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Beach Reads

8:46 AM Wed, May 30, 2007 |
Judy Alter   E-mail   News tips

It’s time for beach reads. The Salt Lake Tribune suggests that “life’s a beach read when you have a good summer book.” A forthcoming column will have some beach read suggestions, mostly my own favorites, but we’d like to hear from you. What’s your idea of a good beach read? Here are a couple of suggestions to get you going.
If you like westerns, look at the work of singer/songwriter/novelist Mike Blakely of Kerrville. He’s written about fifteen westerns, but he’s really come into his own with Moon Medicine, a 2001 novel that introduced frontiersman Honore Greenwood, known to the Comanche as Plenty Man, and the 2006 sequel Come, Sundown. Currently Blakely’s at work with Willie Nelson, co-authoring a novel set to appear in 2008 and be made into a movie, starring Nelson of course.
Want mysteries? It’s now several years into print, but you may never have heard of Isle of Misfortune, a first novel by Geoffrey Leavenworth. It chronicles one man’s efforts to save himself—and his family—from a stalker determined to kill him. And anything set on Galveston Island makes for good beach reading—the very setting can transport you from your armchair to Galveston’s beautiful beach.
Another first novel is Texas Wind, by now-seasoned author James Reasoner. His debut novel, set in Fort Worth, is a darn good hard-boiled private investigator novel, and all these years later, Reasoner still likes the novel. If he does, you will too. It’s back in print from Point Blank Press. Watch for more about Reasoner and his prolific output in a future Sunday column.
Okay, let’s hear your favorite beach reads. There’s still some room in my book bag.
Judy Alter


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Posted by Joy Tipping @ 6:33 PM Sat, Jun 02, 2007

I've always thought Pat Conroy's "Beach Music" was one of the all-time great beach reads (and aptly named, as well!). It's as good as "The Prince of Tides," but not nearly as grim.


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