Get Your Beach Read On! ’TIS THE SEASON FOR SUMMER READING Shelley Laurence, Main Point Books
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HILE MANY OF US THINK OF BEACH READS as fluff, there are lots of books that are entertaining and still have plenty to say. These new releases have substance and style. In other words, great summer reads! Let’s start with one of Oprah’s most anticipated books of 2022. At first glance, Book Lovers by Emily Henry seems like your standard rom-com: one summer, two rivals in the publishing world and a mismatched romance. But Taylor Jenkins Reid (Malibu Rising) says it’s a breath of fresh air, “razor-sharp and modern, featuring a fierce heroine who does not apologize for her ambition and heartfelt discussions of grief.” What if you could take a vacation to your past? Bestselling author Emma Straub offers up This Time Tomorrow, a unique story with a time-traveling twist. After her father gets sick, Alice wakes up one morning and finds herself reliving her 16th birthday, when she meets a charming and vital, 40-something version of her dad. How does it affect her and their future relationship? Would she change anything if she could? Would you? Our store owner, Cathy Fiebach, highly recommends this one: “A smart, funny, loving, time-hopping NYC-centric book. This is my definition of a perfect summer beach read.” Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus introduces us to Elizabeth Zott, a scientist in 1960s California. Her career takes a major turn when she becomes the star of her own TV cooking show. If quirky is your style, my co-worker Anmiryam Budner says this one’s for you. “Populated by brilliant, awkward scientists who defy social norms, a precocious and charming child, a brilliant dog named Six-Thirty and sleazy villains — which could in lesser hands veer into kitsch — become a highly diverting fable of overcoming the sexism and social repression of the 1950s and ’60s. There are plenty of laughs, but
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