Thursday, June 04, 2009

What's On Your Summer Reading List?


It's not June 21st, but it was 90 degrees here in Atlanta on Monday, so it's officially summer. My seventeen year old made a pitcher of home-made lemonade on Sunday and we pulled the grill out of the garage. Call me old fashioned, but now that it's past Memorial Day I also reached back in the closet for my white sandals and went for the first pedicure of the season. As I enjoyed the one luxury I afford myself, I cracked open Vanessa Davis Griggs newest release "Practicing What You Preach". I'm loving the story. Now that I'm almost finished with my second novel (the one I turn into my publisher in September), I'm looking forward to a summer of stress free reading. Here's what's on my list of gotta reads:

Worth A Thousand Words by Stacy Hawkins Adams

The Devil Is A Lie by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Till Debt Do Us Part by Michelle Larks

What The Bayou Saw by Patti Lacy

Cross Country, and Double Cross by James Patterson

The Last Woman Standing by Tia McCollors

Sins of the Father by Angela Benson

What's on your summer reading list?

Have you read The List by Sherri Lewis or The Bishop's Daughter by Tiffany Warren yet? If not, they're must reads.

11 comments:

Aziza Bailey said...

I read The List, it was great!
It's a perfect novel to stock up on and give to your girlfriends. i absolutely loved it!

My summer reading list:

Lady Jasmine by Victoria Christopher Murray, Last Woman Standing by Tia McCollors and Worth a Thousand Words by Stacy Hawkins Adams.

sherri lewis said...

Thanks for the shout out, Rhonda!
My summer reading list is pretty much the same as yours. I still have to catch up on reading my books for the Faith and Fiction retreat as well. Unfortunately, I'm working on a manuscript now so don't have as much luxury time as i'd like.

From Tia's Pen said...

Alright...I'm reading books for the Faith and Fiction retreat featured authors...so that includes Angela Benson, Tiffany, and ReShonda.

Like Sherri - my list is like Rhonda's (minus the James Patterson). SMILE!

rhonda mcknight said...

I've read all the F&F books, so I'm caught up. So glad. Need to review them so I'm fresh on the stories.

Tia - I know you would definitely take James off the list, being a scaredy cat and all. :o)

DonnaD said...

It's straight F&F reads for me between now and the retreat.

Shelia said...

I haven't read The List yet, but I have read The Bishop's Daughter and highly recommend it. I'm currently reading Scandalous Truth by Monica Carter for my offline book club - Divine Women of Faith Book Club.

Other books on my summer reading list: Practicing What You Preach by Vanessa Griggs, Lady Jasmine by Victoria Christopher Murray and
The Devil Is A Lie by ReShonda Tate Billingsley.

NOw that I've seen your list, I will be adding more. I just saw 'Till Debt Do Us Part on Black Expressions so I'll probably go ahead and pre-order it.

Anonymous said...

The following are on my list to read this summer:

Children’s Book
Princess Arabella’s Birthday/Mylo Freeman

Teen Book
It’s A Curl Thing/Jacquelin Thomas
Unsigned Hype/Booker T. Mattison

Christian Fiction
Practicing What You Preach/Vanessa Davis-Griggs
Somebody’s Sinning in My Bed/Pat G’Orge-Walker

Christian Non-Fiction
Scarcity or Sufficiency?/Dr. Mark E. Strong

General Fiction
The Triumph of My Soul:The Soul of A Man - Peace In The Storm Pubishing

Historical Fiction
Mr. and Mrs. Prince/Gretchen Holbrook-Gerina

Linda!
www.lindabeed.com

Unknown said...

Right now I'm reading My Soul Cries Out by Sherri Lewis. Here is a brief list of books that are in the que: Critical Care by Candace Calvert, Worth A Thousand Words by Stacy Hawkins Adams, Zora and Nicky by Claudia Mair Burney, and Wildcard by Robin Shope.

Unknown said...

Ooh...I forgot two other books. Lady Jasmine and The Last Woman Standing.

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