{"id":189,"date":"2015-06-23T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2015-07-25T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T23:07:27","slug":"an-eclectic-summer-reading-lis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"An Eclectic Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I love to sit on my porch and read in the summer. As a kid I could not wait for school to be out for the summer, so I could read what I wanted to read instead of what was required. I would spend every rainy day curled up with a book. I spent most summer nights reading until I fell asleep with the book in my hands.
\nI still fall asleep with my book in my hands sometimes, and I don’t get to curl up and read as much as I would like to anymore, but summer is still made for reading. I put together a list of some of my favorite books. Some have been featured in my Year of Women’s Voices Series, some were published a while ago, and some are new. It is a pretty eclectic list, and if you are looking for something to read I hope you find something here.<\/p>\n

Intense and Sexy Reads<\/b><\/div>\n

By Fiona Zedde<\/b>
\nBliss <\/i>
\nBroken in Soft Places<\/i>
\nDangerous Pleasures<\/i>
\nEvery Dark Desire<\/i>
\nDesire at Dawn <\/i>
\nFor more about Fiona here is the link to my review of \u00a0Fiona’s books<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

By Megan Hart<\/b>
\nTear You Apart<\/i>
\nVanilla<\/i>
\nSwitch<\/i>
\nEverything Changes<\/i>
\nRide with the Devil<\/i>
\nOut of the Dark<\/i>
\nLovely Wild<\/i>
\nPrecious Fragile Things<\/i>
\nAll Fall Down<\/i>
\nFor more about Megan here is the link to my interview with\u00a0Megan<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

By Tiffany Reisz<\/b>
\nThe Siren,\u00a0<\/i>and the rest of the series.\u00a0Beware, this book is the beginning of an eight book series, don’t say I did not warn you.<\/p>\n

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The Headmaster<\/i>
\nSeven Day Loan<\/i>
\nThe Mistress Files<\/i>
\nSubmit to Desire<\/i>
\nThe Last Good Knight (Serial Novel)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Memoir:<\/b> if you only read one memoir this summer, make it one of these two:<\/div>\n

Just Kids<\/i> by Patti Smith. Here is the link to\u00a0my review<\/a>\u00a0.
\nLet’s Pretend this Never Happened <\/i>by Jenny Lawson. Here is the link to\u00a0my review<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Science Fiction\/ Fantasy\/Urban Fantasy<\/b><\/div>\n


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\nEverything ever written by Octavia Butler,<\/b> no seriously, and here is\u00a0a link to my list to get you started<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

By Helen Oyeyemi<\/b>
\nBoy Snow Bird<\/i>
\nWhite is For Witching<\/i>
\nThe Icarus Girl<\/i><\/p>\n

By N. K. Jemisin<\/b>
\nThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms <\/i>Here is the link to\u00a0my review<\/a>\u00a0.
\nThe Broken Kingdoms<\/i>
\nThe Awakened Kingdom \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

By Jacqueline Carey<\/b>
\nThis is another long series (collectively Kushiel’s Legacy) but it is so worth your time. “Love as thou wilt”.
\nKushiel’s Dart
\nKushiel’s Chosen
\nKushiel’s Avatar<\/p>\n

Kushiel’s Scion
\nKushiel’s Justice
\nKushiel’s Mercy<\/p>\n

Naamah’s Kiss
\nNaamah’s Curse
\nNaamah’s Blessing
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\nBy Katherine Dunn<\/b>
\nGeek Love \u00a0<\/i>Not for the squeamish, here is the link to\u00a0my review.<\/a>
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Here is to lazy summer days, reading and summer fun, and an adult beverage or two.<\/p>\n

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