Chapter 30 - The Best is Yet to Come

Looking ahead to books being published in August and September, boy oh boy, there is a lot to look forward to! Thankfully my schedule slows down a bit after August so I will really be able to indulge in some new book reading. I am afraid to count the number of books on my To Be Read (TBR) pile but I feel like they can always use a few new friends to join them.

Here are some August reads which have caught my eye recently.

The Thirteenth Husband: A Novel by Greer Macallister - Based on the real life story of Aimee Crocker, an American socialite and author. Inheriting $10 million at the age of 10, Aimee's mother decided to send the boy-crazy and rebellious girl to finishing school in Dresden, Germany. There she was presented at court and had her first love affair and a failed engagement to a prince. The story keeps rolling from there. This was published on August 6.

Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation: A Social History by Patrick Bishop - This nonfiction book tells the story of the Nazi occupation of Paris (1940), the people who resisted the Nazis and ultimately about the day of liberation from the German occupation. It was also published on August 6.

Lady Macbeth: A Novel by Ava Reid - I love reimaginings of fictional characters and this book by Ava Reid tells the story of one of the most notorious women from Shakespeare. Betrothed to a brutish Scottish warrior, this young woman has to use her most cunning strategies to survive in the suspicious world of medieval Scotland. This was published August 13.

The Life Impossible: A Novel by Matt Haig - If you enjoyed The Midnight Library by Haig, this might be another to put on your list. Grace, a retired math teacher, is left a house on the Mediterranean by a long lost friend. With just a one-way ticket and no plan she goes to Ibiza to find out why her friend died and why she was left a house. Grace's explorations teach her a lot about herself. This will be published September 3.

The Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore - The is described as a Gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia. Two aristocratic sisters race to find their family's secrets in their family home now taken over by the Bolsheviks. When the rest of the family is relegated to the attic, they find that apparently the house holds more secrets than previously known and some may, in fact, be deadly. This releases September 3.

What books are you looking forward to this year?