I want to share my summer reading list with you with some new authors, that I know personally! These books are perfect for reading while floating in the pool or relaxing on the beach. I also carry a book with me to read if there is any downtime at my daughter’s softball games. They range from personal triumph over cancer to encouraging self-help, and small-town romance. Enter to win a copy of Monica Ortega’s book The Power of Pivoting at the bottom of the blog post.
I would love for you to help them out as new authors and purchase their books. The links I am sharing are my amazon affiliate links, which I earn a commission on; but you don’t pay anything extra for.
Non Fiction
Fitz Kohler: My Noisy Cancer Comeback
Fitz is a dear friend! She is my cheerleader at the Walt Disney World race finish lines. I met Fitz after a Princess Half Marathon race weekend when we were all hanging out at the Wave in the Contemporary Resort. She is a very strong, smart, courageous woman who spent most of last year battling breast cancer.
In her book My Noisy Cancer Comeback, she shares her struggle with the grueling chemo she had to endure, the extreme sickness, weight loss, and the changes that happen when you fight and beat cancer. She is honest with her experience, in hopes that her journey will help others going through it. Fitz didn’t want cancer to slow her down or take her away from the things she loves.
When I am working out and feel like I want to quit, I OFTEN think of Fitz and what she endured and fought through and still kept working as a race announcer, flying all over the country during her battle with cancer. She didn’t want cancer to keep her from announcing races and noisily greeting the runners at the finish lines.
I am a member of Fitz’ Hottie Body Fitness Group where we encourage each other and share our struggles with maintaining a healthy life and also supporting us with our weight loss journey. I love that she tells it like it is, and is real and honest with us in the group. If she notices that we are not making progress, or have gone quiet in the group, she’ll reach out and find out why, and help us get back on track.
Monica Ortega: The Power of Pivoting
When I started reading this book I had no idea I was going to need a highlighter and page markers! This book was spot on with putting to words many of the things that I was feeling and experiencing. I know Monica from the blogging community. She is a travel blogger, but now can add the title of author to her name!
This book is about facing your fears, changing your mindset, and moving towards living the life you are meant to live with happiness. She shares her heartbreak with divorce, how she came to where she is today and helps build a toolkit to manage a healthy mindset.
When I first started reading the book I was in a period of self-doubt, low confidence, and was downright beating up on myself for no good reason. Her words were so helpful in making me change my way of thinking and reversing my outlook to a more positive approach.
Romance/Fiction
Audrey McLelland
Audrey didn’t just publish one book this year, she has published two and she is already working on the next one! Her books are part of a series “The McKay Sisters Series”. These books are the Hallmark channel of love stories in book form. They are feel-good, small-town romance books with a happily-ever-after fairy tale ending.
The second book At Last, is about one of the McKay sisters finding a way to make her ex jealous while attending a wedding they will both be at. She finds the hottest guy in town, who happens to be single. After spending a lot of time together prior to the wedding, they start to realize that their time together is turning into something more than a friendship. Find out how their relationship unfolds and what happens in the end with this second book in Audrey’s series.
I met Audrey through blogging as well, and was selected by her and her partner Vera Sweeney to attend their Permission To Hustle Mastermind At Sea event last February. I was so honored to have been selected and all of us who attended are now part of a special club…the Covid club. We returned home from the 5 day cruise to a world that was preparing to shut down. It was like we were in a bubble out to see while Covid was spreading everywhere. It was a surreal experience that will forever bond all of us!
I’m so excited for Audrey’s new books series. She has been wanting to do this for a long time so it’s wonderful to see others’ dreams come true!
Giveaway!
What Books Are On Your Summer Reading List?
I am in the process of reading all of these books. Yes, I read several books at a time because I have ADHD. But they are all unique and different from each other. I’m almost done with all of them, and I do really enjoy them!
What’s on your summer reading list? I’d love to hear your book recommendations!