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30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 30: "The Sense of an Ending"
Today, on the last day of August, my "30 books in 30 beach days" series is coming to a close. Never one for subtlety, I'm taking the...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 29: "Neapolitan Novels"
I've saved this, my favorite read of the year, for the penultimate day in this 30 books series. If you are a book-lover, it's assured...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 28: "The Underground Railroad"
Today's selection, Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, will have you speeding along at a breakneck pace to discover the fate of...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 25: "Twenty Poems to Bless Your Marriage and One to Save It"
On this beautiful summer day, you'll forgive me for an incredibly cheesy (but incredibly appropriate!) inclusion in this series. I got...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 21: "Home"
With everything going on in the news, today feels like a particularly good day to share a particularly good book from the particularly...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 19: "Wait Til Next Year"
Are you shocked? This is the first time I've ever written a review for a work of non-fiction here. It feels weird. But summer wouldn't...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 16: "A Prayer for Owen Meany"
After a few days in New Hampshire, back to our regularly-scheduled programming! Hiking through the White Mountains in New Hampshire this...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 13: "A Thousand Mornings"
You can breeze through this next book, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, in an afternoon at the beach as you gaze out at the sea and...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 11: "Gilead"
Today, on a slow and sun-drenched Sunday, it is time to share one of my favorite books of all time. I wrote my college senior thesis on...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 10: "Where'd You Go, Bernadette"
Where’d You Go, Bernadette is the perfect beach read: funny and fun, part mystery, with strong messages of self-love and...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 9: "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Me Talk Pretty One Day, the first non-fiction book recommended in this series, will—I guarantee!—have you laughing out loud. The book is...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 8: "Jane Eyre"
I was talking with my family the other day and was appalled to hear them say a phrase so hateful to an English major’s ears: Victorian...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 7: "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
I absolutely loved this book. I don’t say that often, because typically if I like a book, I don’t like all of it—I find a plot element...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 4: "The Old Man and the Sea"
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of nature shows on Netflix. I got pulled in by David Attenborough’s chirpy narration on Animal Planet,...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 3: "The Luminaries"
Today’s review is not a typical beach read—clocking in at 848 pages, it’s a novel to spread across a few beach days or devote a plane...
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