Sometimes the very best of all summer books is a blank notebook. Get one big enough, and you can practice sketching the lemon slice in your drink or the hot lifeguard on the beach or the vista down the hill from your cabin.
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I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas.
A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer.
When I was 23 and about to go to law school, I thought I'd spend the summer writing a novel.
I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.
I give each book however long it needs to be the best I can make it.
My summer reading suggestion: Pick a really famous, really long novel.
I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All of which call for escaping into really long books.