Summer reads, childhood memories, and a whole lot of books. Megan, Debra, and Lance talk public pools, farm work, county fairs, and the stories they snuck in after dark. Plus June book club picks, a store birthday, discounts, and what is on their reading lists for the season.

What childhood book still feels tied to summer in your memory?

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📖 The Covered Pages

Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key

The Trouble With Miss Switch by Barbara Brooks Wallace

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clark

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Close Encounters Man by Mark O’Connell

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe

The Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst

A Far Flung Life by M. L. Stedman

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

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