Current Reads

This post was originally published on June 23, updated on August 04.

The one thing I love about Summer is how much free time I have to read. Since I just graduated I am in this limbo period where I don’t quite know what to do. Typically as soon as I end one semester I spend the rest of summer prepping for the next. But, this time… I’m not sure what is coming next! Between applying to jobs and cleaning everything ten times out of boredom I have resorted to my summer reading list. I began a summer reading list when I was tired of being bored out of my mind while floating around the pool in the Texas heat (such a hardship, I know!) 

Although I am not in Texas this summer I still wanted to continue working my way down my list. I recently purchased City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. But as I was searching for other books at Barnes and Nobles I realized how much I miss the luxury of a public library. Books are expensive! I wish there was some kind of service where I could rent a book and have it mailed to me and send it back when I am done, (maybe there is and I just haven’t done enough research, let me know if you have). After tallying up and discovering I would be spending an absurd amount of money on books just to end up on a shelf for the rest of eternity, I decided to invest in an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. 

I set mine up, but I haven’t used it yet. I’m waiting to finish my last paperback before delving into the world of e-reading. I got so many great reviews I can’t wait to give it a try, especially at the beach! I'm hoping to read half of this list by the end of summer, let me know if y'all ave any suggestions.

Here is my 2020 Summer Reading List: 

1. The Sun Also Rises: Ernest Hemingway

2. The Unexpected Spy: Tracy Wilder

3. Influencer: Brittany Hennessy

4. In Cold Blood: Truman Capote

5. This Side of Paradise: F. Scott Fitzgerald 

6. The Beautiful and the Damned: F. Scott Fitzgerald 

7. Better Than Before: Gretchen Rubin (FINISHED JULY 30)

8. The Year of Less: Cait Flanders

9. The Devil in the White City: Erik Larson 

10. City of Girls: Elizabeth Gilbert (FINISHED JUNE 29)

11. The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas (FINISHED JULY 12)

12. Evvie Drake Starts Over: Linda Holmes (CURRENTLY READING)

13. A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway

14. 1984: George Orwell

15. The Color Purple: Alice Walker

16. The Jane Austen Society: Natalie Jenner 

17. Friends and Strangers: J. Courtney Sullivan

18. Of Literature & Lattes: Katherine Reay

19. Instastyle: Tessa Barton

20. The Art of Showing Up: Rachel Wilkerson Miller 

21. Million Dollar Habits: Sim Pol

22. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Marie Kondo (FINISHED JULY 04)

23. When Life Gives You Lululemons: Lauren Weisberger (FINISHED JULY 08)

24. The Warmth of Other Suns: Isabel Wilkerson

25. I’ll Give You the Sun: Jandy Nelson

26. All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr

27. If Cats Disappeared from the World: Genki Kawamura

28. The Minimalist Way: Erica Layne

29. The Bright Side of Going Dark: Kelly Harms (FINISHED JULY 19)

30. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler: Kelly Harms

31. The Miracle Morning: Hal Elrod

32. A Beginning at the End: Mike Chen (CURRENTLY READING)

All books are linked to goodreads, I love this site to keep track of what I have read and it gives readers different ways to find/purchase books!

I hope this post finds you well and inspires you to start a list of your own, stay safe out there! 

xoxo, talk soon! 

bailey