Your Predictions on the BEST of Summer '06 Reads

[Pithy Cherub]

Summer is almost here and there are plenty of places to sprawl and read. Some of us will be basking and baking at the local beach, others will be enjoying parks and some may decide to be freakily efficient and just read while at work. The question is what will be the best reads of the Summer? What would you recommend?

Do you secretly cloak your summer reads in cool book jackets to fool the nosy people? They have no idea if you are reading Tolstoy or Grisham. Do you read the great trashy stuff in the summer and repent and go highbrow in the fall?

Last summer was the Summer of the Half-Blood Prince by that author who is more wealthy that the Queen of England. The Angels & Demons guy scored big too. What is on this year's MUST READ shopping list - especially for the next flight when you are trapped in the middle seat or commuting in heavy traffic. (And yes, in LA I have seen drivers actually read on the freeway - eXtreme Readers competition.)

Looking forward to some summer '06 reading fun! :toast:

[Mythsaje]

1. Well...

The second book in my Infinity: Earth series comes out in June. :evilgrin:

I know SOME people that are awaiting its release with great anticipation.

Other than that, I read what falls into my lap.

[Pithy Cherub]

6. Good Luck with your latest book! Is it part of

a trilogy or more ongoing series? Will read your website and find out more about it! :party:

[Wickerman]

2. Terrorist - John Updike

I know he has another good book in him and this one might be it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307264653/ref=cm_lm_fullview_prod_5/002-3030159-8886455?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

...Ahmad's revulsion for American culture doesn't seem to displease Updike one iota. But Updike has also thoroughly digested all of the discursive pap surrounding the post-9/11 threat of terrorism, and that is the real story here. Mullahs, botched CIA gambits, race and class shame (that leads to poor self-worth that leads to vulnerability that leads to extremism), half-baked plots that just might work—all are here, and dispatched with an elegance that highlights their banality and how very real they may be. So smooth is Updike in putting his grotesques through their paces—effortlessly putting them in each others' orbits—that his contempt for them enhances rather than spoils the novel.

[Richardo]

4. I'm reading an advance copy of this right now...

...I'm sure it will be good.

I've never read Updike before so I'm getting used to the rather florid style.

[Wickerman]

5. lucky man

really, never read any of his stuff before? Florid style is a good descriptor. If you like that try Rabbit, Run. Don't think it should be too dated.

Let me know if you like Terrorist in the end.

[saltpoint]

3. I think in 2 weeks is the release of Andrew Holleran's novel, GRIEF.

I've pre-ordered it and can't wait.

[Democrats_win]

7. Please let us know if it is good.