The ultimate MashReads guide to summer reading
It's officially summer, which means you have more hours of sweet daylight to spend tackling the books you've been neglecting or those beach reads you've been saving.
We at MashReads always delight in sharing book recommendations with you, but this week (before we take a brief hiatus) we decided to talk all things summer, including what determines a beach read and the books that we will be carrying in our bags throughout the dog days.
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Culture writer Chloe Bryan's summer reading recommendations are wide-ranging. She's looking forward to picking up everything from Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in the Bathroom, an oral history of rock and roll in New York City, to China Rich Girlfriend, the second installment of Kevin Kwan's captivating Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Similar to Aja Gabel's recommendation on a previous episode, Chloe also will be reading The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg when it hits shelves on August 7th.
Meanwhile, Martha Tesema will be checking out a bevy of other offerings. In her book bag this summer is The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, which are being reserved specifically for the beach. She also recommends diving into Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone as well as Barracoon by Zora Neal Hurston. And last but not least, she'll also hopefully tackle Meg Wolitzer's The Female Persuasion.
Many of the MashReads community reached out about what's on their reading lists for the summer as well.
Just finished: Imagine Wanting Only This by @KristenRadtke
Currently reading: Sweet and Low by @nickwhite1985
On deck: There There by Tommy Orange, Don’t Call Us Dead by @Danez_Smif, and Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante 💕— Scott Broker (@scottjbroker) July 2, 2018
Im reading all of Phillipa Gregory's books and Im more than half way through
— angie e (@pixiee1) July 2, 2018
I Can't Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, gonna get to How to Love A Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs next
— Hannah Giorgis (@ethiopienne) July 2, 2018
In the middle of "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds"
— Daniel W (@Mihos1) July 2, 2018
Something old (The Sun Also Rises); something new (The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman); something borrowed from the library (Just the Funny Parts by @NellSco) and something with a blue binding (A Guide to the @MuseeLouvre) pic.twitter.com/TUVKOnCKT6
— Debra Moffitt (@PinkLockerMom) July 3, 2018
Circe by Madeline miller
Not that bad
The unwomanly face of war by Svetlana Alexievich— illegible handwriting (@redsarahead4) July 2, 2018
The MashReads podcast will be taking a brief break for the summer while we plow through summer reading lists. Until we're back with our next episode, you can keep up with all things book via Facebook and Twitter.
Happy reading!
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