summer book recommendations + our summer tbr! 🌊☀️🏝️🐚🌸

[@laurandareads]

Let us know what you plan on reading this summer and summer recommendations!! ☀️🍓🌸🤍🏝️🐚

[@arit7902]

This video literally has the best thumbnail

[@laurandareads]

Ahh thank you!! 💕

[@aielanoor7708]

I don't know why but I'm finding the thumbnail so PRETTY! ❤

[@laurandareads]

Omg thank you! 😭💕

[@pskeefe]

Loved The Hotel Nantucket!! Elin Hilderbrand is a must read author for summer!!!

[@shivangimenonsreekumar1231]

2:20 I think the same I am scared to read Things We Hide From Light, and I was scared to read the first book but I LOVED it. Mary Jane sounds interesting, makes me want to read it. 6:03 I was thinking abt Finlay Donovan series being a good summer read and you said it. p.s. the thumbnail is beautiful 💖

[@meghanhoward7245]

I just read Part of Your World and it was a 5 star read for me. 28 Summers is one of my favorite books of all time, hope you love it!

[@GabrielaLopez-ky1kh]

the newcomer was SOOO good, it shocked me, made me laugh and made me cry. GREAT summer read

[@laurandareads]

This is exactly what we want! Can’t wait to read it!

[@jennyjesseisloislane]

So many fun reads. I read The Summer I Turned Pretty series last year and LOVED it. Another great summer read - Malibu Rising! The beach house vibes were spot on. 🌊🏄🏻‍♀️

[@laurandareads]

Yess absolutely loved Malibu Rising! Have you watched TSITP tv adaptation?

[@jennyjesseisloislane]

@@laurandareads yes! I loved it! Can’t wait for season 2!

[@RAINH2O2014]

The name "Something In The Water" just makes me think of that summer they kept promoting Degrassi with that song "maybe there's a shark in the water" on repeat 😅

[@laurandareads]

OMG this was a forgotten memory!!! Can totally picture the commercial 😭🤣

[@marissak6664]

You guys recommended so many fun books! I usually stick to thriller/horror, but I'm excited to read some summer reads.

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

All I can say is I hope that you both enjoy your summer reading 📖 love ❤️ your Aussie friend John ❤❤

[@emilys2434]

Im reading My Best Friends Exorcism and really loving it!

[@laurandareads]

Omg yay! Im excited to start it

[@Lexibabe123]

the summer of broken rules is such a good book

[@lilheartgirlthewattpader2945]

This video is so good! ❤🎉

[@laurandareads]

Thank you so much!! 💕

[@lilheartgirlthewattpader2945]

@@laurandareads you're welcome 👍😁

[@dhwani.reads08]

good girl complex was really good i mentioned it in my 5 star reads vid, the second book is already out! its called bad girl rep and its a second chance romance, the 3rd one is coming out in july

[@laurandareads]

Hoping to love it as well!! Id love to get the rest of the series afterwards

[@dhwani.reads08]

@@laurandareads definitely! Hopefully these become a fun summer read for you!

[@priyar4885]

I'm so excited for the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty this year, and I love the book series too! I watched XO Kitty and it was so good! I think I'll be crying for the second season!

[@laurandareads]

We want to watch XO Kitty as well!! So excited for season 2 of TSITP

[@stewiegriffinfan1986]

Love and Other Words is incredible, not only was the angst so incredibly gripping and heartbreaking, it is SO incredibly well written which is often difficult to find in romance books. So so so good. Thanks for mentioning! ☀💗🌴 I have a random summer rec just for you. If you liked the TSITP series, can I please suggest 99 Days by Katie Cotugno?

[@laurandareads]

Yes absolutely loved Love and Other Words! Have you read Every Summer After? We have heard they are really similar!

[@lulun1669]

I havent read Life's Too Short but I will soon! I read the friend zone and I'm currently reading the Happy Ever After Playlist and I think reading the friend zone was needed to give book 2 more depth and understanding of the main character

[@Siobhancaitlynbooks]

my best friend's exorcism is such a good thriller/horror for the summer!!!! ughhh seeing you talk about it has made me miss it haha!! deffo be careful tho it's very gruesome!!

[@laurandareads]

Omg I can’t wait to read it!!!

[@katsbookreviews6050]

Here I am in Australia going into winter ❄️ 🥶🧣🧤what books would you recommend for winter?

[@pomsandbooks]

Okay I have to rant since you guys also read the Summer I Turned Pretty series in middle school. There are all these people in their 20s giving these books bad reviews, and I’m like, ITS BECAUSE YOU’RE READING THESE AT THE WRONG AGE!!! These books are meant to be read (at least for the first time) when you are in middle school! I just feel like all these adults are ruining it because they don’t like that the main girl acts like a teenager!! When you are 12 years old and on summer vacation reading these books by the pool, they are everything!! Okay I’m done ranting 🤣

[@laurandareads]

Yes definitely!!! Everyone reading it for the first time now aren’t liking it because it’s YA 😭

[@davancerda]

Idk I’m a ya lover and I listened to the first book when I was 19 ( last year) and I found more than just Belly irritating.

[@LourdesEsmeralda]

After reading happenstance from Tessa Bailey I kind of don’t want to read It happened one summer. I hope there is no much sexual graphic content.

[@laurandareads]

Her books definitely have a lot of that!! Her cartoon covers are known for being very spicy books

[@LourdesEsmeralda]

@@laurandareads This was my first book 📖 I read of hers, and I DNFed it, I couldn’t handle the foursome, the graphic sexual details. For my taste this was a mess, no character development, over exaggerated! Please tell me that IT HAPPENED ON SUMMER doesn’t have that! Otherwise, it’ll be DNF for sure.

[@laurenslibrary3971]

@@LourdesEsmeralda “Happenstance” was just a goofy, fun project for her and is not her typical story development. I actually DNF’d it too, but have really enjoyed her traditionally published books. “It happened one summer” is lovely! However, all of her books do have mature sexual content/smut. This particular book, I would say, is pretty spicy.