I always thought of a beach read as a novel that a person could just pick up with no background on the author, title, plot, etc. and enjoy quickly without much critical thinking. Some of the books on this list, as voted by NPR listeners and others who happened upon the poll, have outstanding literary merit and therefore, I believe, fall above “beach read” status. What do you think?
I always thought of a beach read as a novel that a person could just pick up with no background on the author, title, plot, etc. and enjoy quickly without much critical thinking. Some of the books on this list, as voted by NPR listeners and others who happened upon the poll, have outstanding literary merit and therefore, I believe, fall above “beach read” status. What do you think?
under: Literacy
