
Some of you might say, but if you read beach reads in the winter, does that mean you only read light and fluffy books all year round? Not at all. I prefer my dark and dreary and difficult books when it's sunny and breezy and when I'm in a great mood and it's easy to be happy. It seems like my reading habits go against the grain, but if so, that works out really well since I am in the publishing business, and I often read books six months in advance of when they're published. Which means ARCs of beach reads are circulated in the winter and vice-versa. So my reverse winter/summer reading trends align perfectly with my chosen career, yay! How often does that happen?
I can't be alone in this. Who is with me? Who else is reading beach reads like Where'd You Go, Bernadette and Attachments this winter? And putting off the potentially depressing reads to be read by the pool or in the park in about 6 months? I wonder if there are enough of us that publishers ought to do some counter-programming and have a few opposite books on their summer and winter lists?
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