Books and Bus: Summer

Summer
by Edith Wharton
Classic, Romance, Massachusetts Berkshires | Published: 1993 (first 1917) | Goodreads | my rating: 4

A tale of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams played out against the lush, summer backdrop of the Massachusetts Berkshires.

Edith Wharton called Summer her 'hot Ethan'. In their rural settings and their poor, uneducated protagonists, Summer (1916) and Ethan Frome represent a sharp departure from Wharton's familiar depictions of the urban upper class.

Charity Royall lives unhappily with her hard-drinking adoptive father in an isolated village, until a visiting architect awakens her sexual passion and the hope for escape. Exploring Charity's relation to her father and her lover, Wharton delves into dark cultural territory: repressed sexuality, small-town prejudice, and, in subtle hints, incest.

First sentence(s):
A girl came out of lawyer Royall's house, at the end of the one street of North Dormer, and stood on the doorstep.

Summertime time 2021

Summertime time
in which there will be summer-ish postings this month
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Summertime
Summertime
Sum Sum
Summertime...
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time!
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Some summertime reading plans before things cool down...

stay tuned: more featured books will be listed here as posts go up

Currently on the beach towel with...

Summer
by Ali Smith
Literary, England | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Summer
by Edith Wharton
Classic, Romance, Massachusetts Berkshires | Published: 1993 (first 1917) | Goodreads

Books and Laundry:
Summer by Ali Smith
Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Rampage

Books and Bus:
Summer by Edith Wharton

Books and Puzzles:
Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman
The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
Books and Ice Cream:
Postscript Murders by Emily Griffiths

SUMMER SUN
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

SUMMER JOBS
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

SUMMER VACATION
The Vacation by T.M. Logan
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Summerwater by Sarah Moss
Film: In Another Country directed by Sang-soo Hong

SUMMER ISLANDS
Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly
Red Island House by Andrea Lee
An Island by Karen Jennings
Island Queen
FILM: Fantasy Island directed by Jeff Wadlow
TV series: Fantasy Island season one (1977)
TV series: Fantasy Island (2021)

MORE SUMMER ISLANDS
Popisho by Leone Ross
Celestia by Manuele Fior
Emperors of Eight Islands by Lian Hearn

SUMMER POOLS
You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry (UK version of People We Meet on Vacation)
Wait For It by Jean McKinlay
Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky
FILM: La Piscine

MORE SUMMER POOLS
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
The Union of Synchronized Swimmers: A Novella by Cristina Sandu
FILM: The Swimsuit Issue

SUMMER POOLS IN CALIFORNIA
Elsewhere, California by Dana Johnson
Kept Animals by Kate Milliken
The Guncle by Steven Rowley

SUMMER PARTIES
Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

SUMMER ROMANCE
Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

SUMMER WITH JANE
Sun-Kissed: Effusions of Summer edited by Christina Boyd
The Jane Austen Journal, Persuasions, volume 42, 2020

SUMMER SURF
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn
FILM: Endless Summer
Gidget by Frederick Kohner
FILM: Gidget
FILM: Gidget Goes Hawaiian

SUMMER GETAWAYS
Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
FILM: Old

SUMMER in FRENCH RIVIERA
The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta
Maigret on the Riviera by Georges Simenon
The Riviera House by Natasha Lester
FILM: To Catch A Thief

SUMMER TEA
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles by Alexander McCall Smith
Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany
The Seafront Tearoom by Vanessa Greene
FILM: Tea with the Dames

SUMMER'S END
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
At Summer's End by Courtney Ellis
After the Sun by Jonas Eika translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg

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* image source: Beach from Breathe magazine

* Summertime lyrics from Summertime Summertime by The Jamies

Lovely Books and Things - 8.9.20

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Dewey's 24 hour Reverse Readathon (Aug 7-8) - liked this format better as it starts and ends in the afternoon.

2. Creating a summer themed mood board for the month.

3. Spotted a Stormtrooper on my walk.


Well, hello...
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Bought:


Boyfriend Material
by Alexis Hall | Romance, LGBTQ | Goodreads
A pre-order from Third Street Books came with a Rom Com Activity booklet.

Freebies: from Free Little Library

Summer Crossing
by Truman Capote
Classics, Literary | Goodreads

Library: audiobook


Summer
by Edith Wharton
narrated by Isabella Howell
Classics, Romance | Goodreads

For Review:


Prospects of a Woman
by Wendy Voorsanger
courtesy of October blog tour -Thanks!
Western, Historical | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Booksmith
Listen to archive of this and check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
Tune in Tuesdays 11am pst VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch
A conversation between:


The Son of Good Fortune
by Lysley Tenorio
Contemporary, Filipino American | Goodreads


Members Only
by Sameer Pandya
Contemporary, Indian American | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passages
Listen to archive of this and check out their calendar for future free author events (here)


Dead Land
by Sara Paretsky
Mystery, Crime | Goodreads

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AND watched: virtual theatre for SFFILM Hong Kong Cinema (here)


Mad World (2016)
Yat nim mou ming (original title)
Director: Chun Wong
Writer: Florence Chan
Stars: Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Elaine Jin
Drama, Hong Kong, on Netflix | imdb | my rating: 5

A mentally ill stockbroker struggles to reconcile with his estranged father and his perturbed ex-fiancée.

SENSITIVE topic is tackled with interesting perspectives.

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*** THANKS to those on the front line during these times ***
Shelter In Place - Day 146, Week 22
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