The whole idea of summer reading or beach reads is...comfort. We want to relax, to take it easy, to follow a story without struggling to remember who's doing what when if we have to close the book and go for a walk. Or play with our family, or swim with dolphins. We want to pick up the book and fall right back into the story.
Beach reads are, at heart, comfort reads. But then, I write romance so may be biased. I know some people like thrillers or horror, but a good vacation needs something, I don't know, kinder? Gentler?
What do you take on vacation to read? Do you settle in at a campsite and read while the rest of your group is out for a walk and you have 10 minutes to yourself? Or do you laze by a pool and while away an afternoon? Or are you too busy to read while you're touring a foreign country? There are too many ways to take a break from the day-to-day of our home lives to count.
And after the time the world has had...maybe a vacation is the last thing we want. Maybe the "break" is to get back to work in a place with other people!
To celebrate all things beachy, I've joined a group of authors at Last Chance Beach, a fictional island filled with now-familiar businesses, characters, and landmarks with my next release FAKE ME.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B097ND7V15
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Pre-orders are now being taken for only 99c. FAKE ME will land in e-readers on August 15!
I can't read on the beach, even though I bought bifocal sunglasses for that very purpose, but I love reading ABOUT the beach all year long!
ReplyDeleteI need deep shade to read comfortably so i always look for trees or a big umbrella!
ReplyDeleteI love beach reads. Yours sounds great. Paper books only for summer reading.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathleen!
DeleteI love the premise of this book! It's set up so nicely. Got my copy and can't wait for a chance to read it. Thanks, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteI do most of my summer reading on airplanes. Actually, I do most of my reading in general on airplanes. Unfortunately that doesn't mean that I fly a lot, but is more of an indication that I read too little. Best wishes for FAKE ME! (That title reminds me of one of my favorite line in all fifteen seasons of Supernatural. Sam and Dean are in an alternate universe when Dean sees himself enter a trailer and says something like, "Hey, that's fake me so that must be fake mine!")