Good Reads {August 2016}

During the dog days of summer, we read, read, read...  with our dog!

Here are some of my favorite books from the month of August. 

When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
I love a good memoir and had read and loved The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood earlier this summer, so I was excited to grab her memoir from the library. Funny, engaging, and bonus points for being set in Maine!

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
This YA novel is full of twists and turns. A rich, powerful family summers on a private island. One summer, tragedy strikes, but what happened and why? It kept me guessing all the way til the very end.

Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage by Molly Wizenberg
I savored Wizenberg's first memoir, A Homemade Life, and was so looking forward to her second book about the opening her pizza restaurant in Seattle. The memoir is good, but not as good as the first. But, if you're a foodie, though, it's worth reading.

The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin
Four-year old Noah keeps asking to go home even when he is home, is petrified of baths, and has knowledge of things that he has no business knowing (Harry Potter, guns, how to score a baseball game). The novel is a fascinating look at reincarnation and the bonds between mother and child.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
A good friend recommended this to me as a more sophisticated cousin of Big Little Lies. The story is told through email messages, memos, and the like as Bernadette's daughter, Bee, sorts through her mother's past and PTO drama to figure out where her mother has gone.

A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
I picked this novel for my next book club meeting before I even read it! Translated from the Swedish, the story of grumpy old Ove explores the power of community. You will laugh and cry. It's a sweet story -- a must read!

Woof  by Spencer Quinn
School's back in session, which means that the boys and I are busy reading Bluebonnet books again. This middle grade mystery is told from the point of view of Bowser, a mutt, and it's a cute story that will charm dog lovers everywhere.

What have you read lately?