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“The Sunburn Also Rises” and Other #SummerBooks to Read at the Beach
The best groaner puns from literary twitter
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The best groaner puns from literary twitter
It’s hot. You are stuck inside at the office while outside children eat ice cream and teens tan in the park. All you want to be doing is reading a book at the beach. Well, we can’t help you there, but literary Twitter did compile some pretty good summer book puns today after Barnes & Noble’s account started up the hashtag. Here were our favorites:
Use #SummerBooks to share yrs! 4 out of 5 fake scientists agree: jokes about reading are the best way to beat heat!https://twitter.com/BNBuzz/status/768840386492174336 …
— @BNBuzz
The Sunburn Also Rises #SummerBooks
— @benasam
The Tan in the High Castle #SummerBooks
— @bnscifi
To Grill a Mockingbird #summerbooks #BBQ
Never Let Me Go (Back to School) #SummerBooks
The Southern Beach Trilogy #SummerBooks
The Red Parts of My Back: Autobiography of a Sunburn #SummerBooks
As I Lay Frying. #SummerBooks
— @gclib
A Song of Ice cream and Fireworks #SummerBooks
A Thousand Splendid Suntans #SummerBooks
The Man in the Sand Castle #SummerBooks
Consider the Lobster Roll #SummerBooks
David Coppertone #SummerBooks
The Master and the Margaritas #SummerBooks
