Just like I said with my 2015 Spring TBR Possibilities List, I would rather not be too heavy-handed in my choices for summer. I never really know what I’ll read in advance, as my mood will change as the months pass. The ten I’ve listed below seem like good summer choices now, but in a month? Who knows what I’ll feel like! I mean, looking back at the TBR Possibilities lists I’ve made in the last year, I read four off my fall 2014 list, four off my winter 2014/2015 list, and three off my spring 2015 list. That’s not a very good completion rate…
In any case, here’s my very tentative list of possibles for this summer:
1. Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – On the fence with this one. I enjoyed the first book mostly, but I’ve heard mixed reviews…
2. The Secrets She Keeps by Deb Caletti – newest release by a favorite modern author
3. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell – This one still scares me, but I’d determined to try. Eventually. I have the audio to check out now…
4. Ten Things We Did by Sarah Mlynowski – lighthearted summer read
5. Dawn by Octavia Butler – because it sounds fascinating
6. Prudence by Gail Carriger – not sure, might wait until fall, but I have in on audio just in case
7. The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida – cultural thriller that I want to investigate
8. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan – one of those “probably should read” books that I now have an actual recommendation for, from a trusted reader-friend
9. Middlemarch by George Eliot – still scares me, but again, determined to try, and the audio narrator is one of my favorites
10. Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther – cultural women’s fiction to investigate
What’s on your list? Are any of these books ones you’d recommend?
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
The Zen Leaf 
I haven’t read Dawn by Octavia Butler but I loved Kindred. I’d love to read more of her work. Joy Luck Club is great, and I LOVED Middlemarch! OK, the first 100 pages were a little dry, but I was so glad I stuck with it! However, I do tend to love long Victorians. I hope you get to it!
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I loved Kindred as well, and also Wild Seed, which I was told by a Butler enthusiast was her best. I’m so looking forward to Dawn. Also, I’m glad to get a second thumbs up on Joy Luck. You never know when super-hyped books will just fall flat!
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Middlemarch is one I’ve been meaning to read for forever, but I always forget to consider an audiobook. Who reads that one?
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My library has about fifteen different versions of the audiobook, all with different readers. !!! I got the one that Kate Reading reads, since she’s one of my favorite narrators.
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I’m so excited about Deb Caletti’s latest. I just love all of her novels!
You should not be intimidated by Middlemarch. It’s a great book and well worth the time and effort it takes to read it.
Good luck!
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I’m glad to hear that about Middlemarch. I think I just started it at a bad time. Even then, I put it away instead of crossing it off the list.
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I am so bad about following reading lists these days. I have meant to read Middlemarch for so long now!
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I honestly don’t care much about reading lists these days. I just go wherever my mood takes me!
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MIddlemarch is long but surprisingly readable. I bet the audio would be good, too. And I really enjoyed The Joy Luck Club–possibly more than I expected to. I will be curious what you think of Cloud Atlas. I wonder if I read it at the wrong time.
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I really want to make sure I”m in the right place for Cloud Atlas!
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