The Summer Reading Program is here, which means we should all be reading books we enjoy (though, if you ask me, that's what we should be doing year round). Reading something good on our vacation or our staycation, by the lake or by the sea, in the park or in the backyard. Personally, my favorite go-to place for reading in the summer is on my back porch, in the shade, with a glass of iced tea.
There are so many good books out there, old and new, but I'd like to share with you several which I've recently read and enjoyed:
- The Women (Kristin Hannah) An excellent read, but not a light one. Vietnam Vets we're given anything but a hero's welcome returning home, but many Americans, including male veterans, denied that there were women serving in Vietnam as nurses and in other capacities. This book presents the horrors of the Vietnam War and the toll of PTSD along with the government's failure to support its female recruits.
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi) This is a different kind of time travel book. In a Tokyo cafe, a person can travel back (or forward) in time to meet someone, but whatever the person says or does will not change the course of events. It's interesting to see why someone wants to visit a certain time and with whom. Often, the time traveler ultimately finds some kind of closure and peace.
- The Boxcar Librarian (Brianna Labuskes) Big surprise, I enjoy reading books about libraries and librarians; I also enjoy historical fiction. This book, based on a true story, focuses on a Missoula librarian in the 1920s who has the idea of turning a train's boxcar into a library that travels to various mining camps around Montana.
Which books have you read lately and enjoyed? Share with us!
Wishing you great summer reads from the perch!
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