We’re scared and we’re worried; of course, we are. We live in an era of immediacy and quick fixes. We’re accustomed to being in control and sadly, Covid 19 is not playing nice. It’s contagion pattern, to date, shows that we could be looking at a million people being affected by mid-April.
Yes, we can control how often we wash our hands, how often we touch our face or nose, but we can’t control the behavior of the person behind you in line, next to you at a movie or at the next table in a restaurant So, we continue to over-analyze, which causes increased anxiety and heightens are fears.
How best to handle the uncertainty that surrounds us all? Escape! How best to escape when air travel is discouraged? Read! With that being said, I’ve compiled a READING list that will either take you all over the world, make you laugh out loud or keep you entirely engrossed so you will not notice the hours slipping by.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani
The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Beneath a Scarlett Sky by Mark Sullivan
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens
Somebody’s Daughter by Rochelle Weinstein
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
It’s. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokoris
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Limelight by Amy Poeppel
You by Caroline Kepnes
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Seven Days of Us by Francine Hornak
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