There’s been plenty of discussion already (in the ambient Book Media sphere as well as in the Literary Hub slack) about how to approach the concept of Summer Reading this year. Yes, there’s a pandemic happening, which means most of us will be doing markedly less traveling and sitting on beaches over the next three months. We may have more or less time than usual for reading, depending on our individual circumstances. But as far as the concept of summer reading goes, nothing has really changed.
After all, Summer Reading was always an imaginary category, at least for adults—a nostalgic holdover from the memory of finally being released from schoolbooks, and suddenly having lots of spare time and freedom to read whatever we wanted. For most of us, summer reading has long been simply . . . reading, but in warmer weather. Maybe with the extra cushion of a vacation or a few Summer Fridays in there, but otherwise not exactly transformative. (Which doesn’t mean we don’t still get excited about it.)
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