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Terrific Titles

Summertime reads for the whole family

Rochelle Eisenberg

As summer approaches and the days become more leisurely, why not pick up a book you haven’t had time to read during the year? Or check out these summer reading suggestions from area experts.

We asked the Pikesville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library and Greetings and Readings in Hunt Valley Towne Center for titles they think will have people talking. There’s the latest from prolific “chick-lit” author Jennifer Weiner, a memoir from Anna Quindlen and a novel that spans four generations of a religious Jewish family. From memoirs to fast-paced suspense novels, there should be a book for most tastes.

Greetings And Readings Recommendations

Fiction
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King (Scribner Book Company, 2012)

Calico Joe by John Grisham (Doubleday Books, 2012)

The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler (Knopf Publishing Group, 2012)

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Vintage Books, 2012)

Nonfiction
The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (Simon & Schuster, 2012)

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir by Anna Quindlen (Random House, 2012)

Pikesville Library’s Reading Suggestions

Fiction
Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte Press, 2012)

I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits (Hogarth, 2012)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown, June 4, 2012)

Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books, June 12, 2012)

The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner (Altria Books, July 3, 2012)

Nonfiction
Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs (Simon and Schuster, 2012)

Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remebrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeline Albright (Harper, 2012)

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir by Anna Quindlen (Random House, 2012)

Children’s Suggestions
Sometimes it’s a challenge to get children to read, but summer is a great time for them to pick up a book to enjoy during their free time. Although there are many wonderful selections out there, we decided to put together an assortment of Jewish children’s literature that might be fun to read, while promoting pride in their heritage.

These suggestions, ranging from Jewish holidays to sports and biography, are courtesy of Shira London, upper school librarian, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School.

The Yankee at the Seder by Elka Weber (Tricycle Press, 2009)

Stealing Home by Ellen Schwartz (Tundra Books, 2006)

Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime by Gloria Spielman (Kar-Ben Biographies, 2011)

A Pickpocket’s Tale by Karen Schwabach (Yearling, 2008)

The Secret of Priest’s Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story by Peter Lane Taylor (Kar-Ben Publishing, 2007)

The Doll with the Yellow Star by Yona McDonough (Henry, Holt and Co., 2005)

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