What is my “Summer Kickoff” Feature?
Being a self-proclaimed beach bum and all around beach lover, I thought I would start a new feature for the month of May, which happens to be one of my favorite months. Why you ask? It's because May is the unofficial start of summer and includes my favorite holiday, Memorial Day Weekend. My “Summer Kickoff” feature lasts through the month of May and it is a lot of fun! Below you will find the posts from each year, excluding any giveaways. As the years go by, I decided to extend my feature throughout the summertime! My hope is that you will find a good book to throw in your beach bag with you this summer.
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2021:
Audio Book Review: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Book Review: Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Blog Tour: New Girl in Little Cove
Book Review: Shipped by Angie Hockman
Book Review: The Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice Monroe
Blog Tour: The Stepsisters
Book Review: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book Review: The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Book Review: Family Reunion by Nancy Thayer
Audio Book Review: The Bookstore on the Beach by Brenda Novak
Giveaway: The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman
Blog Tour: Talk Bookish to Me
Book Review: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Book Review: The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
Blog Tour: The Woman with the Blue Star
Book Review: The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones
Audio Book Review: Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
Blog Tour: The Bookseller's Secret
Book Review: Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
Book Review: A Summer to Remember by Erika Montgomery
Book Review: The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George
Book Review: The last Thing He Told Me by Larua Dave
Book Review: The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews
Book Review: Haven Point by Virginia Hume
Blog Tour: Radar Girls
Audio Book Review: New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan
Audio Book Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Book Review: The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley
Book Review: Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
Book Review: That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Book Review: Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
Book Review: Blush by Jamie Brenner
Audio Book Review: Before the Crown by Flora Harding
Book Review: Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: Summertime Guests by Wendy Francis
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2020:
Blog Tour: The Friendship List by Susan Mallery
Book Review: Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer
Book Review: The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Book Review: The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
Audio Book Review: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Books For Little Beach Bums
Book Review: The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
Blog Tour and Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
Book Review: Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
Book Review: Summer Longing by Jamie Brenner
Book Review: Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras
Book Review: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Book Review: Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Book Review: The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis
Book Review: Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore
Book Review: A Week at the Shore by Barbara Delinsky
Blog Tour: The Switch by Beth O'Leary
Book Review: The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis
Book Review: Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore
Book Review: A Week at the Shore by Barbara Delinsky
Blog Tour: The Switch by Beth O'Leary
Book Review and Giveaway: A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry
Book Review: The View From Here by Hannah McKinnon
Book Review: On Ocean Boulevard by Mary Alice Monroe
Book Review: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Best Beach Reads of Summer 2020
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2019:
Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Book Review: The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
Book Review: Cape May by Chip Cheek
Book Review: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Book Review: Drawing Home by Jamie Brenner
Book Review: You, Me, and the Sea by Meg Donohue
Book Review: The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
Book Review: The Southern Side of Paradise by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Book Review: Summer of '69 by Eilin Hilderbrand
Book Review: Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews
Book Review: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Book Review: Montauk by Nicola Harrison
Book Review: Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
My Favorite Books of the Summer (so far!)
Book Review: The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis
Book Review: Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer
Book Review: The Islanders by Meg Mitchell Moore
Book Review: Start Here by Trish Doller
Book Review: Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Book Review: Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Book Review: Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristan Higgins
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2018:
Book Review: August and Everything After by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Book Review: Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
Book Review: The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner
Book Review: The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Book Review: The Summer Sail by Wendy Francis
Book Review: Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch
Book Review: Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
Book Review: Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone
Book Review: The High Season by Judy Blundell
Book Review: The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable
My Favorite Historical Beach Reads for 2018
Book Review: Boardwalk Summer by Meredith Jaeger
Book Review: Sailing Lessons by Hannah McKinnon
Book Review: Save the Date by Morgan Matson
Book Review: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood
Book Review: The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
Book Review: Dreams of Falling by Karen White
Book Review: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Book Review: The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2017:
Book Review and Big Giveaway: Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Summertime Covers for 2017
Book Review: The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares
Book Review: Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield
Beach Reads for Little Beach Bums - Part II
Book Review: The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner
If You Love Southern Beach Reads
Book Review: The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord
Book Review: The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable
Book Review: White Sand, Blue Sea by Anita Hughes
Book Review: Secrets in Summer by Nancy Thayer
Spotlight: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book Review: Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Book Review: It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
Book Review: The Summer House by Hannah McKinnon
Book Review: Beach House for Rent by Mary Alice Monroe
Book Review: Kiss Carlo by Adriana Trigiani
Book Review: The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer
Book Review: Trusting You and Other Lies by Nicole Williams
Book Review: Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
Book Review: The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan
Book Review: If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak
Book Review: Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
Book Review: Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams
If You Love Suspenseful Beach Reads
Book Review: Trusting You and Other Lies by Nicole Williams
Book Review: Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally
Book Review: Changes in Latitudes by Jen Malone
Book Review: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Book Review: I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski
Book Review: Summer at Hideaway Key by Barbara Davis
Book Review: The Sandcastle Empire by Kayla Olson
Book Review: Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts
Book Review: Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature from 2016
Intro to my Summer Kickoff Feature
Book Review: Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Book Review: Summer of Sloane by Erin L. Schneider
Beach Reads for Little Beach Bums
Book Review: Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods
Beach Reads with Tropical Settings
Book Review: The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Beach Reads About That One Special Summer
Book Review: The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
Book Review: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake
Book Review: A Walk in the Sun by Michelle Zink
Historical Beach Reads
Book Review: All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank
Book Review: Wanderlost by Jen Malone
Book Review: The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews
Book Review: The Season of You & Me by Robin Constantine
Book Review and Giveaway: Summer in the Invisible City by Juliana Romano
Book Review: A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
Book Review: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book Review: The Light of Paris by Eleanor Brown
Book Review: A Season for Fireflies by Rebecca Maizel
Book Review: The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
Book Review: The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen
Book Review: Mystic Summer by Hannah McKinnon
Book Review: With Malice by Eileen Cook
Book Review: In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch
Books with the Best Beach Towns
Book Review: When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel
Book Review: The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay by Kelly Harms
Book Review: Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood
Book Review: The Wedding Sisters by Jamie Brenner
Book Review: Villa America by Liza Klaussmann
Book Review: Summer of Sloane by Erin L. Schneider
Beach Reads for Little Beach Bums
Book Review: Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods
Beach Reads with Tropical Settings
Book Review: The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Beach Reads About That One Special Summer
Book Review: The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
Book Review: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake
Book Review: A Walk in the Sun by Michelle Zink
Historical Beach Reads
Book Review: All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank
Book Review: Wanderlost by Jen Malone
Book Review: The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews
Book Review: The Season of You & Me by Robin Constantine
Book Review and Giveaway: Summer in the Invisible City by Juliana Romano
Book Review: A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
Book Review: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book Review: The Light of Paris by Eleanor Brown
Book Review: A Season for Fireflies by Rebecca Maizel
Book Review: The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
Book Review: The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen
Book Review: Mystic Summer by Hannah McKinnon
Book Review: With Malice by Eileen Cook
Book Review: In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch
Books with the Best Beach Towns
Book Review: When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel
Book Review: The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay by Kelly Harms
Book Review: Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood
Book Review: The Wedding Sisters by Jamie Brenner
Book Review: Villa America by Liza Klaussmann
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature from 2015
Introduction to my "Summer Kickoff Feature"
Book Review: Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
Friday Five and an International Beach Read Giveaway
Book Review: 99 Days by Kate Cotugno
Book Review: Revenge, Ice Cream, and Other Things Best Served Cold by Katie Finn
Book Review: The Forget-Me-Not Summer by Leila Howland
Book Review: Sophomore Year is Greek to Me by Meredith Zeitlin
Book Review: French Coast by Anita Hughes
Friday Giveaway: Challenger Deep, The Isle of the Lost, and Sorceress
Giveaway: Signed copies of Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters and Sophomore Year is Greek to Me by Meredith Zeitlin
Book Review: The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
Book Review and Giveaway: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Book Review: The Guest Cottage by Nancy Thayer
Book Review: The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Book Review: The Summer After You and Me by Jennifer S. Doktorski
Friday Five and a SIGNED Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen Giveaway
Book Review: The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
Book Review: The Lake Season by Heather McKinnon
Book Review: The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
Book Review: Whisper Beach by Shelley Noble
Book Review: Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca
Friday Five and TWO Giveaways!
Book Review: Summer Secrets by Jane Green
Book Review: Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye
Book Review: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Book Review: Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
Friday Giveaway: Death Marked and The Death Code
Book Review: P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
My Favorite Bloggers Share What Is On Their Summer Reading Lists
My 2015 Picks for Best Beach Reads and My Summer Reading List
Book Review: Revenge, Ice Cream, and Other Things Best Served Cold by Katie Finn
Book Review: The Forget-Me-Not Summer by Leila Howland
Book Review: Sophomore Year is Greek to Me by Meredith Zeitlin
Book Review: French Coast by Anita Hughes
Friday Giveaway: Challenger Deep, The Isle of the Lost, and Sorceress
Giveaway: Signed copies of Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters and Sophomore Year is Greek to Me by Meredith Zeitlin
Book Review: The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
Book Review and Giveaway: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Book Review: The Guest Cottage by Nancy Thayer
Book Review: The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Book Review: The Summer After You and Me by Jennifer S. Doktorski
Friday Five and a SIGNED Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen Giveaway
Book Review: The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
Book Review: The Lake Season by Heather McKinnon
Book Review: The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
Book Review: Whisper Beach by Shelley Noble
Book Review: Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca
Friday Five and TWO Giveaways!
Book Review: Summer Secrets by Jane Green
Book Review: Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye
Book Review: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Book Review: Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
Friday Giveaway: Death Marked and The Death Code
Book Review: P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
My Favorite Bloggers Share What Is On Their Summer Reading Lists
My 2015 Picks for Best Beach Reads and My Summer Reading List
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature from 2014
Introduction to my "Summer Kickoff Feature"
Book Review: Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
Book Review: A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke
Book Review: Summer on the Short Bus by Bethany Crandell
Book Review: One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
Book Review: The Sound by Sarah Alderson
Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Book Review: Undone by Cat Clarke
Book Review: Nantucket Red by Leila Howland
Book Review: The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
Book Review: Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Book Review: Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn
Book Review: Cavendon Hall by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Movie Review: Vampire Academy
Book Review: What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Book Review: Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Book Review: The Heiresses by Sara Shepard
Book Review: The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes
Book Review: Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
Book Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Book Review: Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
2014 Picks for Best Beach Reads and My Summer Reading List
Book Review: Summer on the Short Bus by Bethany Crandell
Book Review: One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
Book Review: The Sound by Sarah Alderson
Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Book Review: Undone by Cat Clarke
Book Review: Nantucket Red by Leila Howland
Book Review: The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
Book Review: Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Book Review: Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn
Book Review: Cavendon Hall by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Movie Review: Vampire Academy
Book Review: What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Book Review: Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Book Review: The Heiresses by Sara Shepard
Book Review: The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes
Book Review: Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
Book Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Book Review: Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
2014 Picks for Best Beach Reads and My Summer Reading List
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2013
Book Review: Riptide by Lindsey Scheibe
Book Review: Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
Book Review: As I Close My Eyes by Sarah DiCello
Book Review: As I Wake by Sarah DiCello
Book Review: The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
Book Review: Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
Book Review: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
Book Review: A Certain Summer by Patricia Beard
Book Review: Burning by Elana K. Arnold
Book Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby
Book Review: Gone South by Meg Moseley
Book Review: Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Book Review: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Book Review: A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Book Review: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
Book Review: The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig
Book Review: Dare You To by Katie McGarry
Book Review: All I Need by Susane Colasanti
Book Review: How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Book Review: All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue
Beach Reads: Oldies But Goodies (Beach Reads That I've Reviewed in the Past)
Book Review: Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Covers- Beach Edition
My 2013 Picks for Beach Reads and My Summer Reading List
Book Review: Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar
Book Review: As I Wake by Sarah DiCello
Book Review: The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
Book Review: Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
Book Review: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
Book Review: A Certain Summer by Patricia Beard
Book Review: Burning by Elana K. Arnold
Book Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby
Book Review: Gone South by Meg Moseley
Book Review: Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Book Review: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Book Review: A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Book Review: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
Book Review: The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig
Book Review: Dare You To by Katie McGarry
Book Review: All I Need by Susane Colasanti
Book Review: How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Book Review: All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue
Beach Reads: Oldies But Goodies (Beach Reads That I've Reviewed in the Past)
Book Review: Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Covers- Beach Edition
My 2013 Picks for Beach Reads and My Summer Reading List
Book Review: Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar
Posts From My Summer Kickoff Feature From 2012:
Introduction to my "Summer Kickoff" feature
Book Review: Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
Book Review: Don't You Wish by Roxanne St. Claire
Book Review: Until I Die by Amy Plum
Book Review: Summer in the South by Cathy Holton
Book Review: Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman
Book Review: Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Book Review: Don't You Wish by Roxanne St. Claire
Book Review: Until I Die by Amy Plum
Book Review: Summer in the South by Cathy Holton
Book Review: Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman
Book Review: Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Book Review: Lies Beneath by Anne G. Brown
Guest Post: Interview with Aimee Carter, author of Goddess Interrupted
Book Review: The Summer My Life Began by Shannon Greenland
Guest Post: Character Interview with Cade from The Summer My Life Began
Guest Post: Summer Straggling by Joanne DeMaio, author of Whole Latte Life
Book Review: Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
Book Review: Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson
Book Review: The Star Shack by Lila Castle
Posts from My Summer Kickoff feature from 2011:
Introduction to my “Summer Kickoff” feature
Book Review: Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton
Book Review: The Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy
Fabulous Beach Reads
Book Review: The Summer We Read Gatsby by Danielle Ganek
Top Ten Best Beaches I’ve Been To
Book Review: The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells
Favorite Summertime Cocktails
Book Review: Cruel Summer by Alyson Noel
Book Review: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
Book Review: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Beach Reads and Beach Bag Must Haves - Part I
Beach Reads and Beach Bag Must Haves - Part II
Book Review: The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
Guest Post: Tracy Deebs, author of Tempest Rising
Book Review: Sweet Life by Mia King
Book Review: The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan
Book Review: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Book Review: The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols
Book Review: Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols
Book Review: Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
Book Review: Gone With a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West
Book Review: The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch
The End of my “Summer Kickoff” Feature
