June Reads & July possibilities

[@casskrug]

thank you for putting the editor on my radar!! seeing a lot of books recently about figures in the publishing industry and it seems like a fun little subgenre to dive into!!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

I love books about book publishing …it’s like being let into the back story of some really interesting authors!

[@tjfmd]

I absolutely adored It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over! I read the e-book version and loved it so much that I had to go out and buy a physical copy. I hope you enjoy it too!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Oooh! Strong rec! I’m looking forward to having it again!

[@katsfieldnotes]

Picking a good vacation read is THE most daunting task 😂 and ooooh, that d.h lawrence sounds fascinating! And oooh excited to checkout the creators you mentioned! I too need to read giovannis room sooner rather than later. So many reminders to turn to that one!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Don’t you love Booktuber recommendations? It’s like catnip to me. And Giovanni’s Room…why? Why haven’t we read yet what will clearly be a brilliant read? 🧐😂😂😂

[@clarepotter7584]

I like 'Room with a View' as much as 'Howards End' - equally, in their different way. I'm due for a re-read of 'A Passage to India' which I also liked. You're selling the 'Dud Avocado'. I now want to read it.

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Yay, Clare! I have a feeling that A RoomWith a View will unfold for me. I’m glad to be back in Forster land. 🥰🥰

[@joangavrilik3009]

Appreciate your kind words about Albany (which often gets a bad rap) I worked for "the State" in downtown Albany for 30 years -- love that area!

[@C_Beaty]

The Dud Avocado sounds like such an interesting read. I hope my library has it!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Oh me too! Fingers crossed!

[@theeconstantreader]

I had to get a book for my bookclub and I picked up “The Dud Avocado” while I was at it! That part you read makes it seem so enticing, I’ll try to get to it soon!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Catherine, oh yay! I hope you get a kick out of it. It’s definitely ahead of its time and I love that.

[@vickieanderson2804]

Hi, Renee, I just had to tell you about My Dark Vanessa by Kate Russell. The novel Lolita plays a prominent part in that book. It's quite a well-written, compassionate and provocative take on current issues. I was glued!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Vickie, I’m glad you reached out because My Dark Vanessa is one of my favorite contemporary books. The themes are so so complicated.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Here's to a great reading summer. Best wishes.

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Thank you. I wish the same for you!

[@Justfactsnofiction-ql2fj]

Thank you for being SO REAL! You crack me up when you crack up over something you’re relating I am currently rereading some Amy Tan and some Anthony Horowitz from my dusty TBR stack. I am secretly craving a good little beach read…hmm🤔you know, a mind break lol! Glad I found your vlogs- you’re into some authors I have yet to discover, so I’ll have to get busy looking into those! Take care, have a Happy 4th of July- be safe .

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Ah, thank you very much! I’m glad you’re here! Ooh Anthony Horowitz. I read his Magpie mystery I guess that was during the pandemic. Summer reads…let me know what you get yourself into.

[@PattiReadsALot]

Hi Renee!!! I read The Dud Avocado a few years back and remember embarrassingly little about it....but that's standard for most of my reads, oops! I'm currently reading lots of fluffy summertime things, which is something I've never done before. I'm reading Beach Read by the ever popular Emily Henry and actually really enjoying it 🙂Have a great Holiday weekend!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Oh how fun! I bet I’d like an Emily Henry. I’m also attracted to some of those book cover colors. 🥰. Speaking of fun, that’s really what The Dud Avocado is for me. It’s really been like reading it for the first time!

[@josephlastname]

The Dud Avocado was the first NYRB i bought and i still haven't read it! it sounds so summery, i'll need to get to it soon. thank you for reminding me of it!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Really? It’s one of the first ones I bought too! During a sale, I think I bought about 5. One was Stoner by John Williams. Oh how I love that book.

[@kiranreader]

finding a good travel book is hard!! i end up bringing more books than i could possibly read but u never know what kind of mood you are going to be in!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Yes! Exactly. Do you also travel with an e reader? I tried once and it was alright. I returned it afterwards. But I do have a Kindle app on my phone just in case!

[@kiranreader]

@@thelefthandedreader6632 yes i do!! i find it helpful to put a genre fiction on my kindle so that i have the option for something really low lift

[@jameskatie]

picnic at hanging rock is such a haunting summer read!!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Oooh, I’m glad to know you’ve read it! I can’t wait for it to come to me from the library.

[@patriciabuuck5277]

I love Anita Brookner. I have all her books. Started with Hotel du Lac and kept going!!!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Oh how wonderful! I slowly building a collection as I come across them at used bookstores. They’re so reliably good!

[@penultimateh766]

You really like that Dundy book. I wonder if you see yourself in the protagonist! I just finished "Sapiens" and now I'm working on "Maniac" which is a novelization of the life of mathematician John von Neumann. Sapiens was pretty good once you adjusted for the author's somewhat misanthropic agenda...

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Maniac sounds fascinating. It’s funny about Sally Jay from The Dud Avocado. I’m living a thrilling youth through her for sure!

[@AndriusReadsBooksSometimes]

Oh, you're in for a treat with Picnic at Hanging Rock. It's a wonderfully ethereal and ultimately inexplicable nightmare-mystery with a real sense of something inarticulable. Also, I don't know if you're much of a movie person, but Peter Weir's adaption is one of the few cases where the film is even better than the book.

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Andrius, thanks for pumping me up even more! I’m going to my library website and finding it right now. And what a treat to have the movie to look forward to!

[@AndriusReadsBooksSometimes]

@@thelefthandedreader6632 Hope you enjoy it, whenever you get around to it!

[@orsino88]

I am especially fond of Taylor’s View of the Harbour-but she has no duds at all; all her novels are good.

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

I’m glad to have her in my brain again!

[@Leoslittlebooklife]

Foster and Lawrence knew each other irl. Lawrence acted all the masculine man who urged Forster to date women. I mean, Foster! 🥴

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

I love knowing about authors who were friends!

[@nathansnook]

your reread of the Dundy makes me want. topick it up again! a good NYRB would be perfect for summer! also need to pick up The Editor! incredible to hear about the becoming of Anne Frank's Diary because of Jones!

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Yes! Just the vibe I need right now. About The Editor…right?