{"id":7690,"date":"2012-06-21T22:48:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T05:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=7690"},"modified":"2012-07-01T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T16:32:43","slug":"kindle-reading-list-summer-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/21\/kindle-reading-list-summer-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"kindle reading list summer 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7693\" title=\"books\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/book-dominoes-orig-image-theamazingworldofpshychiatrywordpress-599x398.jpg?resize=359%2C239\" alt=\"books\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the season I don&#8217;t get as much reading done as I&#8217;d like. But during the summer, especially when away at festivals where the day-to-day demands of home life are largely absent, I can really get my reading on. Here&#8217;s what awaiting me on my Kindle this summer:<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE: I&#8217;ll cross off the selections as I finish reading them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>FICTION<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><del><em>Evil Dark<\/em> &#8211; Justin Gustainis<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><em>Evil Ways<\/em> &#8211; Justin Gustainis<\/del><\/li>\n<li><em>Cryptonomicon<\/em> &#8211; Neal Stephenson<\/li>\n<li><del><em>Death and the Maiden\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Gerald Elias<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><em>Death and Transfiguration<\/em> &#8211; Gerald Elias<\/del><\/li>\n<li><em>Room<\/em> &#8211; Emma Donoghue<\/li>\n<li><em>The Marriage Plot<\/em> &#8211; Jeffrey Eugenides<\/li>\n<li><em>Faithful Place\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Tana French<\/li>\n<li><em>The Hypnotist<\/em> &#8211; Lars Kepler and Ann Long<\/li>\n<li><em>Big Machine<\/em> &#8211; Victor Lavalle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NON-FICTION<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times<\/em> &#8211; Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n<\/li>\n<li><em>To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918<\/em> &#8211; Adam Hochschild<\/li>\n<li><em>The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization<\/em> &#8211; Jim Lacey<\/li>\n<li><em>Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them<\/em> &#8211; Clifford Pickover<\/li>\n<li><em>From Stone to Living Word: Letting the Bible Live Again<\/em> &#8211; Debbie Blue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;d better get to work, I&#8217;ve got a hefty reading list to get through!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; During the season I don&#8217;t get as much reading done as I&#8217;d like. But during the summer, especially when away at festivals where the day-to-day demands of home life are largely absent, I can really get my reading on. Here&#8217;s what awaiting me on my Kindle this summer: UPDATE: I&#8217;ll cross off the selections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3071],"tags":[2928,3690,3084],"class_list":["post-7690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-2928","tag-books","tag-summer-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-202","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7671,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/18\/classical-mystery-tour\/","url_meta":{"origin":7690,"position":0},"title":"classical mystery tour","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I have always steered well clear of fiction books that have to do with the subject of classical music and its performers. 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