“I wrote a whole novel before The Beach. Unpublishable. Junk. But, for some reason I stuck at novels and wrote a second. Still not sure why I didn't give up. Stubborn, maybe.” GivingStillsReasonWholeNovelGiving UpStuckBeachNot SureStubbornJunk Author:Alex Garland
“Nevil Shute's On the Beach is no Christmas carol, but it seems to me a remarkably fine novel, one which I read, in the peculiarly repulsive phrase, with my eyes glued to the page.” SeemsEyeReadingNovelFinePagesBeachPhrasesCarolsChristmas Carol Author:Dorothy Parker
“Monkey Beach is a moody, powerful novel full of memorable characters. Reading it was like entering a pool of emerald water to discover a haunted world shivering with loss and love, regret and sorrow, where the spirit world is as real as the human. I was sucked into it with the very first sentence and when I left, it was with a feeling of immense reluctance.” WorldFirstsHumansRealCharacterFeelingsSpiritReadingLeftWaterLossPowerfulNovelRegretSorrowAnd LoveSentencesBeachMemorablePoolImmenseMonkeysEnteringMoodyReluctanceEmeraldsSpirit WorldMemorable Characters Author:Anita Rau Badami
“I don't write the same book over and over - I think if I did that, I would stop writing. I couldn't write a series with the same character, and I couldn't write a romance novel over and over again that takes place at a different beach every year. That's not who I am.” IfsThinkingWritingYearsBookDifferentCharacterRomanceNovelSeriesWho I AmBeachRomance Novel Author:Jodi Picoult
“I always find time to read novels and poetry as well as scripts; I like to enjoy different kinds of storytelling. I spend time at the beach and with my loved ones. I like traveling to unfamiliar places to challenge my perspectives and glean wisdom from other ways of life.” WayWellsKindDifferentEnjoyChallengesNovelPerspectiveScriptsStorytellingBeachLoved OnesDifferent KindsEnd TimesSpend TimeUnfamiliar Author:Rose McIver