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) 20h
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 20h
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 😆 20h
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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. 19h
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 19h
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 19h
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. 19h
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. 18h
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. 18h
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. 17h
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) 🏖️ 17h
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. 👍 15h
CSeydel @AmyG oh I love that! 14h
willaful My favorite summer reads tend to be longer books I can really get lost in. Examples from the past are Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (used to reread it every summer) and Watership Down by Richard Adams, which might be one to reread! One I'm planning for this summer is Table for Two by Amor Towles. It's a great time for a new book by a favorite author. I also want to read the new Anne Tyler and John Scalzi books. 14h
Bookwormjillk It‘s hard to define but I know it when I see it. For me it‘s usually a combination of a new bestseller (I do read the new Emily Henry every year), a good thriller during a thunderstorm, a chunkster like Stephen King or Lonesome Dove, or a book set in a hot climate. I also tear through mysteries and audiobooks while traveling. I tend to not read a lot of nonfiction in summer aside from travel memoirs which I love. 11h
Bookwormjillk @AmyG love your story! 11h
Amiable For me, a beach read is whatever book that I happen to be reading the day that I‘m going to the beach. 🤷🏻♀️ Except for library books. I don‘t take library books to the beach. I don‘t want to incur the wrath of the librarians by returning a sandy, salty book. 😳😬😀 This is the book that I‘m currently reading so it will likely be carted to the beach at some point:The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (edited) 9h
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of CancerLiz_M I like episodic books or short stories. My favorite past beach reads are The Arabian Nights, Dangerous Liaisons (epistolary novel), Tenth of December, 8h
TheKidUpstairs Sometimes it's chunksters, sometimes quick and cheerful, the most important thing is story. I need something totally engaging and transporting on the beach. And, like @Amiable said, NO LIBRARY BOOKS. Favourites that I read on summer/beach trips: Fayne, Poisonwood Bible, The Night Circus, The DaVinci Code. 7h
AmyG @Bookwormjillk Yes….Stephen King on a rainy, thundery summer day…perfection. 7h
TiredLibrarian I don't find that length matters to me; it has to be a really engaging and compelling plot. For me that's often mysteries. Summer's often when I catch up with my favorite mystery authors like John Sandford, Lee Child, or John Connolly. Or I might check out whatever the "buzzy" books of the moment are. 7h
Amiable @TheKidUpstairs Oh, I have “Fayne” in my TBR pile —did you like it ? 6h
TheKidUpstairs @Amiable Loved it. One of my favourites from the last couple of years (but definitely a chunkster!) 5h
Meshell1313 Ooh interesting! For me it definitely has to be a physical book- no can do a kindle on the beach. I always think Hemingway was made to read on the beach. Nothing like a solid classic! 🌊👙☀️⛱️🐚 5h
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