Hot Summer Reads That Will Make Your Days At The Beach, Even Better!
Whether you’re into mysteries, romances novels, real life-based stories, or inspirational reads, we’ve got a great list of books for you to try this season. Check them out, more in-depth, online and see which one is best for you! Reading is such a great (and healthy) way to spend time. There are so many benefits linked to this past time, including reduced stress, mental stimulation, and vocabulary expansion. Even just taking 20-30 min a day to unwind (try this at bedtime) and read will let you have some much-needed “you time”, escaping to another world for just a bit.
Enjoy!
**Your Summer reading list:
‘How To Stop Time’
By: Matt Haig
Like Zelig mixed with Benjamin Button, this novel features a protagonist who looks like an everyday middle-aged man—but he is actually hundreds of years old, having lived a full, wild life populated by some of history's most famous figures.
‘The Bettencourt Afair’
By: Tom Sancton
Former Time Paris bureau chief Tom Sancton follows what happened when the world’s richest woman, cosmetics heiress Liliane Bettencourt, became the center of a scandal that captivated Europe. This true story of the elderly billionaire, the artist to whom she gave a fortune, and the family that claims it’s all been a big con, is proof that truth is stranger—or at least makes better poolside reading
‘An American Marriage’
By: Tayari Jones
With Oprah's stamp of approval, Tayari Jones's novel is an emotional wallop. Celestial and Roy are newlyweds whose lives are torn apart when Roy is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Celestial's relationship—and independence—is put to the test in this moving and intimate look at contemporary life.
‘Among The Lemon Trees'
By: Nadia Marks
This absorbing family saga will keep you reading all day long. The first novel from journalist Nadia Marks chronicles the steep descent of Anna's seemingly perfect world as she separates from her husband and discovers long kept family secrets while isolated on an Aegean island with her widowed father. Anna's exploration of her family's harried past casts new light on her own future.
‘Rich People Problems’
By: Kevin Kwan
Singapore’s richest family—a matriarch on her deathbed, various relations vying for their piece of the pie—is at the center of the light-hearted novel from Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians). Expect kidnappings, betrayal, ruined reputations, and billionaires behaving badly—and expect to love every last bit of it.
‘Do Not Become Alarmed’
By: Maile Meloy
Two families spending a holiday on a boat—seemingly insulated by money and influence from anything that could go wrong—find themselves separated from their children in a dangerous Central American country when things go haywire in the blink of an eye. This novel from T&C; contributor Maile Meloyis both enthralling and terrifying… just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
‘Our Little Racket’
By: Angelica Baker
The debut novel from Angelica Baker charts what happens for five Greenwich, Connecticut women when the man they have in common—newly disgraced banker Bob D’Amico—finds himself in serious trouble and shutters his fund. This story, about the secrets we keep and the social rules that go unspoken, clocks in at over 500 pages, but promises to be one of the summer’s most entertaining reads.
‘The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo’
By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
In her latest novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells the story of a struggling journalist who’s plucked seemingly from obscurity to write the biography of one of the world’s most famous—and reclusive—actresses. It’s a twisting tale of glamour, ambition, and what Old Hollywood can mean to a contemporary world.
‘The Destroyers’
By: Christopher Bollen
Things aren’t quite what they seem on the Greek island of Patmos, where a down-on-his luck American, Ian Bledsoe, has gone to forget his troubles among rich, carefree friends. Unfortunately for Ian (but not so much the reader), what he finds in this thriller from the author of Lightning People, is a bit more treacherous than anything he’d anticipated.
‘Tangerine'
By: Christine Mangan
When Alice arrives in Tangier with her husband John, she's surprised to run into her former friend, Lucy. That's not the only twist in Christine Mangan's suspenseful debut in which a woman must re-evaluate her relationships with her husband and her friend.
‘The Address’
By: Fiona Davis
On the heels of last year’s The Dollhouse—about life at the Barbizon Hotel—Fiona Davis is back with a compelling novel about two women, a century apart, whose both find their lives forever changed by the Dakota, Manhattan’s most famous apartment building.
‘A Long Way From Home’
By: Peter Carey
Two-time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey crafts this high-octane, thrilling adventure novel that sees a husband-and-wife team racing across Australia in the brutal 17-day, 10,000-mile Redex Trial.
‘Swell’
By: Jill Eisenstadt
Jill Eisenstadt’s best known book might be From Rockaway, which came out 30 years ago. Her latest tome revisits that seaside New York City neighborhood in Swell, which follows a Manhattan family as they relocate to Rockaway, uncover family secrets, and make a case for the idea that beach living might not always be everything it’s cracked up to.
Remember that Summer is a great time for all of those leisurely things in life like relaxing, getting a tan, reading some books, and trying out something new like an art class! When you attend a painting and wine class at our studio, you’re expanding your mind, creatively as well as trying out a new experience. Bring in your loved ones and have a really special time, painting and sipping wine.
If you live in Tustin, we’re right around the corner from you, located in 'The District’, a great shopping center and entertainment hub in Orange County! We make the perfect event for everything from a fun and unique date night, an awesome girls’ night out experience, and we even offer private events! When you view our classes on our website, you’ll be viewing our schedule for our public classes, but you can also book a painting party with the guest list of your choice! Come in to celebrate a birthday, bridal shower, reunion, retirement, and more with friends and family, sharing their artistic sides, together. Make memories that will last a lifetime with a souvenir to treasure forever with one our classes.
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