My Summer Reading List

It’s here and it’s hot. Well…. summer that is.

I can’t believe we are already breaking 100 degrees in June. By the time this is published, I will be settling in for the long-game inside in the air-conditioning and I have my reading list all ready to go!

Normally I would devour every sappy, beach read possible but this summer I’ve decided to diversify my list and stimulate my brain with a few intellectual works.

Maybe you might find a few of these interesting too!

Happy Reading!

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The Diana Chronicles

I’ve kicked off my summer with this spicy royal read. If you know me well, you know I love everything British and that includes the Royal Family. Tina Brown has published her newest royal tell-all, The Palace Papers, this June (see below) but before I dove into it, I decided I needed the prequel first.

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The Palace Papers

Tina Brown, former editor of Tattler and Vanity Fair, brings us her newest royal tell-all. Life inside the palace walls isn’t all glitz and glamour.

I just finished The Diana Chronicles and I am pumped to read her new book as Camilla, Kate and Meghan are now in the mix!

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Once Upon a River

One night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a stranger bursts through the door carrying the lifeless body of a little girl. Hours later she stirs and takes a breath. The miracle spreads and three families are eager to claim her as their own.

I’ll be saving this one for vacation!

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The Other Madisons

After learning of the history of Sally Hemings, the woman whom Thomas Jefferson kept as his personal slave and fathered multiple children with, this book was an immediate purchase when I came across it on Amazon.

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Killing The Black Body

I’ve already started this one on Audible and it slammed into me like a train.

The way in which our history has been sanitized and broken down into the most palatable version possible is an atrocity. These conversations have been especially important to me while in are in the middle of a culture war over women’s bodies.

“Killing the Black Body remains a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women. It is as crucial as ever, even two decades after its original publication.”

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My Own Words

Along with Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and Audrey Hepburn is the newest addition to my list of admirable women, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A culture warrior and defender of women’s rights, I fell in love with her after watching her documentary on Netflix.

I am excited to get inside her brain with her autobiography.

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The Betrayal of Anne Frank

This title caught my eye at the bookstore recently. We all know the heroic and heart wrenching story of Anne Frank all too well, but we have never explored how they were discovered in their hiding place.

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Heiresses

Women’s studies and history will always fascinate me. I have recently been diving into the Gilded Age and all its complexities.

I think there is still so much to learn about how women lived and loved throughout history.

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Good Apple

I love a good “way home” story. How God takes who we are and where we have been to shape us and mold us into who we are meant to be. I can’t wait to dive into this memoir!

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Life Without Lack

I’m currently knee deep in Proverbs this summer but as soon as I am done, I am jumping into this book and the study of Psalm 23 and I couldn’t be more excited!

I have read a few of Dallas’ works and they are always full of wisdom, knowledge and truth.

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The Deeply Formed Life

I started following Pastor Rich on Instagram shortly after George Floyd’s death and the anti-racist movement that followed. He has shaped my faith in ways that were long overdue but vital to my growth as a follower of Christ.

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My Life in France

I have been a fan of Julia Child for years, but never knew she had written an autobiography until this baby popped up in the search for a specific cookbook of hers.

Julia made me fall in love with French food and French culture and I am itching to break this one open!

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The Second Mrs. Astor

The story of the Titanic has captured my attention since I first learned about it in the 2nd grade. I will never forget reading about the famous ship and all of its occupants for the first time.

My Kindle must know how to read my mind because this was a suggested read on the screensaver and I bought in immediately. Didn’t think twice.

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Hearing God in Conversation

I think any follower of Christ has been afraid of the times in their life when they feel like hearing God is impossible, or that they have never really heard God speak in the first place.

I have recently been dealing with feeling like I cannot hear what God wants to say to me and started this book after it was recommended to me.

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Prayer

This one is coming in on the coattails of the the one before it. It was recommended in the first chapter of the book above and I purchased it as well.

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