Monday, May 1, 2017

                  Get Caught Reading

"The great thing is to always be reading but not to get bored - treat it not like work, more like a vice. Your book bill ought to be your biggest extravagance." >> C.S. Lewis


May is an ideal month for readers. Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers is Get Caught Reading, a "nationwide campaign to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read," according to the AAP. Where do you plan to get caught reading this month and what will you be reading? Whatever your favorite genre is, there is a new book waiting on the shelf. 

Dreaming of summer and cooking? Read The Beach House Cookbook by Mary Kay Andrews. Dreaming of art and salads? Pick up the new book by blogger Julia Sherman - Salad for President. Recipes and artwork abound.

Do you enjoy a novel that makes your heart beat a little faster? Read Paula Hawkins' Into the Water or Dennis Lehane's Since We Fell,The Thirst by Jo Nesbo, Testimony by Scott Turow, Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton and Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child. Looking for new general fiction? Read The Frozen Hours by Jeff Shaara, House of Names by Colm Toibin, Same Beach Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank, The Baker's Secret by Stephen Kiernan, 16th Seduction by James Patterson, Against All Odds by Danielle Steel, Stephen King's Gwendy's Button Box, Come Sundown by Nora Roberts and The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick. Or do you prefer short story collections? Pick up Richard Russo's Trajectory: Stories or Haruki Kimurakami's Men Without Women. A new name in historical fiction is Amelia Gray. I'm looking forward to reading Gray's Isadora, which looks at the life of ballerina Isadora Duncan.

If you prefer nonfiction, there's a variety of topics...Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Entertainment Weekly's The Ultimate Guide to Wonder Woman, Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger or The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell. 

Another book I'm anxious to read is My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul. 

If you need some laughter, check out Theft by Finding by David Sedaris or Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bonmi Laditan.

We're never too old to learn. Read Geek Girl Rising by Heather Cabot & Samantha Walravens, or Girling Up: How to be Strong, Smart and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik. 

Children of all ages will enjoy Dragons Love Tacos 2 by Rubin/Salmieri or Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by James Dean. Rick Riordan fans will be happy to read Trials of Apollo Book Two.   

I'll get caught reading Ryan White's bio of Jimmy Buffett while out on my porch on a warm afternoon - Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way. Other new bios include Otis Redding by Jonathan Gould and Are You Anybody? by Jeffrey Tambor.

May is Get Caught Reading Month, Global Civility Awareness Month, National Bike Month, National Meditation Month, National Photo Month and Mystery Month.

                              May Literary Days

1      -Batman debuts in Detective comics, 1939
1-7   -Children's Book Week
5      -Cartoonists' Day
8-12  -National Etiquette Week
11     -Eat What You Want Day
14     -Lewis & Clark left St. Louis, 1804
16     -Biography Day
18     -International Museum Day
29     -100th anniversary of birth of President John Kennedy, author of Profiles in Courage.

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