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by Nathan Whitlock    Literary complexity is for the fall awards season. This country’s brief time in the sun should be reserved for the book equivalent of a vodka Jell-O shot. So the thinking goes. The problems I have with beach reads are that A) I’ve never figured out how to read comfortably on a beach, and B) I am a ridiculous snob when it comes to books. And maybe a bit of a masochist. Books that bum me out are my kind of fun. Whenever I have a stretch of time off ahead of me, I start thinking about all the thorny, uncomfortable tomes I’ve been putting aside for that exact moment ..read more