My guest blogger today is Brenda Lowder. Brenda is an award-winning author of lighthearted women’s fiction and romantic comedy novels. She lives in Atlanta and loves international travel, fine dining, and air conditioning. She’s a big fan of fiction in all its forms—books, films, television, and the lies we tell ourselves. Her brilliant and smoking-hot husband and two princess-scientist daughters love her enough to insist she’s still twenty-nine. (She also happens to be a very dear personal friend of mine!)
School ended for my kids last week. I don’t know if you feel like I do, but for me the sparkle and promise of summer with all its possibility glitters before me like a shimmering oasis of sun, sea, sand, and sky.
I love this time of year. Maybe there’ll be a beach trip. Maybe there’ll be some visits to or from family out of town. Maybe there’ll be an adventure that I won’t know anything about until I’m smack in the middle of it. My mind whirls with the possibilities.
I know there’ll be reading. The lazy days of summer, stretching sunlight far into the evening hours, are the perfect time to soak up words along with the sun. The books I read each season become as much hallmarks of my experiences and memories as the trips I take and the inches my children grow. And here, poised at the very top of the summer, the precipice before the dive off the high board into fun, is the best part—making my plans.
Today I’m making my summer wish list. Top of the list is to read The Keeper by Tana French—third in the series and I loved the first two. Second is The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss—looks like a delicious, guilty pleasure and who could resist those gorgeous sprayed edges? And third, to have that mystery adventure that I haven’t guessed yet. What’s on your summer wish list?
To get you started, I have a gift for you! The eBook of my book, Keeping the Pieces, is yours free! Pick up your copy here. And the eBook of my book Sparks Unlimited, the second in the Keeping the Pieces series, is on sale for 99 cents! You can pick it up here. Treat yourself to this pair of beach reads and get your summer reading off to a great start!
Thanks to my friend Jacquie Bosma for allowing me to guest blog today. I can’t wait for the release of her book Stage Mouse.
Happy Summer, my friends, and Happy Beach Reading! 😊
