Sunday again! I want to take this moment to wish a very happy birthday to our friend Alexa at Alexa Loves Books who has been not only a great supporter of our blog and our work, but a sweet friend who is funny, adorable, and great to talk to. I hope it was a fabulous weekend for you, A! (In fact, she’s so amazing she is giving away books for her birthday! Go look!)
Now onto the books:
Bought:
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt (Goodreads)
In the mail:
Speechless by Hannah Harrington (Goodreads)
Library:
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (Goodreads)
To celebrate our August series (with Alexa Loves Books & Novel Sounds), here are 3 suggested travel tales straight from my bookshelf:
Walk Two Moons (road trip + emotional journey) by Sharon Creech (Goodreads)
The Last Song (fathers/daughters + summer) by Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads)
The Namesake (family ties + ancestry) by Jhumpra Lahiri (Goodreads)
On the blog:
-> An adult romance — Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews.
-> Magan reviews Stay with My by Paul Griffin.
-> A beautiful piece about Magan’s own love story.
-> A glimpse at an August release — The Stone Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel.
…our Stalker Chronicles Winner!
Thanks to Carley Moore for providing us with a copy of her book! Jana from The Artsy Reader Girl is our winner! Big hugs to all of you who entered!
Have a super week!
by Estelle
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Cassie K - Wow! Great video! I’m going to look into Walk Too Moons, and The Last Song. I tried watching the movie, but… My friend and I gave up halfway through. I have read othervbooks by Sharon Creech, but never this one that you were talking about. Thanks E!
April Books & Wine - Ahhhh, Tiger Lily is completely wonderful and so well written. I hope you fall head over heels in love.
And omg Walk Two Moons totally brings me back to fourth grade when my teacher read that out loud to us.
Mary @ My Sisters Bookshelf - I like these travel pics! Sometimes I have a tendency to go straight beach reads and I need to go beach reads by way of Jhumpra Lahiri
Paige - I’m so jealous of Speechless because I loved Saving June by Hannah Harrington! I read The Last Song and watched the movie too and I enjoyed both they were really good =) You can check out my IMM over at Comfort Books!
Alexa @ Alexa Loves Books - Aww, thank you for the sweet birthday shoutout E! Lots of love xo
And for all the books you’ve suggested for our Travel Tales, the only one I haven’t read is The Namesake. Hmm, maybe I should go and check it out…
And YAY SPEECHLESS! I LOVED that book so much.
Sharon Creech - A treat to find this!
elena - We can be reading friends for Tiger Lily and Speechless! It’s been AGES since I’ve read Walk Two Moons and eep for a signed copy. Happy reading, Estelle!
VeganYANerds - Firstly, I love your green nails! I got Speechless this week, too, I can’t wait to read it and I really love the sound of Walk Two Moons, I am sure I will cry too!