It's Almost Time for Beach Reading...

This year, Entertainment Weekly's Summer Entertainment Guide offers readers 18 exciting upcoming book releases in their most recent issue.

Bring on the beach reading!

THIS BODY OF DEATH, Elizabeth George (April 20)

HALF LIFE, Roopi Farooki (April 27)

GIRL IN TRANSLATION, Jean Kwok (April 29)

THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE, Julie Orringer (May 4)

THE LAST STAND, Nathaniel Philbrick (May 4)

SLOW LOVE: HOW I LOST MY JOB, PUT ON MY PAJAMAS AND FOUND HAPPINESS, Dominique Browning (May 9)

WAR, Sebastian Junger (May 11)

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, Stieg Larsson (May 25)

THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE, Aimee Bender (June 1)

THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER, Stephanie Meyer (June 5)

THE PASSAGE, Justin Cronin (June 8)

SO COLD THE RIVER, Michael Koryta (June 9)

THE COOKBOOK COLLECTOR, Allegra Goodman (July 6)

LUCY, Laurence Gonzales (July 13)

RED HOOK ROAD, Ayelet Waldman (July 13)

I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME, Per Petterson (Aug. 3)

YOU LOST ME THERE, Rosecrans Baldwin (Aug. 12)

MOCKINGJAY, Suzanne Collins (Aug. 24)

See the covers and read the descriptions HERE

I was surprised that I didn't know the majority books EW is jumping up and down about here. But of course, among their wide variety of suggestions are the much-awaited Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (the final book in her dystopian YA trilogy), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson (the fourth book in his bestselling series), and the next installment of Twilight--The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner--told from the perspective of a young vampire who cameos in Eclipse.

I also now have a few new books to add to my list, as I'm particularly excited about Half Life, Slow Love, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The Cookbook Collector, I Curse the River of Time, and You Lost Me There.

I can't wait to go to the beach and read all day!