June Theme: Blue

Happy June, friends! This month is all about the Dads and Grads usually, so we chose blue for our monthly color. However, June is also Pride Month! If you’re celebrating, feel free to substitute rainbow as your monthly color!

We are kicking off Pride Month by reading a book by an LGBTQ+ author. We are also honoring Juneteenth by reading about slavery later this month, and honoring our graduates by reading books set in a workplace, too. What are you reading this month?

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Over the past few years, we’ve read a few books that fit with this theme. Here’s the ones that received full reviews on the site:

• Be Where Your Feet Are, Scott M O’Neil
• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Jessica Guerrieri
• Bright Lights, Big Christmas, Mary Kay Andrews
• The Candid Life of Meena Dave, Namrata Patel
• The Christmas Inn, Pamela M. Kelley
• The Lost House, Melissa Larsen
• Murder in Tolland, David M. Hamlin
• The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louis, Colleen Oakley
• Poisoned Water, Candy J. Cooper
• She Doesn’t Have a Clue, Jenny Elder Moke
• Shelter in Place, Nora Roberts
• The Summer Book, Tove Jansson
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Sangu Mandanna
• Vincent & Theo, Deborah Hellinman

Looking for more? Here’s a few you might like:

Blue Covers

• The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
• The Investigator, John Sandford
• Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe, Heather Webber
• Wonder, PJ Palacio
• You Never Forget Your First, Alexis Coe

Blue in the Title

• All Boys Aren’t Blue, George M. Johnson
• The Blue Bistro, Elin Hilderbrand
• Blue Dahlia, Nora Roberts
• Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell
• Red, White, and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston

What books would you add to this list?

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This was an interesting playlist to put together. When I searched online for “blue music”, I got many suggestions for sad songs, but not anything related to the color. Never fear! This is not a sad sappy playlist! I think you’ll enjoy this mix of rock, country, and international songs that are easy to listen to and upbeat!

Grab the May reading playlist here.

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What I’m Reading

• Current print book: Apostle’s Cove, William Kent Krueger
• Current audio book: The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Marrying the Ketchups, Jennifer Close