Summer Reads from Four Bloggers

Porter Square Books

When: June 21, 2012
Where: Cambridge, MA
Porter Square Books

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Four bloggers shared their best recommendations for summer reads with us:

• Trish (Me!) of The Bowed Bookshelf @bowedbookshelf
• Tahleen Ovian Shamlian of Tahleen's Mixed-Up Files @tahleen
• Gail Yates of Ticket to Anywhere @Irisheyz77
• Marie Cloutier of BostonBibliophile @bostonbibliophl

I went first, and explained that although I read fiction and nonfiction, I chose fiction for this summer. You can click the book titles listed below to see why we chose each title.

Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland

If Jack's in Love by Stephen Wetta

It's Beginning to Hurt: Stories by James Lasdun

Revival by Scott Alarik

Tahleen reviews young adult books and she had a mix of great titles that she'd picked from the past several years.

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Paper Towns by John Green

Gail reads a mix of genres: fantasy, young adult, romance, science fiction and she has chosen the best of her blog for your delectation this summer.

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Hold Still by Nina LaCour

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Marie, the Boston Bibliophile, chose some of the books in the past months that have rocked her worldview.

Pure by Andrew Miller

Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua

Absolution by Patrick Flanery

Sorry to be getting this list out late to you, but think of it this way: summer is in full swing. If you missed on your choices so far, take a look at ours and begin again. You won't be sorry.

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