{"id":13582,"date":"2014-07-18T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=13582"},"modified":"2014-07-18T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T10:00:22","slug":"beach-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=13582","title":{"rendered":"Beach Books and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It looks to be a great weekend for going to the beach here on the East Coast. I&#8217;m actually planning to zip up to a friend&#8217;s house on the lake and read, swim and generally have fun by not working. I always like to do a thorough check of the galleys that await before I go away. I noticed an envelope on my desk that was soft and inviting. There is always something exciting about the seasonal promo mailings. What does the publisher think we&#8217;ll use or need? Will it be helpful? These are clearly subjective issues, as everyone has different tastes, but I think it&#8217;s easy to agree that we could all use a beach towel or two, and maybe a beach bag to tote around our books.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/beachbag-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13585\" alt=\"beachbag\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/beachbag-2.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>What I didn&#8217;t expect, and honestly, have never seen before was a towel that is\u00a0<em>also a beach bag<\/em>. Call me simple, but I marveled at this delivery from Hyperion for Jennifer Donnelly&#8217;s new book,\u00a0<em>Deep Blue. <\/em>The envelope sat on my desk, from yesterday&#8217;s mail, \u00a0I opened it and at first I thought it was a nifty beach bag, but then Sandy suggested that it did something. A bag that does something? I opened it up and it turned into a towel, and back again. Okay, this is clearly simple fun, but still, I was delighted. And it holds a lot.<br \/>\nThen seemingly in a parade of beach things, we got a <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/towels-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13586\" alt=\"towels\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/towels-2.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>delivery from Scholastic suggesting that I needed to lounge by the water. Their package came with many things. A beach towel, sunscreen (how did they know I was out?), a water bottle ,and a bag. Okay, that is a full set of fun things needed to not only enjoy the summer, but to enjoy it safely. All the necessary items are included, down to a book. Sure, I might complain about reduced co-op funds being available, but getting promo items that are not only useful but fun is always a lovely thing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sunblock1-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13589\" alt=\"sunblock\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sunblock1-2.jpg\" width=\"355\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>All these beach-going items are making me consider what books to bring to the lake this weekend. In addition <em>To Catch a Falling Star,\u00a0<\/em>I&#8217;ll be bringing some adult novels with me: the new Sarah Waters galley,\u00a0<em>The Paying Guests<\/em>, and also the new Chris Bohjalian, <em>Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands.<\/em> What will you be reading while you, hopefully, lounge by the water?<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safe, fun promo items make the summer all the more enjoyable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}