Continuing the theme from yesterday, here's a list from NPR on great summer reads. Also, the gals at LC have another list here.
USA Today's list is pretty interesting, too. The Washington Post has a best of list for kids, which is pretty cool don't you think? Heck, some of these books sound good to me.
Summer reading group ideas and guides can be found here.
Ms. Magazine gets into the act too. How about Steamy Summer Reads from Richmond.com?
Hot summer reads in Audiobooks can be found here.
UC Berkeley's faculty and students have their own recommendations to make (from last year, but the books are old anyway).
It's apparent there's no shortage of recommendations out there. Do you pick up books from lists, or do you decide based on cover copy or store positioning? Or a combination of factors? Last year, I picked up Julie Kenner's Carpe Demon based on a) the cover, b) its position on a table at the front of the store, c) the kickass blurb, and d) vaguely remembered hearing about it elsewhere. (It was a great read, btw.)
Sad to hear you’re leaving Hawaii. Sad I left.
Sob.
🙂
Good luck in Alabama.
Thanks, Rob. I’m sad too, but I’m also looking forward to a new experience. But where will I get poke!? 🙁 Waaaahhhh!
Lynn …
Nalini was saying that Carpe demon.. or something was really good. I want to read it too.
🙂 Oh well, live and move.. my motto
I don’t use lists – I tend to grab whatever is on the New shelf at the library. 🙂
In the bookstore it’s author’s name, the blurb and the first page. I don’t buy nearly as many books as I used to, so I’m pretty picky. I read mostly suspense, so I’ve got about a dozen authors I really like and pick up each new book they have out. Anything outside that genre, it’s on friends recommendations.