top 6 MUST READ books this summer !

this video is sponsored by squarespace. for 10% off your first purchase, go to http://squarespace.com/jennymustard and use offer code jennymustard at checkout. check out my new house tour channel : https://bit.ly/3wOqvvy Nothing beats summer reading – leaning back in the sun with a good book and just wasting hours with iced coffee or a glass of crisp rose wine. If you need some tips on what to pick up this summer, I’ve listed 6 books, in order of difficulty. 2 easy reads, 2 a little bit more demanding, and 2 demanding super focus. All of them just delightful! Here we go. i talk about: - easy reads - vladimir by julia may jonas - set in a quiet US university town - a 59 year old married english professor falls hard for the new interesting teacher and writer - doesn’t shy away from being scandalous or morally ambiguous - discusses tricky issues without preachy or propagandiy - breakfast at tiffany’s by truman capo - short, fun, easy, and completely delicious - a long novella you can finish it in one super romantic sitting - don’t be fooled by the audrey hepburn movie - darker and more rugged than its hollywoodised film version - the portrait of holly golightly in book form - so witty and fun and also strangely moving - more book videos or creative writing videos - intermediate books - 10:04 by ben lerner - my favourite out of lerner’s books - book within a book within a book format - what is autobiographical and what is fiction - the mood! - instant thick atmosphere - touching, honest, and very very human - open water by caleb azumah nelson - lyrical prose you should try open water - a contemporary love story set in south london - written in second person - demanding reads - second place by rachel cusk - not obscure prose in any way - reasoning and observations = slow reading - cusk is a morning coffee type of author - beautiful slice of humanity - the earlier outline trilogy - washington square by henry james - a somewhat bewildering author - turn of the screw - portrait of a lady - beautiful language: my favourite type of literature #books #summerreads #reading ___ find us on instagram ! @jennymustard - https://instagram.com/jennymustard/ @davidmustard_ - https://www.instagram.com/davidmustard_/ ___ subscribe to our podcast on itunes : https://apple.co/2DR2lpF spotify : https://spoti.fi/2BAGuUJ ___ subscribe to my channel : http://bit.ly/2iBaKo9 ___ fair use of copyrighted material: Vladimir by Julia May Jonas https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vladimir-Novel-Julia-May-Jonas/dp/1982187638 Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote https://www.betweenthecovers.com/details.php?record=99456 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/27/100-best-novels-84-in-cold-blood-truman-capote-observer-robert-mccrum Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52kC2KKpUT0&ab_channel=EverythingAudrey.com 10:04 by Ben Lerner https://www.amazon.co.uk/10-04-Ben-Lerner/dp/1847088937 https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/ben-lerner-04-20-20 Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson https://www.waterstones.com/book/open-water/caleb-azumah-nelson/9780241448786 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/books/caleb-azumah-nelson-open-water.html Second Place by Rachel Cusk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-Place-Rachel-Cusk/dp/0571366295 Outline Series https://www.books2door.com/products/rachel-cusk-3-books Henry James - https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-day-for-henry-james Washington Square https://www.amazon.co.uk/Washington-Square-Everymans-Library-Classics/dp/1841593524 The Turn of the Screw https://almabooks.com/product/the-turn-of-the-screw/ The Portrait of a Lady https://www.thenile.co.nz/books/henry-james/portrait-of-a-lady/9780141394664 disclaimer: i do not own some of the material in this video. please note that some images, videos, and copyrights belong to their original owners. no copyright infringement intended. ___