Summer Reading: So Many Books, So Little Time!
Recently, I asked a couple of people I bumped into about
their summer reading plans and based on those results, decided to write this
quick post:
One of my acquaintances mentioned a reading program from our local library. I love the Pike Peak Library District (Paula Miller, Executive Director and her team do amazing work!), and their All Pikes Peak Read Program (here’s a link that explains PPLD’s annual community reading program for 2012: http://ppld.org/whats-new/all-pikes-peak-reads-2012).
My wife, Julie, just finished “The Year of the Flood” (Margaret Atwood), and we are reading “The Unthinkable” by Amanda Ripley, which is also part of the All Pikes Peak Reads theme of survival. Ripley’s book looks at the psychology and sociology of surviving a disaster and is strangely comforting. I highly recommended it…and changing the batteries in your smoke detector!
Another individual recommended "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving. This book has been recommended to me several times by some very thoughtful people, so with this reminder, I’ll make sure it’s on my reading list for this summer!
The third recommendation in my simple survey said: “Baseball in the air and on the pages” in Moneyball, by Michael Lewis. Enough said!
My recommendation goes to Scott Huler’s recent book titled: “On The Grid.” While it’s a nonfiction overview of the critical infrastructure that literally ties us together, it’s humorous with an interesting narrative, so it shouldn’t be disqualified as fun summer read! (If you are interested, here’s a book review I wrote: http://bpossibleproject.blogspot.com/2012/01/obamas-state-of-union-calls-for.html.)
One of my acquaintances mentioned a reading program from our local library. I love the Pike Peak Library District (Paula Miller, Executive Director and her team do amazing work!), and their All Pikes Peak Read Program (here’s a link that explains PPLD’s annual community reading program for 2012: http://ppld.org/whats-new/all-pikes-peak-reads-2012).
My wife, Julie, just finished “The Year of the Flood” (Margaret Atwood), and we are reading “The Unthinkable” by Amanda Ripley, which is also part of the All Pikes Peak Reads theme of survival. Ripley’s book looks at the psychology and sociology of surviving a disaster and is strangely comforting. I highly recommended it…and changing the batteries in your smoke detector!
Another individual recommended "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving. This book has been recommended to me several times by some very thoughtful people, so with this reminder, I’ll make sure it’s on my reading list for this summer!
The third recommendation in my simple survey said: “Baseball in the air and on the pages” in Moneyball, by Michael Lewis. Enough said!
My recommendation goes to Scott Huler’s recent book titled: “On The Grid.” While it’s a nonfiction overview of the critical infrastructure that literally ties us together, it’s humorous with an interesting narrative, so it shouldn’t be disqualified as fun summer read! (If you are interested, here’s a book review I wrote: http://bpossibleproject.blogspot.com/2012/01/obamas-state-of-union-calls-for.html.)
Thanks to those who contributed to my survey and if anyone else would like to add a recommendation, please comment below.
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