{"id":1917,"date":"2018-09-03T14:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blinkyabooks.com\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:18:37","slug":"blinkblog-what-have-you-been-reading-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\/blinkyabooks\/blinkblog-what-have-you-been-reading-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"#BlinkBlog: Books Blink Authors Are Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As summer comes to an end, a few of our authors shared what they have been reading this season. Read below for their answers\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alison Gervais: <\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Edits for my current work in progress!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annie Sullivan: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I just finished<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Legendary <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Stephanie Garber, and I loved it! It kept me guessing until the very end. And that\u2019s what I love about Stephanie\u2019s writing\u2014even when I thought I knew her tricks, she still made me sit in suspense trying to figure out what was going to happen next. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Lyons: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lot of nonfiction (research for upcoming books), and for fiction I\u2019ve been rotating between YA, SF, and magical realism, as well as re-reading some of my favs like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prince of Tides, Code Name: Verity, Sharp Objects.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurie Boyle Crompton: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right now, in my beach bag I have an advanced reader copy of Steward Lewis\u2019 LOOK CLOSER, as well as THE CREATIVE LICENSE by Danny Gregory. One is deliciously creepy and the other incredibly inspiring! You can probably guess which is which, but I highly recommend them both! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lorie Langdon: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since I\u2019m writing a fantasy novel, I\u2019ve been into reading fantasy as well. I just finished <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shadowcaster<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stormcaster<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Cinda Williams Chima, and I\u2019m currently reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Shadow Queen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by C. J. Readwine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>McCall Hoyle: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jenny Han is one of my all-time favorite young adult, contemporary authors, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is one of my all-time favorite books. It\u2019s being made into a Netflix movie that will release in August. So of course, I\u2019m re-reading the entire series before the movie releases. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Stephanie Morrill:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I kicked off the summer with The Alice Network by Kate Quinn, which I really enjoyed. With my older two kids, I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The War That Saved My Life, and Farewell to Manzanar. Currently I&#8217;m reading Love Does by Bob Goff.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As summer comes to an end, a few of our authors shared what they have been reading this season. Read below for their answers\u2026 Alison Gervais: Edits for my current work in progress! Annie Sullivan: I just finished Legendary by Stephanie Garber, and I loved it! It kept me guessing until the very end. 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