The reading list for your vacation
Do you know what my ultimate lazy behavior is? When I sigh because I have to move my book from one hand to the other due to a lame arm. I'm already looking forward to the moment in September when I'm lying on a beach bed doing just that. With one of these books. A little bit of myself and a lot from Marion Pauw, from whom I managed to extract quite a few tips. And if it's good enough for Marion, then it's good enough for us. From page-turners to educational books.
1. Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
Here, Marion even put exclamation marks behind it. That says something. The book was lying together with these 9 books on my quarantine pile, but when the quarantine was over, it was still there. I started reading like the wind, and it could very well be that I spend my lunch with the marsh girl because I can't put the book down.
2. Love, if that's what it is – Marijke Schermer
A book in which you read all versions of love, from lust to the infinite kind. Sev and David end up in bed together, but that's where it stays, they agree. A story about how love is and how love should be.
3. Unspoken – Karin Slaughter
A vacation without Karin Slaughter is not a vacation for me. I indulge, especially in the stories surrounding Will Trent, and this summer she delivers another copy. To solve the murder of a young woman, Will Trent must dive into an old case this time, where he naturally needs his girlfriend Sara Linton. A Karin Slaughter, as a Karin Slaughter should be.
4. Why I no longer talk to white people about racism – Reni Eddo-Lodge
At this moment, perhaps the most popular book for white people to learn and read about institutional racism. Author Reni Eddo-Lodge shows how deeply rooted racism is in society and in our history. If you're going to read something this vacation, let it be this book. #geteducated.
5. The honesty experiment – Clare Pooley
Widower Julian Jessop, who leaves a green notebook on the table with the question: “Do you ever wonder what would happen if you told a complete stranger the truth about yourself?” Monica and five others decide to write everything down. I suspect this book won't even make it into my suitcase, but will be out before the vacation.
6. Tropical Bride – Susan Smit
Back to 1907, where Susan Smit introduces us to orphan girl Anna, who wants to live larger than she currently does. She moves to the Dutch East Indies to marry a civil servant. There, Anna finds herself in her own love story.
7. Bonus Child – Saskia Noort
The new one from Saskia Noort is out, and that's always a moment for us in the editorial team. Usually, the one who travels or goes on vacation first gets the scoop. This time, the story revolves around 15-year-old Lies. Her mother suddenly disappears. And even though her father and his new girlfriend say and think it's something mental, she doesn't believe that. We hope for just as much of a page-turner as always.
