Show notes:

Summer summer summertime! It’s finally here. And this is a great time for us to recommend some summer reads that’ll satisfy you while you’re reading pool- or beachside, or even in your backyard. Here are 19 unputdownable books with a summer flavor. Start gathering them now so you don’t have to put down your mai tais to go find something to read.

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Bookish Goodies:

[6:00] Sarah - The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

[8:10] Mia - In the Depths (a poetry collection) written by Mia Sutton and designed by Sarah Hartley

Summer Reading Recs:

[12:21] Mia - Falling by TJ Newman

[13:08] Sarah - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

[13:49] Mia - Verity by Colleen Hoover

[14:53] Sarah - The Love in the City series by Jen Morris

[15:48] Mia - wow no thank you by Samantha Irby

[17:01] Sarah - Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

[17:58] Mia - Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

[18:38] Sarah - The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

[19:22] Mia - The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn

[20:25] Sarah - A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow*

[21:16] Mia - Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton

[22:10] Sarah - The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberly, Austin Sigmund Broka

[23:04] Mia - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Crosby

[24:18] Sarah - The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle

[25:40] Mia - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

[26:55] Sarah - 28 Summers by Elin Hildebrand

[28:30] Mia - I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey

[29:23] Sarah - Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[30:33] Sarah - The Last Flight by Julie Clark

*Sarah mentioned this book being inspired by Cinderella. It's actually a Sleeping Beauty retelling. She apologizes for the misspeak.

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