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Beach House
Beach House | Jane Green
15 posts | 43 read | 22 to read
From the author of "Jemima J "and "Falling" comes the "New York Times" bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home. Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers. After placing an ad for summer rentals touting water views, direct access to the beach, and a sexagenarian roommate, Nan s once quiet house is soon full of noise, laughter, and the occasional bout of tears. Between her eclectic new tenants and the sudden return of her son, Nan gets a taste of what life is like when you have someone to care for besides yourself. But just as she starts to happily settle in to her new existence, the arrival of a visitor from her past threatens to turn everyone s lives upside down..."
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peaKnit
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@BarbaraBB thank you for the #titlesandtunes background! I got the tagged book on the cheap for the #May #IslandVibe read and this song is absolutely summer for me, my kids watched Aquamarine over and over, and my youngest and I are going to Weezer next month!

BarbaraBB I love it when a song represents memories! 2y
Cinfhen Fun 🤩 I missed live music 🎶 and I‘m so happy to see a beach read on this list too🏝️📖 2y
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LapReader
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Freebies from downstairs this week including the footrest the books are sitting on!

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Verity
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Everyone else: how wonderful would it be to live right on the beach
Me: I wonder if you can get insurance for them. I bet it would cost a bomb.
Lo I am truly my father's (risk averse surveyor) daughter - I messaged him about this, his response was: "you can't insure against certainties".

AlaMich ? such a dad thing to say...right up there with "have you changed the oil in your car recently?" (edited) 7y
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Amie
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Bailedbailed

Can't do it. Going to bail. Did this book have an editor?

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Amie
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Ugh. If this wasn't for book club I would bail (still might). Three chapters in - each chapter about a different set of characters and it's all infodumps about their back stories. Basically nothing has actually happened yet. Books that start like this are usually automatic bails for me. Is this one worth sticking with?

MamaGina DNF it!!! Life's too short to read crappy book club picks!!!!!!!🤓 7y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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This is on my #TBR list for my beach week ☀️🌊 #SummerReads #RIOTGRAMS

Weave Have a great week! ☀️ 🌊 7y
suomi Enjoy the beach 🌞 7y
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Posh_Salad..AKA..LazyLimaLife
Beach House | Jane Green
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Fun, little summer read.

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Posh_Salad..AKA..LazyLimaLife
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Enjoying this so far! Perfect summer reading.

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CleverGirl
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Perfect summer read. Exactly what you'd expect from Jane Green. Let's all move to Nantucket and have lovely, uncomplicated lives.

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CleverGirl

It's a little distracting that this book set in Nantuckett has very English dialogue. American couples don't typically "row" and I've never referred to myself as "quite pleased" about anything. Pretty sure "fairy lights" are strictly English. It's not important, but I can't help noticing.

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CleverGirl
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Can we all agree that leaving food debris in library books is DISGUSTING and if you can't keep you Cheeto dust off the pages, maybe hold off on snacking?

NatalieR Ugh, I hate that! Where's the respect? 8y
CleverGirl About every third page has crumbs or orange fingerprints. Who thinks that's ok? I'm finding it hard to read this book without actually touching it and getting someone else's snack cooties. 8y
LauraBrook So gross! We used to get some of the grossest books returned at my library. Not even kidding, there were a whole pile of paperback kids early reader books drenched in urine, like they thought we wouldn't figure out it was them and not some rando returning the books. 😷 People are gross. 8y
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CleverGirl I guess I shouldn't complain about the Cheetos 😳 8y
JacqMac I was so happy when library ebooks became a thing. Some people are so rude. 8y
CleverGirl @JacqMac the waiting lists for ebooks tend to be longer in our system. I think I'm going to have to learn to enjoy the anticipation for a crumb-free reading experience. 8y
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CleverGirl
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Finally! Some legit SUMMER BEACH reading. If only I were on a beach instead of stuck in this parking lot.

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