Jess is going gangbusters on her summer writing, and KJ may be struggling, but they’re both plowing through some serious recs for your summer reading list from them and from members of the #AmWriting Facebook group.
#AmReading
KJ:
Rules for Visiting: A Novel, Jessica Francis Kane
Honestly We Meant Well: A Novel, Grant Ginder
What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw, Leah Stewart
The Gifted School: A Novel, Bruce Holsinger
City of Girls: A Novel, Elizabeth Gilbert
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein
The Sentence is Death: A Novel, Anthony Horowitz
Bowling Avenue, Ann Shayne
The Library of Lost and Found, Phaedra Patrick
Jeeves and the King of Clubs: A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse, Ben Schott
There's a Word for That, Sloane Tanen
Mostly Dead Things, Kristen Arnett
The Bride Test, Helen Hoang
Everything Is Just Fine, Brett Paesel
The Late Bloomers' Club: A Novel, Louise Miller
After the End, Clare Mackintosh
I Miss You When I Blink: Essays, Mary Laura Philpott
Happy Campers: 9 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults, Audrey Monke
Jess:
Top Secret, Sarina Bowen
Raising a Screen Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age, Julianna Miner
Basketball Junkie: A Memoir, Chris Herren
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race, Lara Prior-Palmer
The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time, Nancy Davis Kho
Stoney the Pony's Most Inspiring Year: Teaching Children About Addiction Through Metaphor, Linda Myers
Everything Is Just Fine, Brett Paesel
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, Michael Pollan
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Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
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