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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Saskia Kemsley

Best summer reads for 2024: Books to enjoy on holiday in the sunshine

We’re not quite sure why January is pegged as the time for new beginnings. While the first month of the Gregorian calendar signifies the start of a brand-new year, New Year’s Resolution apologists seem to get off on the concept of imminent failure.

Whether an attempted juice cleanse that lasts half a day or that new joiner’s membership at the local gym that is inevitably cancelled before the monthly fee gets charged to your credit card, most of us find it gut-wrenchingly difficult to sustain any kind of new hobby motivation when the weather remains cold, gloomy and unbearably dark.

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