Top Ten Books on my Summer Reading List

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome feature from The Broke and the Bookish and brings you a new top ten list each week. This week the topic is Summer Reads!

Listed in no particular order, here are my top 10 books on my Summer TBR:

1. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead – The sequel to Bloodlines- I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while.

2. Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols – Summer and Jennifer Echols books are a perfect pairing.

3. This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers – Have to balance out the summer romances with a little intense zombie action.

4. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare BlakeLooks to be even better than Anna Dressed in Blood!

5. Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson – I like the idea of this one. It promises a summer in Italy, romance, fun and a bit of mystery.

6. Serpent’s Kiss by Melissa de la CruzThis is the sequel to Witches of East End, an adult series about a family of witches.ย  The first book had a big twist ending so I’m curious to see what happens next.

7. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarryA passionate intense romance – it’s getting some good early buzz.

8. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson – I’ve been putting off reading this one because I haven’t been in the mood for sad but I’m sure I’ll read it over the summer.

9. Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready – Time to wrap up the Shade series and see how it all ends.

10. Past Perfect by Leila Sales – Many smart bloggers recommended this to me as a great feel good read. I ordered a copy and can’t wait to read it.

What books are on your Summer reading list?

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30 thoughts on “Top Ten Books on my Summer Reading List

  1. VeganYANerds says:

    What a great list, Lucy! I loved TGL and I am looking forward to the rest of these apart from Pushing the Limits (I didn’t enjoy it) and Serpent’s Kiss (never heard of it) and the Anna book (need to read book #1 first!) I’m super excited for Past Perfect, what a cute cover and This is Not a Test!

  2. Saw the Serpants Kiss at B&N & realized I need to read Witches of East End. Shine is on my summer series pile.

  3. I can’t believe I forgot Such a Rush on my list! I’m so excited about it! I loved Pushing the Limits! It’s one of the best romance contemps I’ve read in a long time. And I’m so happy to see Past Perfect on your list! LOVE that book! ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Lucy says:

      Thanks for recommending Past Perfect! I’m even more excited to read Pushing the Limits now- glad to hear you enjoyed it.

  4. Second Chance Summer and Flirting In Italian are on my list, too! Even though I’ve seen some mixed reviews about Flirting in Italian, I do still have hopes for it and think it’s a great summer read nonetheless. Agreed about Second Chance Summer, it’s been neglected since I hear it’s a tearjerker, but I’m determined to read it – I love Morgan Matson’s writing too much to put it off much longer! I didn’t put Pushing the Limits on my list, but it’s just begging to be read from my eReader…it has been getting some great reviews, so I think I might cheat and shove it into my list haha.

    Happy reading ๐Ÿ™‚
    My Top Ten

    1. Lucy says:

      I completely agree with you about Second Chance Summer and Flirting in Italian. Hope we both get to read them this summer. It’s so hard to narrow down the list – there’s several more I hope to fit in too ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. tinalinatime says:

    Such a Rush and Flirting in Italian are both on my list too! ๐Ÿ™‚ Enjoy!!

  6. tinalinatime says:

    Also I’ve heard This Is Not A Test is full of awesomeness!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Wow I think almost all these books are in my complete pile of TBR’s. Awesome choices. Flirting in Italian is a recent add for me! I hope you enjoy your summer reading and look forward to seeing your reviews. :0).
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  8. I just read This is Not a Test — what an interesting mix of moody protagonist meets crazy zombie apocalypse. I LOVED Second Chance Summer (Morgan Matson is awesome), and I just got Flirting in Italian (it looks very cute).

    1. Lucy says:

      I’m so glad to hear you loved Second Chance Summer! And Flirting in Italian does look cute. Happy summer reading!

  9. BermudaOnion says:

    Yikes, I’m not familiar with any of those titles!

  10. Gone Pecan says:

    past perfect was so cute! great list! ~dixie

  11. Eeeeppp!!! You just made my other Top 10! I want to read Past Perfect SO BADLY! Awesome list! ๐Ÿ˜€

    My Top 10

  12. Yay!! all your books look amazing!! I can’t wait to read Shine and This is not a test. Hope you enjoy them and have an amazing summer!

  13. Flirting in Italian sounds like a fun read ๐Ÿ™‚ I actually saw Second Chance Summer at Shopper’s Drug Mart yesterday when I was there. I was tempted to buy it, but lol I figure I should finish my already long to-be read list!

  14. Vyki says:

    I wanted to add Girl of Nightmares to my list, but for some strange reason I thought it came out in October! That’s what I get for not checking, it actually comes out on my birthday ๐Ÿ™‚ There’s a few here that look interesting. I’ve been seeing so much good stuff on Pushing the Limits and I was lucky enough to get it from Netgalley Can’t wait!

    1. Lucy says:

      That’s good news that Girl of Nightmares will be out sooner than you expected- that will be a nice bday gift ๐Ÿ™‚ Hope you enjoy Pushing the Limits!

  15. This is a great list! I’m definitely adding Flirting in Italian to my TBR list!

  16. Elodie says:

    Great list ๐Ÿ˜€ I loved SECOND CHANCE SUMMER, would love to hear your thoughts on it ๐Ÿ˜€ and I need to move up THIS IS NOT A TEST, Iยดve had it on my radar for awhile and it kind of slipped my mind…Thanks for the reminder! ๐Ÿ˜€

  17. Brittany S says:

    What a great list! I think I want to read almost all of these. Don’t have copies of any yet though… Someday ๐Ÿ™‚ I have enough books sitting on my shelf anyway before I take on new ones!

  18. Kelsey says:

    So many on your list that I want to read! I’m going to be reading the first two books of Shine some point this summer. I think I’m the most excited for Girl of Nightmares though ๐Ÿ™‚

  19. Sarah says:

    Shine! Second Chance Summer! This is Not a Test! You have picked some awesome books! I am dying to read Such a Rush, too. I’m all about Jennifer Echols books :0)

  20. elena says:

    GIRL OF NIGHTMARES looks so good and I heard it was even better than the first! Second Chance Summer is one of my fav reads this year, I hope you’ll enjoy it.

  21. fishgirl182 says:

    that are all great picks, lucy. i am dying to read girl of nightmares and such a rush. i just picked up the golden lily last night and hope to read it soon. yay summer!

  22. Girl of Nightmares, YES! I’m so eager to get the heebie jeebies and continue Anna’s story. The Golden Lily was fantastic so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

  23. Past Perfect is indeed a feel good read! And also quick too, so like if you are going to the beach, I’d pack that one.

    Best of luck with your summer TBR!

  24. radjams says:

    Ooh! Putting FLIRTING IN ITALIAN on my list! Thanks!

    1. Oops! Forgot to log out of my alter ego! It’s me, Debbi. ๐Ÿ™‚

  25. reutreads says:

    Er.. Flirting in Italian sort of made me very angry. It’s not what it appears to be, shall we say. Past Perfect was adorable, though! And I can’t wait to read Girl of Nightmares. I’ve also been craving a really fabulous contemp romance lately and Pushing the Limits has been getting such good reviews!

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