{"id":54804,"date":"2018-06-04T08:24:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=54804"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:24:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:24:47","slug":"summer-beach-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=54804","title":{"rendered":"Summer Beach Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve received several requests for summer &#8220;beach reads&#8221;. I tried to think of some books that I&#8217;ve read recently that were &#8220;summery&#8221; but none of the recent books I&#8217;ve read felt appropriate. So I looked through my Goodreads books to see what I&#8217;ve read in the past.<\/p>\n<p>This is a list of some of my favorite books that would qualify as a fun, lighthearted or beach read. I&#8217;ve already written reviews for some of these. If you want to read more reviews, check out my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/821464-lisa-eirene\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54816\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/beach-reads-0303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/beach-reads-0303.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/beach-reads-0303-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/beach-reads-0303-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/beach-reads-0303-690x345.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/beach-reads-0303-980x490.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L7dcip\">The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2xsF2nj\">Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L5AKUW\">Nearlyweds by Beth Kendrick<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2J2dHKf\">The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-one-in-a-million-boy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-one-in-a-million-boy-1.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/the-one-in-a-million-boy-1-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L7EVzP\">Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2J0tJEg\">Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2sf82Kr\">The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JjE69F\">The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shadow-year-x-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shadow-year-x-2.png 620w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shadow-year-x-2-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2xvi3s0\">A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2shy2VC\">The Paradise Guest House by Ellen Sussman<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L5oT9w\">Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL-656x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL-768x1199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL-690x1077.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL-980x1530.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/911tN6Gv8sL.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JgZlc8\">My Life in France by Julia Child<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2shGCDQ\">Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L9lzdh\">Green Lake by SK Epperson<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L9RlHf\">The Beach by Alex Garland<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H1kIZW\">The Violets of March by Sarah Jio<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/850f71880f85e870be44bed195d3c61e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/850f71880f85e870be44bed195d3c61e.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/850f71880f85e870be44bed195d3c61e-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Jdop3X\">The Royal We by Heather Cocks<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LKZFOQ\">At The Water&#8217;s Edge by Sara Gruen<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JjEiFV\">The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5941079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5941079.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5941079-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2xr2dyy\">Arranged by Catherine McKenzie<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Jgtbxv\">Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ssevAQ\">Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tear Jerkers:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JgSMq4\">Me Before You by JoJo Moyes<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Jgu09z\">Two Kisses For Maddy: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Matthew Logelin<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/71RAsTLAGNL-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/71RAsTLAGNL-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/71RAsTLAGNL-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/71RAsTLAGNL-768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/71RAsTLAGNL-690x1051.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/71RAsTLAGNL.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Favorite Series:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison<\/p>\n<p>Anna Pigeon Series by Nevada Barr<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series by Louise Penny<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Galloway Series by Elly Griffiths<\/p>\n<p>Elvis Cole Series by Robert Crais<\/p>\n<p>Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>HAPPY READING!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve received several requests for summer &#8220;beach reads&#8221;. I tried to think of some books that I&#8217;ve read recently that were &#8220;summery&#8221; but none of the recent books I&#8217;ve read felt appropriate. So I looked through my Goodreads books to see what I&#8217;ve read in the past. This is a list of some of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[382,6872,45,3522,5579,3523,5167,5170,4528],"tags":[8775,9783,4289,9785,5580,5380,9782,9784],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54804"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54818,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54804\/revisions\/54818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}