Today’s #TBT is near and dear to my heart because today is my birthday! Yay me! I tell you this, not to solicit birthday wishes and free cake but to give you a little insight into the way my brain works. It went down like this: Thursday is July 4th…my birthday…” until I get ‘em in they birthday suit” (said in my best Ludacris voice to the tune of Usher’s Yeah)…I can’t believe I just typed that…geez, I need a vacation…somewhere tropical where I can wear a bikini…ah, National Bikini Day is July 5th…I’ll make a list of books that are set on a beach! Boom! Now you know my brain is filled with obscure song lyrics from back in the day and they set the pace for most of the articles I write.
We have the broad stroke solid stand-by books that will never fade into the summer sun; books like Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, Summer Sisters by Judy Blume, Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cover series, Elin Hilderbrand and Mary Kay Andrews are set or have poignant moments on or around the beach. I’d like to offer up a few others for your consideration: