Recommend a good beach read.

[rachel6789]

We leave for vacation next weekend and I want to download some books.

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OUTLANDER

[jinkies]

Someone here recommended The Royal We. I'm reading it now, and it's a fun, light read (fiction that sounds an awful lot like Prince William/Kate story)

Boston Girl
Girl on the Train

I'll second TR's rec of Where'd you go, Bernadette. That was a fun one.
For non fic, Let's Pretend This Never Happened was really funny, as was Is Everyone Hanging OUt without Me.

[cville]

People are going to recommend Outlander. Don't be surprised like me. It's full of sex. Makes for a good beach read, but it's full.of.sex.

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Apr 28, 2015 13:40:33 GMT -5 cville said:

People are going to recommend Outlander. Don't be surprised like me. It's full of sex. Makes for a good beach read, but it's full.of.sex.

[ninjabridemom]

I really liked the Discovery of Witches and its sequel (haven't read the 3rd book yet) for a mindnumbing read.

Also Weird Sisters.

Miracle of Ages was pretty interesting too.

[cville]

Apr 28, 2015 13:43:19 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

Apr 28, 2015 13:40:33 GMT -5 cville said:

People are going to recommend Outlander. Don't be surprised like me. It's full of sex. Makes for a good beach read, but it's full.of.sex.

This guy is way cute.

But I'm just saying.  You're there on the beach reading some historical fiction next to an elderly gay couple from the Netherlands and then all of a sudden people are doing it on a rock and you're like "omigah, don't look at my kindle, gramma!"

[hopecounts]

Non-Smut- second The Royal We, fun mindless read
Anything by Susanna Kearsley

Smut- The Crossfire Series
The Beautiful Bastard Series

[VeryViolet]

Apr 28, 2015 13:40:33 GMT -5 cville said:

People are going to recommend Outlander. Don't be surprised like me. It's full of sex. Makes for a good beach read, but it's full.of.sex.

I thought it sounded like another one of those YA novels about a dystopian future. I never would have checked it out if you didn't tell me this.

[hopecounts]

Apr 28, 2015 13:51:08 GMT -5 cville said:

Apr 28, 2015 13:43:19 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

This guy is way cute.

But I'm just saying.  You're there on the beach reading some historical fiction next to an elderly gay couple from the Netherlands and then all of a sudden people are doing it on a rock and you're like "omigah, don't look at my kindle, gramma!"

That's 'jamie' from the Outlander tv series. 

[cville]

Apr 28, 2015 14:00:14 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Apr 28, 2015 13:51:08 GMT -5 cville said:

This guy is way cute.

But I'm just saying.  You're there on the beach reading some historical fiction next to an elderly gay couple from the Netherlands and then all of a sudden people are doing it on a rock and you're like "omigah, don't look at my kindle, gramma!"

That's 'jamie' from the Outlander tv series. 

Oh, I know.  You can't exist on a message board with @lazerus24 for longer than 2 days without learning that.  

[shamrockshake]

if you like mysteries I am reading The Kind Worth Killing and it's very good. Just finished When I Was Jane, also good, not "light", but good

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Apr 28, 2015 14:01:43 GMT -5 cville said:

Apr 28, 2015 14:00:14 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

That's 'jamie' from the Outlander tv series. 

Oh, I know.  You can't exist on a message board with @lazerus24 for longer than 2 days without learning that.  

[Eagles]

Liane Moriarty:

Three Wishes
The Hypnotist's Love Story
The Husband's Secret
Big Little Lies

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anything by Jennifer Weiner

[specialk]

Big Little Lies

[kath16]

anything by Jen Lancaster

[rachel6789]

Thanks! I'm going to check some of these out.

[balletofangels]

Apr 28, 2015 14:44:45 GMT -5 @moonbeam said:

anything by Jennifer Weiner

I just read All Fall Down, and while the primary focus is addiction, it isn't too heavy and is an enjoyable read.

[RoxMonster]

Not super new but I LOVE Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. I read it one summer, partly while I was on vacation, so it is always a summer/vacation/beachy read in my mind. Very good book anytime, though. Made me laugh and cry.

[vanillacourage]

Anything by Jennifer Cruisie. Welcome to Temptation is the best, but also Bet Me, Faking It, Fast Women, Crazy for You and Tell Me Lies.

/problem

[vanillacourage]

Apr 28, 2015 20:48:24 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Apr 28, 2015 20:44:45 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Anything by Jennifer Cruisie. Welcome to Temptation is the best, but also Bet Me, Faking It, Fast Women, Crazy for You and Tell Me Lies.

/problem

I love her.

RIGHT?  I do not understand what happened to her in 2004.  I have literally not liked anything she's done after Bet Me.  All the collaborations and weird sci fi/fantasy stuff, boo.

[kath16]

Apr 28, 2015 20:49:25 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

Apr 28, 2015 20:07:02 GMT -5 TR said:

My favorites are Good in Bed and Certain Girls (sequel to GiB). Oh and In Her Shoes.

you quoted the wrong person lol. these are by jennifer weiner, OP.

Haha I was confused for a sec but I like Jennifer Weiner too!

[pantsparty]

Apr 28, 2015 13:40:33 GMT -5 cville said:

People are going to recommend Outlander. Don't be surprised like me. It's full of sex. Makes for a good beach read, but it's full.of.sex.

That's EXACTLY what makes it a good beach read!

I'm reading the second book. There's a lot less sex.

[shopgirl07]

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume.

Or anything by Elin Hilderbrand.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

I need to post in here. There.

[isabel]

Crazy Rich Asians

[skib]

I second the people who have mentioned Liane Moriarty. Everything I've read by her has been great. My favorite has been "Three Wishes."

If you like non-fiction, I'm reading a book called "Hissing Cousins" right now. It's about Eleanor Roosevelt and her first cousin Alice, who was Teddy Roosevelt's oldest daughter. It's not heavy reading at all, and it's really interesting. On a lighter note, I just read Giuliana Rancic's book and I really liked it a lot!

I also LOVE Stephanie Perkins' YA series with Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After. Perfect beach reading and so good.

[majesty318]

Apr 29, 2015 9:59:05 GMT -5 shopgirl07 said:

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume.

Or anything by Elin Hilderbrand.

Lurker here but ditto to both of these! I also like Marian Keyes and Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez for light chick lit reads.

[joshlyman]

Just read a couple by Lucy Dillon that are fluff but I enjoyed:

Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts
A Hundred Pieces of Me