Can you believe September is here? This summer flew by faster than any summer to date for me and while I am sad to say goodbye to another fun-filled season, I am also ready to get back at it. Isn’t that funny how you don’t want fall to come, but you’re also sort of ready to get down to business? I go through this annually. Along with buckling down on the work front and changing out my summer wardrobe in favor of some fall essentials, I also like to give my reading list a little overhaul at the end of the season. And, with #ReadaBookDay just around the corner on September 6th, the timing is perfect. Not sure what you’ll be reading this fall? Here’s a look at some fall book releases to add to your list.
6 Books for Sept. 6th: Read a Book Day
#1. Love Warrior: A Memoir by Glennon Doyle Melton
Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out — three happy children, a doting spouse and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list — her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another – and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they’ve been taught so that they can finally, after 13 years of marriage, fall in love.
#2. Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson
Lena Woodward has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US and began a new life at the end of World War II. But now something has resurfaced that Lena cannot ignore: an unfulfilled promise she made long ago. Driven to renew the quest that still keeps her awake at night, Lena enlists the help of lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart. She begins to recount a tale, harkening back to her harrowing past in Nazi-occupied Poland, of the bond she shared with her childhood friend Karolina. Karolina was vivacious and beautiful, athletic and charismatic, and Lena has cherished the memory of their friendship her whole life. But there is something about the story that is unfinished, questions that must be answered, and what Lena is willing to risk to uncover the past. Has the real story been hidden these many years? And if so, why?
#3. Leave Me by Gayle Forman
Meet Maribeth Klein — a harried working mother who’s so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn’t even realize she’s had a heart attack. Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth packs a bag and leaves. Once away from home, and with the help of new friendships, she sees her life from a different perspective and is able to own up to secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.
#4. Loner by Teddy Wayne
David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. There he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, Determined to win her attention and an invite into her glamorous world, he begins compromising his moral standards for this one, great shot at happiness. But both Veronica and David, it turns out, are not exactly as they seem.
#5. Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
Reclusive literary legend M. M. “Mimi” Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a ponzi scheme, she’s flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she’s put to work as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer’s eccentric nine-year-old. As she slowly gets to know Frank, Alice becomes consumed with finding out who Frank’s father is, how his gorgeous “piano teacher and itinerant male role model” Xander fits into the Banning family equation — and whether Mimi will ever finish that book.
#6. The Past by Tessa Hadley – Fiction
Four middle-aged siblings meet in their grandparents’ home in the English town of Kington for a three-week holiday. They have convened to discuss whether or not to sell the house, but family tensions dominate conversations. The brother has brought his Argentinian third wife, whom the three sisters haven’t met. One sister brings an ex-boyfriend’s teenage son; another laments her unsatisfying love life. THE PAST is a quiet exploration of suppressed desire and internal struggles.
Are any of these new releases making it to your must-read fall book list?
*All book reviews via BookReporter.com. For Book Reporter’s full list of August and September new releases, click here.
