FICTION “ EVERY SUMMER AFTER ” BY CARLY FORTUNE
“ THE BOY FROM BLOCK 66 ” BY LIMOR REGEV
MYSTERY “ THE SUMMER HOUSE ” BY JAMES PATTERSON
Lose yourself in a nook with a book
Summer is finally here . We don ’ t know about you but laying out by the pool or on a pool float is the best way to read during these hot Texas days . Here then are several must read suggestions from the Times-Review staff to help you get started .
FICTION “ EVERY SUMMER AFTER ” BY CARLY FORTUNE
If you like the show “ The Summer I Turned Pretty ” this is the book for you . Set in idyllic cottage country Ontario , “ Every Summer After ” follows the young love story of Percy and Sam over the years .
The story line has everything that ’ s good in a love story — navigating loss , unrequited love , second chances and broken promises .
If your family ever vacationed for the summers this book will suck in from beginning to end . Percy and Sam ’ s tight bond as friends grows over the year as they fall in love before everything falls apart .
The book unfolds over the course of six years and ends in one fateful weekend . The sweeping nostalgic story of love and the lesson of self-forgiveness have helped make this book hit the list of top must-reads for numerous websites and book lists .
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“ THE BOY FROM BLOCK 66 ” BY LIMOR REGEV
Any books about the Holocaust — and especially true stories — are truly gripping and informative .
“ The Boy from Block 66 ” details the true story of 14-year-old Moshe Kessler , who was sent to Buchenwald concentration camp in January 1945 .
He had already endured living through Auschwitz-Birkenau and been separated from his family before he even entered Buchenwald . He also survived the death march .
Like everyone else in any concentration camp , Moshe knows that to survive Buchenwald , he must get to Block 66 , the secret resistance in a children ’ s block where everyone banded together to protect the young lives .
The narrative is written in a biographical manner that makes you feel as if you are Moshe , walking through Buchenwald . It ’ s almost as if Moshe wrote it himself .
The book also includes pictures of Moshe and his family before and after the war , as well as his childhood home . It ’ s interesting to see the real life history of World War II and its families .
It seems like every book that James Patterson writes is bound to be a best seller and top every list of must read books .
A quick read , “ The Summer House ” is about a small-town sheriff shaken to her core after seven murder victims are found in her town . All eyewitness accounts point to four
MYSTERY “ THE SUMMER HOUSE ” BY JAMES PATTERSON
Army Rangers who recently returned from Afghanistan .
To ensure that justice is done , the Army sends Major Jeremiah Cook , a veteran and former NYPD cop , to investigate . And , as is common in most movies or books about outside people coming int o investigate , the major and his
team are met with challenges by local law enforcement who try to stonewall them .
The short chapters help the book flow and keeps readers engaged as the characters unfold throughout the pages .
Definitely worth a trip to the library or bookstore to pick up this great mystery .
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