OK, the photo above is a book I haven’t read yet, but I started Truly Like Lightning while I was on vacation this month and it’s a real trip. More on it later! Now onto September’s reads!
The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue • ★★★☆☆
If there’s one trope I fall for all the time, it’s mysterious events at an elite boarding school or college. I read these books all the time.
And I fell for it again with The Temple House Vanishing. In this book, reporter seeks to uncover the truth about what happened at Temple House, a top-notch Catholic girls’ school, when a teacher and student went missing 25 years prior. As she digs deeper and interviews one the missing girl’s closest friends, more is uncovered.
This book was a touch spooky and perfectly moody. It was a good read for a rainy September day.
Beach Read by Emily Henry • ★★★★☆
I never fancied myself to be much of a rom-com reader. In fact, until last year, I never had picked one up. But now they are becoming a regular part of my reading rotation. And I think I found a new favorite in Beach Read.
This book follows January, a romance author who has hit a snag personally and professionally. She heads to her late father’s secret lake house to clean it out and get some writing done. While there, she discovers her college rival and best-selling author Gus lives right next door.
Over the summer, they challenge one another to write in a whole new style. She’d try to write the next great American novel and Gus would try his hand at romance.
This book is really sweet, comforting and was just the right thing to bring with me on vacation.
Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore • ★★☆☆☆
Years ago, I read Bittersweet by this author and was totally engrossed. Ever since I’ve been waiting for another one of her books to speak to me. And when Fierce Little Thing came out, I made sure to add it to my list. A book about a woman who grew up in a remote commune in New England who is beckoned to return after receiving some threatening letters? Sounds thrilling!
But I had a hard time following this book. It might have been listening to it versus reading that lead to a lot of my confusion; either way, this just didn’t pull me in. I felt like I didn’t know any of the characters at the end.
The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna • ★★★☆☆
Every time I visit Door County, I fall in love with it all over again. For a month or so after I return, I become obsessed with cherries and develop an appetite for all things Peninsula, which is why I picked up The Cherry Harvest.
Set in Door County during WWII, the Christiansen family struggles to keep up with their cherry orchard. With all the working men overseas, they become desperate for help. Charlotte, who owns the farm with her husband, encourages the county’s farmers to host German POWs to harvest the crop. This shakes up the whole county and the Christiansens especially.
This book was a really easy and interesting read. I had heard about POWs working in Door County from my beloved great-uncle who lived in Baileys Harbor but never much else. The Cherry Harvest does well examining how the Americans had a love (OK more like tolerate)-hate relationship with the POWs that were helping them make a living.
As always, you can follow along with my progress and see what I’ve read over on Goodreads!
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