Top Ten Books I Hope to Read ~ Summer 2026📚~ {Day 68}

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I found a new-to-me-blogger Lisa at Boondocks Ramblings that I’m enjoying and am joining her and the host, That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday!

I’m an extreme mood reader, but will make heaps of hopeful piles! Many of these are rereads or books on my 50 books by 50 list! I’m in a cozy, domestic fiction mood with a side of nonfiction and a vague feeling of something else reading mood. 😅🤪😎

  1. I’m slowly rereading the Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery series because my Ann with an E is getting married this year! 😭♥️I’m on the 3rd book now!
  2. Moby Dick by Herman Melville ~ I love the gorgeous word-smithing and hilarious situations Ishmael finds himself in! I got 3/4ths through this a few years ago, but never finished so determined to now.
  3. Unmaking the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth ~ VERY out of my wheelhouse, but an interesting look at the dismantling of Western cultural foundations and the dehumanization of man. This is so fascinating and honestly, a bit sobering. I’m not sure what Mr. Kingsnorth is totally trying to say, 😂 but there’s enough in here to make me really think.

4. The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge ~ I’m due for a reread of this beautiful story of an older woman moving to an inherited house in the countryside and asking herself if she has ever truly been living.

5. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery ~ been craving a reread of this one . If you felt you had a short time to live, how would you live your life? Valency Sterling has lived a stifling existence up to this point and jumps at the chance to buck against it!

6. Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery ~ yes, another Maud book! I’m really leaning into the domestic, cozy fiction. Young Emily Starr is taken in by aunts when her beloved father passes away. Her writer’s soul aches with growing pains and trying to find a kindred spirit in her new situation. I’m finally feeling ready to really dig into my reread of this sadder trilogy.

7. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh ~ this is for my in-person book club! We are all busy moms so reading it slowly, but so much to discuss on fading English aristocracy, religion, family and societal pressures.

8. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot ~ this is a book from my 50×50 list and my friend who I trust implicitly with book recommendations said it’s a good summer read! I don’t really know what this is about but looking forward to trying another Eliot!

9. Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney ~ I’ve been hoping to read this for a long time and the Booktube reading event Jane Austen July would be perfect. I’m much slower at nonfiction, so we’ll see if I can get to it!

10. Habits for a Sacred Home by Jennifer Pepito ~ I’ve been interested in checking out this home educating title for awhile and am looking for a title to read with our homeschool mom’s group this autumn!

~These are just a few of the ones capturing my attention currently! What about you? What books are on your stack this summer? 🌞✨☕️📚♥️😍

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  2. I am also hoping to do a reread of Anne of Green Gables (and series) this year, but haven’t started yet. I hope you enjoy the ones you do get a chance to read this summer. Have a great week!

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    1. Aww! It’s so nostalgic for me!! I haven’t read the last few as many times as the earlier ones 😂, so really looking forward to those! My favorite is probably Anne’s House of Dreams! The lighthouse and Captain Jim are favorites! 😍♥️

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  5. Anne just seems so fitting for this time of life! I have almost exhausted everything I have here written by her…which means I need to get some I do not yet own 😉 Hang in there with Moby Dick! It is worth it {I kept it in the bathroom and read one short chapter at a time! Ha!} I am reading Against the Machine right now — excellent! I just started Gentian Hill by Goudge, but I am not really into it yet! Do you have your list of 50 x 50? I’m really curious to see your list. I love this idea!

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      1. I do have that collection! I got it for my birthday last year from my hubby 🙂 I saw it at a friend’s house while in a states and knew I needed to add it to my shelf!

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  8. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES is one of my all-time favorite novels, so I’ve read it numerous times. I’ve never managed to read the rest of the series, though, or anything else by Montgomery. Lots of people say THE BLUE CASTLE is their favorite Montgomery title. I need to give it a go and see what I think. I hope you enjoy all these!

    Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

    Susan

    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

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