Do you ever feel like you can only read certain books in certain times during the year? I’m pretty sure we all read books more than once, but when do you do so? When are you “in the mood” to reread a book? I don’t know about you guys, but there are some books that I can only read in summer. Or fall. Or winter. Or spring. For example, I only read The Christmas Shoes during winter. (For obvious reasons.) And although I absolutely adore the book, I can only bring myself to read Ella Enchanted (I think for those of you who read my blog regularly have heard this one mentioned a few times!) during the summer.

I read Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards one summer a few years back; I think the summer before third or second grade, and loved it. I still read it over and over again, because it’s one of my favorite (and always will be!) books. It also brings memories – of summer. I distinctly remember reading it one summer because my mom and I went to the farmer’s market with my aunt and I remember sitting on the curb while my mom shopped around for organic tomatoes and what-not, and I was sipping some home made lemonade and reading Mandy. (I ended up leaving the book in my aunt’s car and didn’t get it back until the end of the summer!) My old copy of Mandy still smells of sunscreen and the beach! 😉

I love books of all kinds. I love historical fiction, and fairy tale retellings, and realistic fiction. I love books. There are some books that make me feel at home – books that bring back memories, or feelings. Like Mandy makes me thing of summer! And who knows? Maybe this summer I’ll read a book I absolutely LOVE and it will end up being a favorite of mine in a few years that makes me think of summer!

Do you have any “seasonal” books? What books bring back memories for you?