Hi, book lovers. This is Ellen Hildebrand, best-selling author of 30 books, including The Hotel Mantucket and The Perfect Couple.

And this is Tim Arenberg, creator of Tim Talks Books. And you're listening to Books, Beach and Beyond, presented by N Magazine.

We'll be diving into the wonderful world of books and featuring special guests from

bestselling and award-winning writers, publishing industry insiders, agents and editors, book

influencers, and more.

There's nothing Ellen and I love more than talking about books.

And our favorite question to ask each other is, what are you reading? But we'll go even

further here on the show, exploring the craft of writing, the process of book publishing, and

that wonderful connection a reader has with a favorite book. But before we head into our episode,

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Hi, Ellen. Hi, Tim. Okay, I'm so excited about asking you this question because I feel like I

usually always know your answer, but I don't know your answer to this. And this question has come up,

this concept has come up through every

episode that we've recorded. And it's about the genre of the beach read. And I guess I want to get

what your definition of a beach read is. Because mine is really simple. It just means that it

takes place at the beach. But what's your definition? So my definition of beach read is a little bit different.

I do like a summary setting.

It doesn't necessarily have to be at the beach.

Like it could be at a lake, like Tom Lake.

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