{"id":267,"date":"2012-05-31T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookmaven623.wordpress.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2012-05-31T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T16:31:00","slug":"feet-in-the-sand-and-a-good-book-in-hand-my-top-10-summer-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/31\/feet-in-the-sand-and-a-good-book-in-hand-my-top-10-summer-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Feet in the Sand and a Good Book in Hand (My Top 10 Summer Reads)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since it is coming up on vacationing season I figured I would lay out my top 10 books I want to read while on vacation or just throughout the summer. \u00a0 For me it&#8217;s probably more likely hanging out by the baby pool, but either way I have some reading to do.<\/p>\n<p>I have chosen a wide variety from Non-fiction to Young Adult.\u00a0 When I was coming up with my list I actually felt like it was a bit daunting especially when I have plans to do some re-reading. But, that is another post entirely.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy my choices.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t easy to narrow my long list down to just 10 but I think these are a good variety to keep me entertained while trying to avoid getting splashed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/172077479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-279\" title=\"172077479\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/172077479.jpg?w=97\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/172077479.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/172077479-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/a>The Very Picture of You by Isabel Wolff-<\/strong><em>At thirty-five, Gabriella \u201cElla\u201d Graham is a successful portrait artist in London. She captures the essential truth in each of her subjects\u2019 faces\u2014a tilt of the chin, a glint in the eye\u2014and immortalizes it on canvas. But closer to home, Ella finds the truth more elusive. Her father abandoned the family when she was five, and her mother has remained silent on the subject ever since. Ella\u2019s sister, Chloe, is engaged to Nate, an American working in London, but Ella suspects that he may not be so committed. Then, at Chloe\u2019s behest, Ella agrees to paint Nate\u2019s portrait. (see more at <a title=\"Barnes and Noble\" href=\"www.bn.com\">www.bn.com)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/104768102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-272\" title=\"104768102\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/104768102.jpg?w=98\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/104768102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/104768102-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a>9.\u00a0 The Murder of the Century by Paul Collins-<\/strong><em>On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discover a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumble upon neatly severed limbs in an overgrown ditch. Clues to a horrifying crime are turning up all over New York, but the police are baffled: There are no witnesses, no motives, no suspects. (see more at <a title=\"Barnes and Noble\" href=\"www.bn.com\">www.bn.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/102012184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-271\" title=\"102012184\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/102012184.jpg?w=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/102012184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/102012184-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>8.\u00a0 Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough-<\/strong><em>Tamsin Greene comes from a long line of witches, and she was supposed to be one of the most Talented among them. But Tamsin&#8217;s magic never showed up. Now seventeen, Tamsin attends boarding school in Manhattan, far from her family. But when a handsome young professor mistakes her for her very Talented sister, Tamsin agrees to find a lost family heirloom for him. The search\u2014and the stranger\u2014will prove to be more sinister than they first appeared, ultimately sending Tamsin on a treasure hunt through time that will unlock the secret of her true identity, unearth the sins of her family, and unleash a power so vengeful that it could destroy them all. This is a\u00a0spellbinding display of storytelling that will exhilarate, enthrall, and thoroughly enchant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_3_0_1_1338482859508_3039\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/147990682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-274\" title=\"147990682\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/147990682.jpg?w=91\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/147990682.jpg 290w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/147990682-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 91px) 100vw, 91px\" \/><\/a>7. The Irish Princess by Karen Harper-<\/strong><em>Born into a first family of Ireland, with royal ties on both sides, Elizabeth Fitzgerald-known as Gera-finds her world overturned when Henry VIII imprisons her father, the Earl of Kildare, and brutally destroys her family. Torn from the home she loves, her remaining family scattered, Gera dares not deny the refuge offered her in England&#8217;s glittering royal court. There she must navigate ever-shifting alliances even as she nurtures her secret desire for revenge. From County Kildare&#8217;s lush green fields to London&#8217;s rough-and-tumble streets and the royal court&#8217;s luxurious pageantry, The Irish Princess follows the journey of a daring woman whose will cannot be tamed, and who won&#8217;t be satisfied until she restores her family to its rightful place in Ireland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_3_0_1_1338483155328_3789\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/150498835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-276\" title=\"150498835\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/150498835.jpg?w=92\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>6. Bedding Lord Ned by Sally MacKenzie-<\/strong><em>Determined to find a husband, Miss Eleanor &#8220;Nell&#8221; Bowman attends a ball put on by the Duchess of Greycliffe, fondly referred to as the Duchess of Love. But she roundly dismisses the suitors the matchmaking hostess has invited on her behalf. For it&#8217;s the duchess&#8217;s dashing son Ned, Lord Edward, who long ago captured Nell&#8217;s heart\u2014and roused her desire. All it takes is a pair of conveniently misplaced silky red bloomers to set the handsome widower&#8217;s gaze on this unusual girl who is clearly more than meets the eye&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_3_0_1_1338483435226_1572\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/169648423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-278\" title=\"169648423\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/169648423.jpg?w=93\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/169648423.jpg 295w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/169648423-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a>5.\u00a0 Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost (June 26, 2012)-<\/strong><em>After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: a terrifying ability to channel electricity and to see a person&#8217;s darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude&#8230;until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world&#8217;s most infamous vampire..(see more at <a title=\"Barnes and Noble\" href=\"www.bn.com\">www.bn.com)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/143570598.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-273\" title=\"143570598\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/143570598.jpg?w=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/143570598.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/143570598-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>4.\u00a0 Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire-<\/strong><em>Once peaceful and prosperous, the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who\u2019s knocking at the door. It\u2019s none other than Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy. (see more at <a title=\"Barnes and Noble\" href=\"www.bn.com\">www.bn.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/157710495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-280\" title=\"157710495\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/157710495.jpg?w=101\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/157710495.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/157710495-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/a>3.\u00a0 The Watchers by John Steele-<\/strong><em>Beneath Lausanne Cathedral, in Switzerland, there is a secret buried before time began, something unknown to angels and men, until now&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_3_0_1_1338483824093_2766\"><em>Marc Rochat watches over the city at night from the belfry of the cathedral. He lives ina world of shadows and &#8220;beforetimes&#8221; and imaginary beings.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Katherine Taylor, call girl and daydreamer, is about to discover that her real-life fairy tale is too good to be true.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Jay Harper, private detective, wakes up in a crummy hotel room with no memory.\u00a0When the telephone rings and he&#8217;s offered a job, he knows he has no choice but to accept.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_3_0_1_1338483824093_2765\"><em>Three lives, one purpose: save what&#8217;s left of paradise before all hell breaks loose.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/148025382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-275\" title=\"148025382\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/148025382.jpg?w=92\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>2.\u00a0 The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton-<\/strong><em>The novels of New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton take readers into the dangerous life of Anita Blake, animator and vampire hunter\u2014a woman as good at raising the dead as she is at slaying the undead. Now, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried\u2014and some people better off dead&#8230;(see more at <a title=\"Barnes and Noble\" href=\"www.bn.com\">www.bn.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/162163197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-277\" title=\"162163197\" src=\"http:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/162163197.jpg?w=99\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/162163197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/162163197-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a>1.\u00a0 Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (July 10, 2012)-<\/strong><em>Deborah Harkness exploded onto the literary scene with her debut novel, A Discovery of Witches, Book One of the magical All Souls Trilogy and an international publishing phenomenon. The novel introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and the handsome geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont; together they found themselves at the center of a supernatural battle over an enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now, picking up from A Discovery of Witches\u2019 cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of Matthew\u2019s old friends, the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>***All overviews came from <a title=\"Barnes and Noble\" href=\"www.bn.com\">www.bn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on the above books you can go to Barnes and Noble, Amazon or any other Book retailer.\u00a0 For more books on my To Be Read list you can go to my Goodreads list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it is coming up on vacationing season I figured I would lay out my top 10 books I want to read while on vacation or just throughout the summer. \u00a0 For me it&#8217;s probably more likely hanging out by the baby pool, but either way I have some reading to do. 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