Good morning, friends!<\/p>\n

Zach’s last day of school is today and last night I got busy\u00a0dreaming about all of our summer plans!! We have three family vacations all revolving around the water and I couldn’t be more excited. \u00a0We’ve already pulled out the water table and good night these chicas looove to splash and splash and splash!<\/p>\n

In preparation for the summer, I’ve always had a reading list that I aim to get through. \u00a0Last year I didn’t make it through a single book after the girls were born (ha), although I did get my hands on a few good ones\u00a0while I was on bedrest.<\/p>\n

I absolutely love to read and have been so excited to pass that on to the girls. \u00a0Seeing them sit and page through books and squeal with delight has been one of my favorites. \u00a0My aunt Laurie is a book enthusiast and always passes along amazing reads I have to get my hands on. She has also been a huge part in fostering the girls’ love for books and always shows up with new books in hand to read. \u00a0The girls are at the age now where they want to sit in your lap and turn each page which is quite possibly the cutest thing e.v.e.r.<\/p>\n

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As we jump into summer, if you’re anything like me and have to have a good list of books to page through as you sit on the beach, by the pool or as you crawl into bed at night, check out one or two of my ‘must reads’ for summer! (Don’t forget to stop back by and let me know what you think of them!!)<\/p>\n

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Here’s my top 10 to add to your list this summer!<\/p>\n

\nWhere’d Ya Go Bernadette?<\/a>\u00a0by Maria Semple<\/p>\n

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she’s a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she’s a disgrace; to design mavens, she’s a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette’s intensifying allergy to Seattle–and people in general–has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.<\/span><\/p>\n

To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence–creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter’s role in an absurd world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nGoodnight June<\/a> by Sarah Jio<\/p>\n

Goodnight Moon <\/i>by Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight Songs<\/i>) is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June,<\/i> Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the \u201cgreat green room\u201d might have come to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Ruby\u2019s estate and determine the fate of Bluebird Books, the children\u2019s bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s. Amidst the store\u2019s papers, June stumbles upon letters between her great-aunt and the late Margaret Wise Brown\u2014and steps into the pages of American literature.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe Girl on the Train<\/a>\u00a0by Paula Hawkins<\/p>\n

\u201cEVERY DAY THE SAME<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting onday she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and their deck. She\u2019s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life\u2014as she sees it\u2014is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.<\/span><\/p>\n

UNTIL TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n

And then she sees something shocking. It\u2019s only a minute until the train moves on, but it\u2019s enough. Now everything\u2019s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?\u201d Amazon.com<\/span><\/p>\n

\nNineteen Minutes<\/a>\u00a0by Jodi Picoult<\/p>\n

In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling\u2019s residents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even those who were not inside the school that morning find their lives in an upheaval, including Alex Cormier. The superior court judge assigned to the Houghton case, Alex\u2014whose daughter, Josie, witnessed the events that unfolded\u2014must decide whether or not to step down. She\u2019s torn between presiding over the biggest case of her career and knowing that doing so will cause an even wider chasm in her relationship with her emotionally fragile daughter. Josie, meanwhile, claims she can\u2019t remember what happened in the last fatal minutes of Peter\u2019s rampage. Or can she? And Peter\u2019s parents, Lacy and Lewis Houghton, ceaselessly examine the past to see what they might have said or done to compel their son to such extremes. Nineteen Minutes also features the return of two of Jodi Picoult\u2019s characters\u2014defense attorney Jordan McAfee from The Pact<\/span><\/a> and Salem Falls<\/span><\/a>, and Patrick DuCharme, the intrepid detective introduced in Perfect Match<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nSomeone Else’s Love Story<\/a> by Joshilyn Jackson<\/p>\n

Someone Else’s Love Story<\/i> is beloved and highly acclaimed New York Times<\/i> bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson’s funny, charming, and poignant novel about science and miracles, secrets and truths, faith and forgiveness; about falling in love, and learning that things aren’t always what they seem\u2014or what we hope they will be.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shandi Pierce is juggling finishing college, raising her delightful three-year-old genius son Nathan, aka Natty Bumppo, and keeping the peace between her eternally warring, long-divorced parents. She’s got enough complications without getting caught in the middle of a stick-up and falling in love with William Ashe, who willingly steps between the robber and her son.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shandi doesn’t know that her blond god Thor has his own complications. When he looked down the barrel of that gun he believed it was destiny: It’s been one year to the day since a tragic act of physics shattered his world. But William doesn’t define destiny the way others do. A brilliant geneticist who believes in facts and numbers, destiny to him is about choice. Now, he and Shandi are about to meet their so-called destinies head on, making choices that will reveal unexpected truths about love, life, and the world they think they know.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMr. Maybe<\/a> by Jane Green<\/p>\n

To Libby Mason, Mr. Right has always meant Mr. Rich. A twenty seven-year-old publicist, she’s barely able to afford her fashionable and fabulous lifestyle and often has to foot the bill for dates with Struggling Writer Nick, a sexy but perpetually strapped-for-cash guy she’s dating (no commitments \u2013 really). So when Ed, Britain’s wealthiest but stodgiest bachelor, enters the picture, her idea of the fairy tale romance is turned on it’s head. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Maybe<\/b> is the tale of her heartfelt but hilarious deliberation, irresistibly chronicled by bestselling author Jane Green. On one hand, Nick makes up for his low bank-account balance by his performance in the sack, or in the bathtub, as the case may be. But life with him means little more than nightly trips to the bar, a dark and grungy apartment, and plenty of dull political tirades to boot. But those blue eyes, and that tender heart…<\/span><\/p>\n

Taking romantic comedy to a hip, sparkling new level, Mr. Maybe<\/b> is a classic tale of what happens to one girl when her heart and her head aren’t looking for the same thing. With a laugh and minute and a heroine whose struggles in the dating jungle will remind you of your own, Mr. Maybe<\/b> is a story that all will leave you smitten.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nCan You Keep a Secret?<\/a> by Sophie Kinsella<\/p>\n

Sophie Kinsella delivers a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new character. Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:<\/span><\/p>\n

Secrets from her mother:<\/span><\/p>\n

I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sammy the goldfish in my parents\u2019 kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secrets from her boyfriend:<\/span><\/p>\n

I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.<\/span><\/p>\n

From her colleagues:<\/span><\/p>\n

When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.) It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secrets she wouldn\u2019t share with anyone in the world:<\/span><\/p>\n

My G-string is hurting me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.<\/span><\/p>\n

But come Monday morning, Emma\u2019s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company\u2019s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from <\/span>the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn\u2019t possibly get worse\u2014Until they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nSomething Borrowed<\/a> by Emily Giffin<\/p>\n

Rachel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship. But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy’s fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren’t always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can play along in the comments section!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Question:<\/strong><\/span> What’s your fav summer read I need to check out?!<\/p>\n

xoxo,<\/p>\n

Lindsey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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