With summer winding down, there should be just enough time to fit in one last beach read. Packed with the picnic blanket, any of these three would be the perfect pairing while you’re waiting for the concert in the park to start or the sun to set on the sunflowers.
For fans of Nashville
Run, Rose, Run
by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
For fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer of Broken Rules
by KL Walther
For fans of In Her Shoes
The Summer Place
by Jennifer Weiner
Every so often, you come across an author and immediately want to dive into everything they’ve written. Somewhat less often, you come across three at the same time.
The Startup Wife
by Tahmima Anam
Asha marries Cyrus. Asha, Cyrus, and Jules create a
new social media tool to bring people together around the “wai” rather than the
what. This one has elements of all the things I love in a novel: behind the
scenes – how does starting up a startup work – pondering religious beliefs –
what gives life meaning- and smart, quirky characters – who can come up the
best comeback.
“I’m stammering now, but I keep going, ‘He’s
otherworldly but handsome in an almost comical way. His sentences are long, and
when you’re in the middle of one, you wonder, where is this going? But he
always manages to bring whatever he’s saying to a satisfying conclusion.
Everything he says is mysterious and somehow obvious at the same time.’”
Intimacies
by Katie Kitamura
The character in this book describes her time working
as an interpreter at The Hague. She’s made friends and even found a boyfriend,
but there’s a dark tension to the story she slowly unravels. Saturated in place, Kitamura examines how language either brings us together or tears us apart.
“This was done for obvious reasons, there
were great chasms beneath words, between two or sometimes more languages, that
could open up without warning.”
One Last Stop by
Casey McQuiston
August is new to New York City. She’s found an
apartment, registered for classes, and even lucked into a job. But a chance
encounter on the subway has her dusting off the investigative skills she wanted to leave behind in New Orleans. She may or may not solve
the mystery, but her sleuthing brings her closer to those she’s kept at a distance,
including her own identity.
“The older she’s gotten, the more she
prefers thinking of love as a hobby for other people, like rock climbing or
knitting. Fine, enviable even, but she doesn’t feel like investing in the
equipment.”
