Memorial Day signals the start of summer, which means we’ve hit summer reading season.
As I’ve written in the past, while it is popular to recommend “beach reads” at this time of year, I’m not a huge fan of reading on the beach. Too hot, too sandy, too many other people. No, for me, summer is hammock reading season. Hammock reading season calls for a little different type of book from a typical “beach read.” A beach read needs to be a propulsive page-turner that requires less direct attention to extract their pleasures.
A hammock read hits a quieter, more contemplative tone, the kind of book you look up from and think about as you sway gently in the breeze, maybe with a little dog — or in my case, two dogs — curled up at your side. Here’s a mix of new and old books that will serve you well if you want to while away an entire day in the hammock.Stradal is particularly great at walking the line of sentiment without falling into saccharine sentimentality and breaking the spell. A novel about two sisters separated by circumstance and unsettled feelings that ultimately surrounds us with the experience of what it means to negotiate what we wish for in life when those wishes are not necessarily in the world’s plans.
My pile of hammock reading books looks like it would take me well into next year to get through, even with many hours per day in the hammock.I’m inspired by one of the authors on Tim’s list, but I’m going with a different book, “Empire Falls,” by Richard Russo.“Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi is a book with an ingenious structure telling a literal family story over eight generations, starting in Africa’s Gold Coast and winding its way to the present day.
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