Against Beach Reading
“”Beach reading” only bugs me because it makes reading in general sound like a chore, and because it drapes a fake aura of naughtiness over mass market books, which sell millions of copies anyway and don’t need the bad publicity. It’s like calling a hot fudge sundae “decadent.”
It’s not decadent: it’s a sundae.”
From Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Atlantic, here is a column that argues against the concept of “beach reading.”
