In Episode 20, Susie from the blog Novel Visits joins me to countdown our all-time favorite summer reads!

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Highlights

• What summer reading means to us.
• What we want to avoid in our summer reading.
• The one book you think would be on our lists, but isn't.
• Sarah guesses the thinly veiled Hollywood celebrities from one of Susie's picks.
• Our running theme of picking the one awesome book from authors whose other work we haven't loved.

Our Top 10 All-Time Favorite Summer Reads

Sarah's Picks:

• A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [10:16]
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:53]
• Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [24:44]
• The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [31:06]
• This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [39:06]

Susie's Picks:

• According to a Source by Abby Stern | Buy from Amazon [14:49]
• The Good Girl by Mary Kubica (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [22:06]
• The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker | Buy from Amazon [27:38]
• In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes | Buy from Amazon [34:55]
• City of Thieves by David Benioff | Buy from Amazon [42:04]

Other Books Mentioned

• The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [7:03]
• The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager | Buy from Amazon [8:38]
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | Buy from Amazon [9:03]
• The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:09]
• Tiny Little Thing by Beatriz Williams (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:09]
• Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:09]
• The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams | Buy from Amazon [14:32]
• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Buy from Amazon [21:16]
• The Night Before by Wendy Walker | Buy from Amazon [26:19]
• All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [26:58]
• The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [27:41]

Other Links

• Catherine from Gilmore Guide to Books
• "La Cote Basque 1965" (Truman Capote's short story)
• Dominick Dunne

About Susie

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I've loved reading for as long as I can remember. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, I began journaling about the books I read and turned that passion into writing about books. My first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend's blog, but I soon realized I wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of my own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, I love being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish.

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