This week’s prompt is books that take place at a beach or books you’d like to take to the beach. I’m not a beach person. At all. They’re too hot, the good ones are usually difficult to get to, they’re too hot or too windy, and inevitably sand gets far too intimate without any consent at all whatsoever. It’s uncomfortable and just not my thing. But there are books I’d recommend taking to whatever setting you do enjoy going to when you’re in vacation mode (whether that’s an actual vacation or just a few hours on a weekend). Here are some great fast-paced books I’d recommend. There’s a mix of thrillers, heartwarming stories and a couple more literary but absorbingly well-written options.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian MacAllister
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Friends of Dorothy by Sandi Toksvig
Frank & Red by Matt Coyne
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell
Hopefully I managed to sneak in a few unexpected picks as well as some more traditional ones for this week’s prompt! Which books did you include this week? Did any of my picks make it to your list?
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I only learned about Friends of Dorothy a few months ago, well, what it means.
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I enjoyed the cleverness of the title, as well as it just being a lovely book!
Nice choices. I still haven’t read Mandanna’s book, but it is on my list. Totally get what you are saying about the beach. The only way I can tolerate it is to go at night and not in a bathing suit. Walk the dog along the shore and then wash off my feet in the outdoor shower. Thanks for sharing today.
I really enjoyed Mandanna’s book, though I didn’t really know what it was going to be before reading. Worth picking up if it appeals! Yes, I fully agree!