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What makes for good “beach reading?”
Should your summer reading list be filled with steamy, romantic romps?
Dark and stormy, blood-soaked thrillers?
Everyone has slightly different criteria for what makes for great vacation reading.
No amount of love and support can ever replace the loss of a parent."
There’s still time to unlearn all that glossy, whitewashed stuff.
That said, it fits every piece of criteria of this list!
It’s fun, comedic, romantic, makes fun of high-class chauvinism, and stars a kick-ass heroine.
So doesn’t it deserve a re-reading?
So read it thinking of its original context, and be amazed again.
I actually hated this book the first time I read it in college.
I found myself too put off by the darkness to enter into the world of the power female protagonist.
Coming back to it years later, I felt pulled in by its deep feminist power.
Let’s hope this strong, irreverent woman is a new literary archetype.
So doesn’t it sound appealing to apply that skill to your summer downtime?
