SUMMER TBR!

**Heather’s Summer TBR List: A Dive into Books for June, July, and August**

Hello everyone! My name is Heather, and welcome to the channel Bookables. Today, I’m going to share with you my summer TBR list. But before diving into the books, let me start by talking about my approach to reading.

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### **A Mood Reader’s Approach to Reading**

I used to do monthly TBRs, where I would try to pick out books to read every single month and stick to them strictly. However, over the years, I’ve realized that rigidly planning my reading isn’t the right fit for me. Instead, I discovered that I’m a **mood reader**—someone who enjoys picking up books based on what they feel like reading at any given moment.

That said, I still find myself jotting down lists at the beginning of each month or season as a way to keep track of books I’d love to explore. It’s not mandatory for me to stick to these lists, but it’s a fun way to have books on standby if I feel like diving into something new.

For this summer, I decided to break away from monthly TBRs and instead create a **seasonal TBR**—a list of books I plan to read over the next three months: June, July, and August. Let’s dive into what’s on my list!

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### **Backlist Books: Rediscovering Old Favorites**

This year, I’m participating in a challenge called **22 Books to Read in 2022**, where I focus on reading books published before 2022. It’s been a fantastic way to revisit authors and genres that I might have overlooked in the past. For this summer, here are the backlist titles I hope to get to:

#### *No Exit* by Taylor Adams (June)

This is a mystery thriller that gained popularity a few years ago and even became a Hulu adaptation. It’s been on my radar for a while, so I’m excited to finally dive into it.

#### *Binti* by N.K. Jemisin (July/August)

A sci-fi novella that’s been highly recommended to me. Even though I’ve tried to read more sci-fi this year and realized I might not be as into the genre, Binti is only 100 pages long, so it seems like a manageable and quick read.

#### *All Systems Red* by Martha Wells (July/August)

Another short novella that’s part of a series. I’ve heard great things about this one, and since it’s only a few hundred pages, it’s perfect for fitting into my summer reading schedule.

#### *The Medallion: The Knight Library* by Matt Kahn (July/August)

I was considering removing this from my list due to mixed reviews, but I decided to give it a try. It has a lot of love from some readers, and I’m curious to see how it resonates with me.

#### *Velvet is the Night* by Sylvia Morales García (July/August)

This murder mystery set in the 1970s caught my interest because of its intriguing premise. I’ve read one of her other books (*Mexican Gothic*) and enjoyed it, so I’m excited to explore more of her work.

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### **New Releases: Anticipated Reads for Summer**

In addition to backlist books, I’m also looking forward to diving into some highly anticipated new releases this summer:

#### *Flying Solo* by Linda Holmes (June)

Linda Holmes is the author of *Evie Drake Starts Over*, which I loved a few years ago. Her newest book has been on my radar, and I can’t wait to see what she brings to the table.

#### *Love on the Brain* by Ali Hazelwood (July/August)

This one comes out in August, and I already have an e-arc. It’s described as a mix of romance and humor, which sounds right up my alley. Plus, it’s set in academia, a setting I always find fascinating.

#### *Stay Awake* by Megan Gold (July/August)

Another new release that I’m excited to get my hands on. It’s been compared to Agatha Christie mysteries, which I absolutely adore, so this one is at the top of my priority list.

#### *The Last Housewife* by Ashley Winsted (August)

I loved her debut novel, *In My Dreams I Hold a Knife*, and am eager to dive into her newest mystery, *Solar*. Though my NetGalley approval for it is pending, I’ll definitely be reading it when it releases in August.

#### *Girl Forgotten* by Karen Slaughter (August)

Karen Slaughter’s books are known for their intense and dark storytelling. This one is the sequel to *Pieces of Her*, which was adapted into a Netflix series that I didn’t love as much as expected. But I’m curious to see how she evolves her writing in this second book.

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### **Physical Books and Other Reads**

I’ve also been trying to get back into reading physical books now that I have a ten-month-old baby. Here are a few more titles I plan to explore:

#### *The Royals Next Door* by Karina Hall

I bought these at Target because they looked so cute, reminiscent of Fallon Ballard’s *Lease on Love*. They’re perfect for summery, feel-good reads.

#### *Book of Night* by Holly Black (August)

This is Holly Black’s first adult fantasy novel, and I’m curious to see how it stacks up against her young adult work. It’s only 300 pages, so I’m hopeful it will be a quick and engaging read.

#### *Black Cake* by Charmaine Wilkerson

This one has been on my library hold list forever! It came out in January, and every time I check the holds, it always gets pushed back. This summer, I’m making it a priority to finally read it.

#### *Unseekable Greta James* by Jennifer E. Smith (August)

Jennifer E. Smith is known for her contemporary young adult novels, but this is her first adult book. It’s described as short and sweet, with a summery vibe that sounds perfect for the season.

#### *And Then to See You Yesterday* by Rachel Caine and Andrew Solomon

I’ve read all of Rachel Caine’s books and enjoyed them, so I’m excited to dive into this time-travel YA novel. It came out in May, but I’m planning to catch up on it this summer.

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### **Reflections on Reading Habits**

As I wrap up my TBR list for the summer, I realize how much of a **seasonal reader** I am. My choices tend to lean toward thrillers and beachy reads during the summer months, while in the fall, I might switch to atmospheric, spooky, or mystery-heavy stories.

This summer’s list is a mix of backlist titles, new releases, and physical books that scream summery feels. Whether I manage to read all of them or not, I’m excited to explore these stories and see where my mood takes me.

Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed this video, I’d love to hear which books on my list catch your interest. Drop a comment below and let me know what’s on *your* summer TBR. I hope to share another seasonal TBR with you in September for the fall lineup—stay tuned!

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That’s all for now! Happy reading, everyone!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone my name is heather and welcome to the channel bookables today i'm going to share with you my summer tbr so i don't do tbrs anymore i stopped that i want to say a couple years ago now i used to do monthly tbrs and i would really try to pick out books to read every single month and i really tried to be strict with that and i just learned that that is not the way to go for me i have learned that i am a mood reader and i can write lists as much as i want to but i'm just going to read whatever i'm in the mood for at the moment and i'm still like that but i still do at the beginning of each month like kind of write a list of my planner books i would like to check out it's not pertinent that i do if i get to them great if i don't get to them that's fine but i thought maybe i could do this like once every three months or so like kind of have a seasonal tbr so that's what i'm gonna do i'm gonna share with you all the books i plan to read in the months of june july and august as a filming i have already read like four or five books so there's that but yeah the rest of these i'm gonna talk about today i would love to get to if i get to them great if i don't that's okay too but i thought it'd just be interesting so you can see what kind of i'm planning to read in these summer months so first up i want to talk about my backlist books you guys know i've talked about it so much i probably think of it i'm doing this whole challenge this year called 22 books to read in 2022 which is a backlist challenge where i read books that are published before 2022 you get the gist um i've been trying to read two books of those every single month and i'm still doing really well with it so the one i like to get to in june is no exit by taylor adams this is a mystery thriller that was very very popular a couple years ago and it also became a hulu adaptation and then in july or august these are not like anything like i'm going to read you know they're just kind of on there um i have binti this is a sci-fi novella that i've been meaning to read um i've been trying to read more sci-fi this year which is time goes on and realized maybe i'm not that much into sci-fi but it's a novella and i've heard nothing but good things about this i want to see it's like 100 pages so it should be pretty easy much like all systems read by martha wells again a very short novella this one's actually a series i think binti is a series as well but either way i want to read both of the first books on that and then the other two that are full-length novels on my backlist list is the med knight library by matt hank i was going to take this off my list but then i thought i would like to at least try it so i'm gonna try it this one has mixed reviews a lot of people love it there's some people that don't love it so i've never read a matte hate book so we're gonna have to see how i feel about it the last book on my backlist challenge that i want to read this summer is velvet is the night by sylvia morana garcia i've read one of her other books before called mexican gothic this one is about the 1970s and like a murder mystery thing happens i don't know much about it either way those are the backlist books i want to read going into the new releases it's pretty much going to be similar just like to a video i just put out number my most anticipated um number one flying solo by linda holmes is her newest book she wrote evie drake starts over which i read a few years ago and love so i definitely want to read her newest book this this month actually in particular i have love on the brain by ali hazelwood this one comes out in august and i do have an e-arc of it so i probably will read it in july i'm thinking is he darker but alice feeny my approval is pending on netgalley so i don't think i'm going to get approved for it but either way it comes on august so i'll for sure be reading it in august it's a mystery filler kind of a la agatha christie which i read in agatha christie book um last month and really enjoyed it so any chance to read kind of something similar to agatha christie i will jump at i do have some physical books stay awake by megan gold and also coming on august i have an arc of it so i definitely plan to read this probably in july i would say it's another miss wrestler then the last housewife by ashley winstead i read um her first book in my dreams i hold a knife it was on my backlist challenge loved it her newest mystery solar comes out in august and again i i think my approval is going to be denied on net kelly so i have to wait till august which is fine but either way i can't wait to read this one this is probably my most anticipated of the whole summer honestly i cannot wait the last book um in the summer for like the new books is girl forgot my karen slaughter this is her second book kind of following pieces of her which um is the only karen slaughter book because karen slaughter read some dark stuff and that one was manageable netflix show i didn't love the show but i'm interested to see what she's gonna do with the second book in it i didn't really even think that there needs to be a sequel but i'm gonna check it out regardless there's also carrie soda's back by taylor jenkins read i forgot to mention that i will definitely be reading this one again comes out in august i'm waiting for a brew on that galley for ob denied but either way oh we'll for sure be ready in august stack of books here that are kind of new releases that came up this year that if i can get to them in these next couple months great if not that's fine too one um the royals next door by karina hall i bought this at target because it just looks really cute much like lease on love by fallon ballard so i saw them at target and then i saw a lot of people talk about them and i'm like i'm gonna buy these because i'm gonna start getting back into the physical world of books because you guys know i have a ten month old baby now so i'm starting to get a little bit back into the physical book world so i would love to read both of these i've heard really good things about them and they just kind of scream summery cute reads book of night by holly black this is her first adult fantasy book if i'm honest with you i haven't heard anybody talk about it like i know it's been talked about like it's being released but i haven't heard anybody that's read it and what they thought about it so your guess is as good as mine it's only 300 pages i don't know anything about it other than that it's um it says it's kind of similar to neil gaiman and erin morgenstern which is iffy for me so i want to check it out if i do great one that's been on my freaking radar forever is black cake by charmaine wilkerson this one i keep putting on my hole in the library and it always comes i don't know about you but when i have so many holds at the library as far as ebooks go i'll have like seven and then i'll be like okay maybe this won't come in this week and this one no they all come in at once and i'm like how is that possible so this always comes in with a batch of backless books that i have to read and so it always gets pushed away and i'm like crap because i really want to read it i need to make it a priority this summer this is one that came out i want to say in january it's about a family um so i just heard really good things about it unseekable greta james by jennifer e smith this is her newest um like adult fiction book she's never written adult before believe it's always been why contemporary it's short sweet it looks summery i would like to get to it the last book i want to try to get to if i can great if i don't that's fine too it's a book and then to see you yesterday by rachel and solomon i've read all of her books both y a and adult and enjoyed them all honestly this is her newest one that's on y a that has to do with time travel if i'm not mistaken but i would like to get to it it came out may so i'm very very behind a kind of tentative summer tbr these are just books that i really would like to read this in the next few months and if i can great if i can't that's okay too but these are just kind of on my radar i hope you enjoyed this and i hope that you like this because i do want to film another one of these in september and kind of give you my fall tbr and you can definitely see with these how much of a seasonal reader i am because these a lot of these are kind of thrillerish kind of beacher thrillers is that a thing you know what i mean like just kind of beachy reads and also kind of beachy thriller reads you know and then when we get into fall it's more like kind of atmospheric and spooky and kind of jerk or mystery thrillers if you will as always thank you so much for watching and i will see you in the next video bye youhello everyone my name is heather and welcome to the channel bookables today i'm going to share with you my summer tbr so i don't do tbrs anymore i stopped that i want to say a couple years ago now i used to do monthly tbrs and i would really try to pick out books to read every single month and i really tried to be strict with that and i just learned that that is not the way to go for me i have learned that i am a mood reader and i can write lists as much as i want to but i'm just going to read whatever i'm in the mood for at the moment and i'm still like that but i still do at the beginning of each month like kind of write a list of my planner books i would like to check out it's not pertinent that i do if i get to them great if i don't get to them that's fine but i thought maybe i could do this like once every three months or so like kind of have a seasonal tbr so that's what i'm gonna do i'm gonna share with you all the books i plan to read in the months of june july and august as a filming i have already read like four or five books so there's that but yeah the rest of these i'm gonna talk about today i would love to get to if i get to them great if i don't that's okay too but i thought it'd just be interesting so you can see what kind of i'm planning to read in these summer months so first up i want to talk about my backlist books you guys know i've talked about it so much i probably think of it i'm doing this whole challenge this year called 22 books to read in 2022 which is a backlist challenge where i read books that are published before 2022 you get the gist um i've been trying to read two books of those every single month and i'm still doing really well with it so the one i like to get to in june is no exit by taylor adams this is a mystery thriller that was very very popular a couple years ago and it also became a hulu adaptation and then in july or august these are not like anything like i'm going to read you know they're just kind of on there um i have binti this is a sci-fi novella that i've been meaning to read um i've been trying to read more sci-fi this year which is time goes on and realized maybe i'm not that much into sci-fi but it's a novella and i've heard nothing but good things about this i want to see it's like 100 pages so it should be pretty easy much like all systems read by martha wells again a very short novella this one's actually a series i think binti is a series as well but either way i want to read both of the first books on that and then the other two that are full-length novels on my backlist list is the med knight library by matt hank i was going to take this off my list but then i thought i would like to at least try it so i'm gonna try it this one has mixed reviews a lot of people love it there's some people that don't love it so i've never read a matte hate book so we're gonna have to see how i feel about it the last book on my backlist challenge that i want to read this summer is velvet is the night by sylvia morana garcia i've read one of her other books before called mexican gothic this one is about the 1970s and like a murder mystery thing happens i don't know much about it either way those are the backlist books i want to read going into the new releases it's pretty much going to be similar just like to a video i just put out number my most anticipated um number one flying solo by linda holmes is her newest book she wrote evie drake starts over which i read a few years ago and love so i definitely want to read her newest book this this month actually in particular i have love on the brain by ali hazelwood this one comes out in august and i do have an e-arc of it so i probably will read it in july i'm thinking is he darker but alice feeny my approval is pending on netgalley so i don't think i'm going to get approved for it but either way it comes on august so i'll for sure be reading it in august it's a mystery filler kind of a la agatha christie which i read in agatha christie book um last month and really enjoyed it so any chance to read kind of something similar to agatha christie i will jump at i do have some physical books stay awake by megan gold and also coming on august i have an arc of it so i definitely plan to read this probably in july i would say it's another miss wrestler then the last housewife by ashley winstead i read um her first book in my dreams i hold a knife it was on my backlist challenge loved it her newest mystery solar comes out in august and again i i think my approval is going to be denied on net kelly so i have to wait till august which is fine but either way i can't wait to read this one this is probably my most anticipated of the whole summer honestly i cannot wait the last book um in the summer for like the new books is girl forgot my karen slaughter this is her second book kind of following pieces of her which um is the only karen slaughter book because karen slaughter read some dark stuff and that one was manageable netflix show i didn't love the show but i'm interested to see what she's gonna do with the second book in it i didn't really even think that there needs to be a sequel but i'm gonna check it out regardless there's also carrie soda's back by taylor jenkins read i forgot to mention that i will definitely be reading this one again comes out in august i'm waiting for a brew on that galley for ob denied but either way oh we'll for sure be ready in august stack of books here that are kind of new releases that came up this year that if i can get to them in these next couple months great if not that's fine too one um the royals next door by karina hall i bought this at target because it just looks really cute much like lease on love by fallon ballard so i saw them at target and then i saw a lot of people talk about them and i'm like i'm gonna buy these because i'm gonna start getting back into the physical world of books because you guys know i have a ten month old baby now so i'm starting to get a little bit back into the physical book world so i would love to read both of these i've heard really good things about them and they just kind of scream summery cute reads book of night by holly black this is her first adult fantasy book if i'm honest with you i haven't heard anybody talk about it like i know it's been talked about like it's being released but i haven't heard anybody that's read it and what they thought about it so your guess is as good as mine it's only 300 pages i don't know anything about it other than that it's um it says it's kind of similar to neil gaiman and erin morgenstern which is iffy for me so i want to check it out if i do great one that's been on my freaking radar forever is black cake by charmaine wilkerson this one i keep putting on my hole in the library and it always comes i don't know about you but when i have so many holds at the library as far as ebooks go i'll have like seven and then i'll be like okay maybe this won't come in this week and this one no they all come in at once and i'm like how is that possible so this always comes in with a batch of backless books that i have to read and so it always gets pushed away and i'm like crap because i really want to read it i need to make it a priority this summer this is one that came out i want to say in january it's about a family um so i just heard really good things about it unseekable greta james by jennifer e smith this is her newest um like adult fiction book she's never written adult before believe it's always been why contemporary it's short sweet it looks summery i would like to get to it the last book i want to try to get to if i can great if i don't that's fine too it's a book and then to see you yesterday by rachel and solomon i've read all of her books both y a and adult and enjoyed them all honestly this is her newest one that's on y a that has to do with time travel if i'm not mistaken but i would like to get to it it came out may so i'm very very behind a kind of tentative summer tbr these are just books that i really would like to read this in the next few months and if i can great if i can't that's okay too but these are just kind of on my radar i hope you enjoyed this and i hope that you like this because i do want to film another one of these in september and kind of give you my fall tbr and you can definitely see with these how much of a seasonal reader i am because these a lot of these are kind of thrillerish kind of beacher thrillers is that a thing you know what i mean like just kind of beachy reads and also kind of beachy thriller reads you know and then when we get into fall it's more like kind of atmospheric and spooky and kind of jerk or mystery thrillers if you will as always thank you so much for watching and i will see you in the next video bye you\n"