275: What I Read: Summer 2019

First off: Thank you Patrons!  Racheal Herron, author of Stolen Things  CC of Geeky Girls Knit Ana of RagTyme Design Jana Ford I read a LOT this summer, today I'll share my very favorite memoirs, mental health books and a lot of brand-new thrillers. For the past 6 years I've shared my monthly reading list on my blog, and since January 2018, I've shared that list on the podcast (Starting in episode 192). I've heard from a lot of you, that you love to talk books with me, so I'm making even more bookish videos and a book club, you can find all the details below. Here's the other thing I hear from you- you're busy, you may not read 100+ books/year, so here on the podcast, I'm going to sort through all I read and share them here with you, my FAVORITE books of the season. I'll still be doing the monthly round-up videos here at the end of each month. If you want even more bookish videos, there's even more on Patreon.com/taraswiger Favorite books of Summer Let's talk about my favorite books that I read from June - August 2019. I'll share these by category, like my fave mystery/thriller, fave sci-fi, etc. Now, I don't usually read that many new books, so I was going to do a category on new books, published this year...but this summer I read 15 books that were published in 2019! In part because I was reading along with the Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide, in part because I was reading a lot of my Book of the Month Club books. My fave mystery/thriller books published this year (so far): All of them are about more than you think they are, they are all commenting on a social issue. Before She Knew Him, by Peter Swanson  Stolen Things by R. H. Herron (full review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq6ZSEodsuk) The Better Sister, by Alafair Burke  Lock Every Door, Riley Sager  (review and vlog here: https://youtu.be/NXcVi9kPmQ0) The Farm, Joanne Ramos Fave new graphic novel: Unstoppable Wasp, by Jeremy Whitley Fave memoirs: Valedictorian of Being Dead by Heather Armstrong Save me the Plums, Ruth Reichl Fave new Mental Health Book: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb Fave new Sci-Fi: Recursion, by Blake Crouch Favorite mystery series (new to me) Inspector Gamache series by Louis Penny Fave (new to me) Fantasy series: Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (reading vlog here: https://youtu.be/185ncEJQlgo ) Book I was completely surprised by: Station Eleven by Emily St. John So many of my faves came from Book of the Month Club. Before I go I wanna thank, Ana of ragtymedesign.com for supporting the show. Anna makes beautiful one-of-a-kind art toys, that are just stunning. Thank you to Janna Ford, for supporting the show and listening! Remember you can join them in getting extra videos and a Book Club, over on Patreon.com/TaraSwiger. If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review on iTunes, a thumbs up on YouTube, and be sure to subscribe. Thank you so much for listening and have an enthusiastic week!     Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast275