Beach Bibliofile Gifts

Try out this summer's hot novels in a beach setting

"No chips, but I did snag the new Hiaasen."

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

Ladies reading a crochet pattern for amusement

'Jen, you knew when you married me, I was a 'corporate report' reading person - Not a 'summer fiction' reading person.'

"You've been in long enough! Two more dives then out!"

"I'm sorry, Ma'am, but you'll have to put your dust jacket back on."

Husband burrows under sand to get a closer look at woman sunbathing topless at the beach.

Holiday Reading and Back to Work Reading

1930's bather.

Genie Gets a Good View on the Beach.

Frank was engrossed in his book --- He lost track of time and got a sunburn! Now he's well-read and well-red!

Desert Island Books

"The bailouts are nice but my retirement remains finding drugs that washed up on the beach."

My other novel's a booker winner

It's odd reading about Gutenberg, the father of the printing press in an e-book.

Sunblock - A Novel

Shakespeare at the beach ...

And after you finish studying for the Shakespeare exam, you can experience the tide in the affairs of men by taking a bath.

Custer's last tan.

"You usually don't see the classics wash up on the beach these days."

Crab reads 'The Little Book of Clams.'

"All you cockroaches, …. When he tries to listen to the ocean, … run as fast as you can into his ear."

"It was a dark and stormy night...."

'Sorry, ocean sounds can't be heard due to a computer glitch.'

Summer Reading

'Oh-oh -- we should have brought sunscreen!'

'Have you stopped striving yet?'

Summer Books, Skin Cancer and How to Cure It...

"Summer Reading"

Spring Break. You're putting sunscreen on a novel? I think book burning is a dangerous thing.

"I'm reading a crummy mystery about robots taking over the internet...a real bot boiler."

'Hold you horses! I'm just getting to the good part!'

Bookcase at the Beach.

A day at the beach