I’ve had a few people ask me for book recommendations, so I thought I’d do a quick post. Let me clarify that, by recommendations, I of course mean novels that were fun to read, or seem like they might be. It’s summer, people; I’m not reading anything heavy.
Please add your recommendations in the comments section–even Pulitzer Prize contenders, if you must 🙂
Historical Romance
Some of Mary Balogh‘s books from the 1990s were re-released this month, including Beyond the Sunrise, Longing, Heartless, and Silent Melody. I haven’t read these yet, because I’m savoring them, for those dark times when there are no other books to be had.
Contemporary Romance
Victoria Dahl‘s new book, Taking the Heat, is out July 28th. Dahl doesn’t write about quaint hometowns, and innocent first loves. She writes edgy, sexy books–with a good deal of skill–and her Twitter feed sometimes makes me blush.
The paperback of Susan Elizabeth Phillip’s Heroes Are My Weakness also comes out on the 28th. The fact that SEP is a romance author, but still gets hardcover releases, tells you she is the queen. Because she is. If you’ve never read her, go back and read some of her earlier works first.
Non-Romance
Judy Blume has written her first adult novel, In the Unlikely Event. I haven’t read this, but the nostalgia alone makes me want to.
Saint Mazie, by Jami Attenberg sounds interesting, and has gotten great reviews. It’s about Mazie Phillips, who was a real-life ticket-taker at a movie theater in New York City from the beginning of Prohibition to the end of the Depression.
Happy reading!
If you enjoy historical romance, I say you can’t go wrong with anything from Lisa Kleypas. Some of my favorites are the five (especially the first three) that make up the Wallflower series. I dare anyone not to fall in love with Westcliff.