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Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Your Beach Bag

Posted on 04:41 by Harry

The summer reading season is here and Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, wants to help you pack your beach bag. As far as I'm concerned, there is nothing better than reading on the beach (under an umbrella, of course) with the sound of the waves in the background. My beach/vacation  reads are usually all about plot. But while I want a great story, good writing is also a must. That means I usually reach for literary fiction.

Here are my recommendations for vacation reading this year:

A Hundred Summers
by Beatriz Williams

We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart

The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer

The Girl You Left Behind
by Jojo Moyes

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress
by Ariel Lawhon 

Tell the Wolves I'm Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt

The Gravity of Birds
by Tracy Guzeman

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
by Jennie Wingfield

Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver

 Pavilion of Women 
by Pearl S. Buck

 Want to see what I recommended last year? Here is my list from 2013.

For links to more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit The Broke and the Bookish.


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