Normally, winter is the season associated with a good book. There are the usual images: rolling fire, fuzzy blanket, easy chair, warm tea, and that quintessential book resting on a small table. Summer, by comparison, may not be as glamorous for our book-loving friends. One might have a noisy and cranky air conditioner, or worse, no AC at all!
And reading outside might warrant you a visit from that one rogue wasp that makes a dive bomb for your head.
That aside, summer can be a great time to get caught up on your reading. So head out to the patio, grab the iced tea or your favorite cold brew coffee, and get situated in that old deck chair. For your summer reading pleasure, here are three entries from our Book Garage series that really stand out.
Top Muscle This is one every performance and muscle car enthusiast needs to own. Author Darwin Holmstrom has crafted a masterpiece of horsepower, documenting the cars so well they nearly leap off the page. Top Muscle: The Rarest Cars from America?s Fastest Decade chronicles the golden days of factory muscle cars, including the ones built in secret ? the ones never officially approved by senior management.
In a ?sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll? generation, even car enthusiasts got in on the action, and this book is their story.
$32.71 new, from $9.79 used via Amazon.
This 1968 Shelby GT500KR is among the many beautiful machines featured in Top Muscle. Photo: Randy Leffingwell.
The John Deere Century
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