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- DictionarySummer reading
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- 1. material that is read or is suitable for reading in the summer or on summer vacation, in particular works of fiction that are entertaining rather than intellectually stimulating: "get a library card and check out some summer reading"
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May 24, 2012 · And but, here’s my definition of a “summer read”: A book you read between the months of June and September. (Yaaah! Sorry…) The point is, a “summer read” isn’t anything specific to me. Just looking at the books I’ve read over the last couple summers, there’s certainly no overarching trend.
- Elena Nicolaou
- "Every Summer After" $14.88. $16.00. $11.96. $13.99. Search #beachread on Instagram, and you’re likely to see this cover. Speaking to TODAY, Carley Fortune said she was inspired by her childhood in Barry’s Bay, a small lakeside town in Canada, while writing this love story that switches perspectives between childhood summers and two adults trying to right their adolescent wrongs.
- "Book Lovers" $15.81. $17.00. $11.58. $14.99. Emily Henry’s rom-coms know the beach read assignment: They’re frequently set on vacation and involve writers or bookworms.
- "Neruda on the Park" $26.04. $28.00. $25.49. "Neruda on the Park" is about a community in New York that is on the verge of gentrification and the residents whose futures, and close-knit connections, are being threatened.
- "Meant to Be Mine" $15.80. $16.99. $12.99. Do you believe in fated love? The protagonist of “Meant to Be Mine” does — she’s staked her romantic future on a prophecy that her grandmother laid out for her.
Jul 31, 2021 · The idea of reading different kinds of literature at different times of year dates back centuries — for an early example, see William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” — but summer reading as we...
- Jennifer Harlan
Jul 17, 2023 · Penguin Random House. The epic history of the Great Migration isn't an obvious choice for a summer read: It's not "easy" and it's 800 pages or so. But reading The Warmth of Other Suns over the...
May 27, 2021 · May 27, 2021. 102. One summer, 73 books. No matter what you like — thrillers, audiobooks, cookbooks, historical fiction, music books, sci-fi, romance, horror, true crime, sports books, Hollywood...
Jun 24, 2023 · A sequel to Evans’s 2018 novel Ordinary People, A House for Alice opens on the night of the Grenfell fire, then follows Alice – longing to return to her native Nigeria – and her three daughters as...
Jul 2, 2022 · Summer reading: the 30 best holiday reads – chosen by authors and critics. Illustration by Neil Webb. From an evocative story set in a Trinidad graveyard to a riveting exposé of the Sacklers…...