity cocktails, cold beer, patios, yard games, boats, late nights, sundresses... and beach reads!  I wish there were more time to just curl up with a juicy novel and a cold lemonade on a sandy beach (or, in Santa Fe where we don't have beaches, on a backyard lounge chair!).  My summer reading list is constantly growing!  If only time would stop for a limitless sunny afternoon so I could read all the books on my wish list...

 Summer Reading 2015 "Dream List" (in no particular order):
             

                    

naomi                    the rocks

            local   

                  

nina findlay                     let me

                                 

                      



At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen
The Sunlight Night, by Rebecca Dinerstein
We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
The Star Side of Bird Hill, by Naomi Jackson
Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee
 The Rocks, by Peter Nichols
The Rumor, by Elin Hilderbrand
Local Girls, by Caroline Zancan
Beach Town, by Mary Kay Andrews
Summerlong: A Novel, by Dean Bakopoulos
Dead Wake, by Erik Larson
A Sudden Light, by Garth Stein
The Enlightenment of Nina Findlay, by Andrea Gillies
The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
Let Me Explain You, by Annie, Liontas
Luckiest Girl Alive, by Jessica Knoll
 Among the Ten Thousand Things, by Julia Pierpont
In the Unlikely Event, by Judy Blume
Circling the Sun, by Paula McLain
Summer Secrets, by Jane Green
The Weight of Water, by Anita Shreve





































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