insideKENT Magazine Issue 64 - July 2017 | Page 37

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
SUMMER READING
BOOKS AND THE SUMMER GO TOGETHER EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. YOU MIGHT BE OFF ON A HOT
HOLIDAY WHERE YOU CAN SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME AROUND THE POOL, OR FIND YOURSELF ON
THE BEACH, FINALLY DELVING INTO THOSE CLASSICS YOU’VE BEEN STOCKPILING. PERHAPS YOU’RE
AT HOME AND HAVE DECIDED TO DITCH THE TV IN FAVOUR OF SITTING IN THE GARDEN DURING
WARM SUMMER EVENINGS READING SOMETHING INSPIRING, SOMETHING THRILLING, SOMETHING
EXCITING, ROMANTIC, OR ADVENTUROUS EVEN. IF READING IS YOUR SUMMER ACTIVITY OF CHOICE,
WHETHER HOME OR AWAY, THEN THIS LIST OF GREAT BOOKS SHOULD KEEP YOU PERFECTLY
PLEASANTLY OCCUPIED…LOSE YOURSELF IN LITERATURE’S GLORIOUS ESCAPISM.
American Gods BY NEIL GAIMAN
American Gods is a truly original and
absorbing novel that combines
fantasy and the real world to create
something very special. It’s no
wonder that this book by superstar
author, Neil Gaiman has won awards
(including the Hugo and the Nebula).
The premise of the book is that the
old gods of myth and legend were
real and travelled to the new world
along with their immigrant
worshippers. But, their existence is
in peril as the old gods have to prove
their existence to the world. It’s a
harder job than any of them could
ever have realised.
Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
BY CHRIS CLEAVE
Set during World War II, this story
follows 18-year-old Mary North as
she navigates through life and love
and all that that entails. Born of an
aristocratic family, Mary is caught in
a love triangle with a soldier and a
civil servant (who just happen to be
best friends) and is fiercely
determined to do her bit to help the
war effort. Mary will need to do
whatever she can just to survive in
this thrilling novel.
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