For Friday Favorites, I will be sharing some books or authors or genres that I find interesting and enjoy. Please feel free to leave a book/blog related comment.
This week's subject is Beach Reads.
If you were going to the beach today, what would you pack to read?
I ran a poll on Threads asking what genre people would read for their beach reads.
The results were interesting. I expected light reading material. That much was true. The genres were mixed . Keep in mind that this poll had a low turnout. I still found the results interesting. The winning genre was Romance followed closely by Science Fiction and Fantasy. Mystery came in third, and Horror last. I am wondering if people had a particular book or author in mind when they answered or if it was just a general answer. I should've included more genres in my poll as well.
I haven''t read a straight up romance book in ages. So, I will leave it to y'all to make suggestions. I've read some romantasy. Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde trilogy is excellent. There's tons more out there.
As for light science fiction and fantasy, The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells make for good sci-fi on the light side. And for fantasy, I've read Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree and other books in the same world. And if you want something that is sometimes silly, sometimes serious, I would think the Fool series by Christopher Moore would make for good reading. There's Fool, The Serpent of Venice, and Shakespeare for Squirrels.
For mysteries, it depends on what kind of book you really like - light, cozy mystery, police procedural, etc. In the last year I discovered Caleb Wygal has a series that takes place in Myrtle Beach where a widowed bookstore owner tries his hand at solving mysteries. Other books and authors I've read or had recommended to me are Susan Boyer with her Low Country mystery series and Larissa Reinhart's Cherry Tucker mysteries. Those are pretty much cozies. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn and the sequel Kills Well with Others are more of a thriller type mystery. There's these older women who were assassins and have been retired, but now someone is after them.
And, for horror, Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House or The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires are good horror beach reads. I've also had Preston & Child recommended to me in this category or the previous one. Maureen Kilmer has a few: Nightmare of a Trip, Suburban Hell, and Hexed all make for good reading on the lighter horror side.What kind of horror do you consider a good beach read? Do you prefer light horror, chilling horror, or something else?
Some older books I'd like to plug for beach reading are Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody mysteries, Darynda Jones's Charley Davidson books, as well as the Southern Sisters mysteries by Anne George and Joan Hess's Arly Hanks or Claire Malloy mysteries.
What's in my beach bag?
The most recent Elle Cosimano book - Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line, The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen. and Rich Girl: a Country Club Murder Novella by Julie Mulhern.
What's in your beach bag? Please share it in a comment. Thank for stopping by and Happy Reading!
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