Top Ten Tuesday #15 – Beach Reads

Posted 11 June, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Memes, Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments

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Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten beach reads

This week on Top Ten Tuesday we are discussing books we consider beach reads; this can mean a light romance, something you read only when you’re on vacation, books you drag with you each time you go to the beach – you name it. I have chosen ten books I read while actually being at the beach during my last vacations – I wish I was on the beach right now, and maybe thinking of these books will warm me up a little. Top Ten Tuesdays is a fun meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where we share our excitement for books, and I really like how this meme makes me think about the books I read, why I read them, and who to recommend my favorite reads to. So, here we go :

As usual, my list is in no particular order :

The Scorpio Races - (un)Conventional BookviewsThe Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater is a very different novel with sea-horses, a dangerous race and exceptional protagonists!

Born of Silence - (un)Conventional BookviewsBorn of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon, I love The League series, it’s fantasy and science fiction, with characters living elsewhere in the universe, and the characters have pretty tough back-stories, but deal with what they have to deal with anyway.

Certain Girls - (un)Conventional BookviewsCertain Girls by Jennifer Weiner is the 2nd book about Cannie Shapiro, and as much time has passed for Cannie as it has for the readers who first read Good in Bed when it was first released.

The first three books, I read while on the beach on the island Lanzarote, which is one of the Canary islands. That vacation was in October 2012.

gameboard of the godsGameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead. This is not exactly light reading, as the whole story happens in a futuristic world, with complicated world-building, mythology and different technology.

Clockwork Princess (un)Conventional BookviewsClockwork Princess by Cassie Clare. The last in her Infernal Devices series, this took me back to a steampunky London, and also to the present (for me).

twice tempted (un)Conventional BookviewsTwice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost – this was hot in all the right ways, and I loved reading more about Vlad 🙂

lover at last (un)Conventional Bookviews*sighs* Lover at Last by J. R. Ward finally gave me the long awaited story of two of my favorite vampires in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

The above four books were enjoyed while I was in South Beach, Miami at the beginning of April this year 🙂

Lust For Life - (un)Conventional BookviewsLust for Life by Jeri Smith-Ready is the last book in her lovely WVMP Radio series, and I loved it.

Where The Four Winds Collide - (un)Conventional BookviewsWhere the Four Winds Collide by Hildie McQueen is a fun historical western romance, complete with cowboys, a saloon with loose women and a very mean ex-fiancé.

first rule of swimmingThe First Rule of Swimming by Courtney Angela Brkic is a beautiful and tender story about family, emigration, war and reunion.

These last few books were packed on my kindle when I was in Italy for a long-weekend in May.

What about you? What are your top ten beach reads? Thanks for stopping by – happy reading!

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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.

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0 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday #15 – Beach Reads

    • The Cowboy/western romance was really good. It’s always nice to read something that’s a little different.

      Thanks for stopping by Lisa 🙂

    • My kindle is awesome! There are books in so many genres on it, I would never get bored or run out of books.

      Thanks for stopping by, Ciska.

    • Yeah, I didn’t really think about the emotional parts for some of those books! I cried my eyes out with Certain Girls…

      Thanks for stopping by Eveline 🙂

  1. Another fab top 10! Gameboard of the Gods & TID series are two books I own – thinking I’ll be diving in to GotG soon…The Scorpio Races & anything by Jeaniene Frost is on the wish list for sure 😀 I love the variety of choices you have here Lexxie!!

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    • Thanks Micheline 🙂 There are so many awesome authors AND books it’s usually impossible for me to make a real choice, which is why I mentioned those I recently read while at the beach 😉

      Have a great day.

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