
Today’s topic at The Broke and The Bookish is Top Ten Books on my summer TBR list.
I’m a mood reader and not a planner but there are some books that I am planning on reading this summer.
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Armada – This is the sequel to one of my favorite books of all time, Ready Player One. Â I’m nervous about this one. Â Sequels to favorites can end in tears. But Wil Wheaton is narrating the audiobook again and I’ll be getting this the minute it is released.
Lagoon – I don’t even know what this is about but it is Nnedi Okorafor so I’ll read it. Â I’m waiting for it on reserve at the library.
Clean Sweep – I’m not a Ilona Andrews fan but a story about a bed and breakfast owner with a deadly broom is intriguing. Â I’m going to have to buy this one I think because the library doesn’t have it.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – I know I’m late to the party on this one but I just found it at my neighborhood Little Free Library.
Loving Day – A man returns to the U.S. from Wales and finds that he has a daughter who doesn’t know that she is part black. Â I’m on the list for this one at the library too.
The Soul of an Octopus – I love cephalopods. Â If I was a biologist, I’d study them. Â This is a nonfiction book about a person who did that.
The Star Side of Bird Hill– Two sisters are sent from Brooklyn to Barbados and see different aspects of the island. Â Coming from the library soon.
Rebel Mechanics – I liked this author’s other series. Â This is a retelling of the Revolutionary War where the British have magic and the colonists have inventions. Â Coming out in July.
Guyana – The death of a friend leads a person to investigate her life which ties into the Jonestown Massacre. Â This is a translation of a French-Canadian book.
Dietland – “The diet revolution is here. Â And it’s armed.” Who can resist that description?


The only one I have heard of is Armada, and I had NO idea that it was the sequel to Ready Player One! No wonder everyone is so excited for it! Hope you enjoy all of them 😀
I haven’t heard of any of these, but a few of them have stunning covers…and very intriguing synopsis.
Happy reading 🙂
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