Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is my summer reading list for 2023. When I was a kid, our local public library in Rockford, Illinois, had a stellar summer reading program. Instead of just giving us points/rewards for the number of books read, we had to read a certain amount of different types of books – like, Newbery Award winners, Caldecott winners, biographies, mysteries, plays, poems, etc. I was exposed to so many book genres and authors this way and found that I loved a lot of them. I’ve never forgotten it, in fact, and so I’m modeling my post today after that format. These are all books I’m scheduled to read & review through the end of August, not for any specific challenges, but if you are doing a reading challenge this summer maybe some of these categories will inspire you!
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a book with an amateur sleuth
Collecting Can Be Murder by Jennifer S. Alderson
Murder A La Mode by Lena Gregory
A Sour Note by Jill Piscitello
a book with an ‘official’ investigator
Cold Pursuit by Nancy Mehl
A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M. White
Countdown by Lynette Eason
a book set in a different country
Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette
An American Immigrant by Johanna Rojas Vann
Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke
a book set in the western United states
The Love Script by Toni Shiloh
The Nurse’s Homecoming by Allie Pleiter
A Wyoming Summer by Kelly, Sterling, and Moore
a book with a dog
Kidnapped in the Woods by Deena Alexander
Murder is a Piece of Cake by Valerie Burns
Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch
a book with compelling women
He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox
The Girl from the Papers by Jennifer L. Wright
Show Me Betrayal by Ellen E. Withers
What about you? What books on my summer reading list do you want to read too? Which category are you most interested in? Did you have a library summer reading program as a kid – did it have special categories or just by total books read?
I would suggest you add The Best Summer of Our Lives by Rachel Hauck as well as This is Where it Endsy by Cindy Sproles. I have been on the ARC teams for both books. They are fabulous.
thanks for the recs!
Wow. What a list. This looks like a lot of reading but a grand list.
😀
He Should Have Told the Bees sounds interesting.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Looks like a great list!
right?? So much good reading 😀
Fun! I love prompt-based reading challenges. Growing up, my library just did traditional reading programs. It would have been fun if they had done it the way yours did. I never needed any encouragement to read, but I could have used the motivation to read outside my comfort genres.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
i’ve never seen a library program like it!
An American Immigrant is good!
Thanks for highlighting The Love Script!
ooo yay! i’m looking forward to reading it 🙂
I’m making a note of all the cozies! Hahaha. Hope you get to read them all!
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haha yay! Cozies are fun!
I love the diversity of your list! That is very clever and I’m sure you will get to all of them. He should have Told the Bees immediately draws my attention. I will have to take a closer look.
Happy TTT!
Elza Reads
thanks! And i knoooooow – it looks so good!
This looks like some great summer reading! I like the look of The Girl from the Papers.
yes! It’s like a Bonnie & Clyde type of story 🙂
Several of these are on my TBR list as well! I hope you have a great week!
yay! You too, Cindy 🙂
The Love Script looks like one I would enjoy quite a bit. Also, books with dogs? Always SOLD, lol.
My Summer 2023 TBR
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I loved the summer reading program! I think I was at the library more than anywhere else most summers due to all the events my library would have. I don’t know how many books I would have missed out on if a librarian hadn’t recommended them to me.
What a great list of books! I, too, am excited for Toni Shiloh’s and Roseanna M. White’s novels to release. Oh, I’m also excited for Connilyn Cossette’s novel as well!
so many great books releasing this summer!
i love that, Tabitha!!
Ah what a fun way of doing your summer TBR! I hope you enjoy all of these 🙂
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/top-ten-tuesday-425/
thank you! 🙂
I enjoyed reading Murder is a Piece of Cake; I hope we don’t have to wait a year to read the next book. It looks like you’re hoping to read some great books in the coming months. I hope you enjoy them all when you can read them.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/summer-2023-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/
thank you, Pam!
Voice of the Ancient is one my summer TBR too! I love Connilyn Cossette!
yay!!
I like how you organized your reading list. I hope you love all these!