Another Way To Travel This Summer! The 4 shortlisted Summer Reads this year are: “Three Days in June” by Anne Tyler (U.S.) follows Gail Baines, a socially awkward woman whose life unravels just as her daughter’s wedding approaches. Over the course of three days, Gail loses her job, unexpectedly reunites with her ex-husband Max, and faces a family crisis when troubling news surfaces about the … Continue reading Summer Reads 2026
The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Group was Crime, Murder Mysteries, and Thrillers. Readers had very differing opinions on all four shortlisted books which made for a highly interesting discussion. Not surprisingly, the Best Summer Read was chosen by a narrow margin. “Gaslight” by Femi Kayode (Nigeria) was voted Best Summer Read 2025. A crime novel set in Lagos, the protagonist Philip Taiwo, an … Continue reading Best Summer Read 2025 – Gaslight
“The Hummingbird’s Daughter” by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mexico) One of Nicola’s 100 Best Books for Inspiration in the 21st century! Review This book was one of the four selected titles for our Summer Reading Group 2006 Nicola was the only one to have read “The Hummingbird’s Daughter” by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mexico)! She has chosen it as her Coup de Cœur Summer 2006, since she feels that … Continue reading The Hummingbird’s Daughter
