We can’t get enough of our lovely covergirl and #SRC2016 Host, Emily Giffin! Here, we are chatting with Emily about a few of her summer reading secrets. She’s dishing on her fave summer read of all time, vacation plans and more! Don’t forget to grab her latest release, First Comes Love!

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BookSparks: The summer read you keep coming back to?

Emily: Pride and Prejudice. Nothing beats Mr. Darcy and a cold, crisp glass of rosé!

 

BookSparks: Favorite summer read for this summer?

Emily: Eligible, a modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Curtis Sittenfeld cleverly illustrates how the issues Jane Austen raised two-hundred years ago (particularly the plight of independent women) still resonate today.

 

BookSparks: Where are you going for this summer’s vacation?

Emily: I just came back from a family vacation to Disney World and Palm Beach. The rest of June and July will be focused on the launch of First Comes Love—so mostly work—but I always manage to have a lot of fun on my book tours. Then I’ll wrap up the summer with friends in the Hamptons, just as I used to do in my twenties. Well, not just like my twenties—this version will be kid friendly. Ha!

 

BookSparks: Last book you read in one sitting?

Emily: It was more than one sitting (as a writer, I’m always a little depressed when someone tells me they read a book in one sitting!) But I tore through Kate DiCamillo’s latest Raymie Nightingale with my daughter Harriet. I adore all of her stories, but this one might be her most masterful. Great for children and adults alike.

 

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