📚🏖️ Beach Read by Emily Henry

Not a Book Report

I enjoy reflecting on the movies, TV, books and other media that I consume. I’m notoriously sentimental. This series documents the books that I read. These aren’t reviews or recommendations. Just a list. For me. Mostly so that I can page through what I read, where I was, and when.

Why did I read it?

At my wife’s suggestion, I read the Emily Henry novel Book Lovers last month. I loved it. I sincerely enjoy rom com films and, like my recent audiobook tour back through Thrawn, I forgot how much I enjoy reading fiction after spending the last few years consuming exclusively business books or historical non-fiction because I thought that was what I was supposed to be doing at this stage in my life. Glad I was wrong.

What is it?

Category	Value
Title	Beach Read
Author	Emily Henry
Year Published	2017
Format	Paperback
Pages	368
ISBN	978-0-241-98952-4

How did I read it?

Category	Value
Date Started	April 24, 2023
Date Finished	May 13, 2023
Places Read	Sintra Lisbon

Notes - No Spoilers

• This was a lot darker than Book Lovers - Book Lovers felt like a sophisticated take on a Hallmark movie that avoided some of the saccharine trappings, played with the cliches, and still kept the heart and positivity. The cults, affairs, and gloominess felt jarring. I have now read two Emily Henry novels, so I can’t say which feels more normal. I enjoyed Book Lovers more.
• Also a slower burn than Book Lovers! The obvious couple characters do not really kick off the relationship until the third act.
• Having grown up in Texas, I tend to forget that the Great Lakes coastline is home to some genuienly nice beaches or so Midwesterners have tried to convince me.