Reading should be a year-round habit, of course, but there’s something I find extra special about reading in the summer. Maybe it’s because I sometimes venture outside with my book or maybe there’s just something in the air that gets me excited about reading, but it seems like I make faster progress and enjoy books more when I read them in the summer. I came across a couple of book reviews today, and then that got me wondering what some good books are to read, and not necessarily new ones, but just good books.
I recently finished naked by David Sedaris, a collection of short stories that in total are a memoir of sorts for the author and funny man. Each story had me laughing out loud and the short story nature of each chapter made it easy to digest in chunks here or there (a new baby has a way of interrupting long stretches of reading!).
PhD in Parenting posted a review of Slow Death by Rubber Duck, a book high on my reading list, and one that should probably be required reading for parents.
TVO Parents has a review of Ancient Thunder, which is a book that can be appreciated by young and older readers alike. I love books that work for parents and kids; I have fond memories of sharing with my Dad thoughts about Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game series and in fact still have those books. Later he and I would trade John Grisham novels back and forth. His old copies of the Hardy Boys books made for some of my favourite late night reading as well.
For the littlest readers I can definitely recommend the work of Karma Wilson, as I have done my best to wear out the board book pages of Bear Snores On.
I’m sure we could come up with a pretty good list of good books – new and old, for young and old – right here. What have you read lately that you liked?
Photo “Naked” by theabominable*snowman on flickr.
