Going to the beach? You need something that engenders that feeling of escape, a good page-turner that will keep you engrossed or transport you to an exotic locale, or perhaps put you in a different state of mind entirely.
The “beach read” category of books was invented out of thin air for marketing purposes a few decades ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s meaningless.
The reason it’s stuck around is because it describes a genuine phenomenon, people gravitating toward a book that fits a mood or occasion. Going to the beach? You need something that engenders that feeling of escape, a good page-turner that will keep you engrossed or transport you to an exotic locale, or perhaps put you in a different state of mind entirely, like you had one too many Mai Tais.
Hot, sandy, crowded, children cavorting about, sunburn, sudden storms and have you seen the new “Spikeball” game that has people hurling themselves about in order to hit a ball against something that looks like a mini-trampoline on the ground? They’re calling it the next cornhole on ESPN2.As a public service, I’ve decided to provide you a list of places to read your escapist books that are far better than the beach.
As long as thunder and lightning aren’t involved, there’s nothing like being safe under cover, listening to the rain drum down, with a book as your companion. The weather means you can’t do anything else, anyway, so might as well sink into the pages.When I lived in the city, if the temperature was just right, it was nice to spend an hour or two sitting on the stoop, elbows on knees, book in hands, reading as the world moved past me.
John Warner is the author of “Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities.”John Warner tells you what to read based on the last five books you’ve read
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