Summer Reading for Moms

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Summer Reading for Moms

Summer means a little bit more time to relax from the hustle and bustle of the school year schedule. Maybe you allow your kids to stay up a bit later, play outside after bath time or swim at the pool all day. But what about you? How do you relax and enjoy the summer for yourself?  It’s time for summer reading for moms! One of my goals each summer is to “catch up” on all of the books I want to read during the school year that always seemed to get pushed to the back of my night stand because of busy schedules and work. This summer I am lucky to have some serious “me” time while the kiddos do day camp for a few weeks. And you better believe that I am going to enjoy every minute of it! My goal for each day is at least one hour of reading (my bigger goal is one book per week). And I better get going, because I have a stack of books to get through! Science will back me up in case anyone tries to call me lazy!

My favorite category of books is fiction. I lean mostly toward books written by women meant for a mostly female audience. Eat, Pray, Love, The Help, The Devil Wears Prada, What Alice  Forgot – I have read them all and enjoyed every juicy moment! I also love non-fiction that has a comedic or dramatic twist. In the last few months, I read the biographies/memoirs of Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Leah Remini and Anderson Cooper. I also try to keep up with the young adult novels my students are reading in English class so I can try to tie them into my own class.

During the school year I often listen to audiobooks on my Audible app while I am doing dishes or folding laundry at night. But I much prefer to have a real book in my hand. I love folding down the pages and watching my progress as I move along the story. I can bring my book to the pool and get some sun while I get lost in the words on the page.  

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My current nightstand set up, a few books to read and a few I have read recently.

This summer I have a small library of books to read.  Here they are in no particular order:

  1. The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty
  2. The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore
  3. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  4. Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
  5. The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
  6. Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam
  7. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  8. The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
  9. The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
  10. Tales from Another Mother Runner: Triumphs, Trials, Tips, and Tricks from the Road by Sarah Bowen Shea & Dimity McDowell 

If none of these strike you as something you might like, check out some of the following resources from local libraries.  

Greenwich Library Staff Summer Reads

What the librarians at the Darien library are reading this week

Finding a good book at the Ridgefield library

Book groups at the New Canaan Library

What is on your summer reading list? Happy reading!

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Abby
Abby is a full time middle school teacher and mom. She was born and raised in Fairfield County and despite a few attempts at moving out west to Colorado, she has always ended up back here in the tri-state area. She met her husband, Chris, in college, and they were married in 2008 in Norwalk. They welcomed their first son, Ben, in 2010 and their second son, Tommy, in 2012. They recently just bought their forever home in Wilton and brought home a Bernese Mountain dog puppy, Nora, to add to the fun. Abby spends her weekdays working and parenting her two young boys and her weekends trying to relax with family and friends. She enjoys running, podcasts, nice dinners out with her husband or friends and the quiet hour alone with her coffee each morning before everyone else wakes up.

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