Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday: Poolside Reads

I love reading by the pool during the summer! My family home has a pool in the backyard that we have had since I was in first grade so pool-side reading has been a staple for me for a long time. I have certain genres that I love to read by the pool, so I thought I would share some of the books from these genres on my TBR for this summer.
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Mysteries 
 

1. Anything by Agatha Christie- I love reading mysteries in the sun, and Christie is the Queen of Mystery. I've loved all the Christie I have read so far so I am eager to read more.
2. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron I'm really excited to start this mystery series where Jane Austen solves mysteries.
3. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde- This literary based mystery looks like a lot of fun; I have heard lots of great things about Fforde.


Nonfiction
 

4. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Byrson- Nonfiction is another of my favorite pool-side reads, particularly outdoorsy and nature inspire non-fiction like Bryson's novels. This will be my first Byrson and I'm excited to see what all the hype is about.
5. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer- This nonfiction classic has been on my TBR forever, I would love to cross it off by the pool this summer.
6. Memoirs of a Beatnik by Diane Di Prima- I will be starting this one really soon. It's on my Classics Club Women's Literature Event TBR and I love the Beatnik movement. I'm eager to learn more about women in the movement as they were somewhat of a rarity and faced discrimination.


Young Adult
 

7. Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas- I have heard that this YA thriller is supper addtictive, perfect for a pool read.
8. The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski- I need to finsih this trilogy and the other two books were fast paced and sucked me in so I expect this one to as well.
9. These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelley Zekas- I think this one will be a fast and light read.


Graphic Novels
 

10. Comics!- I am on a comic book kick this summer; I plan to read as many as I can. Right now I have tons of Robin and Wonder Woman to read.

What are your favorite genres to read by the pool, on the beach. or even on your couch in the summer?
Side note: does anyone else miss Mad Men as much as I do?

22 comments:

  1. The Jane Austen mystery series is one of my favorites and it is totally a fun breezy summer read! I hope you enjoy it! Also the Eyre Affair is really great AND A Walk in the Woods AND Dame Agatha - so really GREAT LIST! Mysteries are perfect for beach reading because they they can be such engrossing page turners. Happy reading and hope you do get to them all and enjoy them.

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    1. Ah! So glad to hear you like the Austen series, I haven't heard anyone talk about it yet.
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  2. For some reason summer does seem to be a good time to read mysteries, not sure why! And Dangerous Girls does sound good, I've seen a some good reviews too. Great list!

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    1. I've heard good things about it too, the reviews convinced me to pick it up.
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  3. Dangerous Girls is a fantastic choice. It's so gripping. I do love to be gripped by a book at the beach/in summer!

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  4. The Winner's Kiss is the perfect conclusion to The Winner's Trilogy. I hope you enjoy it!!!!

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    1. Glad to hear you enjoyed it! I need to look up summaries of the first two books before diving in!
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  5. I haven't read any of these, but all of the YA ones are on my TBR list! Here's hoping they all make your summer great :)

    My TTT.

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  6. I should have added Dangerous Girls to my list too! I always realize I left something good out too late, but I will read that this summer.

    My Top Ten Tuesday

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    1. Same with me! Some weeks my Top Ten list could be twenty books long.
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  7. Dangerous Girls is amazing! Hope you enjoy it!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/31/top-ten-tuesday-59/

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  8. I love the way you split this up into categories! I'm usually reading a contemporary by the pool, but I have been known to be swayed by an agatha christie mystery as well :) great list!
    here's my TTT!

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    1. I love both those genres in the summer too. Perfect poolside reading.
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  9. Do you have any Agatha Christie recommendations?? As I mentioned on my blog post, I have only read And Then There Were None so far.

    I also want to read The Eyre Affair and Into the Wild. I love, love the film Into the Wild, so I am almost hesitant to read the book because it may not live up to such high expectations.

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    1. I also really enjoyed the Secret Adversaries by Christie. My next read of hers will probably be The Body in the Library.
      I haven't seen the film yet actually, I've always wanted to read the book first!
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  10. I really want to read Dangerous girls and These Vicious Masks, but I probably won't be able to get to them this summer. I hope you enjoy them! Thanks for visiting my blog! Happy summer and happy reading!

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  11. I like how you separated your list, Mallory. Fun idea. :) 'The Winner' series is one I've been curious about for a while now. One of these days I simply must read them.

    Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland.

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    1. It's a great series; lots of political intrigue!
      Thanks for stopping by!

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