I've read some great books this summer. Below are some of the most beach-worthy:
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe. I’m not entirely certain why I am loving this book so much. It is a series of letters from the 1980s that the author, Nina Stibbe, wrote to her sister. Nina is from rural Leicestershire, and is working as a nanny for the deputy editor of the London Review of Books, Mary Kay Wilmers. Mary Kay has the British-est humor, as does her young son, Will. And while Nina may not be as well-known or educated as her boss and the other members of the literati (e.g., playwright Alan Bennett) who are hanging about all the time, she has a terrific sense of humor and a wonderful ear for the “telling detail.” She shares the randomest snatches of conversation from the family’s dinner table.
The Bullet by Mary Louise Kelly. See Carrington Tarr's review above. She says it better than I can.
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. It's science fiction, which is so NOT my thing.
Ordinary Grace
Luckiest Girl Alive
In the Unlikely Event
Big Little Lies
Here are a couple in the "everyone else loved them, but I didn't" category:
Me Before You - I was annoyed by it. The Hundred Foot Journey. I thought it was kind of boring.
I didn't like The Invention of Wings, either, so whatevs ...