Well folks, we survived the Great Heatwave of 2019, yet New Yorkers are still complaining about the heat. Oh, is it hot outside? Newsflash: it’s July! It’s basically August! In this blogger’s opinion, summer is the best time to be a book lover—there are official (and not-so-official) Summer Fridays; everyone is either on vacation, about to go on vacation or just got back from vacation (in other words, no one cares about work); and warm weather means you can read on a beach, in a park or in the pleasantly climate controlled establishment of your choice (we're here to push books, not to pass judgment).
These books will keep you cool and hold your attention while providing the sorely needed reminder that winter is bad, and summer is so very good.
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
"The snow came up to the top of Georgie's calves—she had to lift her feet high to make any progress. Her ears and eyelids were freezing...God, she'd never even been able to imagine this much cold before. How could people live someplace that so obviously didn't want them?"
A poorly timed blizzard, a magic telephone and a pregnant pug. This one is for readers craving a quirky love story.
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
“Every winter roofs did collapse and every winter snow and ice slid off to the sidewalk below, crushing unfortunate pedestrians. There was a sound sliding ice made, a sound like no other, a cross between a slow, deep moan and a shriek. Every Québécois knew it, like buzz bombs in the Blitz.”
That season you’re all longing for is literally trying to kill you. This installment in the Inspector Gamache series is chock full of sentences describing Quebec’s frigid, murderous cold, but that’s true of all of Louise Penny's wonderful mysteries. Begin at the beginning.
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
“The expression ‘wolf winter’ in Swedish (vargavinter) refers to an unusually bitter and long winter, but it is also used to describe the darkest of times in a human being’s life—the kind of period that imprints on you that you are mortal and, at the end of the day, always alone.”
Gulp. This Swedish Gothic thriller is set in 1717 and follows Maija, her husband and their two daughters as they try to make a new life on Blackåsen mountain. Hint: everything goes wrong, and the endless snow doesn’t help.
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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