My home state!!! Always love hearing from an Iowan. Kurt Vonnegut called the phenomenon of regional association (like when one is in another state and sees a car with a license plate from their home state) “granfalloon”!
LOL I’ll read anything in the summer however I do lean toward summer/beach settings when I’m down the shore. But when I’m sitting in my house in NJ watching the snow come down, I have no interest in reading a book set at the beach. I’ll save it for summer.
Last summer, I took “Behold the Dreamers” to the beach and that was fabulous. The summer before that I read “Home” by Julie Andrews whilst vacationing and that’s the book I think of now whenever I’m at the beach! I enjoyed it so much.
Read last year? 2? and that character, that fire and that escaping into water’s edge scene still come into my mind so often! Firematic family here and don’t know if I would have thought of that- learned something! Great unforgettable read!
Modern Mrs Darcy just released her summer reading guide on her blog today. There should be lots of good ideas.
Just when I thought my TBR list was out of control! Lol. ❤️MMD
Anything By Karen White!
me too
Elin Hildebrand. I read every single one of her books! Can’t wait for this summer’s release.
The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin. Anything thriller-y.
I loved this book I usually don’t like SF or dystopian books
anything by Mary Kay andrews
Or Mary Alice Monroe Start w The Beach House
Literally “beach” reads – anything by Dorothea Benton Frank. Pure fluff…..pure fun!
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Pat Conroy, Anne Rivers Siddons.
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Joshilyn Jackson
All 3 Crazy Rich Asians books by Kevin Kwan — I read in April but these would have been perfect beach reads!!
And the movie is coming out this summer ????
@Angela I know!! Can’t wait! ?
I would read the Montgomery Wards catalog if I was under a beach umbrella with my toes in the sand!
LOL, no beach here in the Sonoran Desert; we’re still waiting for California to drop into the ocean when the promised earthquake hits 🙂
They say patience is a virtue! lol
Elin Hilderbrand
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume.
My literary tastes don’t change based on the season. And I prefer mountains to beaches. 🙂
Nancy Thayer, love her stories about Nantucket:)
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
I love Liane Moriarty’s books for a vacation.
Mysteries!
Elin Hindebrand, Nancy Thayer – both set on Nantucket
I like Alice Munro, and she has a new one coming out.
Summer is Elin Hildebrand time.
CAMERAlot the digital book. Have smart camera phone and will travel to the beach to read.
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Anything by Elin hilderbrand
Anything by Sarah Addison Allen or Adriana Trigioni
Anything by Pat Conroy or John Irving.
ANYTHING by Diane Chamberlain
Daniel Silva, Louise Penny, and Clive Cussler usually release books each summer.
The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
Steamy novels but I’ve toned it down. ‘Shadow Behind the Curtain’. Velda Johnston. I don’t want to have a heart-attack.
Don’t change reading choices by season. I don’t understands what people mean by “beach” reads. Sorry. Live in Iowa.
My home state!!! Always love hearing from an Iowan. Kurt Vonnegut called the phenomenon of regional association (like when one is in another state and sees a car with a license plate from their home state) “granfalloon”!
I do live by the beach. I read all kinds of genres throughout the year but during the summer I like quick, easy reads. Not exclusively, but sometimes.
I don’t change reading for seasons either. ? Wisconsin here.
LOL I’ll read anything in the summer however I do lean toward summer/beach settings when I’m down the shore. But when I’m sitting in my house in NJ watching the snow come down, I have no interest in reading a book set at the beach. I’ll save it for summer.
@Pat that’s exactly how I feel!
Something light and funny….Sophie Kinsella is perfect.
Nora Roberts, Julie Garwood, mystery romances for the beach. Longer novels for lazing out on the porch.
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac! Absolutely love it!
I read the same all year.
Iona Whishaw, the Lane Winslow series. 1st. book is “A Killing in King’s Cove.” Reminiscent of Charles Todd, Agatha Christie and Jacqueline Winspear.
Last summer, I took “Behold the Dreamers” to the beach and that was fabulous. The summer before that I read “Home” by Julie Andrews whilst vacationing and that’s the book I think of now whenever I’m at the beach! I enjoyed it so much.
Just read Anita Shreve’s new book The Stars are Fire. This would be a great beach read!
Read last year? 2? and that character, that fire and that escaping into water’s edge scene still come into my mind so often! Firematic family here and don’t know if I would have thought of that- learned something! Great unforgettable read!
Elin Hilderbrand is a good beach read
Just got one of her books from the library yesterday! A lot of people have recommended her books. Thanks!
I love them all (except for silver girl)
Summer Sisters
I like a good mystery by authors like Marjorie Allingham, Dorothy Sayers, P.D. James and of course, Agatha Christie.
Anything Dorothea Benton Frank!
Adriana Trigiani. Her books are great!