I’m sharing my May Reading List! Perfect for finding a great book to take on vacation!
May Reading List!
Lets read all the books!!
I’m leaving for vacation in a week, so I’m loading up books on my Kindle. I love it when I have a ton of great books and I know I’ll have time to read them all!
The Kindle is SUCH a dangerous device because I can buy books with one click. No entering my password, no waiting until I’m at my computer. So every now and then I go on an e-book shopping spree. Ooopsie.
I’m still finishing up last month’s list. I REALLY liked THIS one and I am halfway through (and LOVING!) THIS one. What are you reading and loving? I always want to hear!
Here are my picks for May:
Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica
I really like Mary Kubica (The Good Girl and Pretty Baby) — she’s a master at page-turners and twist endings! This book won’t be available until May 17th, but I’ve got it preordered to download.
Via Amazon:
In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to wonder where Esther is and whether or not she’s the person Quinn thought she knew.
Meanwhile, in a small Michigan harbor town an hour outside Chicago, a mysterious woman appears in the quiet coffee shop where eighteen-year-old Alex Gallo works as a dishwasher. He is immediately drawn to her charm and beauty, but what starts as an innocent crush quickly spirals into something far more dark and sinister than he ever expected.
As Quinn searches for answers about Esther, and Alex is drawn further under the stranger’s spell, master of suspense Mary Kubica takes readers on a taut and twisted thrill ride that builds to a stunning conclusion and shows that no matter how fast and far we run, the past always catches up with us in the end.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
This is the first in a trilogy that is supposed to be REALLY good. I love that it takes place in Italy — one of my favorite things about reading is being transported somewhere new. My Brilliant Friend was published in 2012, so I don’t know where I’ve been, but I heard about it on a podcast last month and added it to my Wish List. I noticed that it has Audible Narration ready, which I have been LOVING. Any time I’m in the car or working, I can turn on the audio version of the book and it picks up where I left off in my Kindle.
Via Amazon:
A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship.
The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila.
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
I have had this book on my list for MONTHS, and it’s finally out!! There have been quite a few books compared to Gone Girl and Girl on a Train, but this one sounds like it might actually deliver.
Via Amazon:
On a rainy afternoon, a mother’s life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street . . .
I Let You Go follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past.
At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them. Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner, says, “I read I Let You Go in two sittings; it made me cry (at least twice), made me gasp out loud (once), and above all made me wish I’d written it . . . a stellar achievement.”
A Fireproof Home for the Bride by Amy Scheibe
I picked this book up at Target — the title really caught my eye! The description sounds like a really great story — lots of layers. I love a good strong character, and this one sounds like she has what it takes. The reviews are great, too!
Via Amazon:
Emmaline Nelson and her sister Birdie grow up in the hard, cold rural Lutheran world of strict parents, strict milking times, and strict morals. Marriage is preordained, the groom practically predestined. Though it’s 1958, southern Minnesota did not see changing roles for women on the horizon. Caught in a time bubble between a world war and the ferment of the 1960’s, Emmy doesn’t see that she has any say in her life, any choices at all.
Only when Emmy’s fiancé shows his true colors and forces himself on her does she find the courage to act—falling instead for a forbidden Catholic boy, a boy whose family seems warm and encouraging after the sere Nelson farm life. Not only moving to town and breaking free from her engagement but getting a job on the local newspaper begins to open Emmy’s eyes. She discovers that the KKK is not only active in the Midwest but that her family is involved, and her sense of the firm rules she grew up under—and their effect—changes completely.
Hopefully I’ve given you a few titles to pre-order or add to your library list. If you haven’t read THIS yet, do it SOON! The movie is on the way and it looks incredible!
Happy reading!
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