With summer just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to revisit your reading list! Summer is the perfect time for some leisurely reading, so we’ve put together some reading recommendations that will offer you a chance to explore, without leaving McPeak’s!
“Chestnut Street” by Maeve Binchy is a collection of interconnected short stories centered around the residents of Chestnut Street, a fictional location in Dublin.
“And Ladies of the Club” by Helen Hooven Santmyer depicts the lives of members of a women’s literary club in fictional Waynesboro, Ohio, from the post-Civil War era to the 1930s.
“The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” by Alan Bradley is an old-fashioned mystery novel set in the English countryside in 1950. The main character is an 11-year-old amateur investigator who uses her skills to clear her father of a murder charge.
“The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America” by Erik Larson alternates between two men during the Chicago World Fair. While one man, the architect, builds the fair’s attractions, the other man, the murderer, constructs a torture chamber just outside the fairgrounds.
“The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn follows a studious young mother who becomes a deadly sniper with over 300 kills. Based on the real life story of Soviet sniper Mila Pavlichenko, this work of historical fiction imagines a new chapter in Pavlichenko’s life
“Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus depicts Elizabeth Zott, a female chemist on an all-male team in the 1960s. Unforeseen events thrust Elizabeth into the limelight as the star of America’s favorite cooking show. Elizabeth must navigate chemistry, cooking and challenging the status quo.
“Run, Rose, Run” by Dolly Parton and James Patterson follows a singer-songwriter who’s chasing success and running from her past in this Nashville-set thriller.
We hope that you will find some time this summer to enter any one of these action-packed universes, all while in the comfort of your home at McPeak’s!
