Ugh! This weather! We are on day 3 of a 4 day heat wave here in Michigan, and I know we are not the only ones experiencing high temps! I am a fall/winter girlie so I am NOT enjoying this to say the least. The weather here is hot, humid, swampy, oppressive, downright disrespectful, if you will.
I pulled together a list of a few books that feel like a heat wave, in case you want to match the weather outside. These temps call for more than a light summer read!
Desperation || Lonesome Dove || Holes
Desperation: Desert heat, scary horrible creatures, and a gang of thrown together heroes battling an ancient evil. This is probably one of my top fave King books.
Lonesome Dove: More desert, minus the … gore? It still has its moments. Just imagine wandering the desert in all that gear. Bleh. One of the best books ever though.
Holes: This book is on my mind a lot right now, as it is a book Wyatt and I are reading next year for school. But dang, is it hot out there. Poor Stanley.
The Ruins || Jaws || The Sunlit Man
The Ruins: Jungle heat, humidity, swampy, bugs and plants and horror. So good!
Jaws: I don’t think this one needs an explanation. However, this book makes you think twice about swimming in the ocean to beat the heat!
The Sunlit Man: My husband suggested this one so I don’t know anything about it! However, Billy understood the assignment, as the description reads “Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones…” Yep, that is pretty hot.
Good Girls Die Last || The Summer that Melted Everything
Good Girls Die Last: This book is all feminist rage during a London heatwave. Em is just going through some shit, pardon my French, and is fed up.
The Summer That Melted Everything: I can’t describe this any better than this blurb.. “Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984: the year a heatwave scorched the small town of Breathed, Ohio. The year he became friends with the devil.”
A Streetcar Named Desire || The Great Gatsby
A Streetcar Named Desire: Literally the first book that popped into my head when I was thinking about this post. New Orleans in the hot summer is something to be experienced y’all!
The Great Gatsby: Another book that was an instant add to my list.
Stay cool and hydrated my friends!
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Oh, these look good! I’m gonna have to fine Good Girls Die Last! It sounds like something I would like. I shuddered as I read Holes because heat and blisters sound awful! We’ve got several more days of this heat wave. The AC was checked…just hope it stays up!
Have a fabulous week, Erin!!
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Right? Holes is one of my favorite middle grades, but ugh those poor boys. Lol. I am excited to cover it with Wyatt. We will then of course have to watch the movie. Lol.
Stay cool Marsha, and I am hoping the same thing over here!
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Yep, Jaws is definitely one that scared me out of the ocean! I saw it when it was released 50 years ago when we were living in the San Diego area. I didn’t want to swim in the ocean at all that summer!
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Yes, I can imagine!! There are some places that screen it now while you watch on inner tubes in the water. I don’t think I could do that!!
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