Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday- Beach Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is a really cool original feature/weekly meme created over at The Broke and The Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten List that bloggers join in on answering... and today (June 11th), I'm one of them :)



Today's Topic:

Top Ten Beach Reads

 
 
 
YAY BEACH!!! There is no better place to read than on the beach!  Here is me on the beach a few years ago reading a PLL book:
 
 
I cannot wait to get there this summer and dig my toes in!  But first I gotta find a few good beach books to take with me.  So I'll be browsing all of your lists looking for some.  Here are the books I've read in the past that would be great to read at the beach.  I tend to go for books with a mystery in them just because that's what feels right to me for the beach.  But I also like to read some romance too... nothing that makes me think too too hard!
 
 
1.  Hysteria by Megan Miranda
2.  The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
3. & 4.  Lying Game/ Pretty Little Liar books by Sara Shepard
5.  Rosebush by Michele Jaffe
 
 
 
 
6.  My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
7.  From What I Remember... by Stacey Kramer and Valerie Thomas
8.  Audrey Wait! by Robin Benway
9.  Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner- Yeah more about friendship than romance, but still it's a great beach book!
10.  Any Sarah Dessen
 
**So like I said I'm really excited to browse through your lists so that I can find my next beach book!
 
 

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22 comments:

  1. JaspritJune 11, 2013 at 12:31 AM

    These are some great picks Michelle! I really need to read some more books by Dessen, so it's great to know that they made it to your list! Also how could I forget What I Remember from my list? I adored that book!

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  2. LolaJune 11, 2013 at 1:09 AM

    Audrey, Wait seems to be a popular book! It's on the top of my list as well! :) Great choices!

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  3. marissa | Rae Gun RamblingsJune 11, 2013 at 1:10 AM

    oh yes the Mara Dyer books are amazing and would be great for the beach!

    My Top Ten

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  4. UnknownJune 11, 2013 at 1:22 AM

    Your blog layout is really cute! I really want to pick up Pretty Little Liars. Are the books better than the show?

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    1. MichelleJune 11, 2013 at 10:41 AM

      Unfortunately the show is WAY better than the books IMO. But they're still cool books... just not as cool as the show.

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    2. ChellyJune 11, 2013 at 5:26 PM

      What do you think of The Lying Game books vs tv show? I think they're both SO different! I'm obsessed with both in their own way. I love that they're different. Here's my list: http://unravelingbooks.blogspot.com/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday_11.html

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    3. MichelleJune 11, 2013 at 5:41 PM

      I totally LOVE the TV Show more than the books in both The Lying Game and Pretty Little Liars. I am OBSESSED with The Lying Game TV show and am getting pissed that they havent renewed it yet!!!

      The Pretty Little Liars books are definitely addicting, but have gone on too long... also I am so used to the girls from the TV show that when I read in the book about Emily being a redhead w/ freckles, Hanna being a brunette, and Spencer being a blonde it freaks me out!

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  5. Once Upon a TwilightJune 11, 2013 at 2:09 AM

    That's a fun list!

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  6. lillylilacJune 11, 2013 at 4:18 AM

    Good list, I love The Lying Games series it even made my list of beach reads last year.

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  7. LoriJune 11, 2013 at 5:49 AM

    You have so many great ones on your list! I LOOOOVE Audrey, Wait! It's one of my favorites.

    My Top Ten

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  8. Lauren @ Love is not a triangleJune 11, 2013 at 6:38 AM

    Everyone tells me I need to read This Lullaby! And I love Mara Dyer and My Life Next Door. Audrey, Wait is also on my TBR. Thanks for stopping by my list!

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  9. UnknownJune 11, 2013 at 7:29 AM

    Great list! Love your mystery books:)

    My TTT:
    http://evelinesbooks.blogspot.nl/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday-3.html

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  10. Sash and EmJune 11, 2013 at 9:28 AM

    Anything Sarah Dessen is guaranteed to be a great beach read! All her covers are so beachy!

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  11. DanielaJune 11, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    I would totally take any of those mystery reads to the beach, although I haven't read Hysteria yet.
    Great picks! :)

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  12. Somewhere Only We KnowJune 11, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    Thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier. I STILL need to read the Mara Dyer series! And mystery on the beach sounds like a great idea to me!

    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

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  13. @MelissaJoLynn_June 11, 2013 at 8:04 PM

    I'm watching Pretty Little Liars right now! I wonder how the books are. And Sarah Dessen is perfect for the summer =)

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  14. TerriBruceJune 11, 2013 at 8:08 PM

    Great list! I want to read the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer - I didn't realize it was a series until I saw people mentioning it in the comments. Interesting. I haven't decided if Pretty Little Liars is going to be for me or not - I see lots of people recommending it so I should give it a try.

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  15. Maggie @ Just a Couple More PagesJune 11, 2013 at 9:04 PM

    Great list! I could have put any of your romance ones on my list (and I do have Audrey, Wait on mine). I also really need to read the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, I've been wanting to read it for months!

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  16. UnknownJune 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    I really want to read Hysteria & I'm in the midst of Mara Dyer :)
    -Scott Reads It

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  17. EstelleJune 12, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    I'm so glad you included From What I Remember, one of my favorite books from last summer and a bit of an underdog. :) When it pops up on blogs, I remember how much I want to read it again.

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  18. AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    I love how the PLL book matches your beach towel! :) Rosebush looks really good, and I agree, any Sarah Dessen book would make a great beach read!

    Alice @ Alice in Readerland

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