summer reading list
A few people have been asking me what I’ve been reading this summer, so here’s a list of what I’ve already read and what is still piled up on the kindle:
Bad Men- John Connolly (dark thriller with shades of the supernatural mixed in)
Climbing the Broken Stairs – Frieda Adkins (biography about a girl horribly abused as a child)
The Fort- Aric Davis (story about 4 teenaged friends in the 80’s who witness a crime)
Gemma- Meg Tilly (told from the viewpoint of a 12 year old girl who is kidnapped and abused)
The Silver Star- Jeannette Walls (two sisters left by their mom who have to find their own way in the world)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman (supernatural story about kids fighting back against bad spirits)
The Kitchen House- Kathleen Grissom (slavery and the slave owning families and the overlap between them with a great story mixed in)
Every Dead Thing- John Connolly (very, very, very dark story about a detective and the murders he solves. first in a series.)
20th Century Ghosts- Joe Hill (short stories by the son of Stephen King. some dark, some scary, some sad, some funny. all awesome.)
And the Mountains Echoed- Khaled Hosseini (definitely his weakest of his 3 novels, but in the same vein as the other two.)
Me Before You- Jojo Moyes (unconventional love story. need a ton of tissues for this one, but i loooooooved it.)
Cleaning House- Kay Wyna (what got me started on my whole life skills tear. a must read for all of us “over helpful” moms. my full review here.)
NOS4A2- Joe Hill (amazing and long supernatural thriller )
The Last Child- John Hart (i read this one a while ago but including it anyway. the twin sister of a 12 year old boy goes missing and he does most of the investigating to find her. very dark and twisted.)
Joyland- Stephen King (actually read this one in paperback because he wasn’t releasing it in kindle. I kept swiping the pages and was confused when they didn’t turn by themselves. A college aged carnival worker, supernatural aspects, but mostly just awesome character development as per the usual SK books.)
Do you notice a theme with what I read? Besides Me Before You, The Kitchen House, and Cleaning House all my books are dark, twisty, supernatural and/or scary/disturbing. What exactly does that say about me?? Don’t answer that.
Still in the queue to be read:
Guilt-Jonathan Kellerman
Thumbprint- Joe Hill
The King of Lies- John Hart
This Beautiful Life- Helen Schulman (reading this one now- about a teenaged girls video of her doing inappropriate things going viral and the ramifications it has on everyone)
Dark Hollow- John Connolly (2nd in series of Charlie Parker novel. I think there are 11 altogether.)
Live by Night- Dennis Lehane (i’ve read all of his other books and loved them)
Save Yourself- Kelly Braffet
beyond belief- Jenna Miscavige Hill (escape from scientology)
Left Neglected- Lisa Genova
Last Letter to my Lover- Jojo Moyes
We’re All in This Together- Owen King
Same Kind of Different as Me-Bud Hall
Shiver- Michael Prescott
The Magicians Assistan- Ann Patchett
Then Came YOu- Jennifer Weiner
The Language of Flowers- Vanessa someoneorother
If you have any recommendations for me, feel free to send them my way. Especially anything dark and twisted. You can find my past reading lists here and here .