Read with Jenna: Summer sisters by Judy Blume

I’ve never read a Judy Blume book, but I’ve heard a lot about her, and I just watched “Are you there God it’s me Margaret” and thought it was a very cute and timeless story. I’m looking forward to finally reading some of her work.

Reeses book club: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is an established writer already, with Bel Canto and Commonwealth probably being her most famous novels. Her Novel Bel Canto was filmatized years ago, I wonder if Reese has found another book by Patchett to bring to film? Either way, this is sure to be a great read!

GMA: Family lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

This GMA pick surprises me since the author is so well established already. with bookstagram books like The Poet X, Clap when you land and with the fire on high. I’ve read all her books and I’ve been slightly underwelmed. I wonder if this book is YA since the others clearly are, or if she’s grown into something here. Acevedo is no doubt a talented writer, I just don’t feel like her prose is for me.

Her first two books The Poet X and Clap when you land are written in poetic prose that to me just feel like cut up sentences and fell completely flat. (To me personally, The poet x won awards, so what do I know?) I enjoyed With the fire on high a lot more, and since I’ve read all her other books, I might as well read this one too, right?

Belletrist: My husband by Maud Ventura

A French debut novel about a woman obsessing over her perfect husband. Described as suspenseful I’m guessing her obsession is a bit creepy and causes some tension?
Either way, as a single woman who has never been married, am I even the target audience for this?

Diverse spines: The wife before by Shanora Williams

Described as a book for fans of Verity and Rebecca, Samira meets a wealthy and wonderful man that whisks her away to his secluded Colorado mansion. All is rosy until she finds the journals of the wife before.

Sounds exciting enough, but I didn’t like Rebecca or Verity, so I doubt that this book is for me.

Amerie’s book club: I will greet the sun again by Khashayar J. Khabushani

Three young brothers leave Los Angeles in the dead of night for Iran, taken by their father from their mother to a country they barely recognize. They return to the Valley months later, spit back into American life and changed in awful and inexorable ways. Under the annihilating light of the California sun, our protagonist, the youngest brother, tries to piece together a childhood shattered by his father’s abuse, a queer adolescence marked by a shy, secret love affair with a boy he meets on the basketball court, and his suddenly-hostile status as a Muslim living under the shadow of 9/11.

Books that matter: TBA