This Week: July 27th

I am offline this weekend to celebrate my birthday, but I’m still having a lot of literary-focused fun! Between reading good books and trips to some of my favorite independent booksellers, I’m celebrating with my favorite people this weekend and getting ready to share good books with you this week. A birthday party turned hostage situation and a look at how unaddressed pain can impact your life years after the fact will bookend the week, but we will also be looking back at all the fantastic books we’ve read this month and choosing our favorite!

Here’s the books I’m looking forward to discussing with you this week. Grab your copies of these books by clicking the images below:

RWL Reading Challenge – Week 31: By a Favorite Author

Bel Canton

by Ann Patchett

Posting on Tuesday, July 29th

I adore Ann Patchett’s works and this book is no different! A birthday party for a visiting businessman turns into a hostage situation and unlikely heroes develop. Patchett has a way of building a scene that makes the reader feel like they are part of the characters’ world, too – you’ll love this!

Since this prompt will be different for each reader, I’m going to list out some of my other favorite authors instead of book choices this week:

• Terah Shelton Harris
• Marc Cameron
• William Kent Krueger
• Heather Webber
• Dolen Perkins Valdez
• Tom Clancy
• Karin Slaughter
• John Sandford
• Lee Child

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July Recap & August Preview

Posting Thursday, July 31st on Instagram

I’ll be looking back at all the fantastic books we’ve read this month and choosing our top book for July, as well as sharing the reading prompts for August!

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Sponsored Read – Week 31

Everything is Probably Fine

by Julia London

Posting on Saturday, August 2nd

When past hurts become current anxieties, a sales manager finds herself in hot water for how she’s acted as a leader. Suspended and ordered to therapy before she can return, will she decide it’s not worth it, or finally open up and face what happened decades ago?

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What I’m Reading

• Current print book: A Lodge Affair, Rachel LaBerge
• Current audio book: Coral, Sarah Ella
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Gallop Towards the Sun, Peter Stark