Your summer reading list is here
Grab a lemonade, get a pillow for the hammock, and dig in.
Hi everyone! Summer is just around the corner…
New coaching hours!
Most of my one-on-one coaching conversations happen on Wednesdays but I know that summer schedules aren’t always the easiest to manage. That’s why I’ve added in some Tuesday and Thursday mornings and afternoons in June and July. Check out my online schedule to find a time slot that works for you!
When I think of summer, I think about blueberry ice cream, big bowls of Caesar salad with salty croutons, thick layers of sunscreen and sand clinging to my legs, browsing yard sales, putting dried herbs in pretty jars, sticky nights watching Shakespeare in the park, and waves of grasshoppers. But above all else, I think about books. Summer is a season for reading.
On my desk right now you’ll find Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin, Grow Great Grub by Gayla Trail, and A Fortune Most Fatal by Jessica Bull. A fine start to the season! If you’re looking for some great reads to shore up your summertime fun, here are my recommendations.
Happy reading!
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
I knew nothing about 1920’s Indiana before I picked up this book and I feel its message is just as relevant one hundred years later.
Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City by Robin Nagle
Did you know it’s more dangerous to work on a garbage truck than to be a police officer? No matter where you live, this book will make you look at your city much differently. Thank you, sanitation workers!
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens by Nicola Clark
These women had lives as interesting as the Queens they served.
Pain and Prejudice: A Call to Arms for Women and Their Bodies by Gabrielle Jackson
The original economic tariffs are the systemic barriers which prevent women from living their healthiest (and thus most productive) lives.
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Eager to eat and shop locally? This book is a giant serving of motivation to throw your support behind your neighbourhood farmers.
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living by Dimitris Xygalatas
It’s wedding season once more! This book will make you look differently at the rituals, big and small, that dominate our lives.
How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price
Everyone I’ve recommended this book to has found it revelatory.
A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy by Sara Bongiorni
Once upon a time, embarking on a year-long experience and writing about it was the biggest trend going. This is one of the very first. What’s fascinating isn’t the challenge itself but how her family reacts to this change.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A young girl comes of age in this literary classic that is cozy comfort.
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Do you like baking competitions? And murder? This is the book for you!
Death at the Savoy by Ron Base and Prudence Emery
It’s the 1960s. Our Canadian protagonist works in the press office of London’s Savoy hotel. There are royals. There are celebrities. There are bodies!
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan
Two charmingly sweet coming of age stories meet over Parisian confections.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
A high school student decides to investigate an infamous crime and it doesn’t always seem like the best idea she’s ever had.
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
A short and easy read about a mediaeval teenage girl who has just about had it with her parents.
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Looking for a new series that contains non-scary mysteries, female friends of diverse ages and backgrounds, and swimming naked in the Thames River? This is where you want to start.
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
Eudora is just about finished with life until an irrepressible young girl moves next door.