I have to have a good reading list for summer entertainment. When it’s too hot, hot, hot to go outdoors and enjoy I love nothing better than reading a good book. I usually have two or three going at the same time and my taste varies as to what they are. Here’s what’s on my list so far!
At the top of my list is “A Memory Of Violets” by Hazel Gaynor. I found this book on Goodreads, a New York Times bestseller, it chronicles the life of Tilly Harper as she travels to become assistant housemother at Mr. Shaw’s Home for Watercress and Flower Girls. The flower girls are poor, lame and orphaned for the most part. Tilly finds the diary of one of the girls when she arrives which sets her on a course of trying to find her. This looks like it’s right up my alley. It’s set at the turn of the 20th century and promises to deliver a good read!
I’m a John Grisham fan and his new book “Gray Mountain” is calling my name! It begins in Manhattan right as everything crashed in 2008. Samantha Kofer is the protagonist. She is a Wall Street attorney who loses everything. A new job takes her to Brady, Virginia in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains where she becomes involved in the treacherous world of coal mining. Danger awaits her at every corner as the story grows. A page turner is just what I’m looking for and John Grisham does not disappoint!
I cannot wait to delve into Sue Monk Kidd’s latest offering, “The Invention of Wings”, was recently released in paperback. I love her writing and so look forward to reading this book. From slavery to abolition and the women’s rights movement the story begins in Charleston and goes from there. It sounds intriguing, full of history and strong women. Perfect!
So I’m making iced tea, sweetened with organic stevia instead of sugar, have to watch those sugar grams! I’ll be settling into one of my big leather chairs when time permits and turning the pages as I escape into each of these stories. Reading is the best escape I know of! Let me know if you decide to read any of the three books. Summer is definitely here so why not make the living a bit easy?
