Mother's Day in May and Father's Day in June. Children ladled up plenty of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul this year.
People have more time off to read.
This year, some of the biggest competitors will be rising from beyond the grave. Omerta refers to the Sicilian code of honor and silence. His last novel examines the plight of a writer whose first book blasts to the literary firmament, thus ensuring that all future works will compare unfavorably. Anne Rivers Siddons might be described as the living doyenne of tasteful women's summer fiction. In the past five years, all her books have been released during the summer months.