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Madison.L
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Apr 26, 2023 03:59PM
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the summer I turned pretty every summer after
the unhoneymooners - christina Lauren beach read - Emily Henry
book lovers - Emily Henry
people we meet on vacation - Emily Henry
the spanish love deception
perfekt beach reads i would thing :-)
The Wish - Sarah Blake Trashy, telenovela level romance story with a plot twist every other page. Perfect beach or plane read.
Circe - Madeline Miller
If you love Greek mythology and strong female leads or if you already read Song of Achilles and haven’t gotten around to Miller’s other books, I could recommend this one enough! Still in my top ten reads of all time.
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Fantastical love story with beautiful prose. The Starless Sea has a similar vibe but I found TNC to be superior in terms of pacing and plot.
Emily Henry: Book Lovers
Beach Read
People We Meet on Vacation
Happy Place
im more a classics girlie so literally choose from my numerous recs;for romance, idk why but 19th century/historical romances, they do it for me so pop any jane austen rlly. mansfield park, pride and prejudice, emma or persuasion. she's so good, i love her so much. if you want it to be more gothic and with more feminist hints and more forward female characters, literally any bronte sister. im thinking of 'the tenant of wildfell hall' by anne bronte and 'jane eyre' by charlotte bronte.
i speak french, it's my first language so naturally i will recommend french literature. i love annie ernaux. her writing is intimate, simple but straight to the heart. she creates anguish easily in my heart. i do have to warn; some of her stories are her own personal experience and some traumatic like her novel 'mémoire de fille' or 'a girl's story' i think in english. there is also romain gary, the only french author to ever win twice le prix goncourt - it's the type pf prize you can only win once in your life but romain gary tricked the academy. i'd recommend 'la vie devant soi' which is 'the life before us' in english. we're in paris, it is touching, funny and cruelle funny sometimes, written thru a child's way of processing and vocabulary. a memorable, weirdly loving and heartbreaking story between an old jewish woman and an orphan arab child.
if ithose are not your cup of tea, how about circé? it's ofc based on the myth of circé, daughter of helios in greek mythology. i recommend read it in english bcs i had a different reading experience since i read it in french and i kept wanting the english version rather the french version.
tl,dr:
eng litt:
-jane austen's mansfield park, pride and prejudice, emma, persuasion
- any bronte sister, particularly anne bronte's 'the tenant of wildfell hall' and 'jane eyre' by charlotte bronte.
french litt:
- annie ernaux's shortstories, particularly 'a girl's story'
- romain gary, particularly 'the life before us'
fantasy/coming-of-age sorta:
- madeline miller's circé.
