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Welcome to Read This Book, a newsletter where I recommend one book that should absolutely be put at the top of your TBR pile. Recommended books will vary across genre and age category and include shiny new books, older books you may have missed, and some classics I suggest finally getting around to.

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Today’s pick is an incredibly sweet and funny queer romantic comedy that is perfect for summer.

Book cover of That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Garland Moore used to be more of an optimist. She believed in true love and signs from the universe and finding everyday magic at any moment. She had a lovely marriage with the perfect guy, Ethan. When she and Ethan were at the airport for the honeymoon, rushing to catch their plane, Garland dropped a bracelet her sister Dara had made when they were kids. A guy picked it up and handed it back to Garland, where she was struck by a vision of sitting at a table with many people, across from this man, and they were laughing and sharing a moment. She shook it off and was on her way to have a wonderful honeymoon.

A couple years later, Ethan surprised Garland with divorce papers. A year after that, Garland had moved in with her sister Dara and was driving a rideshare when twin brothers became her passenger. They all hit it off really well and they told Garland that they bought their childhood summer camp and they’ve rebranded it as an adult sleepaway camp. Garland told Dara and they decided to take the opportunity to go that summer because it was something they dreamed of as children but never got the opportunity to do.

So this is where the story actually begins. Dara and Garland show up at Camp Carl Cove for its inaugural adult summer camp experience. Garland meets one of her cabin-mates, Stevie, in an incredibly awkward interaction. They decide to form a camp alliance and from that point on, you can tell they’ll be inseparable. When they go out to meet the rest of the campers, Stevie introduces Garland to her three brothers that are also there. They all went to Camp Carl Cove every year as children. When Garland meets Stevie’s brother Mason, she has quite a moment because Mason is the guy from the airport that had picked up her bracelet and she had that vision.

Stevie tells Garland she will do her best to hook her up with her brother but in the process, Garland finds that all she really wants to do has less to do with Mason and more to do with Stevie.

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Patricia

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