Summer Reading

When I have writer's block, I normally check out some of my favorite bloggers, and get inspiration from them. This post was inspired by the Young Southern Prep (who unfortunately no longer posts, but she still has a wealth of ideas and her blog is very fun to browse through). I am a huge reader, and I have always been. I feel like I have read every possible interesting book in my local library branch, so when I got my kindle a few years ago, I was able to read so many more books than I would have ever bought online or in a store. However, I still love reading books (real books) but sometimes, when I do not want to make the trip to the bookstore or the library, I indulge myself in a cheap ($0.99-3.99) book for the day. This summer I have read some terribly boring books, and some books I loved. Here are some of my summer reads.

Hands-down the best book that I have read this summer. After going to the Dominican Republic and having my first overseas service mission, reading about this both reminded me of the connections that I had made in the DR and inspired me. I simply could not put this book down.

I loved this book! I highly recommend. It really transported me to a different world and time.

Kind of a mashup of the Hunger Games and the Bachelor. A girl from a lower faction of society gets chosen to compete for the love of the Prince. As a Bachelor enthusiast and a love of all things royal, this was right up my alley. The book is the first in a trilogy.

This summer I had a Lauren Weisberger addiction. I read three of her books and loved them all. Her style of writing is very captivating and she really takes you into the world of New York City's most elite. (I also watched the DWP movie on the way to Venice, which I loved!) Read anything of hers and you will love it. Not even exaggerating.

I picked up this book in Heathrow on the way home from London, and finished it on the plane home. This book is a tell-all on the fashion journalism industry (and especially on Vogue) as told by the fired  Editor-in-Chief of Australian Vogue. As a person who loves all things fashion journalism, I ate this up.

I'm pretty sure that I talked about this book earlier this summer, but it was such a good read! Mary Kay Andrews is the queen of beach reads. 

I still have to finish two books for school-mandated summer reading, but I feel like when you are assigned a book to read it isn't nearly as fun! 

Good reading,