{"id":2829,"date":"2017-06-08T15:36:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:37:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:37:47","slug":"my-summer-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/my-summer-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"My Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karyngoodauthor\/\">Instagram<\/a> I shared a summer reading list I compiled of books I want to read. Hopefully I&#8217;ll get to more than a few of the books on my lists this summer. My Instagram list, however, is comprised of books I have yet to purchase. I have a stack of books I ready own that I need to read first.<\/p>\n<p>Summer to me means books! Lots and lots of books and reading. My goals are always ambitious. But that&#8217;s what goals are for, right? To push one&#8217;s self.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2562\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-8-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-8-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-8.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently reading The Romance Writer&#8217;s Guide To Life by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharonpywell.com\/\">Sharon Pywell<\/a>. I&#8217;m enjoying this one even though I prepared myself for\u00a0some serious stereotyping of romance readers. That hasn&#8217;t happened so far. But I&#8217;m still kind of holding my breath.<\/p>\n<h1>Summer Reading List: Books I Already Own:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>The Break by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katherenavermette.com\/\">Katherena Vermette<\/a>. A finalist in Canada Reads and a recommendation from a trusted source.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/ella-minnow-pea-a-novel\/9780385722438-item.html\">Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel of Letters<\/a> by Mark Dunn. This one sounds really intriguing and given to me by another trusted source. I love it when that happens!<\/li>\n<li>The Couple Next Door by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharilapena.com\/book\/the-couple-next-door-us\/\">Shari Lapena<\/a>. I&#8217;ve had this one for awhile now and I think I&#8217;m scared to start it. Here&#8217;s hoping the sunny days and summer heat make me less shy about this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Summer Reading List: Books I Have Yet To Purchase:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Book of Summer by <a href=\"http:\/\/michellegable.com\/\">Michelle Gable<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Firefly Lane by <a href=\"http:\/\/kristinhannah.com\/books\/firefly-lane\">Kristin Hannah<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lost Lake by <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahaddisonallen.com\/\">Sarah Addison Allen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You Will Know Me by <a href=\"http:\/\/meganabbott.com\/\">Megan Abbott<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lonely Hearts Hotel by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.ca\/cr-100079\/heather-oneill\">Heather O&#8217;Neill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Historian by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elizabethkostova.com\/books\/\"> Elizabeth Kostova<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Dovekeepers by <a href=\"http:\/\/alicehoffman.com\/books\/the-dovekeepers\/synopsis\">Alice Hoffman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Against a Darkening Sky by <a href=\"http:\/\/laurenbdavis.com\/books\/against-a-darkening-sky\/overview\">Lauren B. Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I Let You Go by <a href=\"https:\/\/claremackintosh.com\/\">Clare Mackintosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Birds Art Life by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyomaclear.com\/\">Kyo Maclear<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Hate U Give by <a href=\"http:\/\/angiethomas.com\/books\">Angie Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you check out a few of the books and links listed. Most of these authors are new to me and I&#8217;ve picked these books for a reason. Not only do I feel like they will make my summer a better one than it&#8217;s already promising to be, but I&#8217;m hoping to get some insight to where I want to go from here with my own writing. As I rap up my fourth romantic suspense story, I more and more wonder if the romance genre is the right place for me. I will always love romance, but more and more I find it doesn&#8217;t fit my writing needs. The more I learn about my process and my strengths and weaknesses, the more I want to write women&#8217;s fiction. But more on this in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p>I want to hear what&#8217;s on your summer reading list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday on Instagram I shared a summer reading list I compiled of books I want to read. Hopefully I&#8217;ll get to more than a few of the books on my lists this summer. 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