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5 min read“There was so much time that marvellous summer. Day after day, mist rose from the meadow as the sky lightened and hedges, barns, and woods took shape until at last the long curving back of the hills lifted away from the plain.” That opening from J.L. Carr’s A Month in the Country sets the tone for a special summer reading episode of The Book Club. Hosts Dominic and Tabby each pick three books that are escapist, gripping, and tied to specific holiday locations—sometimes because the book is set there, sometimes because they read it there. The throughline is that summer reading is a distinct experience: a concentrated stretch of time away from normal life, where a book’s setting and your own surroundings can fuse into a single, vivid memory.
Murder on an Island and Nazis in the Maldives
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What you'll learn
- 1 Summer Reading List: Jane Austen, Nazis and Murder
- 2 (00:00) **Advertisements and Pre-Recorded Promos** - Three separate ad segments for Sallie Mae, Nordstrom Rack, and Toyota
- 3 (01:36) **Opening: A Month in the Country Reading** - Dominic reads a passage from J.L. Carr's novel, setting a summer mood
- 4 (02:34) **Introducing the Summer Reading Concept** - Dominic and Tabby explain their summer reading picks and share childhood holiday reading memories
- 5 (07:24) **First Pick: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie** - Dominic's choice, set on an isolated island off the Devon coast
- 6 (11:46) **Second Pick: Fatherland by Robert Harris** - Tabby's choice, read on a beach holiday in the Maldives
- 7 (17:01) **Third Pick: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith** - Dominic's choice, set on the Amalfi Coast and read on his honeymoon
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Show Notes
Which books should you take on your summer holiday? How have some of Dominic and Tabby’s favourite destinations shaped these novels? And, what makes a summer classic?
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