Monday Reading Recommendations: Summer Selections Part II
There’s still time to read a fun summer book. Students have two more weeks until classes begin for the fall 2021 semester. The following 9 books were selected by faculty in English who were asked “What book would you recommend to a friend who is looking for something fun to read during summer?”
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The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, Available at the Kearney Public Library
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, Available at the Calvin T. Ryan Library Juvenile Literature Section (Lower Level) PZ7.1.K418 Whe 2020
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead, Available at the Kearney Public Library
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh (selected by Dr. Denys Van Renen)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (selected by Dr. Rebecca Umland) Available at the Kearney Public Library
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (selected by Dr. Annarose Steinke) Available at the Kearney Public Library
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (selected by Dr. Michelle Beissel Heath) Available at the Calvin T. Ryan Library Juvenile Literature Section (Lower Level) PZ7.W32868 Pi 2017
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig (selected by Dr. Amanda Sladek) Available at the Calvin T. Ryan Library (2nd Level) RC406.P3 T38 2020
For Summer Reading Selections Part I from friends at the Calvin T. Ryan Library, see HERE.
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Check back every Monday for reading suggestions from the Reading Circle. For more book ideas, see these past Monday posts:
Favorite poems by Don Welch HERE
Global Environmental Literature reading recommendations HERE
Plays that read well on the page HERE
Recent scholarly books on revolutionary movements HERE
A Literary Mystery: Who wrote The Woman of Colour (Olivia Fairfax) HERE
Foreign language films to watch this summer HERE
Fun summer books recommended by friends at the Calvin T. Ryan Library HERE
History and Literature of Spaceflight reading recommendations HERE
Memorial Day reading recommendations HERE