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Summer? Reading

Sure, I understand summer is when kids and teachers have months-worth of vacation time. When people of means take trips to Hawaii or something. But for most of us, summer just means it’s better weather out while we’re inside working. So, by all means, make summer reading lists. But why not just make reading lists. Period. ?

To that end, here’s a list for you:

Books to Read During Your Lunch Break While at Work this Summer

{some new}

BOOK by Ken Sparling

The Awful Possibilities by Christian TeBordo

Pee On Water by Rachel Glaser

When All Our Days Are Numbered by Sasha Fletcher

{some old}

The Journey of Ibn Fattoum by Naquib Mahfouz

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Q Road by Bonnie Jo Campbell

As Cool As I Am by Pete Fromm

All of these are quite digestable in a few lunch hours (or half-hours). Besides, who needs to eat.

  • Ryan W. Bradley has pumped gas, changed oil, painted houses, swept the floor of a mechanic's shop, worked on a construction crew in the Arctic Circle, fronted a punk band, and managed an independent children's bookstore. He now works in marketing. His latest book is Nothing but the Dead and Dying, a collection of stories set in Alaska. He lives in southern Oregon with his wife and two sons.

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