Top Ten Tuesday: Book Covers That Feel Like Summer


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A red, yellow, and orange umbrella framed against a blue summer sky that has a few fluffy white clouds floating by in it. This was such a fun and easy prompt to do!

Summer makes me think of ice cream, cookouts, picnics, sand, sunscreen, swimming, beaches, sandals, swimsuits, and more.

I tried to incorporate as many different types of these images and similar images into my response as possible.

No, I have not read these books yet. I tend to read a lot of science fiction that has nothing at all to do with typical summer topics, so I had to get a bit creative in order to participate.

If you have read any of these books, I’d love to hear what you thought of them!

 

Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1) by Jenna Evans Welch Book cover. Image on cover shows a drawing of two scoops of gelato in separate cones.

1. Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1) by Jenna Evans Welch

 

Murder Cuts the Mustard by Jessica Ellicott book cover. Image on cover shows drawing of two women and a dog enjoying a picnic in a park.

2. Murder Cuts the Mustard by Jessica Ellicott

 

Thank You for Flying Air Zoe by Erik Atwell book cover. Image on cover shows a pair of red flip flops against a blue background.

3. Thank You for Flying Air Zoe by Erik Atwell

 

The Southern Side of Paradise (Peachtree Bluff #3) by Kristy Woodson Harvey book cover. Image on cover show a white woman wearing a white bathing suit and a yellow hat lounging in a pink inner tube in a pool.

4. The Southern Side of Paradise (Peachtree Bluff #3) by Kristy Woodson Harvey

 

Honeymoon for One by Beth Orsoff book cover. Image on cover shows a woman lying in a hammock at the beach. An alcohol mixed drink sits on the sand next to her just outside of the shade she’s enjoying.

5. Honeymoon for One by Beth Orsoff

 

A Starless Sky by Paige Agnew book cover. Image on cover shows the word Starless etched into some sand.

6. A Starless Sky by Paige Agnew

 

Tropical Dreams by Kelly Cozzone Book cover. image on cover shows palm trees lining a beach.

7. Tropical Dreams by Kelly Cozzone

 

Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way by Francis Mallmann book cover. Image on cover hows photograph of a man, the barbecued food he cooks, and the land he lives on.

8. Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way by Francis Mallmann

 

Shug by Jenny Han Book cover. Image on cover shows a red popsicle with a bite taken out of it.

9. Shug by Jenny Han

 

We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson book cover. Image on cover shows a drawing of a grandmother and granddaughter carrying a picnic basket in a park.

10. We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson

 

 

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94 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Book Covers That Feel Like Summer

  1. Oh, yes, We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past. Perfect for summer!

  2. Some lovely summery books there. I love the “Love & Gelato” cover. And I know “We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past”, we sold them in our school book sales, I believe.

    Thanks for visiting my TTT this week.

  3. Ice creams are definitely a summer essential!

  4. Great list! I recently watched the movie Love & Gelato on Netflix.

  5. Murder Cuts the Mustard looks really sweet!

  6. Those covers with ice cream/popsicles make me want one right now! These are great summer cover picks, Lydia 😍

  7. These are such fun, summery covers!! Although, it does make me wish I was on a beach somewhere instead of in West Texas.

  8. Some really great choices for this prompt! Shug is gorgeous!

  9. I like Starless–a different aspect of summer on that cover. Good job!

  10. Love the cover of Honeymoon for One. Makes me wish I was there right now! 🙂

  11. These are all great, but Murder Cuts the Mustard and Shug covers look really intriguing.

  12. I haven’t read any of these. I’ve seen the top one on a few people’s lists this week.

    They definitely make me think of summer!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/top-ten-tuesday-book-covers-that-feel-like-summer/

  13. Good call on all of these! 😀

  14. I like the look of The Southern Side of Paradise and Murder Cuts the Mustard, which sounds like a fun read.

  15. I want to be where that Honeymoon for One cover is! That’s my favorite.

  16. These are perfect summer feels! I don’t know why ice cream didn’t occur to me at ALL until I saw other people’s picks for this week’s topic.

    My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2022/07/12/top-ten-tuesday-book-covers-with-summer-themes/

  17. I have not read any of these either but they do look fun and represent summer well!

  18. I knew I could count on you to locate some very summerish covers/titles. Fun covers. Here is my TTT

  19. Love and Gelato made my list too, no summer without ice cream or gelato right? 🙂

  20. Nice list! Shug looks so good, that popsicle on the cover definitely says summer to me.

  21. Many of your covers make me want to be on the beach again!

  22. Jo

    I just watched the film version of Love and Gelato on Netflix and it was really cute!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/top-ten-tuesday-376/

  23. You incorporated a lot of iconic summer themes here. Great job!

    My aunt and uncle spent a month in Argentina several years ago. One of their friends is originally from Argentina so they visited his family ranch. They still get a faraway look in their eyes when they talk about the Argentinian cookout they had there. Apparently Argentinians are grill wizards 🙂

  24. Love and Gelato! I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one! I LOVE ice cream! (And I liked the book!)

  25. I’ve heard so much about Love and Gelato! I hope you enjoy these.

  26. This is such a great list! All of these covers definitely make me think of summer.

  27. All these book covers look so summery especially Love and Gelato!

  28. Perfect! The ice cream and popsicle covers are my favorites — probably because those are such perfect summer treats!

  29. You found a great selection of books with summer vibes!

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/summer-y-titles-of-10-books/

  30. I read so many summery books, but have not read any of these. I will see if my library has that picture book to read to my grandkids. Great choices Lydia.

  31. Great choices! I have been wanting to read Love & Gelato since it came out!🤦‍♀️💜

  32. Honeymoon For One looks summery! Great list and thanks for visiting my TTT! 🙂

  33. Great picks. These all give me summer vibes. 🙂

  34. I like the simplicity of the Love and Gelato series.

    Thanks for visiting my post earlier!

  35. All of these look so summery and fun. Thanks for sharing!

  36. Love & Gelato has a super cute cover. Perfect for this week!

  37. Love and Gelato! I can’t believe I forgot that one. Great list!

  38. Love and Gelato made my list too! Great picks!

  39. I love the cover of Love & Gelato! Summer makes me think of ice cream too 😊 Great choices, Lydia!

  40. Thanks for commenting on my post. Sorry it has taken me a little bit to get back to you. I’ve been exhausted from moving and unpacking. I’m sure you understand.

    Love & Gelato has been on my TBR for a few years now. I really need to read it. I love its cover so much! Great choices.

  41. Love and Gelato is really cute – I hope you like that one!
    Murder Cuts the Mustard looks like such a great summer cozy mystery.
    Enjoy!
    – Sara and Olivia

  42. THe Southern side of Paradise,is perfect. I wish i was there.

  43. I read one of Jenna’s contemporary novels and thought it was quite cute. I don’t think it was the one you featured though. But I do own it and want to give it a read too. 🙂 Hope you enjoy these if you do read them. Thanks for visiting Finding Wonderland on this week, Lydia. Apologies it took so long to visit here.

  44. The cover for Love and Gelato always reminds me of summer!

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