Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpodFacebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover.To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button.For a lot of people, Labor Day, which this year fell on September 2, marks the end of summer, although astronomical summer doesn’t end until September 22 (and meteorological fall actually begins on September 1). And according to Carrie, summer ends on the first day of school, which was Aug 8 here in Louisville KY. And what was a common assignment when you returned back to schook? That's right. Write about what you did this summer. So this episode is a recap of what the two of us did this summer told in the form of books!Books mentioned--1- Bad Monkey by Carl Hiassen2- Hoot by Carl Hiassen3- Flush by Carl Hiassen4- Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway by Emma Fick5- Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall6- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Amanda Pavlov @pavlovsbooks - A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch7- The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert8- Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal9- Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais10- Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton11- Death’s Door: True Tales of Tragedy, Mystery, and Bravery from the Great Lakes’ Most Dangerous Waters by Barbara M. Joosse12- The Elephants of Thula Thula by Francois Malby-Anthony13- A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery) by Annelise Ryan14- The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso15- I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger16- The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano-Lax17- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, audiobook narrated by Brendan Fraser18- Death Stalks Door County (Dave Cubiak #1) by Patricia SkalkaMedia mentioned--1- Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Netflix, 2017) 2- Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with my Father (2024)3- The Tourist (Netflix, 2022)4- Bad Monkey (Apple+, 2024)5- Strong Sense of Place Podcast - https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/6-Lawsuit Against Florida Book Bans - https://people.com/publishers-authors-students-and-teachers-file-lawsuit-against-florida-book-bans-8704020