In this episode of the Nurturing Librarian Podcast, Nicole reflects on the podcast's first season and discusses the significance of summer reading. She shares various perspectives on what summer reading represents, from mandatory school assignments to enjoyable public library programs. Importantly, the focus is on personalizing summer reading to individual preferences, whether that means light beach reads or more substantial genres. The episode wraps up with a reminder to listeners to stick to their reading goals and to prepare for a fall check-in, ensuring that reading remains a joyful and goal-oriented activity.****Book News and Recs<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raven-scholar-antonia-hodgson/21715952?ean=9780316577229&next=t" target="_blank">The Raven Scholar</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/not-quite-dead-yet-holly-jackson/21875343?ean=9780593977057&next=t&next=t" target="_blank">Not Quite Dead Yet</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raven-scholar-antonia-hodgson/21715952?ean=9780316577229&next=t" target="_blank">The Summer Job</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/summer-house-with-swimming-pool-herman-koch/8428910?ean=9780804138833&next=t" target="_blank">Summer House with Swimming Pool</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-scent-keeper-erica-bauermeister/6985856?ean=9781250622624&next=t" target="_blank">The Scent Keeper</a>****Resources <a href="https://pen.org/press-release/south-carolina-replaces-utah-as-the-state-with-the-most-mandated-banned-books-for-all-public-schools/" target="_blank">South Carolina Books Banned because of One Parent</a>Connect with me on Insta, Blue Sky, LinkedIn, Storygraph at The Nurturing Librarian****Looking for more book recs? Check us out on<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13492305-thenurturinglibrarian" target="_blank"> goodreads</a>Music: "Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</a>

It's the season finale and we're talking summer. What's on your summer reading list? I'll share mine with you and we will go over again how to keep up with your reading goals whether you're just getting started or you've been plowing through since January. Here's to having time to read this summer and also please make it a point to support your libraries and indie bookstores, authors and publishers, book festivals, etc as reading is political.

Summer Reads: Beyond the Beach Book