![]() ![]() Pretty simple, buy the Energy Drinks from the Chicken Barn level cutscene, before buying the catapult upgrade. Redeemed – Bring everyone back from underground. Hard to miss, throw the USB key at the security system outside Raccoon HQ.īoss Fight – Win the boss fight. Hard to miss, complete Raccoon Lagoon level. The Flume Is Doomed – Destroy Raccoon Lagoon. Hard to miss, complete Potter’s Rock level.ĭonut County – Destroy the donut shop. Pup’s Odyssey – Release the hot air balloon. ![]() ![]() And summary used to be more lighter fare, but I'm happy to see that.100% Achievements straight to the point. It does seem as though more big-name authors like Colson Whitehead too are now publishing in the summer. So that's something I'm really looking forward to. But a body is found under the floor of a building site. This novel is set in the 1970s in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, a Jewish and African American community. So, I'm also looking forward to James McBride, "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store." He too is so wonderful at combining social commentary. And to think that he's sort of saying farewell to this character whose life has followed his own through the seasons of his own life is really touching. he's bringing his Frank Bascombe novels to a close with a fifth novel called "Be Mine." What an achievement. These are three sisters who isolate at a family cherry orchard during the pandemic. You know, I'm looking forward - who could not to - Ann Patchett's "Tom Lake," in which she kind of plays with Chekhov's three sisters. And they go on a road trip together, he and his dead lover. And it plays into that fantasy of, if only I had a few more hours with this person I have loved. And then the other story she's telling, it's very up to the minute about a young man who's lost his lover. So anybody who's read George Saunders' "Lincoln in the Bardo," this kind of has that feel to it. One is a story set in the 19th century, and it has something to do with Abraham Lincoln. So, "Good Night, Irene" is one of my recommendations.Īnd then Lorrie Moore's "I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home." Lorrie Moore, there's nobody like her, the way she plays with language, her kind of warm, but absurdist view of life. I mean, so we're kind of getting a Herman Wouk-type big history, but also with a lot of twists and turns, and very affecting. His mother followed Patton's Army behind the lines in Battle of the Bulge. I had no idea - my dad was in World War II, and I had no idea that these women did more than just meet soldiers at the railroad station. She and another woman rode around in a truck delivering coffee and donuts to servicemen. But here he's drawing on a story that derives from his mother's experiences during World War II. Usually, he's writing about issues of the U.S.-Mexican border. One novel that I think really is perfect for summer is Luis Alberto Urrea's novel "Good Night, Irene." So I'm looking forward to seeing how Colson Whitehead sort of tackles that time period. That novel was set in 1960s Harlem, and this one is set in 1970s Harlem.Īnd if you know anything about New York in the 1970s, it was a grimy place, a dangerous place, but it was also a very exciting place. And this is a sequel to that heist novel "Harlem Shuffle," which came out a couple of years ago. He's won for very serious books about the Black experience in America, "Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys."īut he's worked across many genres, and he has written a heist novel. Many of your viewers probably know Colson Whitehead's name. And I'm looking forward to reading this one very much on my vacation soon.Īnother book I'm looking forward to this summer is "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead. I have read one a summer for the past many summers, and they all share similar themes and similar dynamics, and they're quite entertaining. This one involves a recently widowed food blogger who brings a bunch of friends together on Nantucket to sort of help her heal. This is a woman, an author who has written almost 30 books, most of which are set on Nantucket Island. The first is called "The Five-Star Weekend." It's by an author named Elin Hilderbrand, and she's a summer staple. So there are two books I want to start off with. Gilbert Cruz, Books Editor, The New York Times: ![]()
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