Summer Reading List

By Kurt Holm
Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Happy first day of summer 2012! Here’s a short list of some good reads for those lazy days at the beach or weekends by the pool. Let me know if you’ve read any of these or if you have other suggestions. 

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business  - A great book about how habits are formed and how they rule much of our day-to-day activities.

Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival – Americans get less and less sleep every year. While somewhat dated, this book helps illuminate the causes and consequences of living with a screen in your face 24/7.

Steve Jobs – No explanation needed…

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah’s Book Club 2.0) – An incredible memoir from Cheryl Strayed.

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) – I loaded this on my Kindle app on my iPad just in case it’s all rainy for my beach vacation. 

11/22/63: A Novel – I haven’t started this one yet either but I’ve pre-ordered the paperback. Great reviews and it’s a nice bookend to Caro’s LBJ volumes.

 

Get out of your box and enjoy your summer! 

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