What's your best sunny day book?

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LaWeasel · 09/04/2011 10:57

I noticed in the garden with DD yesterday that on the first properly hot days I always bring out 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris and reread it.

Does anyone else have sunny books?

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savedbycoffee · 09/04/2011 11:12

Hi LaWeasel, great thread! I've been wondering the same thing myself - I've been reading a Scandinavian crime novel by Henning Mankell and it suddenly seems all wrong in the sunshine. I think The Great Gatsby is always a good summer read, to me it conjures up the glamour of summer evening parties with their clinking glasses perfectly. But I'd love other sunny book suggestions.

juneau · 09/04/2011 11:14

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson.

thegirlwiththemouseyhair · 10/04/2011 13:28

Anything by PG Wodehouse - sunshine and laughter go very nicely together

marytuda · 13/04/2011 14:25

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow.

OeufaBrain · 13/04/2011 14:31

something light and not too heavy. mAYBE i cAPTURE THE cASTLE (dODIE sMITH)

I know I always seem to re-read Jude the Obscure in Autumn/Early winter...

Here's a hint, don't read All Quiet On the Western front on the beach on a nice sunny day. Total Downer.....(I was snivelling)

glub · 14/04/2011 11:32

the beach by alex garland used to come out every summer

Jux · 14/04/2011 13:44

The Leopard

smokeandglitter · 24/04/2011 22:37

Atonement

BeerTricksPotter · 24/04/2011 22:38

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scottishmummy · 24/04/2011 22:50

hated atonement,mannered and strained prose.shallow characters.in fact i hate ian mcewan literature.after trying other stuff he has written

scottishmummy · 24/04/2011 22:51

the beach.alex garland

anonymosity · 03/05/2011 18:18

Esther Freud's LOVE FALLS

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