TBR Roulette - Where Are You Reading?

Us readers constantly travel with a book in tow, and lately, I’ve been pairing the book I read on a trip with the destination I’m traveling to. It feels like amore immersive vacation, which is why I went to Hudson News during my most recent airport visit and picked out some books you should read based on where you’re traveling to. Whether you’re escaping to the mountains, lounging on a beach, or simply spending time in your own backyard, there’s something for all readers and all destinations.

The Marriage Portrait – Lucrezia is a daughter in the powerful Medici family of Renaissance-era Italy. Her future marriage must be strategic, building on the family’s growing list of alliances, but when her older sister unexpectedly passes away, Lucrezia inherits her betrothed. Now, Lucrezia must fulfil her familial duty, while also preserving her independence, and most importantly, her safety.

My Rating: 5/5 stars

The Covenant of Water – A family in Kerala, India has been cursed: at least one person from every generation will die by drowning. As the family seeks to save its members from an inexplicable phenomenon, individuals must confront science and medicine as well as religion and spirituality.

GoodReads Rating: 4.54

Tom Lake – Laura and her three daughters are spending their summer on the family’s apple orchard in Upstate Michigan when the girls ask for more details on their mother’s love affair from three decades ago. In the story that unfolds, each daughter must reevaluate her maternal relationship, reminding us all that our parents are human with lives before they became parents.

GoodReads Rating: 4.33

Counterfeit – Ava has always taken the safe route, and while it might have brought her professional success, it has left her unfulfilled. With a crumbling marriage and a young child to take care of, Ava enlists the help of an old friend to bring her financial freedom and a hint of excitement in a new business venture: counterfeit handbags. But is a life of international crime a step too far from the safe route she wants to leave behind?

My Rating: 4/5

River Sing Me Home – While the Emancipation Act of 1834 might have freed the slaves, many plantation owners throughout the Caribbean did not adhere to the decree and instead adopted indentured servitude. But Rachel listens to none of this, instead deciding to run away with the hopes of reconnecting with the five children she lost to the slave trade.

GoodReads Rating: 4.05

The Block Party – Neighborhoods are designed to build community and preserve safety, but in the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road, secrets and betrayal rip these relationships apart. A murder at the annual summer block party shows just how fragile and fake these relations relationships are.

GoodReads Rating: 3.75