Literary Ladies Summer Reading Challenge {The Results}

 

I read an insane amount of books this summer.  And I actually did read most of them (versus listening to them) because I was home with not a lot to do.  You can read my summer book reviews for June, July, and August if you'd like.  These are the ones I chose for the Literary Ladies Book Club Challenge.

I should really insert some links, but we all have equal access to Google, am I right?  If you follow me on Goodreads, you can see these reads of mine. 

YA book: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Very good.)

Non-US Author: Three Wishes by Liane Moriarity (Pretty good.)  and One Plus One by Jojo Moyes (Very, very good.)

Book Recommended by a Blogger: The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay (Like, the best ever.)

Book on TBR list for a year: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris (Meh.) and Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris (Surprisingly okay.)

Book with a kick-ass female character: All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin I couldn't find this book by Zevin anywhere and I didn't feel like buying it. It's still on my to-read list, but for the purposes of this challenge, I switched to The Good Girl by Mary Kubica (Pretty good.)

Book to movie: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky I couldn't find this book either.  One day I asked Alexa if she played podcasts and she said, "Accessing your Audible library" and all of a sudden Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand (Eh. Parts were okay.) started playing and I just started listening.  I'm not sure how/why this occurred. Or why Alexa doesn't respond to the words she's supposed to. However, Alexa is hooked up to Scott's Amazon account (oh yes, we have joint checking, but separate Amazon accounts) and that was on his Audible so that's what she played.  I listened over a period of a few weeks by asking "Alexa? Do you play podcasts?".  Technology.

Edited to add: I did end up reading Perks last week.  Look for it in my September Books post.

Memoir: Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe (Really good.)

Book with One-Word Title: Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Superb.)

Book about Summer: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (We-Were-Over-Privileged.)

Suspenseful Book: My Friend the Enemy by Dan Smith (Pretty good.)

What was the best book you read this summer?