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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I've never quite understood what qualifies as a "beach read," myself (assuming of course that the plot of said book doesn't actually unfold on a beach). Your stipulation about reading it in the garden means that it's not entirely dependent upon the place where the book gets read. I guess I've just always assumed it meant "long(ish) buzz-generating fiction."
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I understand it to be a book purchased at your departure airport and left at your holiday accommodation on your return, having been read while sunbathing on the beach. Effectively a disposable book; back in the days when I used to haul books instead of an e-reader on holiday, these were the books I purchased at charity shops for pennies and (generally) left behind (I
hate getting rid of books - unless I've replaced it with an ebook).
As far as I can see, they tend to be the most recent best seller.