BEACH READING
Beach Read Of The Day
“A really great beach read! I loved it!” –Jackie Collins
“Sexy beach trash of the highest order.” -ELLE (UK)
Based on the reviews above, Tan Lines is just the book I need to put my mind on autopilot at the end of the summer. Publisher’s Weekly states that “Her poolside read throbs with intensity, spiked with erotic detail”. Perfect. The jist? It’s three women from Manhattan with loads of emotional problems stuck at their summer beach house in the Hamptons. Typical, though, as I’m sure this may hit home for many, could be a fun read.
Beach Read: The Dangerous Book For Boys
There is a magical little store in Quogue called Bev Cardo. It is the site of more useful knickknacks for yourself than you could ever imagine. Besides that, it is where I found this incredible hardback. I bought it as a gift for my own “boy” to “recapture Sunday afternoons and long summer days”. The Dangerous Book For Boys by two grown boys: Conn and Hal Iggulden is indeed the “perfect book for every boy between eight and eighty.” Because, “In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.”
“Is it old-fashioned? Well, that depends. Men and boys today are the same as they always were, and interested in the same things. They may conquer different worlds when they grow up, but they’ll still want these stories for themselves and for their sons….The camp you make today will be there forever. You want to learn coin tricks and how to play poker because you never know when the skills will come in handy. You want to be self-sufficient and find your way by the stars. Perhaps for those who come after us, you want to reach them. Well, why not? Why not?’” [Cal and Hal Iggulden]
For knowledge on the stars, insects, go-carts, famous battles, stories of courage, and how to play chess well, along with so much more; this is a book that every boy in your life deserves. My favorite part? Advice on Girls which I felt the need to copy in its entirety below:
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From: guestofaguest.com:
The “Borat of Wall Street“, Amit Chatwani chose a smart career in blog land. His site Leveraged Sell-Out, one of my favorite banker blogs, is a look at the insides of what it means to be a young banker living in New York (he draws on the experiences of all of his friends). This week, Amit has unleashed his first book based around his ever-popular site. “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Banker, And Other Baller Things You Only Get To Say If You Work On Wall Street” is a must read for anyone working in finance, anyone that knows anyone working in finance, or anyone that wants reassurance that their job outside of finance was the right decision.
Some of my favorite excerpts from the book and a photo guide to a banker’s evolution: MORE>>>
Beach Read Of The Day
It’s an understatement to say that I am a virgin to the biographies. I always have shy ed away from this category in book stores, convinced that they wouldn’t be entertaining enough for me. Boy have I been wrong. Severely wrong. Finding myself on the Jitney last month with no working internet, I was forced to try and kill my boredom by reading the only thing I had on hand: The Ava Gardner Biography by Lee Sarver. It had been part of the Roaring 20’s Gift Bag, and, kept me busy for the two hours I had left of my ride. And then the countless restless night’s before bed time to follow.
Beach Read Of The Day: Anisha Lakhani Gets “Schooled”
From our inbox: Society darling and former Dalton teacher, Anisha Lakhani, just published a very good book titled “Schooled”. It’s an interesting read - perfect for the beach. It’s fun, witty, definitely interesting and written in a language that makes the book an easy read - but don’t mistaken, the book isn’t elementary by any means. It actually has a lot of substance and a few underlying messages for those smart enough to pick up.
What’s mind boggling is that I’ve read reviews on this book by critics who either haven’t finish reading the book in its entity or just decided to take it apart and tried to figure out who the real life equivalent are to each character. Granted, everyone is entitled to their opinion but let’s not take things apart. This is a fictional book that is a fun read for everyone.
Bitsy’s Bookshelf: The Wasp Cookbook
A few years ago, a family friend slipped us a copy of A Taste of the Somerset Club Cookbook, an unintentionally hilarious peak into the veal demi-glace and pungent lobster-stocked kitchen of Boston’s venerable old-boys club (Planning to pair your sauce poivrade with venison? “See if you can obtain some venison stock from the club”). In The WASP Cookbook, dyed-in-the-wool prepster Alexandra Wentworth goes further, giving us the stories behind the nummies, the eggnog, and the Easter ham -indeed, the recipes themselves are often somewhat of an afterthought.
Wentworth has divided the cookbook into seasons, and the seasons into subsections like Head-of-the-Charles Picnic, Raquetball Brunch, Opening-Up-the-Summer-House Dinner, and Blessing of the Hounds. More »
Beach Read Of The Day
Some people think Clockwork Orange is a work of staggering genius. Some people find staggering genuis is a euphism for irritating and deliberately obtuse. If you, like I, are one of the latter, you may want to check out Apples, written by a 23 year old Brit named Richard Milward. Like Clockwork, Apples reads like a somewhat detatched observation of dystopian society, only Milward’s setting is in a white ghetto in modern-day Middlesborough. More »
Beach Read Of The Day
I don’t care how cliched it is to adore Diana Vreeland; she has my eternal seal of approval. Not just for her transformation of Harpers Bazaar and Vogue, or for her eccentric and avant-guard style, but because she knew how to write. Her voice, which is engagingly flighty and always cheery, is what makes her memoir, DV, so enjoyable; the whole thing reads like one aside after another. Pink plastic poodles, Josephine Baker, the perfect red, Halston… I couldn’t get enough of this book, or its author. If you haven’t read it, buy it. You’ll see what I mean.
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Okay so most of you may not think of Quantum Physics as a good beach read. But, an avid reader of the subject matter, this is one of the easier introductions you will find before diving full steam ahead into Brian Greene this fall. Even the title is beautiful. (Go HERE to read more about it).
The word “Physics” and “Quantum Physics” in particular has a bad rap. I am here to BEG all of you to at least give it a try. It was life changing for me in college, and continues to be one of my most fond subject matters. Why? Because it is life, it is religion, it is science, it is mystery and disbelief all at once. I could spend days going on about the “revelations” I have had while reading about Quantum Physics, instead I just will urge you all to buy a simple starter…one that came out in the 70’s before we had discovered that wacky string theory stuff.
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I’ve been waiting for what seems like ages for my mother to finish Jhumpa Lahiri’s new book. Actually, I keep pilfering it to use as a lunch companion, and then forgetting to return it, thus incurring wrath and impeding its eventual arrival to my nightstand. Unaccustomed Earth is a compilation of eight mid-length stories revolving around the struggles of second generation Indian Americans and their immigrant parents to combine two worlds.
These stories are not always easy to read, but they are beautifully, and quietly written, and managed to put me, a caucasian american, into the uncomfortable, shifting shoes of Bengali immigrants and their children. If you like books that sweep you into a never-before-imagined-but-very-real world, you’ll love this one.
[Image via Random House]
