I am always reading something, but come summertime I find that I like books that go fast and keep me riveted.
Here are some of my favorite summer reads:
The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture
Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trails of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming–both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.
Sink Reflections
“In her debut book, Cilley, a.k.a. “The FlyLady” to the thousands who log onto her FlyLady.net Web site, reaches into the every woman’s home to help make her housecleaning more fun and her life more organized. Beginning with “Shiny Sink 101,” Cilley explains how a spotless kitchen sink can direct even the most discouraged housekeeper onto the path of well-ordered domesticity. Through several straightforward routines, including the 27 Fling Boogie (the cut-throat practice of quick junk disposal), the Five-Minute Room Rescue (”another step on the road to clutter recovery”) and the Hot Spot Fire Drill (for an area that, like a forest fire, takes over your home), Cilley advises her “FlyBabies” on how to overcome clutter and CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Filled with testimonials from online followers, the book aims to help readers establish manageable daily and weekly habits by incorporating spirituality and family into the program. Detailed and direct, this is a guidebook for the stay-at-home or working woman who wants to have it all, including her sanity.” Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
An Underground Education : The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human
Forget the history you were taught in school; Richard Zacks’s version is crueler and funnier than anything you might have learned in seventh-grade civics–and much more of a gross-out, too. There’s no fact too seamy or perverse for Zacks to drag out into the light of day, from matters scatological and sexual to some of history’s most truly bizarre episodes. Curious about ancient nose-blowing etiquette? What about the sexual proclivities of Catherine the Great? Throughout chapters such as “The Evolution of Underwear” and “Dentistry Before Novocaine,” Zacks proves a tireless debunker of popular myths as well as a muckraker par excellence.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy
Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and
anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric,
bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station,
Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in
jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a
mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father form the
backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.
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