Summer is finally here, and what is better than enjoying a fabulous book while on your travels, relaxing in a hammock, or out enjoying the sunshine?  There isn’t much that can top that, except maybe doing that with a nice cold beverage at your side and a cool breeze.  But anyway, there are quite a few newer books that you should definitely consider reading this summer.  There is a variety, so no matter what seems to interest you the most, you can have something to read that will be right up your alley.  Take a look…

What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty

At the age of twenty-nine the lively, go-with-the-flow and positive Alice Love adores her life.  She is newly married to her amazing husband, Nick, and the two are expecting their first child.  Unfortunately Alice fell in the gym and woke to find out that she has lost the last ten years of her life.  She is thirty nine years old and unhappily married with three children.  She is definitely not the woman that she remembers being, and she surely doesn’t like who she is now.

Bomboozled – Susan Roy

In the nonfiction book Bomboozled, the author takes a look at the United States during the Cold War and the lies and propaganda that allowed the U.S. government and citizens to believe that they could indeed survive a nuclear attack with fallout shelters.

Bright’s Passage:  A Novel – Josh Ritter

Henry Bright returns home to West Virginia after fighting in France during World War I.  His wife passed on, and he must deal with the grief of that as well as, care for their newborn son.  Visions of the war, a forest fire causing destruction, moving on from his wife’s death, and raising a son seem to be so hard on Bright, but alas, there is an angel that has followed him to help him.

A Good Hard Look – Ann Napolitano

Follow the life of Flannery O’Connor after she moves back home to Milledgeville, Georgia from New York.  The book depicts a real life look of a fictional life of Flannery involving the townspeople and the ability to live life to its fullest even with the disease lupus.

Reading is an important part of the summer, and every member of your family should participate. Encourage your children to back away from the direct tv multiroom dvr player, and pick up a book!