Love this list, Haley!!! You already know my feelings on The Awakening (I bore most people with waxing lyrical about it) but you really captured it here: it is such a sultry and sweltering read. Such a short novella that holds SO MUCH. And The Guest...wow. I don't think I breathed out all the way through that book! I could have easily read it in one sitting, and the amount of anxiety and tension Cline delivers throughout...
If I was to suggest a book for this list, I think it would be Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion, which made me feel similarly uncomfortable to Cline's book. I also loved Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan for some coming-of-age, wealthy South of France steaminess :)
I am also a summer hater and never more so than this week, after we had a beautiful "false fall" last week. However, I am making the best of it and have added all of these to my library queue to get me through these final weeks of hot temperatures. :')
You sure can sell a book! These all went on my TBR list. And I have a copy of The Awakening that I’ve never read - that will have to happen in the next few weeks.
I, too, hate summer. It is the worst. It is too hot. Is this partially informed by the fact that I have dysautonomia and cannot regulate my body temperature well? Probably. But I don't care. Summer still sucks.
Ugh. I can't regulate my body temperature either and it's like a sour cherry on top of a melted sundae. Haha. (I've been told my PCOS is to blame; I'm sorry to hear you have dysautonomia!)
Mine is EDS related - yay comorbidities!! I only realized THIS YEAR that I sleep better in spaces that have central air because my body doesn't have to constantly try to adapt to the temperature. What a truly wild thing to realize, and I hope the fall brings some relief to us both.
I really enjoyed Wharton’s Summer this summer. Too obvious? It was short and sweet. Well, maybe not totally sweet but I loved the small town lazy summer setting. I’m gonna squeeze a reread of The Awakening in before the summer goes. Thanks for the suggestions.
Oh, that's a great one for the list!! Summer is a tricky story isn't it? It is sweet...and then it's also quite sad. That makes it quite a bit like the Awakening, I think.
Love this list, Haley!!! You already know my feelings on The Awakening (I bore most people with waxing lyrical about it) but you really captured it here: it is such a sultry and sweltering read. Such a short novella that holds SO MUCH. And The Guest...wow. I don't think I breathed out all the way through that book! I could have easily read it in one sitting, and the amount of anxiety and tension Cline delivers throughout...
If I was to suggest a book for this list, I think it would be Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion, which made me feel similarly uncomfortable to Cline's book. I also loved Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan for some coming-of-age, wealthy South of France steaminess :)
Ohhhh I love your additions!! Isn’t The Awakening so good? It’s so cuspy: modernist, but a little Victorian. Best of both worlds.
Exactly!! I fell in love with it when I studied it. I have so many scribbled notes in my copy…true love of a book :))
Love the idea of capturing the end-of-summer vibe with books that reflect that hazy, overheated feeling. Will definitely get into it.
I am also a summer hater and never more so than this week, after we had a beautiful "false fall" last week. However, I am making the best of it and have added all of these to my library queue to get me through these final weeks of hot temperatures. :')
I love that Kate! We had a full week of dark thunderstorms and it was a cruel tease now that we’re back in the 90s for a week or so. 😮💨
You sure can sell a book! These all went on my TBR list. And I have a copy of The Awakening that I’ve never read - that will have to happen in the next few weeks.
I love that this list resonated with you!! Let me know what you think of the Awakening!!
I, too, hate summer. It is the worst. It is too hot. Is this partially informed by the fact that I have dysautonomia and cannot regulate my body temperature well? Probably. But I don't care. Summer still sucks.
Ugh. I can't regulate my body temperature either and it's like a sour cherry on top of a melted sundae. Haha. (I've been told my PCOS is to blame; I'm sorry to hear you have dysautonomia!)
Mine is EDS related - yay comorbidities!! I only realized THIS YEAR that I sleep better in spaces that have central air because my body doesn't have to constantly try to adapt to the temperature. What a truly wild thing to realize, and I hope the fall brings some relief to us both.
I feel this so deeply. I sleep with a fan going to keep my body cool at night! The things we do for our sweet bodies haha.
🥲 our sweet little bodies and their needs. I saw a reel about someone with POTS being thrilled it’s starting to get cooler and I felt that deeply.
Yes! I’m so relieved, too! May our nervous systems be so, so blissfully calm as fall settles in.
I really enjoyed Wharton’s Summer this summer. Too obvious? It was short and sweet. Well, maybe not totally sweet but I loved the small town lazy summer setting. I’m gonna squeeze a reread of The Awakening in before the summer goes. Thanks for the suggestions.
Oh, that's a great one for the list!! Summer is a tricky story isn't it? It is sweet...and then it's also quite sad. That makes it quite a bit like the Awakening, I think.