It's June and time to reach for a book to enjoy on the beach, at the cabin, on the boat, or in the den. I decided to contact our colleagues and find out what they're reading. Here's a list of fun, enlightening and entertaining reads for the summer porch brought to you by your colleagues.... Enjoy...
Nancy Meyers: The Dinner by Herman Koch is an intriguing suspense of two brothers and their spouses at a pretentious dinner discussing the crimes of their sons.
Vittoria DiProspero: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R.R. Martin, a fantasy epic about 18th Century Europe. The HBO series is based upon this series.
Tim Sponseller: The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larrson, Lisabeth is in the hospital with a bullet in her head...and there's going to be trouble.
Jim Reed: Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly, a well written historical book that tracks the victim and assassin until they interact. Jim is reading this as a follow-up of Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever.
Carrie Bowmaster: Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant 
Losses and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summitt, an autobiography of the winningest college basketball coach who's now facing early onset Alzheimer's Disease.
Kristen Hamilton: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a somber, difficult read and foreshadows Sandy Hook. It was written between Columbine and Virginia Tech about a small town in New Hampshire that is shattered by nineteen minutes of savage violence and the search for justice and responsibility by the victims and survivors.
Mark F. Bayley: Mark confesses listening to audio books while he commutes between court houses. He enjoyed John Barlecorn by Jack London [Call of the Wild]. The book, memoirs of an alcoholic author before prohibition and Alcoholics Anonymous are reminiscent of Hemmingway.
A.J. Benchoff: The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Roshi Bernie Glassman is a light hearted conversation about movies, life and laughter between an actor and his Buddhist teacher.
Tom Finucance: The Outpost: The Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper, non fiction account of the events leading to the award of the metal of honor in Afghanistan and the battle at Combat Outpost Keating.
Suzanne Trinh: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, a great read for children with a poignant reminder of
life and death. Suzanne's other passion is the New Yorker Magazine.
Tom Steiger Jr.: Lindbergh v. Roosevelt by James P. Duff, a discussion of the false hype that painted Charles Lindbergh as a Nazi sympathizer by Franklin Roosevelt and his followers.
Lauren Sulcove: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The Pentagon acknowledges that Chris Kyle, a Navy Seal, killed a minimum of 150 during his military career, making him a dangerous adversary on rooftops. Lauren was quick to recommend the book. She's now reading A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, which recounts Mr. Frey's six weeks in rehab in an effort to save his own life.
Ed Beck: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowlings is a slow paced book, rich with character development. It's the story of an unexpected vacancy on the town council which exposes the wars between generations and neighbors rampant in an old English town. Ed's also reading Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else by Chrystia Freeland. This is an award winning review of the growing gap between the super rich and even the poor millionaires.
Fred Antoun: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, at the request of friends. Fred's also reading A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson. Apparently Mr. Bryson decided to walk from Georgia to Maine and possesses a keen sense of humor. A reviewer called the book uproariously funny.
Teresa Yaukey: rereading Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. Teresa admitted, however, that, on a 
recent rainy weekend, she settled in and reread The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. She couldn't stop reading.
Jennifer Newman: Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon is a narrative about the marginalized children, such as gay children, autistic children, deaf children. Mr. Solomon writes from personal experience. The book, about handicaps and the gap between child and parent, is highly rated.
Marylou Matas: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Marylou states that it's wasted on teens. Just because there are Cliff Notes doesn't mean that reading the original is foolish...
Bret Palmer Beyon: Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary about giving and accepting love. Obviously, a good read for children, but the adult reading it will also enjoy the message. She's also reading Drunk Tank Pink: and Other Things That Effect How We Think, Feel and Behave) by Adam Alter, which attempts to illuminate how outside forces push us towards our 'free will' decisions.
Judge Krom: Dan Brown's new book Inferno has been downloaded, automatically, on her Kindle. Harvard professor Robert Langdon of The De Vinci Code, et al., reappears to a new thriller using Dante's epic poem, 'Inferno', for the clues to solve a struggle in Italy.
Judge Meyers: Beach Music by Pat Conroy, an easy read, highly rated, about the search by friends for an American Vietnam protester who went underground, but never resurfaced.
Janice Hawbaker: We Used to Own the Bronx: Memoirs of a Former Debutante by Eva Pell, an 
investigative reporter highlights her youth in an East Coast dynasty, revealing values of the elite or wealthy.
Stephen Kulla: Decision Points by George W. Bush, a discussion of the impact of his life experiences on his decisions. Former President Bush is now enjoying painting.
Courtney Graham: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell is the first Kurt Wallander mystery. Courtney couldn't remember the title of the current book he was reading, but since he said it was the fourth in the series, it should be The Man Who Smiled. This is a Swedish crime novel series translated into English. There are at least ten Kurt Wallander books to sample.
Clint Barkdoll: Hold It 'Til It Hurts by T. Geronimo Johnson, a story about two brothers in Afghanistan, who suffer through Hurricane Katrina and other disasters while looking for birth parents. Mr. Johnson is the son of Tyrone Johnson, Esq., a member of our bar and a busy defense attorney in Chambersburg. Mr. Johnson, the son, is currently teaching writing at U. C. Berkley.
Jared Childers: Ramage by Dudley Pope. Actually, that's the first in the series of eighteen entertaining volumes. Jared recently finished the series which detail the adventures of fictional Lord Ramage in the Royal British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He found the series to be a fast read that expanded his knowledge of naval history.
