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What are you planning on reading this summer? Do you reader lighter "beach books" in the summer or whatever? Can you read outside? Do you like to read outside?

NPR's got a good list of indie bookstore recommendations today...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

This is the summer I am going to try and support a group of Goodreads authors books that I have come across.

i don't think i read much different books in the summer, but i do like to read outside.

janine wrote: "i don't think i read much different books in the summer, but i do like to read outside."

Me too janine, I have a hammock swing that makes just a great place to read outside.

i don't have a garden so i read in different parks. this is one of my favorites, because it's very quiet, and they serve tea:

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the garden was originally designed for royalty, so it gets to be a bit swanky.

i read about the same books in the summer that i do in the colder months. maybe not quite as much but still often. i am looking forward to reading The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. a friend bought it and is letting me read it first because i have been whining and crying

That ones on my short list too Kevin, but may be fall before I get to it.

That looks like a great setting to read in Janine.

I just got The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, but I am letting my friend read it first because it is her birth month.
It has been a little while since I finished the 2nd book, so I don't mind waiting.
I am looking forward to it...but it will be sad when it's over and there are no more books about Salander.

I have been wanting to read a really bad romance novel lately.

I do like to read lighter stuff for summer, but you can overdo it. One summer, I read almost nothing but Terry Pratchett, and as much as I love his books, he does fall back on the same jokes over and over again. Those need spacing out for proper appreciation. :)

I want to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, too. Mom and I are going to share a copy.

I am currently reading Villette

But I ordered some books on-line which arrived last week.

Contact
Prodigal Summer
La's Orchestra Saves the World
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Interpreter of Maladies

I am not sure which one to start on first. As it is currently winter I really shouldn't join this thread. I plan to curl up in a nice warm spot & read when I can get some peace & quiet.

Janine, I don't think I could read in that park. I'd just keep looking around. It's so gorgeous.

Right now I'm reading The Town That Forgot How to Breathe: A Novel and Water for Elephants. But once I'm done I'm hitting the next two Terry Pratchett Discworld books I need to read, Witches Abroad and Small Gods. For some reason I like to read the Discworld books in the summer, especially the last week of July when I'm traipsing around Comic-Con.

I'm going to try some Terry Pratchett this summer.

Jaimie wrote: "For some reason I like to read the Discworld books in the summer, especially the last week of July when I'm traipsing around Comic-Con."

You traipse? As playful as that may seem at most venues, I'm sure it barely raises an eyebrow at Comic-con. :)

I have never known where to start with Pratchett the following advise was given to me from another group I am in.

'People tend to be in one of two camps with Pratchett's first few books. Many people find them hard to read, but a "vocal" minority (IMO) love them, and the protagonist Rincewind. You could start with Mort, Moving Pictures, The Truth, Wyrd Sisters, or Guards, Guards and get a good feel for how Pratchett's mind works. I can't remember where I started, but I went back and read them (mostly) in order, once I got into them! Enjoy!'

I really struggle to read outside. I can't sit on the grass or whatever and read at all. I'm too easily distracted by blades of grass and passing clouds.

janine wrote: "i don't have a garden so i read in different parks. this is one of my favorites, because it's very quiet, and they serve tea:

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Beautiful! I could probably read outside somewhere like that, but like RA I am easily distracted. I am reading "The Man From Beijing" by Henning Mankell (an English translation). Just finished Shutter Island and have the Steig Larsson trilogy lined up now that all three are available and I don't have to wait for the next one.

'SQUIRREL'

:: turns head to look! ::

I just read Farthing so I'm looking forward to reading the rest of that series, and some more Kage Baker (I've only read the first Company book) and Connie Willis in anticipation of the new book in the fall.

I haven't read a lot of Terry Pratchett, but I thought his recent book Nation was fabulous and might be a nice introduction to his work.

Sarah Pi wrote: "I just read Farthing so I'm looking forward to reading the rest of that series, and some more Kage Baker (I've only read the first Company book) and Connie Willis in anticipation of t..."

I'm in the middle of Farthing, having picked it up on Bun's recommendation. It's the first full book I'm reading on my Sony e-reader; a great experience, so far.

Now I've got a sense of déjà vu. Have I mentioned this before?

yeah, it's like deja vu all over again

Phil wrote: "
Now I've got a sense of déjà vu. Have I mentioned this before? "

When I put it in my 'currently reading' list, you responded that you had just started it as well. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

I haven't decided what to read yet, but I'm thinking about Ray Bradbury novels I've never made it to. Something Wicked This Way Comes, Fahrenheit 451, and The Martian Chronicles. I like to pick an author that has a lot of books, or a really good, loooong series of books that I can read one after another. Sadly, most of my favorite authors I've finally chewed through all of their writing, so I'm needing to come up with someone new. At least with Ray I haven't read most of them yet.

My summer reading doesn't really differ in substance/levity/brevity from my spring, fall, and winter reading. If a vacation involves plane travel, which it always does, I'll choose books based on how small and light they are. They should fit into a medium sized purse. I'm not going to lug some 1,200 page hardcover with me.

I do read outside in the summer, maybe a couple times a week.

I always read outside. I have a little deck off the back porch with a table & umbrella, just big enough that if it rains (which is has all week) I can still huddle out there & read. It's where I do my best writing too. If can't tell, I am just waiting for summer to start. :)

I look forward to my summer reading the most. It's when I get the most reading time in. My list already has way too many to actually list here. I know "The Girl Who..." Trilogy by Stieg Larrson is bought and waiting for me. I'll be doing all of my reading sitting poolside, laying in my hammock, or sitting in my hanging chair on the front porch.

Cosmic Shar, I've read The Martian Chronicles and I recommend it.

Throwing it in from left field, I love the "Up" quotes. I figured by the name of the group I'd enjoy it here and so far that seems to be about right.

Welcome to TC, Anita and Kristi!

I'm first in line for this in my library system...can't wait.

http://www.amazon.com/Stories-All-New...


From Publishers Weekly
This collection of 27 never-before published stories from an impressive cast—Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, and Stuart O'Nan, among others—sets out to shift genre paradigms. The overarching theme is fantastic fiction, or fiction of the imagination, with fantasy being used in the most broad-sweeping sense rather than signaling the familiar commercial staples of elves, ghouls, and robots. Consequently, the collection's offerings run a wide gamut. In Joe Hill's Devil on the Staircase, an Italian boy commits a crime of passion and subsequently meets an emissary of Satan. In Jodi Picoult's Weights and Measures, a young couple who have just lost their daughter struggle to hold their marriage together as they both start noticing strange changes taking place. Chuck Palahniuk's The Loser features a college kid on acid as a contestant on a game show, and in Kurt Andersen's Human Intelligence, a geologist meets an explorer from another planet who has been studying humans for the past 1,600 years. The range of voices and subjects practically guarantees something for any reader, but the overall quality is frustratingly variable: most stories are good, some aren't, and few are exceptional. (June)

Welcome to TC Kristi

Welcome Kristi & Anita! It's a very fun group here.

I'm so excited... we went to a local shop call Book Bin here in Salem where I traded in a couple dozen or more paperbacks and got a $50 credit for books. Woo-hoo! I found Farenheit 451, Mary Magdelene (a ginormous historical novel I've been wanting to read), and another couple of novels & one of my 'cosmic' spiritual reads that I like lingering over & thinking about. Jared got a 1930's edition of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & a hardback Clive Cussler (he's a big fan), and Jessi found some fun kid series chapter books about adventuresome fairies to read for Summer. I feel like I've hit the jackpot! And it was all at a local business that is such a great find. I'm stoked and will definitely be revisting this place. Now I have great motivation to visit my storage and clean out the rest of my books. :D

Awesome, Cosmic Sher! $50 in credit, wow!

I did something similar yesterday. I had credit at Orca Books, and I gave in and bought The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, full price. I'm supporting local business, which is cool.

I'll pass it on to my mom when I've read it, and then she'll pass it on to my best friend, Gretchen, so we'll make good use of it.

This is our lovely screened-in porch, which is my favorite place to read except in winter. It's very peaceful--nothing but birdsong!

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My reading habits don't change in the summer--I read whatever I feel like reading. "Light" fiction is better for travelling, though, because you can put it down and pick it up again without losing any momentum.

Mary, that looks like an ideal place for Summer reading. Beautiful and comfortable! Much fancier than my little table with an umbrella, but someday I'll have the comfy furnishings & perfect outdoor room. I'm not giving up on that dream. :)

Jackie, I think that's the perfect way of recycling books. Not only buying locally, but then sharing with friends & family. That book will be well-read & well-loved by the time it's finished it's rounds.

Mary, I love your porch! oh, how I want a screened in sun porch.

And Sher! Mary Magdelene sounds great! Is it on your bookshelf so I can add it to my to read shelf?

My reading choices don't change for summer, necessarily, or should I say, on purpose. As for reading outside...I can't...it was about 110 on Saturday. So about all you can do with heat like that is sweat...a lot.

Love the porch. I want one!

I'm going to go to the library with Leah as soon as she starts fussing and pick up Michner's book about Afghanistan. I saw it on the shelf when I was there last week and I've been thinking about it ever since.

This summer I am planning to read "heavier", not lighter books (: The plan is to read at least one work by Nietzsche, Balzac, Thomas More, Thoreau,Sartre, James Joyce and Emile Zola. And my summer is only August, so I won't be able to read more than what I plan to.

You need a longer summer Knarik :-)

I'm hoping to alternate between light and dense reads as well as fiction and sociopolitical nonsense . I'm yearning for a beach trip and plan to bring Treasure Island with me. Other wise I really want to read Flannery O' Connor's stuff (I picked up a copy of Wise Blood last week). If there is time I'd love to read more of Michael Pollan's stuff.

Welcome to TC Ktronn.

"Does anybody really care?"

Is Larry non-sequitering?

BunWat wrote: "For future reference when Jim's nickname is changed comment 50 is about Jim's nickname, not about Ktronn."

Uh, yeah. I didn't think of that. Thanks, Bun.

That's the one.

I like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUB...

MARY!!! I WANT YOUR PORCH!

GIVE IT TO ME.

Sally, I added Mary, Called Magdalene to my shelves so you can find it. It's different than what I expected...although I'm not sure what it was I did expect. Kinda different, but she does a great job with the historical scenery & delving into the personality of Mary.

I'm also reading The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation Through the Way of the Horse and it's incredible. It isn't just about horses & therapy, but goes into metaphysical, scientific and psychological aspects of both horses and humans. Really well written, researched and great insights about our human society. Just my cup of tea! :D