Vote For The Best Beach Books Of All Time

 

 

 

NPR.org, June 18, 2009 · NPR is drawing up a list of the best beach books ever — and we need you to help by nominating your favorites.

What do we mean by "beach books"? When you read one, your surroundings recede, time bends and you're transported, mesmerized, enthralled. These are page turners to be sure, but that doesn't mean they're brainless. This year's list will be fiction only; any genre, any period.

To send us your summer suggestions, log in and use the comments field below. (Note from me, Lauren:  If you want to suggest a title, don't do it here on my blog, because I'm not the one making the list.  You need to make your suggest on their comment field on their site.  The link above will take ya there, too.  But just for fun--if you DO throw out a suggestion--copy and paste your comment to NPR and share it here, too!)

Limit yourself to three titles per post. If you like, give a sentence or two telling us about the experience of reading your best beach books.

Later, we'll post the most popular and interesting nominees and let the NPR audience vote on the ultimate list — because, like novels passing hand-to-hand in a summer house, great summer books should be shared with friends.

So let 'em know your thoughts!  Me?  Personally?  Well, c'mon.  +gazes off into fantasy land+  If only there were a sweet, funny book about...I know, about sisters!  And there were BFF's and ex-BFF's, hot guys who are real and hot guys who have yet to become real, hair plopping, high dives, accidental porn...  Oh, man.  And if mixed in with all that juicy goodness there was PEACE? And LURVE?  And adorable real-live BABY DUCKS named Beans, Dandelion, and Voodoo Baby?

Now that's what I call a rockin' beach book!!!!!!