Today we’ve got a special edition of the newsletter, dedicated to one of my favorite topics: beach reads. Or pool reads, or backyard lounge-chair reads – whatever your specific setting, here’s what the Scary Mommy team is enjoying.
Emily Weaver, our contributing editor at the Scary Mommy Book Club, recommends The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas, calling it “the perfect combination of sexy and cute,” as well as Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey: “I devoured this thriller in a day; there's twists and turns at every corner.” Senior Editor Katy Elliott just put Malibu Rising in her beach bag, because so many friends recommended it; she’s also enjoying The Flower Yard: “I like to switch between novels and garden books even at the pool. Sometimes I can't focus on more than one page if my younger one has decided today is the day he is swimming in the deep end.”
As for me, I’m on an Alexis Hall kick at the moment. After tearing through Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake – highly recommended for Bake Off fans in particular – I’m about to start A Lady For A Duke. The setup: When she’s presumed dead at the Battle of Waterloo, Viola finally has a chance to live as herself. The book kicks into action when she’s reunited with the childhood friend she thought she’d lost as a consequence. When I finish that, I’m eying Emily Henry’s Book Lovers (which was the Scary Mommy Book Club pick for June), Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola, and You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi.
Scary Mommy editor-in-chief Kate Auletta writes: “Because I'm an overachiever by nature, I'm recommending four books that I love for different reasons. First up: Bomb Shelter, by Mary Laura Philpott. The collection of essays are honest, funny, thought-provoking and, quite simply, delightful. I'll Show Myself Out by Jessi Klein, is a hysterical grouping of essays about motherhood, womanhood and so much more. You will feel so very seen, I promise you. An Inconvenient Woman is a Dominick Dunne novel about LA society; it's fun, vividly descriptive and breezy. A great beach read. Finally, I read Last Summer at the Golden Hotel last July 4th weekend and really enjoyed it. It's about two families who summered in the Catskills together, and of course there's intrigue, romance and more.”
Plus, read on to find out the Scary Mommy Book Club pick for July, which is extremely timely.
— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor |
