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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor You may not know this about me, but I am part mermaid. At least 1/16. I grew up on a lake and still don't feel quite at home unless there is a shoreline within a stone's throw of where I'm standing. Naturally, it's much more pleasant when said shoreline is not frozen and slushy, so thankfully, summer is rolling around and splashy-time can begin. | |
'Best Friends Forever' by Jennifer Weiner
Now in paperback: Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner, the reigning queen of beach reads. It might not win high marks from the highbrow literary set, but BFF (yes, I went there) pairs perfectly with SPF 45 and a new set of summer sunglasses. There's room in my beach bag for this one!
| 'Island Beneath the Sea' by Isabel Allende
Can the same beach bag carry both lightweight reads and heavy-hitters? Well, mine is going to, because I'm so looking forward to reading this latest release from literary goddess Isabel Allende, one of my favorite living authors.
| The Final Figures of 'Lost'
I'm half a season behind on everyone's favorite beach-based TV show, Lost, and I've been forced to abandon my Facebook feed all day, because everyone I know watched the show's final episode last night and they're all trying to ruin the ending for me. If you're a Lostaholic and a grammar fiend, though, this list of figures of speech, as demonstrated via Lost dialogue snippets, is a fun, and spoiler-free, diversion for your morning.
| 'By the Sea' - Christina Rossetti
If you can't get to the sea, you can spare a quick moment to imagine it, right? Clocking in at exactly 15 lines, By the Sea is a great -- and quick to read -- classic poem which will inspire enough daydreams to occupy a beachless afternoon.
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