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May 23: Summer Reads Freebie: In preparation for Memorial Day (which is always the unofficial summer kickoff for me), let’s rec some summer/beach reads: books to go in your beach bag, best books set in summer, books with summer-y covers, best beach reads for people who don’t enjoy contemporary/realistic reads, best beach reads for fans of X genre, etc. etc.
I like beaches in a “whole bunch of sunscreen and shade” sort of way, so here’s some beachy/vacation reads. Which I consider happier reads–romance, humor, and adventure.
1. Bossypants; Tina Fey. Humorous memoirs are great for a short reading times, or a long relaxing time.
2. Stardust; Neil Gaiman. A traveling story for when you travel.
3. On the Island; Tracey Garvis-Graves. You have to have an island romance on the beach, right?
4. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow; Jessica Day George. To cool off on a hot day.
5. Howl’s Moving Castle; Diana Wynne Jones. A little magic on the beach.
6. Ella Enchanted; Gail Carson Levine. A nice, fairly short fantasy adventure feels beachy to me.
7. Uprooted; Naomi Novik. A great adventure, magic, and a bit of romance.
8. Anna and the French Kiss; Stephanie Perkins. Light romances are great vacation reads.
9. Going Postal; Terry Pratchett. Humor is a great mood lifter for holidays.
10. Troubled Waters; Sharon Shinn. Some more magic and romance.
caitlinsternwrites 
Good ideas! I love Stardust and Howl’s Moving Castle!
It’s kind of a tough prompt–I’m pretty sure beachy reads are any books you read on a beach. But these are the ones I’d pick. 🙂
It is. I suppose one COULD read anything at the beach! I just went with ten books that have been on my TBR for a while and I plan to tackle this summer.
I gotta admit, I prefer Stardust the movie to Stardust the book — and with today’s technology, you could watch it on the beach!
Very true. 🙂
Great picks for this topic. I love Stardust and Uprooted, both are amazing fantasy standalones. Also Anna and the French Kiss is pretty much my idea of a perfect summer read! 😀
It’s difficult to find a great fantasy stand alone–but they’re out there! 🙂
In that case I need to look harder! 😀
Happy to see two of my favorite books (Stardust & Ella Enchanted) made this list 🙂
They’re good books! 😀
Bossypants was a fun read! Enjoy it!
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Funny lady memoirs are awesome, right? 🙂