Summer Reading
When you’re a writer, you need to read too. Another list of books for summer reading, or anytime for that matter.
I asked friends on Facebook for recommendations on books that made them say “Wow!” And here are their suggestions, plus several of my own.
Adult
The Broken Places. Frances Peck
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip, Sara Brunsvold
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life,Tish Harrison Warren
Five Little Indians, Michelle Good
Fight Night, Miriam Toews
The Maid, Nita Prose
The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penney

The Silver Suitcase, Terrie Todd

Children’s books
Picture books:
West Coast Wild at Low Tide, Deborah Hodge
Three Bears in a Boat, David Soman
Carson Crosses Canada, Linda Bailey

Middle grade novel:
Birdspell, Valerie Sherrard
 YA
Legends of the Lurker series by local author Richard H Stephens

Thank you, Facebook friends, for book titles. More for me to explore as well.