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It’s the week where I get to share my seasonal reading plans with the Top Ten Tuesday crew (as hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a>). If history is any indication, this will get blown to bits by due dates and mood reads and volleyball and lots of other excuses.<\/p>\n

But for today, at least, this is what I hope to read this summer:<\/p>\n

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  1. T.J. Klune’s Somewhere, Beyond the Sea<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. The Phoenix Pencil Company<\/em> by Allison King<\/li>\n
  3. Helen Simonson’s The Summer Before the War<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. David Grann’s The Wager<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Sangu Mandanna’s A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Welcome to Murder Week<\/em> by Karen Dukess<\/li>\n
  7. The Teller of Small Fortunes\u00a0<\/i>by Julie Leong<\/li>\n
  8. Dawn Staley’s Uncommon Favor<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. No Less Strange or Wonderful<\/em> by A. Kendra Greene<\/li>\n
  10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store<\/em> by James McBride<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My list includes a couple I own, several I have out from the library already, and a few I’m on the holds list for. We’ll see what comes of it all in a few months. (As for my spring list<\/a>, I’ve finished one and am on track to wrap up a second before Friday.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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