“He'd told her she wouldn't have to do anything but lie on the big down sofa in the front room and read… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my… — Emily Gould Copy Share Image
I pray regularly, exercise, spend quality time with my loved ones, stay near and spend time with nature, walk on the beach,… — Bhumika Chawla Copy Share Image
My first novel, 'You Lost Me There,' has been described as a beach read. Tough bracket, beach reads. There's not much room… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
This next to never happens, but if I had time to sit on a beach and read, I wouldn't read a cozy.… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
You know if you pick up a beach read, you're excused from the problems in your own life and safe in a… — Nancy Thayer Copy Share Image
Perhaps summer's ephemeral nature is what inspires us to embrace the beach read. We tell ourselves that these twisted plots and wild… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I did get tired of hearing that criticism years ago. That is not a compliment. Being labeled a "beach read" is a… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Many people, I've noticed by informally polling friends, are prone to distinguishing a beach read by genre. Some people thought all thrillers… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
The 'beach read' has become such a ubiquitous concept in contemporary literature that we assume it has always been around. In fact,… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
