August 2024

The Read More! Reading Challenge suggestions for the month of August are to read A Book Set at the Beach or A Book With Stars on the Cover!

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Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay

Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay

Romance (A Book Set at the Beach)

While chaperoning her half-brother, who is in a robotics competition at the local library, chef Samantha Gale meets Bennett Reynolds, who has come to Martha’s Vineyard to find his father, and as their summer fling heats up, they both realize they may have stumbled upon happily-ever-after.

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Romance (A Book Set at the Beach)

Persephone, a magazine writer, returns to her lake hometown for a funeral and lands straight in to the orbit of her ex- best friend and lover, Sam, and must reconcile the choices she made since their breakup.

Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras

Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras

Romance (A Book Set at the Beach)

Sought-after social media influencer Sara Vance, in recovery from an eating disorder, is coming into her own, with a potential career expansion on the horizon. Despite the good news, her successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis Navarro – a firefighter paramedic and dive captain willing to play the part of her smitten fiance…

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand

Fiction (A Book Set at the Beach

Inviting her best friend from each phase of her life, widow Hollis Shaw hosts an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket during which things don’t go as planned as each woman deals with heartbreak, infidelity, scandal and secrets, but things turn around due new friendships, unexpected romance and self-discovery.

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Fiction (A Book With Stars on the Cover)

A heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to realize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places.

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Romance (A Book With Stars on the Cover)

Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, and work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls in love—not with one man but two. The timing couldn’t be worse.

The Carnivale of Curiosities by Aimee Gibbs

The Carnivale of Curiosities by Aimee Gibbs

Fantasy (A Book With Stars on the Cover)

Forced to sign an insidious contract with one of the most notorious men in Victorian London, Aurelius Ashe, the proprietor of Ashe and Pretorius’s Carnivale of Curiosities, the most coveted ticket in town, sets in motion a perilous chain of events with the lives of all involved suspended in the balance.

Under Alien Skies by Philip Plait

Under Alien Skies by Philip Plait

Nonfiction (A Book With Stars on the Cover)

Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.