Episode Summary:

It’s one of the best bookish times of the year—summer reading season! Today, we’re giving you our best picks to add to your poolside stack, whether you’re looking for traditional breezy beach reads or something a little darker to keep you turning the pages.

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Highlights:

Does our reading change during summer?
Roni got herself in trouble with summer reading lists and her library holds
Our easy breezy summer pics
The book Roni was able to read at a NASCAR race and not be distracted
Dawn is reading some historicals now but she needs something extra in them
Roni is slightly concerned with her obsession with dual timelines and time-travel in contemporaries
Why Dawn has a friend to thank for not missing her “moment” to meet her husband and Roni has an old computer and a non-compatible America Online CD-ROM to thank for not missing hers
How Dawn failed as a parent ;)
What Dawn can’t listen to on audio
Our darker “summer is too sunny” recs
Roni’s weird category of books that make her think of summer
Our RAD Recs of the week

**spoilers for book picks below*

*Note: all book links are affiliate links which means the podcast makes a small commission if you make a purchase, but there is no extra cost to you!

Books recommended by Roni:

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
The Roommate by Rosie Danaan
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
Lady Bridget’s Diary by Maya Rodale
Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Every Wild Heart by Meg Donahue
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Joyland by Stephen King
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

Books recommended by Dawn:

Only a Crush by Delancey Stewart
Her Highlander Choice by Fenley Grant
Second Chance Summer by Kait Nolan
The One Night by Meghan Quinn
Lucky Charmed by Sharla Lovelace
Dirty Lies by Kristy Mallory
The Survivors by Jane Harper
Princess Claimed by Alison Aimes
The Dragon of New Orleans by Genevieve Jack
Scarred by Emiy McIntire
Hard Time by Cara McKenna

Roni’s Summer Release

For You & No One Else by Roni Loren (July 5th)

RAD Reading Recs of the Week:

A Sinful Empire Trilogy by Eva Charles (Dawn’s rec)
Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse (Roni’s rec)

Other books/things mentioned:

Timeline (movie)
Along for the Ride (movie on Netflix)
The Reunion by Meghan Quinn
A Charmed Little Lie by Sharla Lovelace
Serial podcast
Upgrade by Black Crouch
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

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Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)