Goodreads asked Kelly Carey:

What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Kelly Carey I used to love summer reading as a kid because it felt like the season where I got to pick out my own book. I wasn’t handed some heavy classic by a teacher that I had to highlight and dissect. Summer reading was pure joyful reading. And as an adult, this feeling remains. So I always look for fun and humor and adventure when picking out those toes in the sand, around the campfire, lazy summer night reads.

This year some of my favorites have been:

Picture Books: Trevor by Jim Averbeck, Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones, Hum and Swish by Matt Meyers

Middle Grade: Geek Girl by Holly Smale, Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend, and Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes

Young Adult: Circe by Madeline Miller, The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman and Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

Adult: Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce, The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson.

For the students out there - don’t let back to school pop you out of fun pleasure reading! Keep picking up those books that YOU want to read! Your school librarian can help you!

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