#362 Summer Reading 2023

Do you like books? We’ve got some hot recommendations! Novelist, performer, writing coach and mom, Georgia Clark is back again! This is our 3rd year of bringing you summer reading recommendations and Georgia recommending 8 books in various genres to you on this episode. 
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Georgia’s Reading Recommendations:
Happy Place, by Emily Henry
Genre: Feel-good and fun 
Premise: A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel 
The Five-Star Weekend, by Elin Hilderbrand
Genre: Feel-good and fun 
Premise: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand: After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket.
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley 
Genre: Feel-good and fun 
Premise: A deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the people who keep us going, coupled with Steven Rowley’s signature humor and heart, The Celebrants is a moving tale about the false invincibility of youth and the beautiful ways in which friendship helps us celebrate our lives, even amid the deepest challenges of living.
Homebodies, by Tembe Denton-Hurst
Genre: Modern, Dark Thriller
Premise: Urgent, propulsive, and strikingly insightful, Homebodies is a thrilling debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry. 
Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey
Genre: Super-sexy Romance (R-rated)
Premise: From Tessa Bailey—#1 New York Times bestselling author, TikTok favorite, and "the Michelangelo of dirty talk" (Entertainment Weekly)—comes a spicy small town rom-com about a grumpy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every turn…
The Guest, by Emma Cline
Genre: Literary With Bite
Premise: After losing her meal ticket with an older man, Alex, in her early 20’s is floating around Long Island, NY, becoming a guest in different peoples homes. 
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfield
Genre: Rom-com
Premise: A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Bramer
Genre: Uplifting and Intelligent
Premise: About a death doula 
About The Guest
Georgia Clark is a novelist and performer. She's the author of Island Time, It Had To Be You, The Regulars, The Bucket List, and others. She’s the host and founder of the popular storytelling night, Generation Women and creator of the monthly newsletter Heartbeat. A native Australian, she lives in Brooklyn with her hot wife and sweet baby.
Links We Referenced
Georgia’s Website
Writer’s Group - applications close June 16, 2023 
Generation Women
Georgia on Instagram
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning on Peacock
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