The High Season: A Novel | 
pickRuthie, Mike, and teen daughter, Jem, live in a seaside town on Long Island. In order to afford such a lavish property they have to rent out their house for the summer to wealthy Manhattanites hungry for a summer beach experience. The family would live in a small apartment for those three months. The profit would all but pay for their house for the rest of the year. It was a great idea until the wrong person rented their home for the summer.
pickThis was on the modernmrsdarcy “Hot Summer Books for 2018” list. Yea, yea, I know it‘s January but there was no hold for it at the library so why not live vicariously? It has low ratings so I was skeptical going in, but I enjoyed it. There are a ton of characters and lots of spoiled rich people problems, but I liked the theme of friendship throughout the book. Also Julia Whelan is the audiobook narrator and she is fabulous as always.
pickI liked this. It took a little bit to get into and at first I thought the chapters didn‘t blend very well. It came together about halfway through and I enjoyed it.
Maybe all relationships, friendship, partner, parent and child, were held together by the things you did not say as much as the things you did 🤫
I needed to plan better this vacation and get more reading done! These books are all due today and are on hold so I can‘t renew!! The only 2 I was able to read # were Woman in the Window and The High Season. Will have to put the rest on hold again. #librarystack. Am looking forward to getting some of these back!
pickThis was a great cruise read. The characters were interesting and varied. It was great to read about the drama of a beach town on the beach.
pickI have mixed feelings on this one. I felt that most of the characters we not redeemable. However, when an author incites those feelings than they have done their job.
I finished eight books in July. Besides the books in the picture, I read three library books:
Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
#readingresolutions @Jess7
Very much looking forward to this. This keeps coming up on recommend lists.
I‘m a Page Turning Beach Reader according to Penguin‘s beach reader quiz 👍 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/beach-read-quiz/?ref=PRH0EEBEE64F550&linkid=P...
Enjoying the summer weather and this story of summer on Long Island's East End.
pickI was expecting a better revenge story. I still liked it but I wanted someone (anyone!) to get what they had coming in a big way and it never happened. LOL
We are redoing the stones around our patio. It's supposed to be cooler next week so hopefully I can finish it up.
#readingresolutions @Jess7
pickReally enjoyed this novel, set on the North Fork (mostly) of Long Island. Great summer read and I started it while I was on vacation...on Long Island! ❤️
pickRuthie lives in Orient, a less ritzy beach town than the Hamptons, but when the super wealthy begin moving in a class war of sorts begins. Awesome character development, excellent plot, beautiful setting, interesting themes, and highly readable...this lovely book truly has it all! Highly recommended as a perfect beach/summertime read! 😍🌟
Hi friends!! I took a little Litsy break to focus on life and wedding planning but I‘m back now and am so in need of my bookish friends!! @JessReads and I had a wonderful bookish discussion yesterday. What are you must reads for summer 2018?!
This summertime read is one that I plan to get to this month.
#readingresolutions @jess7
It‘s too hot to be outside, so here I am in the AC with my book and my snack. Boys are napping. A bit of quiet time is never a bad thing ☺️ #readandeat 🍓
panI‘m not a fan of this one. I‘m mad at myself for finishing it. I kept thinking it would improve. The plot follows selfish people who continually treat each other badly & focus on wealth over all else. It was exhausting to read about their petty problems. “Maybe all relationships, friendship, partner, parent and child, were held together by the things you did not say as much as the things you did. The unsaid was the keystone in the arch.”
1 boy asleep in the car, another boy playing in the park with daddy...I found a tree and bought a pastry and iced coffee and here I am on this blanket we happened to have in the car, with my book. Life is good💕🌳☕️📖👶🏻👦🏼 #findyourhappy
My lovely breakfast: blueberry muffins (my mother made them with freshly picked blueberries from her yard💙) and lemon black tea ☕️ 🍋
I was joined by this lovely book and my youngest son, watching Sesame Street and eating Life cereal 🤗
#readandeat
I‘ve just started this one and I‘m loving it already! A perfect summer read! ☀️⛱
Book, beach and beer...it doesn‘t get much better than this. And I am really enjoying this book so far.
Got this from netgalley and didn‘t think it was for me, but I‘m enjoying it quite a bit. Definitely a good summer book.
I just left Long Island, so I‘m reading this thoroughly entertaining book about summer on the East End. Fun fluff. And a very expensive watch...wealthy, cultured, dysfunctional people!
#summerdays #juneitselectrifying
My most recent Kindle purchase... I just felt in the mood for something beachy.... 😎
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pickPerfect summer read. Started and finished on my first day of summer.
pickThis was an entertaining and fun read surrounding social class and the allure and mishaps that accompany each level. From love affairs to breakups, everlasting friendships to teenage bullying, and acceptance to rejection; the reader experiences a myriad of life milestones through the lives of the colorful and quirky characters.
pickSurprisingly complex story of transformation and culture change. A little coming of age, new beginnings (wanted & not), social class, family, and more.
pickGamut of emotions over this book...surprised, appalled, sad, mad...a little of everything. Basically two stories here. A woman has her world upended, how far will she go to get it back? Also a tale of social class, those who have and have not and how desperate money decisions can sometimes lead to surprising results. The characters all struggle with their own demons here, but in the end, there is hope.
Thanks #NetGalley and #RandomHouse. 4/5⭐️🔽
❤️ this first line! It‘s already pulling me in. 👍
Looking forward to this one, courtesy of #NetGalley and #RandomHouse...sounds good from the blurb! 😊 Maybe a good beach read. Unfortunately I‘m not at the beach ... until three more weeks. 😔🤷🏻♀️😩
Started this book this afternoon. Jury is still out. It‘s trying to be a summer book. No character has grabbed me yet.
Perfect Cover brings summer alive.Beach houses renters gossip perfect lives or not.How delicious does this book sound for a summer read.I feel the sand under my toes already.😊
Had the privilege to hear two authors speak tonight. The first is this author, whose tagged book comes out in May and who also writes under Jude Watson. I jotted down a quote from her talk: “Isn‘t that what community is...hanging out with people that annoy you?”
This book takes place on the northern tip of Long Island. Ruthie rents out her house every summer, in order to pay the bills. This summer‘s tenant could change everything. #PLA2018
#TBRtemptation post 7! Coming in 2018 Edition! Scheduled for a May release. The blurb does the title more justice than I could do, lol. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
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