As we head toward summer we want to know what you’re reading. What’s on your nightstand or device right now? Is there a book that has had a big impact on you? Which books are you looking forward to reading? Perhaps you’d like to tell us a personal story connected to a favorite book. We’d love to hear about books in the adult, young adult & children’s categories. One suggestion or many are welcome.
We’re compiling a UPR Community Summer Booklist and you can add to it right now by sending your suggestions to upraccess@gmail.com. You can find the current list below with reading suggestions from Catherine Weller with Weller Book Works; Anne Holman with The King’s English Bookshop, Shauna Mayar with Central Book Exchange, UPR friend and avid reader Elaine Thatcher who joined us in studio for the hour, and listeners like you.
Elaine Thatcher's Picks:
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear
Murder Must Advertise, Dorothy L. Sayers
Murder on the Levels, Frances Evesham
Murder at the Lighthouse, Frances Evesham
Four Souls, Louise Erdrich
3001: The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
The Five Books of Jesus, James Goldbug
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
The Overstory, Richard Powers
Anne Holman's Picks:
Fiction
Warlight, Michael Ondaatje
The Overstory, Richard Powers
American by Day, Derek Miller (sequel to Norwegian by Night)
Nonfiction
I'll Tell You What, Ann Cannon
Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America, Craig Childs
Back Cast: Fly Fishing and Other Such Matters, Jeff Metcalf
West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express, Jim DeFelice (Featured here on Access Utah)
Local Young Readers
A Pup Called Trouble, Bobbie Pyron
The Rose Legacy, Jessica Day George
The Traitor's Game, Jennifer Nielson
Catherine Weller's Picks:
The Last Cowboys, John Branch (Featured here on Access Utah)
The Women’s Hour, Elaine Weiss (Featured here on Access Utah)
Emmeline B. Wells, Carole Maison
Shauna Mayar's Picks:
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed
Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
Listeners' Picks:
Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems, Kevin Kwan
We Were the Lucky Ones, Georgia Hunter
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
Summerland, Michael Chabon
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
Falling Upward, Richard Rohr
Cujo, Stephen King
Devoted: 38 Extraordinary Tales of Love, Loyalty, and Life With Dogs, Rebecca Ascher-Williams