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I was sent these two books by their publishers, one non-fiction and one fiction, both set on Cape Cod:
- White House By the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port <https://amzn.to/3JAoOLv>
- Little Monsters <https://amzn.to/434TNGG>
Shown here with:
- Lime Green Steeletex Beach Tote - Medium <https://www.steelecanvas.com/collections/steeletex-beach-totes/products/lime-green-steeletex-beach-tote-medium>
thank you love the bag and the recommendations
ReplyDelete*A House In Maine* by Nina Campbell
ReplyDelete*The Personal Librarian* by Marie Benedict
*Churchill's Secret Messenger: A WW2 Novel of Spies & the French Resistance* by Alan Hlad.
This was my last summer reading, but another really good book (fiction) set on Cape Cod - around Wellfleet - is THE PAPER PALACE by Miranda Cowley Heller.
ReplyDeleteIf you liked The Paper Palace, then read Upper Bohemia, a memoir by her aunt Hayden Herrera. Herrara's father built the original Paper Palace..
DeleteI recently discovered a genre called "cozy New England mysteries." As defined online, "Cozy mystery books give readers everything they want from a murder mystery, without all the violence and darkness that can weigh down the tone. These novels are light, fast-paced, and generally focus on plot and character development, which ensures a comforting and predictable feeling for the reader." During these rainy, oppressively humid-heavy days we've been having, this is about all I can handle! (And I'm liking it.)
ReplyDelete“A Place in the World” by Frances Mayes
ReplyDeleteIt will be time to pull some old tried, but true favourites from the shelves!
ReplyDeleteThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches,- for tried and true, An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
ReplyDeleteThe complete Charlie Chan series.
ReplyDeleteI just cracked open novel #1 of the Patrick Melrose series by Edward St Aubyn. I'll let you know... :)
ReplyDeleteThe modern equivalent of pulp fiction. John Sandford, David Baldacci, Steve Berry books are in the queue in the kindle.
ReplyDeleteWe just discovered Cristina Lynch. Her novels set in Italy are delightful. Enjoy one like you would a tasty Napoletane pastry!
ReplyDeleteThe Boys In The Boat- Daniel James Brown
ReplyDeleteP. G. Wodehouse and J. D. Salinger books. Re-reading I should say.
ReplyDeleteRereading The Preppy and the Trout - A Story of Love and Money. It seems that even in a ski resort town, rich people have problems. ??? Shocked, shocked, it didn't win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Don't recall the author's name:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.amazon.com/Preppy-Trout-Robert-Reichardt/dp/1521243867/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1688068039&refinements=p_27%3ARobert+Reichardt&s=books&sr=1-2
Also by the same guy - a book of cartoons:
https://www.amazon.com/BRIEF-COMEDY-PLAYED-US-Cartoon/dp/B0B45DC7FP/ref=sr_1_4?qid=1688068039&refinements=p_27%3ARobert+Reichardt&s=books&sr=1-4
CAUTION: Both of these books are for intelligent readers ONLY.
I enjoyed The Preppy and the Trout!
DeleteIt's good to know that refined geniuses like you follow this Blog. The books? It's like Detective Da Fino waving his hands, and complimenting the Dude: "Playing off one side against the other - fabulous stuff, man!"
DeleteDecided this is the summer to dive into Sue Grafton's alphabet mystery series.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it for a while, but it eventually became an endurance event rather than a series of quality novels. I grew weary of the decline and stopped about halfway through. I wish you success.
DeleteIts time to re-read The Official Preppy Handbook.
ReplyDeleteSarah Caudwell's "erudite and maliciously witty" mysteries - so, so good!
ReplyDeleteLast Summer was "Fellowship Point" by Alice Elliott Dark. About lifelong relationships to others, ideals and place (Maine Coast). This Summer, after watching the NPS eviction of Provincetown artist Salvatore Del Deo from his beloved dune shack, I will be reading "The Watch at Peaked Hill" by Sal's late wife, Josephine Del Deo. It is both a memoir of the time spent at their dune shack retreat and a blueprint for their preservation at the time of the formation of the National Seashore in the early 1960's. "White House By The Sea" now has my attention as well. Thank you.
ReplyDelete"Be Mine - A Frank Bascombe Novel" by Richard Ford that was published in mid-June.
ReplyDeleteThe Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist: 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", etc.
ReplyDeleteSmall Mercies by Dennis Lehane. (Warning: there's absolutely nothing preppy about it.) The Secret History by Donna Tartt. (Warning: it's extremely preppy.)
ReplyDeleteI've just finished reading Iris Origo's war diary War in Val d'Orcia, most of it read whilst on the beach in Forte dei Marmi and in my rented flat in Lucca.
ReplyDeleteThe Guest by Emma Cline
ReplyDeleteI'm starting with 'The Postcard' by Anne Berest, then moving on to Patrick Leigh Fermor's trilogy about his trek across Europe, on foot, when he was a young man. Next might be 'The Cathedral' by Hugh Walpole, or maybe 'The Towers of Trebizond' by Rose Macaulay.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the Joe Pickett thrillers by CJ Box. Getting ready to dive into his latest:“Storm Watch”.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Kent Krueger ( Cork O’Connor series) may appeal to you as well.
DeleteThe Big House A Century In The Life Of a American Summer House by
ReplyDeleteGeorge Howe Colt
Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur and Upper Bohemia by Hayden Herrera. Both are set on Cape Cod.
ReplyDeleteWhite House by the Sea was solid, also more than a bit depressing. . .
ReplyDeleteI thought White House by the Sea was terrific. If you're at all interested in either the Kennedys or the Cape, it's an excellent choice.
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