Summer 2017 was a bit stop and go for me as far as book blogging is concerned, but I’m still happy with the volume of reviews I put out. You can find the full list below divided by category and organized by the rating I gave to each title.
For the Fall, what I’m hoping is that I’m able to post review/release content consistently about twice a week, and add a Links I Loved This Week post to the mix as well if I have time. I’m planning on starting a new feature called Book Pairings in which I will review one fiction and one nonfiction pick that have some kind of connection to each other. I already have 2 specific topics planned.
I ended up reading a total of 26 books in Summer 2017 and reviewed 29 books (11 Nonfiction, 11 Contemporary Fiction, 6 Historical Fiction and 1 Classic). The discrepancy between read books and reviewed books comes both from titles I read before the start of Summer 2017 that I reviewed during the summer, and titles that I read during Summer 2017 but that I haven’t reviewed yet.
Books I read towards the end of Summer 2017 and that I plan to review soon include: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, What Made Maddy Run by Kate Fagan and Elizabeth: The Queen by Sally Bedell Smith.
You can see my full Books Read and TBR lists on my Goodreads page!
Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words by Andrew Morton
The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck
Blown For Good: Behind The Iron Curtain Of Scientology by Marc Headley
Who Though This Was A Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco
Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Inside Scientology: The Story Of America’s Most Secret Religion by Janet Reitman
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, And Me by Ron Miscavige
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Disaster Falls: A Family Story by Stephane Gerson
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine By Gail Honeyman
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Into The Water by Paula Hawkins
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
Dead Letters by Caitlin Dolan-Leach
Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson
The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
When The Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Death Of A Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Have you read any of the books I reviewed in Summer 2017? Which one was your favorite? Leave your opinion in the comments!
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Excellent list. I have a few of these on my radar, including Sapiens which I chose for my book club to read in December. How did Homo Deus compare? Of the two, which one did you prefer?
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Well done on reading so many books! I see lots of amazing books which I’m also interested in reading!
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Thank you! 🙂
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I think I first found your blog because of your Scientology book reviews, I’m so fascinated by those! Thanks for giving me more ideas for my to-read list 🙂
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You’re welcome! Scientology is truly (horrifyingly) fascinating, isn’t it?
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What a great mix of genres you have on your summer list and some great books too
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Thanks! 🙂
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What a lot of good books you read this summer! Out of all of these, I’ve only read Dead Wake (which I think I liked better than you did) and The Handmaid’s Tale. I haven’t seen many blog reviews of American War – good to see you gave it 5 stars – I’d like to read that one!
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American War is definitely in my Top 5 for the year, maybe even #1. It just spoke so well to current issues while constructing a dystopian world that was so realistic.
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High praise! I’ll bump that one up for sure…
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Wonderful list. I like the mix of genres. I read The Nightingale last week and loved it. Love in the Time of Cholera is a book I read last year but I can still remember how much I enjoyed it. I hope to read Into the Water soon.
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Into The Water was good, though it got a bit implausible towards the end 🙂 I enjoyed it though – hope you do too!
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