Summer is the perfect time to indulge in a great book. Laying by the pool, seating at a coffee shop or even on a flight, books make the perfect companion. I enjoy reading everything from business books, to non-fiction, to thrillers and even psychology books. Reading has tons of benefits from memory improvement, stress reduction, mental stimulation and it can even help you expand your vocabulary. Reading a book is like indulging in a mini mental vacation. Books have a way of helping you connect with characters you wouldn’t normally connect with on film. I love mysteries and anything with a plot twist. I’ve gather some fun books to pick up this summer.
How To Be An Overnight Success by Maria Hatzistefanis:
Maria Hatzistefanis, CEO and creator of the brands Rodial and Nip & Fab bring you a book filled with exciting details of how she started her brand and grew it into the success it is today. This book is an easy read and at the end of each chapter it provides you with a couple of career oriented questions to get you thinking about your own path. I’m quite enjoying this book because it showcases the authors struggles in finding her passions and even switching careers, from getting her MBA from Columbia Business School to working a corporate job to slowly building her brand. The title has a great hidden message and portrays itself as a sort of ‘get successful quick scheme’, when in reality it took over 10 years for the brand to become what it is today. If you’re an entrepreneur or just questioning your own career choices or if you are considering starting a brand this book is a great example of how nothing comes easy and how great brands are not built overnight.
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan:
This book is soon going to be in theaters soon, how exciting. A funny and outrageous book about Rachel Chu who agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young. Nicholas Young is from a super-rich, pedigreed Chinese family and when she arrives she is met with gossip, and many challenges from his non accepting family. Definitely a fun read, meant to be funny and part romantic satire.
Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering:
A suspenseful sort-of romantic novel about how we often can’t help but to love someone who might just not be right for us. Lucy Albright goes away to college and meets Stephen. She deep in her heart she knows he has a secret and is sure he cannot be trusted. An addicting suspenseful read that will keep you glued for hours.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh:
The narrator has it all, young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery. She also lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan which is paid for, by her inheritance. Her character seems deeply depressed and finds ways to detach herself from her current life, by sleeping excessively or finding other ways to cope and detach herself from reality. Without giving away too much this book is an interesting read and gives you a look into a character’s flawed metal state but perfect exterior life. From blackouts, prescriptions and months of napping to escape her days this book mixes serious issues with a dark toned humor. The narrator experiments in narcotic hibernation to alienate herself from this world. A quite chilling and interesting read. Book is not available until July 10, 2018.
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