Catherine's Summer Reading Recommendations

I made my semi-annual appearance on KUER's Radio West this morning with Betsy Burton and Ken Sanders. Given the time of year, this is the show in which we each recommend books for reading during the summer. It's always a fun show to do. And it's a good one too. The three of us have different styles and tastes that make for a diverse selection of books. Here is a link to the Summer Book Show page. There should be a link posted Thursday that will allow you to listen to the show or download it for podcast.

But alas, there are always more books on our lists than the three of us can discuss in an hour. Below is my list of recommendations. The books indicated with an asterisk are the books I discussed on air.

ADULT NON-FICTION
*All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
*Complete Idiots Guide to Raising Chickens by Jerome D. Balanger
*Eiffel's Tower by Jill Jonnes
Everything is Going to Kill Everybody by Robert Brockaway
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr.... by Hampton Sides
Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States.... by Michael Trinklein
*Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
*Little Book of Language by David Crystal
*Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
Thames: A Biography by Peter Ackroyd
*Value of Nothing by Raj Patel

ADULT FICTION
Anthill by E. O. Wilson
*Lightboxes by Shane Jones
Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
*Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins
*Passage by Justin Cronin

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
*Adventure Stories
Boom by Mark Haddon
Clarice Bean: Guess Who's Babysitting by Lauren Child
*Clock Without a Face by Scott Teplin
Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects.... by Ken Denmead
*Popville by Anouck Boisrobert
Over the Rainbow performed by Judy Collins, illustrated by Eric Puybaret
Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Red Umbrella by Christine Diaz Gonzalez
You are My Wish by Maryann Cusimano