What books will you take to the beach or the lake this summer? Dom Bettinelli, Barb Gilman, and Maria Johnson recommend both old and new books for all ages as well as some of their favorite vacation memories.

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• Uprooted by Naomi Novik, winner of Nebula Award for Best Novel
• League of Dragons by Naomi Novik (Last of the Temeraire series)
• The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey
• We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
• Maria’s book: My Badass Book of Saints
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Hardy Boys

• Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor and Park
• Lisa Hendey’s Chime Traveler Series
• St. Teresa of Avila: God’s Troublemaker by Yoon Song-i
• Sarah Pennypacker’s Pax.

• The Wheel of Time Series Book One: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
• Little Sins Mean A Lot by Elizabeth Scalia
• The Well by Stephanie Landsem
• In a Cafe: Selected Stories by Mary Lavin
• The Little Prince by Antoine St. Exupery
• “S” by JJ Abrams

Our host and guests on the web:

• Domenico Bettinelli’s blog. He tweets at @bettnet
• Maria Johnson’s blog. She tweets at @bego
• Barb Gilman’s blog. She tweets at @BarbInNebraska