Sunday, April 1, 2012

Beach Reads





What is my “Summer Kickoff” Feature?
 
Being a self-proclaimed beach bum and all around beach lover, I thought I would start a new feature for the month of May, which happens to be one of my favorite months.  May is the unofficial start of summer! My “Summer Kickoff” feature lasts throughout the summer and it is a lot of fun!  My hope is that you will find a good book to throw in your beach bag with you this summer. Below you will see highlights and "best of" posts from each year.  


 Summer Kickoff Feature From 2023:

Happy Place by Emily Henry
 
A Lakeside Reunion by C. Chilove 
 
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune 
 
 
The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton 
 
All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer
 
The Audrey Hepburn Estate by Brenda Janowitz 

Spotlight on The Duchess Takes a Husband by Harper St. George

Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore

The Darlings by Hannah McKinnon
 

My Summer Darlings by May Cobb


Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

Spotlight on: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

Spotlight on: The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor
 
Spotlight on: A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins 


The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Spotlight on: The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick
 
 Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison 

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

 
The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
 
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Starring Adele Astaire by Eliza Knight
 
The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams 

 
Save What's Left by Elizabeth Castellano

The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey

She Started It by Sian Gilbert
 
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
 
Spotlight on: The Princess by Wendy Holden 

Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes


The Summer of Second Chances by Miranda Liasson

Kismet by Becky Chalsen 

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand 

Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay

On Fire Island by Jane L. Rosen

 

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
 
California Golden by Melanie Benjamin
 
Our Place on the Island by Erika Montgomery
 
Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
 

 Summer Kickoff Feature From 2022:






 
 
 

Summer Kickoff Feature From 2020:



 


Best Beach Reads of Summer 2020



Summer Kickoff Feature From 2019:

 


 






Summer Kickoff Feature From 2018:



 



Summer Kickoff Feature From 2017:




 




Summer Kickoff Feature from 2016:


 
 



Summer Kickoff Feature From 2012:






Summer Kickoff feature from 2011:



Fabulous Beach Reads
Top Ten Best Beaches I’ve Been To
Favorite Summertime Cocktails