And by reading list, I mean audiobooks, because when does a new mom find time to read a physical book. I'll try to break these down into categories as best I can!
I found out about the Libby app about 4 years ago, and it has been a lifesaver on road trips, travel, listening when the baby is sleeping, or when I just want something on in the background.
How it works: Go to your local library, apply for a library card, download the Libby app and create an account, follow the prompts to add your library card, and rent E-books and audiobooks for free! Your rental lasts about 14 days, you really cannot beat it.
I will also link them to Amazon if libraries just aren't your thing. No judgement. I got my card during Covid in Charleston so I never had to step foot inside.
By genre, these are the books I have rented/listened to since April!
Thrillers/Murder Mystery:
The Butcher and the Wren - Alaina Urquhart
-Alaina is the co-host of my favorite true crime podcast, Morbid. So naturally she wrote a badass thriller.
Nothing More to Tell - Karen M McManus
Pretty Girls - Karin Slaughter
Tell Me What Really Happened - Chelsea Sedoti
Girl Forgotten - Karin Slaughter
False Witness - Karin Slaughter
Night in Question - Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
The Good Daughter - Karin Slaughter
You Shouldn't Have Come Here - Jeneva Rose
Mysteries:
Bad Summer People - Emma Rosenblum
Inheritance Games (#1 in series) - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Hawthorne Legacy (#2 in Series) - Jennifer Barnes
The Final Gambit (#3 in Series) - Jennifer Barnes
Cutesy Romance
The Summer of Broken Rules - K L Walther (set on Martha's Vineyard, obvious choice for me)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Identicals - Elin Hilderbrand
People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
Summer Reading - Jenn McKinlay
The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han
It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han
We'll Always Have Summer - Jenny Han
Every Summer After - Carley Fortune
Sentimental/Sweet/Made me cry
This Time Tomorrow- Emma Straub
Comment your favorite Summer reads of the year!