Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, this week's list is Top Ten Books When You Need Something Light & Fun
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
This is a straight-up comfort read and one I will likely be
taking to the beach this year. Magical, innocent, sweet, funny and warm
Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Witty Bryson gets in some great descriptions of his trek
through the mountains but also has many laugh-out-loud moments
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Jesus as a kid and his best friend, Biff. One of the
funniest – if not the funniest – books I’ve ever read
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Simple writing, goofy love story but that’s what light
reading is all about…right? ;)
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Perfect beach read and Blume is always charming
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A little more on the classic side but a great read for the
summer; sparks up nostalgia
My Uncle Oswald and/or James and the Giant Peach by Roald
Dahl
One is innocent and sweet and the other is trashy and adult –
either one is perfect for a quick read
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
I wish she would write more. It’s silly, it’s fun and I
breezed through this in a couple of days back in my college years
Christopher Pike books -
especially ones that I read as a
teenager
Nothing is more “Katie at the beach” than a good old scary
story by Christopher Pike; I spent many summers at the beach as a teen curled
up with one of these after a day of sunning and teenage angst
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Story of my life in a children’s book
Honorable Mentions: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series, Little House
on the Prairie, The Thornbirds, The Help, all Bill Bryson books
3 comments:
I LOVED Bridget Jones's Diary! I have Summer Sisters and To Kill A Mockingbird on my shelf, but haven't gotten to them yet. Guess I should soon! Great list :)
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Always and forever Harry Potter! I just bought To Kill A Mockingbird the other day because it's so good and I didn't have a copy. This is a good list. Happy reading on the beach!
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I almost added To Kill a Mockingbird but I couldn't decide on the light side of it.
Beach Reads: Riptide by Lindsey Scheibe, Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson, and The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour.
Deidra @ Simply Books.
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