It’s Officially Summer! What are You Reading ?
Now that the fireworks of the 4th are over, it feels like summer has officially begun. People have set off on their vacations, schools are out, and roads, rails, and airports heading towards the mountains, beaches, and other places to play and restore your soul are full. Along with the normal list of sunscreen, casual clothes and perhaps swimwear, we normally carry along our books to read. It used to be a bag of paperbacks, with the occasional hardback if it was the latest release (yes, I am dating myself). Now it’s our eReader, our Kindles and Nooks, our IPads or Phones with whatever book app you might be using like iGoogle or iApple. So many ways of taking our books along these days.
Of course, we might want to lie in the sun and listen to our stories! Again, there are more apps there to choose from these days. And so many great narrators. I have my favorites. Do you? right now I’m making my way through Morgan Brice’s Witchbane stories on audio featuring the excellent Kale Williams as the narrator. I can’t wait to work my way through each and every one. There’s so much to be said to be lying back and letting a story flow over you while the sun relaxes you! Ok, back to the blog! lol
Or any combination of eBook or audio. That works! And that are great stories out there right now. If you are a fan of m/m hockey romances, then you might know that the wonderful Harrisburg Railers series by RJ Scott and VL Locey has just released its final story in Save the Date. Yep, done. Don’t know the series? It makes great summer reading, all nine stories. And a new series (connected by the son of one of the main characters) will start later on towards the end of the summer. I myself intend to read some of those hockey stories I never got to on our M/M Hockey Romance list found here. Especially those of Jeff Adams and Samantha Wayland! Turns out my boys of summer play hockey! lol
I found out that Mell Eight has two new stories out over at Less Than Three Press I have to go check out and Josh Lanyon also has two new novels I plan on reading. Heidi Cullinan has a trilogy I’m just finishing and and and….yes, it is truly summer.
What books are on your list to read? What are you reading now? And how are you reading them?
Let us know…..
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And now onto our week ahead.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, July 7:
- RELEASE BLITZ Treasure Trail by Morgan Brice
- Release Blitz – Nell Iris – 9 Willow Street
- Blog Tour – Andrew Grey Heart Unbroken
- It’s Officially Summer! What are You Reading ?
- This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Monday, July 8:
- RELEASE BLITZ Another Dance by L. A. Ashton
- BLITZ Through the Tears by Leigh M. Lorien
- HARMONY INK Lou Hoffmann on Dragon’s Rise
- PROMO Steven Harper
- An Alisa Release Day Review: Home Improvement by Tara Lain
- A MelanieM Review: Palm Trees and Paparazzi by J.C. Long
Tuesday, July 9:
- RELEASE BLITZ Crossing Nuwa: Escape by Sean Ian O’Meidhir and Connal Braginsky
- Release Blitz – Victoria Milne – Purple Method
- DSP PROMO Andrew Grey
- An Alisa Release Day Review: Crossing Nuwa: Escape by Sean Ian O’Meidhir and Connal Braginsky
- A Chaos Moondrawn Review: Through the Tears by Leigh M. Lorien
Wednesday, July 10:
- Release Blitz – V.L. Locey – Shake The Stars
- Promo : Sean Ian O’Meidhir and Connal Braginsky on Crossing Nuwa: Escape
- Book Blast – Complementary Colors by Adrienne Wilder
- A Lucy Review: Invisible by Iyana Jenna
- A Chaos Moondrawn Review Complementary Colors by Adrienne Wilder
Thursday, July 11:
- Cover Reveal Eminently Elf (D’Vaire, Book 13) by Jessamyn Kingley
- Release Blitz – Rich Kids by Quin Perin
- BLOG TOUR Triple Threat by Davidson King
- Blog Tour – Made In Lisbon by Ana Newfolk
- A MelanieM Review: Made in Paris (Made In #3) by Ana Newfolk
- A Melanie M Review :Made In Lisbon (Made In #5) by Ana Newfolk
Friday, July 12:
- RELEASE BLITZ Intoxicating by Onley James
- Review Tour – Sam Burns – Salmon and The Hazel (Rowan Harbor Cycle #8)
- PROMO Tara Lain on Home Improvement
- A Free Dreamer Review : Salmon and The Hazel (Rowan Harbor Cycle #8) by Sam Burns
- A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: The Doctor’s Date by Heidi Cullinan
- A Chaos Moondrawn Review: Jaeger’s Lost and Found by Ofelia Gränd
Saturday, July 13:
- Elyse Springer on World Turned Upside Down
- A MelanieM Review:The Monuments Men Murders (The Art of Murder #4) by Josh Lanyon
Thanks for sharing your reads. This summer I think I’m going to finish listening to:
#BLUR by Cambria Hebert (I started it a few months ago and it’s just been sitting there partway finished) then I think I’ll move on and give The Art of Murder series by Josh Lanyon a listen.
As for reading. I finish books fairly quick and don’t plan too far ahead but I know I want to give these books a read and hopefully I won’t digress and put them off.
Nine Stones by Ofelia Grand (available now on booksprout for review for anyone interested)
Jaeger’s Lost and Found by Ofelia Grand
Triple Threat by Davidson King
Hot Summer Nights Anthology
and several Josh Lanyon books I haven’t read.
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