Summer reading suggestions

June

It is fast approaching summer reading season—even if the weather has been cloudy and rainy. Actually, reading is a great past time when showers make bike riding, gardening and hiking unappealing.

Last week, I asked for some reading suggestions from Lohud.com readers and pulled in some interesting choices.

Here are some choices for mystery readers and those who want some self-help:

From Jennifer: “I have recently discovered the Harry Bosch detective series by Michael Connelly. There are enough books to go the summer. I also was told about John Sandford with a Det. Lucas (Davenport) series. There are plenty of them as well!! I enjoy James Patterson’s Alex Cross as well. All of the above are series and make great summer reading. Matter of fact all year reading!”

Connelly is a former Los Angeles Times crime reporter and his thrillers have won him an Edgar Award. He tells the story of Bosch, an LAPD cop. Standford is a Pulitizer-Prize winning reporter who has written thriller novels that are quite popular.

From Womrath Bookshop in Bronxville here are some new releases:

“Wicked Prey” by John Sandford and “The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly—Are we noticing a pattern here?

Also, “Gone Tomorrow” by Lee Child, “Just Take My Heart” by Mary Higgins Clark and
“Tea Time for the Traditionally Built” by Alexander McCall Smith.

From Julie: She says she has really gotten into reading mystery/thrillers set in Japan and written by Japanese writers. Here is a sampling:

“All She Was Worth” by Miyuki Miyabe
“Shadow Family” by Miyuki Miyabe and Juliet Winters Carpenter
“The Devil’s Whisper” by Miyuki Miyabe and Deborah Stuhr Iwabuchi
“The Tattoo Murder Case” by Akimitsu Takagi
“The Informer” by Akimitsu Takagi
“Out: A Novel” by Natsuo Kirino
“Grotesque” by Natsuo Kirino

“Out” and “Tattoo Murder Case,” she says were “excellent. Highly recommended.” And she offers some Web sites on similar genre of books.

From Becky: I just finished reading a book which I feel delivers a terrific message and I thought you should know about it. It’s called “A Plum In The Syrup” by Daniel Herzner and I found it to be very enlightening especially in today’s trying economic times. The book provides insight into how to live a more successful, fulfilling life and I’ve already recommended it to several of my friends. It’s available at the moment as a downloadable .pdf but from what I understand the author is planning on publishing a printed version of the book too. … I found the book via Twitter.

The book’s full title is “A Plum in the Syrup: 17 Observations, Suggestions And Truths You Can Adopt To Live A More Fulfilled Life” and it is available online only for free through the month and then the self-published book will cost $17.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 1:14 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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2 Responses to “Summer reading suggestions”

Tim June 16th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Origin Books went out of business months ago.
Barbara Nackman June 16th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
And I’ve pulled out the reference, but what happened? This needs to be checked out and thanks Tim for your timely message. Any book suggestions of your own to share?

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