It’s started getting warmer here. Oh, my poor sister is still in the land of ice and snow but I saw my first bumblebee yesterday, hovering around the forsythia and ready to go into business. It’s time to start thinking of sandals and sunscreen, vacations and fireworks. It’s time to start thinking about summer and books to read at the beach. Beach Lit is, from what I’ve seen , a well-known but under-appreciated genre. Yes, the book must be light enough in tone and weight to fit with life by the surf and it needs to be entertaining but, most of all, it needs to remind the reader why life and living are precious. There should be some lessons learned, some perspectives changed and, to be perfect, it should have something to do with the natural world. Do you want to stretch out on your towel and imagine yourself in the stock exchange? Of course not! At any rate, a novel is coming out next month that will fit perfectly into this category. If you are looking for a new take on some traditional escapist fare, tuck a copy of Karen White’s The Sound of Glass into your beach tote,…
It’s started getting warmer here. Oh, my poor sister is still in the land of ice and snow but I saw my first bumblebee yesterday, hovering around the forsythia and ready to go into business. It’s time to start thinking of sandals and sunscreen, vacations and fireworks. It’s time to start thinking about summer and books to read at the beach. Beach Lit is, from what I’ve seen , a well-known but under-appreciated genre. Yes, the book must be light enough in tone and weight to fit with life by the surf and it needs to be entertaining but, most of all, it needs to remind the reader why life and living are precious. There should be some lessons learned, some perspectives changed and, to be perfect, it should have something to do with the natural world. Do you want to stretch out on your towel and imagine yourself in the stock exchange? Of course not! At any rate, a novel is coming out next month that will fit perfectly into this category. If you are looking for a new take on some traditional escapist fare, tuck a copy of Karen White’s The Sound of Glass into your beach tote,…