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August 5, 2017 By Allison

Summer Reads

I let reading take over this summer.  It’s just what I needed.  Last summer I was too busy to settle in with my books, only able to squeeze in a few novels here and there.  I missed the ease of summer reading and vowed that this year would be different.  I have been consuming books!

Real books

Le Camélia de ma mère by Alain Baraton

Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren

The Romance of Tea by William Ukers

Une Gourmandise by Muriel Barbery

Biographie de la faim by Amélie Nothomb

Olio by Tychimba Jess

 

On the Kindle

Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenedies

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

The Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedmen

 

Audio Books

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt

What are you reading?  In what format do you read?  I am new to audio books and having fun with them.  I’d love to know your thoughts!

 

Filed Under: Ideas, Inspiration, Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: amélie nothomb, audio books, book club, book worm, donna tartt, elena ferrante, elizabeth gilbert, jeffery eugenedies, kindle, literature, muriel barbery, peter wohlleben, shelfie, summer reading, summer reads, tychimba jess

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  1. Patricia Hogan says

    August 5, 2017 at 10:04 pm

    Oh gosh, always mysteries! I’m in love with Elizabeth George and Denise Mina and Anthony Horowitz and many others! I try to branch out and read REAL books, but I don’t have a lot of time to read when I work, so I’ve decided that I am going to read what I love. I tell that to my middle-school students also. READ WHAT YOU LOVE.

    • aconnolly24 says

      August 6, 2017 at 9:18 am

      Mysteries are real books, in my opinion! I’ll look into these authors. Have you read the Miss Phyrne Fisher mysteries? After my book was published, I promised myself 5 years to read only what I want to read and not what I *should*. It’s been heavenly!

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