The Beach Read Episode

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jeff is joined by Book Riot editors Danika Ellis and Erica Ezeifedi to talk about what makes a beach read, beach reads picks, and memorable beach reading moments. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Tailored Book Recommendations has the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! Check out Strong Sense of Place wherever you get your podcasts, or visit strongsenseofplace.com Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Live at Powell's July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far) The Best Beach Reads of All Time The Hey YA Podcast Book Riot's In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The five-pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.7	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries, four McNuggets, and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.4	That's right, five pounds.
0:11.3	It's not called the five-pound meal deal for nothing.
0:14.8	From 11 a.m.
0:15.8	Not available on delivery.
0:16.8	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.4	Participating restaurants, subjects availability.
0:20.7	Hey, listeners, availability.
0:25.3	Hey, listeners, we've got a bonus episode we're dropping in the regular feed today.
0:26.3	Thought you might like this.
0:32.0	This episode we did for the bookwry of podcast, Erica, Danick Ellis and I talking about beach reading,
0:36.0	our own experience of reading on the beach or in the summer on vacation,
0:38.0	what makes for a good beach read,
0:43.2	and then some picks there too. We had a really fun time recording it, did more laughing than I think we've done in a while in a book riot podcast. Got some nice notes on it from people
0:46.6	have listened to it. And we thought for the summer it might be a welcome addition to your podcast
0:51.1	feed if you're not catching in other places. Don't worry.
0:54.8	Liberty's going to be back next week.
0:56.8	You hear Danick and I come on from time to time with new book recommendations.
1:00.1	But we thought you'd like this.
1:01.3	If you're not interested, no harm, no foul.
1:03.6	Move on down your podcast line.
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