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Mar 19Liked by Brooke Lea Foster

Oh gosh, I adored The Great Alone. So good! Two more: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller and Every Summer After by Carley Fortune (I haven't read her other lake stories yet, but I bet they're just as wonderful).

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Love this broader definition of a summer read--and the long history of such books! I have so many favorite books that were set in summer. Writers & Lovers begins in summer and is in my mind a summer novel. Lincoln Highway, Let the Great World Spin are summer stories too! Same Time Next Summer also comes to mind, and another by Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer.

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Both of Adrienne Brodeur’s novels (Wild Game and Little Monsters) are definitely summer books. And I recall that I read each of them in the summertime, while on vacation - so truly a summer read!

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Mar 19Liked by Brooke Lea Foster

This is so great thank you! How do you decide what to read next?? I have so many goodies. What a blessing!

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Great list; thank you!

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Great list! Thanks! I like historical fiction very much, particularly Regency period London, and recently I have quite a taste for between the World Wars.

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My favorite historical time period to read about is the early to mid 1900s. Definitely adding some of these to my TBR!

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Wow, what a list!

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