Like every year, I don’t want to miss out on giving you my favorite reading tips for the summer of 2023. Enjoy!
And here they are: my reading tips for the summer! For all those who are still looking for some reading material for the vacations or balmy summer nights.
I wish you a lot of fun while browsing and of course I hope that there is a suitable reading tip for you!
Extinction by Kazuaki Takano
The novel “Extinction” has been recommended to me again and again over the years, so it’s been on my reading list for several years. It is a suspenseful thriller and would be a good template for a Hollywood blockbuster. A real page-turner!
What I liked most: The contrast between the two main settings “rainforest” and “big city” added a lot to the reading pleasure. The character “Kento Koga” is very interesting and multi-faceted, his actions and reactions were not always easy to predict.
Conclusion
Did I like it: Yes. Can I recommend it: Yes. Would I read it again: No.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Blake Crouch is an award-winning science fiction author I’ve been wanting to read from for a long time.
In summary, the book is about a scientist who travels to a parallel universe and takes the place of his “parallel self” there because he prefers to live its life rather than his own.
I’ve read a few “parallel worlds” novels before, but none have really excited me. So the reason I chose this novel by Blake Crouch was not the concept of parallel worlds – in fact, that almost kept me from reading the book! It was the protagonist’s desire to live a different life without being someone else that intrigued me.
Of all the “parallel worlds novels” I’ve read so far, it was the best. But that doesn’t mean much, as I wrote above.
I will certainly read another book by Blake Crouch. But this was probably my last book on the subject of parallel worlds.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
I don’t remember where I read this, but somewhere it once said that Pompeii by Robert Harris is a must-read classic. I usually ignore such recommendations if the subject of the book doesn’t interest me, but a novel set in ancient Pompeii at the time of its fall sounded worth reading
My hope and expectation was to learn in the book also something about everyday life in the ancient Roman Empire and volcanic eruptions. I was not disappointed!
The whole setting is so “exotic” and surreal, so far away from normal life in modern times, that the story of the novel was not that important. The book would have been fascinating even with a mediocre story, but I also found the story and all the characters very successful.
A clear reading recommendation and maybe I’ll read Pompeii again in a few years!
Read exciting books and learn Automic in the summer time!
Do you want to use your free time not only to read interesting books, but also to hone your Automic skills and learn something completely new thanks to the numerous learning contents? Then now is the perfect opportunity to try a free trial of PEM.
There are plenty of courses and tutorials, and the learning paths, which are structured according to Automic user roles, are also very useful for acquiring additional know-how.
However you spend your vacations and summer, I wish you a great time in any case!