Summer reading! Beach reads! WTF does that even mean?! Escapist literature? 19th C Russian door stoppers that have been clogging the TBR for years. Is it the new Emily Henry? Or Count of Monte Cristo? Littens, I need to know! Chime in in the comments with your 10 favorite beach read/TBR beach reads On July 1st I will use the advanced science of the random number generator to select a winner & gift a $30 gift card of yr choice.
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CSeydel Ooh ooh for me it‘s a combination of murder mysteries (like Agatha Christie and other classic crime) and chunksters that feel like too much commitment to dig into during the “school year” (which still feels like a thing even though my kids are all in college now) 5h
Prairiegirl_reading I definitely don‘t want to cry on the beach so nothing too emotionally heavy. Also, can‘t be too physically heavy to carry in the beach bag. And, since I live in a colder climate, I don‘t want anything to do with winter or snow. Lessons in Chemistry was a good one for summer. Something good on audio - Talk to Me by Dolen Perkins Valdez was excellent although had difficult subject matter. Currently reading the tagged book,awesome so far!![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel 5h
The Road to Tender Hearts: A NovelAims42 For me, it‘s reads that are fun & entertaining and don‘t require much brain power to read because I‘m reading them outside with birds chirping or at a pool with children screaming 😆 5h
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AmyG One summer, when my kids were 2 (twins) and 4….I found a babysitter for 2 hours in the afternoon for the summer. While not on the beach, I spent every afternoon, locked in my bedroom, reading Ruth Rendell mysteries. Every one I could find (I was on a JAG). So beach reads to me are now mysteries. 5h
MemoirsForMe For me, it‘s a juicy, scandalous romance novel…a light, entertaining page-turner. Who wants to read anything heavy or deep while on vacation lounging on the beach? One of my early favorites from way back when was Jackie Collins‘Hollywood Wives 5h
Hollywood WivesTamra 😆 What a fun & funny post! I don‘t have any more of a clue than you do as to what is a summer or beach read. I‘ll tell you what I am going to read thoughThe Brothers Karamazov: A New Translation by Michael R. Katz 5h
The Brothers Karamazov: A New Translation by Michael R. KatzTEArificbooks For me it is light fluffy read that doesn‘t require too much brain power. Nothing too literary or classics. I am also a literal beach reader as in if the book has a beach/pool/body of water on the cover then I read it in the summer. No matter the genre. I mostly like rom coms and mystery thriller or some summer camp horror for my summer beach reading. 4h
Deblovestoread For me it's something light and fluffy. Something that I don't need to finish the chapter before putting it down to go play in the waves. 4h
sarahbarnes Love this question! I don‘t like the beach, but for me summer reads are ones I can get completely immersed in - like an Atwood, a Murakami, an Atkinson. A page turner. 4h
Jas16 For me a beach read is something light that I can read and enjoy despite the distractions of being surrounded by other beach goers. It would also usually be a cheap mass market that I don‘t care about being damaged by water or sand. 2h
BarbaraBB For me it‘s books I‘m pretty sure of that I will like them because I am usually in a more sunnier country when I‘m on the beach (and I can‘t bring too many). So mostly a book I‘ve been looking forward to, that‘s supposed to be a pageturner and in paperback format(because of the sand) 🏖️ 2h
Ruthiella I had to make my own post because I had a good idea for a meme. 😂 I hope you don‘t mind! I am OK with heavier, serious books to read on the beach. I took Wolf Hall to the beach and to read in the car on the way there. 🏖️ But a good murder mystery can also be great. The main thing is that I have ENOUGH to read and having an e-reader is great for that. 👍 14m
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