summer reading
Summer’s arrival just so happens to coincide with the post-newborn calm. Things have settled. The fog has cleared. In other words, we’re sleeping at night.
When I’m not walking around in a sleepless stupor, I love to read.. a few books at once. Probably evidence of my own tendency toward discontentment, but that’s a whole different post. At least I finish them, right?
So here’s my fun summer reading list (which will surely spill over into the fall, and probably even the winter, if my kids/family/general responsibilities have anything to do with it). Reviews to follow:
Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne (because I’m always plagued with a bit of wanderlust)
Life of Pi by Yann Mertel (because if you read the description, you’ll reserve it at your library, too)
Three short novels: Nathan Coulter, Remembering, A World Lost by Wendell Berry (because it wouldn’t be summer without a Berry re-read)
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (because I love a good historical what-if.. and enjoy this author)
The Prince of the Marshes by Rory Stewart (because I loved his first book)
The Omnivore’s dilemma: A natural history of four meals (because it sort of goes along with my homesteading kick)
So that’s it. What’s on your list?
The Life of Pi was REALLY good. You’ll like it. I’m reading The Man Who Ate Everything
Do you like it so far? Just read the description at amazon.. and it made my mouth water :)
Yeah it’s fun! Anything about food has gotta be good :)
I’ve never been one to really read for fun (or even for assignments–I was the bad student who skimmed the books in high school and then cheated on the tests). It’s something I’d like to start doing. How do you pick what you want to read? Are there specific authors you like? I don’t even know where to start.
I loved Pollan’s book. I’d really recommend his other book In Defense of Food – found it easier to get through with two kiddos and home responsibilities, etc. Good reading, but I had to remember he’s not at all a Christian, so some stuff I was “eh” on
Also, have you read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver? Good homestead reading, though also very very not-Christian in its assumed perspective of the world. But a good read none-the-less.