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I’ve got all these grand plans for this summer: clean the kids’ playroom, clear out their closets, organize my emails, go on a biking trip, lose weight, discover a new drink and read like a dozen new books – you know, the same stuff I was going to do last summer, and the summer before that and the summer before that!
Summer is all about making big plans: for our careers, our family, our love lives, our political parties and our dreams. And our plans always include reading something truly special.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s a fact: summer and reading go together like gin and tonic – two classics that just can’t be ignored when the weather heats up.
Ever since grade school we’ve known that summer is a time for reading – real reading, the kind of reading you do for your soul – the best kind of reading.
So I set out do to do a little soul searching to see what some of my colleagues here at CNBC are reading this summer and so far I’ve found out that:
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A program note: Mr. El-Erian is going to be the guest host on "Squawk Box" (6-9 am/ET) tomorrow, July 9. 
Bill Griffeth is letting his pen rest this summer. This time last year he was writing his own book, "BY FAITH ALONE: One Family’s Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantism." It’s a great book and inspired me to hit all the genealogy charts to try to find something – anything - of interest about my family roots (alas, nothing interesting to report). Right now he’s reading the Joseph Ellis biography "HIS EXCELLENCY: George Washington" and when he hits the beach later this summer, he’s going all nostalgic planning to re-read a college favorite series: "THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET" by Lawrence Durrell.
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Michelle Caruso-Cabrera fresh from her recent trip to that magical place, Ireland is tackling James Joyce’s “A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN”.
And from our LA Bureau, Jane Wells is enjoying how Janis Cooke Newman has rewritten history in her bestseller "MARY". The novel is about Mary Todd Lincoln – and it’s unlike any history class I ever sat in. Jane says the book is full of sexual tension and that she’ll never ever be able to think of the Ol’ Honest One in the same way.
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If you loved "BRAND WARFARE" and "CAREER WARFARE" – you’re going to love "EXECUTIVE WARFARE: 10 Rules of Engagement For Winning Your War for Success" by David R. D’Alessandro with Michele Owens. Mr. D’Alessandro is a frequent guest on CNBC and his past books were bestsellers.
"THE LITTLE BOOK THAT SAVES YOUR ASSETS: What the Rich Do to Stay Wealthy in Up and Down Markets" by David M. Darst (NOTE: Foreword by Jim Cramer).
"NICE GUYS CAN GET THE CORNER OFFICE: Eight Strategies for Winning in Business Without Being a JERK" by Russ Edelman, Tim Hiltabiddle and Charles C. Manz. 
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