Off the Shelf: Hot Summer Releases You May Have Missed
By Sharon Saye on August 20, 2014 from Off the Shelf via Connect-Bridgeport.com
Summer books have one advantage over a lot of summer consumer products. Unlike swimming suits that disappear in early July or tank tops that are on clearance during the hottest weeks of the summer, books that publishers have advertised as great summer beach reads are available all year long and can be read whenever you have the time including the snowy depths of January (when you can buy a swimming suit.)
So here are some of the summer releases that you might have missed, but are still great reads no matter the temperature outside. Jojo Moyes latest “One Plus One” is a heartfelt romance between a single mom and a nerdy millionaire. “The Quick” by Lauren Owen combines the Victorian era historical novel with vampires. “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart may be aimed at young adults, but it is a great read about the wealthy and their island retreat.
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr involves two young people, a blind girl, and a genius Nazi boy, who come together in 
occupied France in this “complex, lyrical historical fiction.” Chelsea Cain’s “One Kick” follows a child-kidnapping victim who grows up to be a one-woman SWAT team in her pursuit of other missing children. “China Dolls” by Lisa See tells the stories of three Chinese American women who on the cusp of World War II find stardom at the Forbidden City nightclub and then traces their lives through the war years and beyond. “Delicious” by noted food writer Ruth Reichl is her first novel about a young woman who moves to New York to follow her dream of a career in food.
occupied France in this “complex, lyrical historical fiction.” Chelsea Cain’s “One Kick” follows a child-kidnapping victim who grows up to be a one-woman SWAT team in her pursuit of other missing children. “China Dolls” by Lisa See tells the stories of three Chinese American women who on the cusp of World War II find stardom at the Forbidden City nightclub and then traces their lives through the war years and beyond. “Delicious” by noted food writer Ruth Reichl is her first novel about a young woman who moves to New York to follow her dream of a career in food.
Karin Slaughter’s “Cop Town” tells the story of woman cops on the Atlanta police force during the 1970s. Linda Castillo continues her Kate Burkholder mysteries with “The Dead will Tell” in which two current murders just might be connected to the deaths of an Amish family 35 years ago.
Other books to place on your “to be read” list for this fall and winter are: Deborah Harkness’ “The Book of Life,” Chris Bohjalian’s “Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands,” Emma Straub’s “The Vacationers,” Rainbow Powell’s “Landline,” Sue Miller’s “The Arsonist,” Laura McBride’s “We are Called to Rise,” Emma Healey’s “Elizabeth is Missing,” and Jennifer Weiner’s “All Fall Down.”
