Despite the scorching temps this previous week (and those expected next week), I spent the last few days engaging in one of my favorite "back to school" activities: Decorating for Fall and Halloween. Tomorrow is October 1st and with October comes all things pumpkin spice (apple spice if you're a pumpkin spice hater) and spooky stories. In celebration of this harvest month, my books to read in October list consists solely of thrillers and mysteries. In the past few months, I've tried to shake up my TBR list with different genres, but not this month. October is for thrillers only...by far my favorite genre. Check them out below: (As always, blurbs are from Goodreads and in italics.) The Institute by Stephen King In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black…
Month: September 2019
Best Books of Summer 2019
Unfortunately summer is winding down. It's time to pack away the beach chairs. Time to close up the pool and cover the patio furniture. It's time to go back to work and school. Time to tally up the best books of summer 2019. This list of the best books of summer 2019 is extremely subjective. It's comprised of the best books I read this summer. Yup, it's my opinion. These aren't necessary "summer's hottest reads". In fact, some of these books could be a few years old already. It's not based on prize winning books or books "Everyone" loved. Nor is it based on books with five stars and a billion reviews. I mean, these books might have five stars and a million reviews, but that's not why I consider them the best books of summer 2019. I consider them the best books of the summer because they were the…
Books to Read in September
You guys, I can't believe that summer is OVER. September is here and we are officially in the back to school mode. (sniff, sniff) Don't get me wrong...I love September. I'm pretty sure that once I retire from the school system, it'll be my favorite month. The weather is perfect and fall is in the air. I don't need to wear circulation-strangling shorts anymore, nor do I need to worry about the humidity making me look like a chia pet. The one thing that's great about summer (besides the beach) is that I can read so much. Once the school year starts up, my reading time is next to nothing. So imagine my distress when I got word that almost ALL the books I had on hold for this summer came in at once...the weekend before school started. It goes without saying that my books to read in September list…