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Having touted the joy of "lighter" summer reading, a few posts ago. . . I am embarrased to admit that a friend reminded me that I was going to continue learning about physics by reading some of the books out there written for "laypersons". . . . .and I have just ordered "The God Particle", and another by the same author. . . . .so, this summer, those two, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and The Help. . . . .just to start with. . . . .
My reading is more serious/intensed (e.g., more history, more biographies, etc.) during fall/winter than summer.
I'm also more prone to read sad stuff in the winter.
Summer reading includes some love stories, light suspense stories, and less biographies and (less) sad stuff (especially during long rides to weekend vacations)
Spring? I do a combo of serious/light stuff, I guess.
oh yeah nothing better than curling up with a good thick book in the winter and a hot cup of tea ,joe or hot chocolate . in the summer light reading with a diet coke or water or the house wine of the south ice tea . LOL !!
oh yeah nothing better than curling up with a good thick book in the winter and a hot cup of tea ,joe or hot chocolate . in the summer light reading with a diet coke or water or the house wine of the south ice tea . LOL !!
One of my favorite summer drinks is Diet Faygo Grape.
I've thought about this before too--must be a bookworm thing. For instance I would never dream of reading Tom Sawyer, H. Finn, or Lord of the Rings at any time except summer. Wuthering Hts and Jane Eyre belong squarely in the late fall and Little Women was always in the winter. For me, it's not the lightness of the reading material so much as it is what season each book seems to belong to.
I have fond memories of summertimes when I'd get to read to my heart's content and I would spend hours in my books, but my mother was such a joykiller--she was always nagging at me to go do something else. I never could understand why she and the schools spent such an effort to teach me to read and then they always wanted to take my books away.
For summer drinks, it's Ruby red grapefruit juice and squirt, with lots of ice.
Oh, and cap, I jsut put The God Particle on my summer reading list yesterday.
The time of year definitely affects my choice of reading material. When the weather is nice outside there are so many things that distract me that I don't attempt reading subject matter that requires a lot of concentration. I save the heavy stuff for when the snow is flying.
But I've been thinking about my summer reading "wish list" and I realized that summer is the time of year when I read mostly "fluff" and "beach books" since those seem to be the ones that are so heavily marketed. And in the winter I tend toward "heavier" stuff. Now I'm thinking that I might be better off reading more challenging books in the summer, since I am fortunate to have off and won't really otherwise use my brain. Maybe I'll mix it up this year.
Anyone else?
Most of my reading nowadays is non-fiction, and I find that I can take lots of breaks and interruptions in it without losing the thread, so it's good spring and summer reading.
In the less inviting, more indoorsy months, I read fiction and it is often books like the Alexandria Quartet, Tale of Genji, etc. which are very long and with complicated plots. But I am far more inclined to read for several hours at a stretch then.
One of my favorite summer drinks is Diet Faygo Grape.
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Originally Posted by jtur88
I dare you go post this in the Food & Drink forum.
(You know what? I wish I had one right now. But not diet.)
I just wish I could get a Faygo anything! There's only one place my son knows of in this entire city where they have it and he won't tell me where it is because it's the one thing he can bring when he wants to give his mother a gift! LOL! I really want a Rock & Rye right now.
As to answering the OP - I've always read what I wanted, when I wanted and never really paid any attention to the time of year. I guess the only thing that might influence when I read a particular book is whether or not I can find it.
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