water park & beach bag books
beach bag book…
hot dogs for lunch…
hangin’ at the Red Wing Water Park with Gracie
bliss!
I wanted to share a few photos from our day, and some of my favorite beach bag reads. Some of the selections are fairly new, and others have been around for awhile. If you’re anything like me, you just can’t seem to get enough books in the summer. Enjoy!
Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
Big Machine by Victor Lavalle
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarity
The Astral by Kate Christenson
The Help by Katharyn Stockett
The Small Hotel by Robert Butler
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Fortune’s Rocks by Anita Shreve
Beach Glass by Anita Shreve
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
The Borrower by Rebecca Makki
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
What are your favorite Summer reads?
~Melissa
aaahhhhhh, thank you for the book recommendations! I have been keeping a list from the local DFW Words and Wine group, for when I have time to read and read. These will definitely be added to that list!
you’re very welcome! “Words and Wine” sounds fabulous! Wish I was closer so I could join! Let me know if you ladies come across a “must read” for me to add to my list too! I’m always looking for new titles. 🙂
I love this list! I already own a couple of them and put some on my Kindle list. Now if only my “must read” list would turn into my “read that” list…
I’ve gotten a lot of reading done this summer! Couldn’t seem to get everyone in sync for book club though. I think this has to do with the season. it’s summer and everyone just wants to read what they want to read 😉
I know, I feel bad that we haven’t been able to get it done. I haven’t been able to get any reading in at all this summer. It’s just been that busy!! Things are slowly winding down soon though, and fall should bring a good change in my schedule again.
No worries. I completely understand. Our house is a zoo in the summer. I guess book club is a reason to look froward to autumn and cooler weather! 😉