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message 1: by poshpenny (last edited Jun 20, 2020 07:49PM) (new)

poshpenny | 1921 comments Cool, wet and refreshing!

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates . The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer . Spot Goes to the Swimming Pool by Eric Hill


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poshpenny | 1921 comments Wow I really rarely pick up a book with water on the cover

Vacationland True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Officer Clemmons by François S. Clemmons Dead Wake The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender Isaac's Storm A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson The Gravesavers by Sheree Fitch


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Drakeryn | 708 comments poshpenny wrote: "Wow I really rarely pick up a book with water on the cover"

Same here, apparently!

The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) by Holly Black Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) by Seanan McGuire Kraken by China Miéville The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, #2) by Paolo Bacigalupi The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) by China Miéville Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

If short stories count:
Old Dead Futures by Tina Connolly The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For a Little While (Fairyland, #0.5) by Catherynne M. Valente The Wide, Wide Sea (Chaos Walking, #2.5) by Patrick Ness

If frozen bodies of water count:
Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds


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Lauren Oertel | 764 comments This might be one of the easiest to fulfill on the list. Tons of books have this! I'm planning on A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow


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Carly Friedman (carlykayreads) | 61 comments Luísa wrote: "The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman"

Such a good book!


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Lin (linnola) | 47 comments I just finished reading The Last Train to Key West The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton .

The audio was one of the best I’ve listened to.


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Carly Friedman (carlykayreads) | 61 comments Linda wrote: "I just finished reading The Last Train to Key West The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton.

The audio was one of the best I’ve listened to."


That is great to hear! I have the audiobook on hold and hope to get it soon!


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Brittany Morrison | 145 comments Do you all think that The Rest of the Story would work?? It appears there are two docks and a small boat on the cover so I'm assuming the blue would be water.

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen


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poshpenny | 1921 comments Absolutely


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Alison | 35 comments I read The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway which was a quick and enjoyable read!


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Brittany Elansky | 2 comments 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand


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SueAnn G_Organa (sapphiresuz) | 21 comments I'm going with When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton. I read Next Year in Havana earlier this year & am hoping this is as good a read.


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Kim (kmyers) | 108 comments My 5 star read for this prompt was This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger


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Audrey (Warped Shelves) (warpedshelves) | 12 comments A lot of great options listed above! Also A Tale for the Time Being, Dreamcatcher, Snow Falling on Cedars, She's Come Undone, Bag of Bones, Exit Here. (a stretch, but the cover image is shot from underwater).
These are based on the covers of books on my shelves so alternate editions may be different.


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Lilith (lilithp) | 1100 comments On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Yup, I was seduced by the cover. Brilliant writing from Ian McEwan.


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