Books in the sunshine!
My annual summer reads segment for CBC Day 6 features suspense, nostalgia, growing pains, grief, the supernatural, family struggles, and, yes, also several beaches.
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Conveniently timed to air on the longest day of the year (thank you, June 21, for falling on a Saturday), I’m pleased to present my annual summer reading list for Day 6 on CBC Radio One.
Here I am (up there, look!) balancing in my skinny arms my complete set of books to suit all summer reading tastes.
Moments after this photograph was taken I overheard a man sitting at the other end of the table (yes, I am on a patio drinking early summer beer) telling his friends that he likes reading crime fiction by British writers. I gave him my copy of The Farm, thus lighting my load by one book for the journey home.
>> Listen to my summer reads conversation with Day 6 host Brent Bambury here.
>> Read my suggestions for EVEN MORE reading at CBC.ca, here.
What books will we be buzzing about on the beach this summer?
Looking for a fast-paced read? Some arm-chair travel? An alternative to that mega-selling bonk-buster book? Or to immerse yourself in the past (or an alternative present…)?
I served up some summer suggestions with different kinds of reader in mind on CBC Day 6 this weekend.
For a character-driven novel: John Irving’s IN ONE PERSON
For some historical drama: Hilary Mantel’s BRING UP THE BODIES (fiction); Erik Larson’s IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS (non-fiction)
For a fast-paced crime fix to take to the beach: Jo Nesbo’s PHANTOM
For an erotic-fiction alternative to Fifty Shades of Grey: Tamara Faith Berger’s MAIDENHEAD; Nicholson Baker’s THE FERMATA and HOUSE OF HOLES
For escapism…
To the Olympics: Craig Taylor’s LONDONERS
To the big sky and open road: Hari Kunzru’s GOD’S WITHOUT MEN
To (or from) a different kind of economy-class travel: Michael Ondaatje’s THE CAT’S TABLE
For a summer-long doorstop read: Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84