Six ‘beach’ reads to breeze through this summer
This list of books contains nothing that will tax your brain, just something to enjoy while sitting in a lounge chair.
Six ‘beach’ reads to breeze through this summer This list of books contains nothing that will tax your brain, just something to enjoy while sitting in a lounge chair. Check out this story on statesmanjournal.com: http://stjr.nl/1rLFT8y
SAL Published 3:30 p.m. PT July 28, 2014
“Serpent of Venice,” by Christopher Moore. (Photo: Special to the Statesman Journal )
Summertime and the reading is easy. This list of books contains nothing that will tax your brain, just something to enjoy while sitting in a lounge chair, whether it be in the yard or on a beach.
‘On the Rocks’ by Erin Duffy
What It’s About: After Abby’s boyfriend dumps her on Facebook, she and her best friend flee to an East Coast beach to look for love, only to find their relationships again thwarted by social media.
What We Think: The book cover features a beach, a sand chair, the ocean and a lighthouse. Summer reading doesn’t get any more perfect than that.
What it’s About: Set against the backdrop of the professional ballet world, this novel not only focuses on the day-to-day struggles of dancers but also follows their hopes and fears for the future.
What We Think: Told with flashes of wry humor, the intenseness of the profession along with personal stories of the dancers and their relationships will keep even those who don’t care about ballet riveted.
‘What is Visible’ by Kimberly Elkins
What it’s About: Born in 1829, Laura Bridgman had scarlet fever at 2 that left her without four of her five senses. Left only with the sense of touch, she went on to be the first hearing and vision impaired person to learn language.
What We Think: Told in lyrical prose, this is the inspiring story of a woman who blazed a trail for Helen Keller and is a good candidate for book groups.
‘Serpent of Venice’ by Christopher Moore
What It’s About: Pocket, the fool from King Lear, visits Venice and gets mixed up with Marco Polo, Othello, Iago, the whole crowd from The “Merchant of Venice,” and a mermaid — or is she really a mermaid?
What We Think: Reference librarian Wendell Buck said, “Christopher Moore turns out a fine scoop of summer silliness. At last, the perfect blend of Shakespeare with a bit of adult subject matter to spice things up.”
What It’s About: If you had your life to live over again, what would you do differently? Harry August gets multiple chances to find out as he keeps getting reborn into the same life, well, forever.
What We Think: This is reminiscent of the movie “Groundhog Day,” and Kate Atkinson’s novel, “Life After Life.” It twisted our minds but kept us absorbed.
If you would like more books that twist your brain, pick up the new booklist “Mind-Bending Fiction” from the library.
What It’s About: This intricate novel spans the globe with a race between Pilgrim, a secret agent, and his adversary, a terrorist only known as the Saracen who lives only to serve the Jihad.
What We Think: If you are willing to suspend a little belief, this pulse-pounding story will take you on a wild ride and is the perfect espionage thriller for readers of the Tom Clancy and John LeCarré.
Read or Share this story: http://stjr.nl/1rLFT8y
Six ‘beach’ reads to breeze through this summer
This list of books contains nothing that will tax your brain, just something to enjoy while sitting in a lounge chair.
Six ‘beach’ reads to breeze through this summer This list of books contains nothing that will tax your brain, just something to enjoy while sitting in a lounge chair. Check out this story on statesmanjournal.com: http://stjr.nl/1rLFT8y
SAL Published 3:30 p.m. PT July 28, 2014
“Serpent of Venice,” by Christopher Moore. (Photo: Special to the Statesman Journal )
Summertime and the reading is easy. This list of books contains nothing that will tax your brain, just something to enjoy while sitting in a lounge chair, whether it be in the yard or on a beach.
‘On the Rocks’ by Erin Duffy
What It’s About: After Abby’s boyfriend dumps her on Facebook, she and her best friend flee to an East Coast beach to look for love, only to find their relationships again thwarted by social media.
What We Think: The book cover features a beach, a sand chair, the ocean and a lighthouse. Summer reading doesn’t get any more perfect than that.
What it’s About: Set against the backdrop of the professional ballet world, this novel not only focuses on the day-to-day struggles of dancers but also follows their hopes and fears for the future.
What We Think: Told with flashes of wry humor, the intenseness of the profession along with personal stories of the dancers and their relationships will keep even those who don’t care about ballet riveted.
‘What is Visible’ by Kimberly Elkins
What it’s About: Born in 1829, Laura Bridgman had scarlet fever at 2 that left her without four of her five se
nses. Left only with the sense of touch, she went on to be the first hearing and vision impaired person to learn language.
What We Think: Told in lyrical prose, this is the inspiring story of a woman who blazed a trail for Helen Keller and is a good candidate for book groups.
‘Serpent of Venice’ by Christopher Moore
What It’s About: Pocket, the fool from King Lear, visits Venice and gets mixed up with Marco Polo, Othello, Iago, the whole crowd from The “Merchant of Venice,” and a mermaid — or is she really a mermaid?
What We Think: Reference librarian Wendell Buck said, “Christopher Moore turns out a fine scoop of summer silliness. At last, the perfect blend of Shakespeare with a bit of adult subject matter to spice things up.”
What It’s About: If you had your life to live over again, what would you do differently? Harry August gets multiple chances to find out as he keeps getting reborn into the same life, well, forever.
What We Think: This is reminiscent of the movie “Groundhog Day,” and Kate Atkinson’s novel, “Life After Life.” It twisted our minds but kept us absorbed.
If you would like more books that twist your brain, pick up the new booklist “Mind-Bending Fiction” from the library.
What It’s About: This intricate novel spans the globe with a race between Pilgrim, a secret agent, and his adversary, a terrorist only known as the Saracen who lives only to serve the Jihad.
What We Think: If you are willing to suspend a little belief, this pulse-pounding story will take you on a wild ride and is the perfect espionage thriller for readers of the Tom Clancy and John LeCarré.
Read or Share this story: http://stjr.nl/1rLFT8y