Summer Reading List

Sue_C

Remember summer reading lists from school? I'm not going to assign anything but even if you can't get to the beach, maybe you'll spend some downtime with a book. Any good reads out there?

storagestation603

Any book by Ellen Hopkins or Nicholas Sparks. Favorite by far from Nicholas Sparks though, is The Choice. The Shinning by Stephen King. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. 

Just to name a few...

Sue_C

storagestation603, thanks for posting! It was getting lonely over here in book country, I'm glad someone else likes to read too
The Girl on the Train is definitely on my list. I just finished Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult—excellent book, I highly recommend it.

Ron

I am going old school this summer with real books. Just finished the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. Now on the Douglas Adams series, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the end of the Universe, Life the universe and everything and The long Dark Tea-time of the Soul.   Also have been spending a lot of time on the free books from Amazon Prime.

moreno1957

The old man by Thomas Perry.

Twinkle

Our local library has a summer reading program for adults with awards as you read. Like a free small pizza from Round Table, or ice cream.

Sue_C

@moreno1957 thanks for posting, looks like a good one.

Sue_C

@Twinkle, that sounds like my kind of library!

David_McCormack

I just picked up Gary Kasparov's "Deep Thinking":  It's much less blow by blow details  &  chess, and more about the history & future of machine learning than expected.  So far it's been a good read:

https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Thinking-Machine-Intelligence-Creativity/dp/161039786X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497542909&sr=8-1&keywords=gary+kasparov+deep+thinking  

Sue_C

Amazon's "Best of 2017 (so far)" list looks interesting, check it out.

Sue_C

And if you want to review marketing strategies while on vacation, pick something from this list from LinkedIn.

RCGoodyear

Red Queen is a great series, The Vault of Dreamers is also extremely good. Not sure what your Favorite Genres are but both series are fantastic.

Sue_C

I've started re-reading some classics, just finished the Lord of the Rings again, 4th time...never gets old Anyone else like to re-read their favorites?

khise

I love John Le Carre. I've re-read Smiley's People so many times, the paperback is falling apart. Revisiting favorite characters is like seeing old friends again. And yes Sue! LOTR never gets old. 

Aretta

It is good to know that I am not the only book lover out here.

Hndempsey

I love Ellen Hopkins!!

karen700

Re-reading the Lee Child series of Jack Reacher books....in my mind, after reading these.....I AM A NINJA!!!!

Sue_C

Just finished a non-fiction book called The Power of Off...all about how turning off your screens/devices once in a while can be nice and surprisingly relaxing