Author and Cosmopolitan book editor John Searles offers his top suggestions for a reading session in the sand. You can follow what he is reading at twitter.com/searlesbooks.";
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tdy_books_beachreads[i-1].body = "\"The Bride Will Keep Her Name\" by Jan Goldstein
This is my chick-lit pick of the summer and the plot bears an eerie similarity to the real-life story of the Craigslist killer. Madison Mandelbaum (yes -- that's her name!) is a week away from her wedding when she receives an anonymous e-mail suggesting that her fiance killed a call girl. At first, Madison tells herself it's a prank, but she can't seem to put it out of her mind. Soon, she decides to launch her own investigation. As she uncovers her the details of her fiance's secret life, Madison begins to question how much we ever really know the ones we love.";
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tdy_books_beachreads[i-1].body = "\"Die For You\" by Lisa Unger
Lisa Unger is one of my favorite thriller writers. Here's the set-up of her latest: Best-selling author Isabel Connelly thinks she has it all-success, love, happiness -- until one night she enters her husband Marcus's study to find him missing and a dozen people standing in his place with weapons drawn. They inform her that her husband has been lying about his past. She is encouraged to forget Marcus, but Isabel vows to track him down -- even if that means putting her own life in danger and uncovering painful secrets. This is a fun page-turner that's perfect for the beach.";
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tdy_books_beachreads[i-1].body = "\"The Accidental Billionaires\" by Ben Mezrich
Mezrich is the author of the bestseller \"Bringing Down the House,\" which was turned into the hit movie \"21.\" He has a gift for finding high-energy, dramatic real-life stories and turning them into compulsively readable books. This time around he tackles everybody's favorite social-networking site: Facebook. Its been widely publicized that Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerburg was accused by his Harvard classmates of stealing their ideas and code. In these pages, the author takes us on a wild ride as he gives investigates what really happened. ";
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tdy_books_beachreads[i-1].body = "\"Along for the Ride\" by Sarah Dessen
Dessen is a hugely popular author of young adult fiction. In her latest, she tells the story of a girl named Auden who didn't have the easiest of childhoods. Her parents are divorced, she suffers from insomnia, she lives with her controlling mother, and she rarely sees her father. Just before leaving for college, Auden decides to spend her last childhood summer with her dad and his new family. In those few months, she learns about her past, finally begins to understand her parents, and falls in love for the first time. This is a great read for the teenager in your life, but it's so gripping and heartfelt that it will appeal to adult readers as well.";
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Janna Cawrse Esarey and her boyfriend Graeme had an on-again-off-again relationship for a decade. Finally, they decide that a big part of their problem is the stress of their 9 to 5 jobs. So the two decide to make the radical decision to quit, get married and on take off on a two-year honeymoon, sailing across the Pacific Ocean. Sound romantic? It is, lots of times. But it isn't always smooth sailing for this couple. This memoir is perfect for any readers out there who have ever fantasized about sailing away from all their problems. ";
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tdy_books_beachreads[i-1].body = "\"Olive Kitteridge\" by Elizabeth Strout
Everyone loves a good paperback for the beach, and I picked this book because it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. These are linked short-stories about small-town life in Maine. They are all connected in some way to the title character Olive Kitteridge. It is a beautifully written book full of lots of tender and thought-provoking moments. ";
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