It’s that time of year again, your mind keeps wandering off to exotic sun-bathed beaches of azure waters. Forget all about deadlines and urgent reports, time to pick up some summer must-reads and head straight to the beach!
The Peripatetic Coffin by Ethan Rutherford
Why bother with heavy or plain nonsense books when you can get your hands all over Ehtan Rhutherford’s short stories compilation? The Peripatetic Coffin and other stories is a fine assortment of life, it has misery and laughter, it has fantasy and brutal reality.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Best selling author Ann Patchett makes a loud come back with State of Wonder. Set in the wild Amazonian forest, Patchett takes the reader by the hand and shows her a new world of miracles intertwined with science. All we can say is: prepared to be awed.
Where’ d you go Bernadette? by Marie Semple.
All your social anxiety issues are brought to life in the latest book by Maria Semple; Where did you go Bernadette?. In this breezy, entertaining summer read, Bee the fifteen year old daughter sets out on a mission to discover her lost-in-Antartica mother. It has been emphatically described as achingly funny by the Settle Times, who are we to disagree?
City of Thieves by David Bennioff
A gripping novel by widely acclaimed author D. Bennionf, City of Thieves, takes you down dark alleys to show you the true face of war, all the while seeking to define the ever elusive notions of courage, friendship and the willpower to survive. An eclectic read for sure.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everyone will be talking about it anyway, you might as well get a taste of the real deal. The story is simple yet intricately described. Gatsby represents in the most brutally honest manner, the vanity and destructiveness that extreme greediness upholds. Delve into the world of the Jazz Age and its sheer extravagance.
Which summer reads are making it into your 2013 reading list? Will Game of Thrones make it in it, or are you going for less fantasy and more humour this year?