{"id":3787,"date":"2016-06-10T21:17:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/?p=3787"},"modified":"2016-06-10T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:44:45","slug":"summer-reading-picks-are-here-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2016\/06\/10\/summer-reading-picks-are-here-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading Picks Are Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EligibleEligible<\/em> by Curtis Sittenfeld<\/strong><\/p>\n

This version of the Bennet family\u2014and Mr. Darcy\u2014is one that you have and haven\u2019t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help\u2014and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master\u2019s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won\u2019t discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane\u2019s fortieth birthday fast approaches. Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip\u2019s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . . And yet, first impressions can be deceiving. \u2013 Penguin Random House. \u2013 Recommended by Susanna Eng-Ziskin. Location information: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/h3679ur<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ReadyReady Player One<\/em> by Ernest Cline<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he\u2019s jacked into the virtual utopia known as the\u00a0OASIS. Wade\u2019s devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world\u2019s digital confines\u2014puzzles that are based on their creator\u2019s obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.\u00a0 But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade\u2019s going to survive, he\u2019ll have to win\u2014and confront the real world he\u2019s always been so desperate to escape. \u2013 Penguin Random House. \u2013 Recommended by Isis Leininger and Susanna Eng-Ziskin. Location information: http:\/\/suncat.csun.edu\/record=b2724685<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BetterBetter Nate than Ever<\/em> by Tim Federle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life, he\u2019s wanted to star in a Broadway show. (Heck, he\u2019d settle for seeing<\/em> a Broadway show.) But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he\u2019s stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby) appreciates a good show tune? With Libby\u2019s help, Nate plans a daring overnight escape to New York. There\u2019s an open casting call for E.T.: The Musical, and Nate knows this could be the difference between small-town blues and big-time stardom. Tim Federle\u2019s \u201chilarious and heartwarming debut novel\u201d (Publishers Weekly) is full of broken curfews, second chances, and the adventure of growing up\u2014because sometimes you have to get four hundred miles from your backyard to finally feel at home. – Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. \u2013 Recommended by Mara Houdyshell. Location information: http:\/\/suncat.csun.edu\/record=b3299348<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TheThe Burgess Boys<\/em> by Elizabeth Strout<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan\u2014the Burgess sibling who stayed behind\u2014urgently calls them home. Her lonely teenage son, Zach, has gotten himself into a world of trouble, and Susan desperately needs their help. And so the Burgess brothers return to the landscape of their childhood, where the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their relationship begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever. With a rare combination of brilliant storytelling, exquisite prose, and remarkable insight into character, Elizabeth Strout has brought to life two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Tender, tough-minded, loving, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind us to family and home, The Burgess Boys is Elizabeth Strout\u2019s newest and perhaps most astonishing work of literary art. \u2013 Penguin Random House. \u2013 Recommended by Coleen Martin. Location information: http:\/\/suncat.csun.edu\/record=b2912869<\/a><\/p>\n

\"meMe Before You<\/em> by Jojo Moyes<\/strong><\/p>\n

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . . Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life\u2014steady boyfriend, close family\u2014who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex\u2013Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life\u2014big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel\u2014and now he\u2019s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy\u2014but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. A Love Story<\/em> for this generation\u00a0and perfect for fans of John Green\u2019s The Fault in Our Stars<\/em>, Me Before You<\/em> brings to life two people who couldn\u2019t have less in common\u2014a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?<\/em> \u00a0\u2013 Penguin Random House. \u2013 Recommended by Susanna Eng-Ziskin. Location information: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/jrdemem<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TheThe Martian<\/em> by Andy Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he\u2019s sure he\u2019ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he\u2019s alive\u2014and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won\u2019t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old \u201chuman error\u201d are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn\u2019t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills\u2014and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit\u2014he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? \u2013 Penguin Random House. \u2013 Recommended by Susanna Eng-Ziskin. Location information: http:\/\/suncat.csun.edu\/record=b3228080<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TheThe Husband\u2019s Secret<\/strong><\/em> by Liane Moriarty<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the heart of The Husband\u2019s Secret<\/em> is a letter that is not meant to be read\u2026 My darling Cecilia, If you\u2019re reading this, then I\u2019ve died\u2026<\/em> Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret\u2014something with the potential to destroy not only the life you have built together, but the lives of others as well. And then imagine that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive\u2026 Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all\u2014she\u2019s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything\u2014and not just for her. There are other women who barely know Cecilia\u2014or each other\u2014but they, too, are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband\u2019s secret. \u2013 Penguin Random House. \u2013 Recommended by Susanna Eng-Ziskin. Location information: http:\/\/suncat.csun.edu\/record=b3148011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld This version of the Bennet family\u2014and Mr. Darcy\u2014is one that you have and haven\u2019t met before: Liz is a magazine writer…<\/p>\n

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