Have you ever had one of those dreams where you are merrily flip-flopping to your beach chair? You know the dream where you find the perfect location, with a great view of the ocean, bar, cute guys, whatever delights you? You settle in, put on your lotion, try the settings on your chair- not too upright or flat. The breeze tickles you, the gulls are calling, the warm sun is soothing as you reach into your tote bag for your book. Your hand hits your makeup bag, your phone, your coupon for the free punchbowl margarita-daiquiri.
You grab that tote and dump everything on your lap and flip sand and lotion on it as you search for your book
You wake up crying and shaking. Thank goodness it was just a dream. You breathe those calming breaths and tell yourself…I’ll get up, make a cup of coffee and read Jenabooks blog. She’ll have lots of good book ideas. I can take piles of good stories to the beach and not worry.
And just like in 2016, here I am with more fabulous reads for the backyard, beach or blizzard. (You certainly don’t want to be snowed in without a stack of books, do you??) You can traipse to you favorite relaxing place with plenty to read, or you can load them on your ereader (but don’t forget it!)
I have read and reviewed all of these books. Many of them are romance, chick lit, women’s fiction, historical fiction, but there are some books about health and a few other genres. As you will see, I sorted them for you, in some kind of arbitrary system I created. Click on the author’s name to go to their Amazon page or the book name to go to my review. Many of the book covers are shown in the slide show.
Please let me know about your favorite relaxing reads!
Arline Miller Reflections of Love Series
Larissa Reinhart Cherry Tucker Mystery Maizie Albright Star Detective
CeCe Osgood Sunny Truly Mystery
Hilary Grossman Secrets, Lies and Second Chances
Jane O’Brien Lighthouse Trilogy White Pine Trilogy The Unforgettables
Nikki LeClair Haunting Me Series
Maureen K Howard Lake Erie Mystery Series
Carol Balawyder Getting to Mr. Right Series
Maureen Aliprandi Impossible Sugar
Elizabeth Oaklyn Just Enough
Julie C. Gardner Letters for Scarlet
Diane Michaels Ellen the Harpist
Linda Swain Bethea Everything Smells Like Poke Salad
Rose Schmidt The Wayfaring Swan
*I don’t want to confuse you, or lose you. You may be wondering what’s the difference between authors with a series, and authors who wrote more and more. Well, the more and more authors are those who are writing a variety of books, not in the form of a series.
Now that’s clear, there are more authors here!
Tracie Banister Review Holly Tierney-Bedord Review
Sally Cronin Review Karin Gillespie Love Literary Style
Tricia Pimental Review Amanda Uhl Review
Her Story Nicole Evalina Madame Presidentess
His Story Bret Baier Three Days in January
I am a writer, blogger, book reviewer, and bon vivant and encourager. I have lived my entire life in Tropical Ohio. My goal is to make friends with everyone in the world. I wrote a fiction series, The Golden Age of Charli, that presents the problems and praises, and the love and laughter of family life and retirement. My passions are blogging, reading and reviewing, and writing. My life is a WIP.
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