Summer Stack
RITUAL: Reading | SEASON: Summer | MONTH: June
One of the most enjoyable pastimes during Summer is having the time to read. Whether its the book you bring with you for a day at the beach or pack in your bag to the island resort on your vacation, the book you read in the hammock in your own backyard or the audiobook you listen to on your road trip, it can be fun to read books set during the Summer months. No matter your favorite genre, there’s a Summer stack of books for you!
Second only to the classics, my favorite genre is historical fiction. Normally, they both include a bit of romance but their historical references always intrigue me and teach me something about days gone by and the people who lived during those times. Being part Cherokee, growing up I read a lot of books about the Native Americans and indigenous people of various continents. Then, in middle school, my obsession with WWII began when I read every book there was about Anne Frank and The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. To this day, I still read historical novels set during the second world war, many featuring women who fought the Nazis or helped others hide and survive. My current read is, A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell.
Summer Reading List
Anthologies
A Poem for Every Summer Day, Selected by Allie Esiri
Summer: Spiritual Biography of the Season, Illustrated by Gary D.Schmidt
Classics
Summer by Edith Wharton
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Historical Fiction
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Summer Romance
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Beach Reads
Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serve
Armchair Travel
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams
Memoirs
My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Agatha Christie
A Caribbean Mystery
Death on the Nile
Murder in Mesopotamia
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Summer’s Day, Sonnet 18
Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood (retelling of Much Ado About Nothing)
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Dara Eden is the author of HER Rituals for the Divine Feminine, a periodical guide created in December of 2021. The 8 Elements, her life’s work, provides guidance about how to honor the essential needs and highest values of your personal feng shui element. Inspired by an Internet challenge designed for men, she created 365WISE, a daily self-care practice that supports women in honoring their needs and listening to their inner wisdom.
In HER Rituals, she offers insights, ideas and intuitive guidance about ways to honor your needs, values and unique expression of the divine feminine.
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