{"id":4124,"date":"2014-06-20T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2014-06-20T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:15:55","slug":"cool-reads-for-hot-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4124","title":{"rendered":"Cool reads for hot days"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew it would happen sooner or later – a long power outage, just as I was writing a post for Blogathon2014… and out here in the country, no power means no internet connection or cellphone signal booster either.<\/p>\n

Faced with the choice of driving 15 miles to nearest town to get wifi at our library so I could finish editing my review in progress or staying home to enjoy a new book while waiting for the power to be restored, I chose the latter, of course!<\/p>\n

If you’re in the mood for summer reading, too, check out these past BooksYALove favorites, and watch for my newest recommendation tomorrow at its normal 10 am CDT release time.<\/p>\n

\"book<\/a>\"book<\/a>Last Summer of the Death Warriors<\/em>,\u00a0 by Francisco X. Stork: what’s harder – knowing that you’ll die young or not knowing if you’ll ever really be an adult? (my full review<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dogtag Summer<\/em>,\u00a0 by Elizabeth Partridge: In 1981, 12-year-old Vietnamese-American orphan Traci questions why she’s in this small California town (my full review<\/a>).<\/p>\n

See y’all here tomorrow – I’m going to finish my book now that the A\/C is running again!<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

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