It’s the third Tuesday of the month again which means it’s time for the Literary Junkies link-up brought to you by Taylor from Pink Heels Pink Truck and Lesley from By the Porchlight! This month we have Cody from Catching Cody K co-hosting with us.
Join in on the fun and create your own post answering the following questions! Don’t forget to link your post below!
1. What are you currently reading? Tell us about it.
2. What book first made you fall in love with reading?
3. Summer is a great time for series. What are your series recommendations?
4. Does a song come to mind with the book you are currently reading? If so what it is?
5. Are you participating in any summer reading challenges?
Here are my answers:
1. What are you currently reading? Tell us about it.
Currently reading The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler…and I’m loving it!!
Goodreads.com Synopsis: A witty, sharply observed debut novel about a young woman who finds unexpected salvation while working in a quirky used bookstore in Manhattan.Impressionable and idealistic, Esme Garland is a young British woman who finds herself studying art history in New York. She loves her apartment and is passionate about the city and her boyfriend; her future couldn’t look brighter. Until she finds out that she’s pregnant.
Esme’s boyfriend, Mitchell van Leuven, is old-money rich, handsome, successful, and irretrievably damaged. When he dumps Esme—just before she tries to tell him about the baby—she resolves to manage alone. She will keep the child and her scholarship, while finding a part-time job to make ends meet. But that is easier said than done, especially on a student visa.
The Owl is a shabby, second-hand bookstore on the Upper West Side, an all-day, all-night haven for a colorful crew of characters: handsome and taciturn guitar player Luke; Chester, who hyperventilates at the mention of Lolita; George, the owner, who lives on protein shakes and idealism; and a motley company of the timeless, the tactless, and the homeless. The Owl becomes a nexus of good in a difficult world for Esme—but will it be enough to sustain her? Even when Mitchell, repentant and charming, comes back on the scene?
A rousing celebration of books, of the shops where they are sold, and of the people who work, read, and live in them, The Bookstore is also a story about emotional discovery, the complex choices we all face, and the accidental inspirations that make a life worth the reading.
2. What book first made you fall in love with reading?
Nancy Drew
3. Summer is a great time for series. What are your series recommendations?
Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Murder Mystery Series!
4. Does a song come to mind with the book you are currently reading? If so what it is?
No, not really.
5. Are you participating in any summer reading challenges?
Not this year. I tried one last year and it was a fail. :/
Now it’s your turn to link up!!
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Oh, Nancy Drew! How I loved those books.
Thanks for hosting! I enjoy reading about what people are reading. 🙂 Your current read looks interesting. I may have to add that to my “to read” list.