{"id":6755,"date":"2017-07-26T06:24:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T10:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6755"},"modified":"2017-09-26T08:02:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:02:17","slug":"beach-reads-for-shark-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6755","title":{"rendered":"Beach Reads for Shark Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6756\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6756\" class=\" wp-image-6756\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/shark.jpg?resize=220%2C291\" alt=\"shark, graffiti\" width=\"220\" height=\"291\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: Alexis L\u00eaQu\u00f4c, creative commons license<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019re in the middle of Shark Week, and it\u2019s prime season for heading to the shore. Beach vacations deserve beach reads. If you read the true story <em>Close to Shore<\/em>, you may decide to get your excitement sitting under an umbrella with your book and a pi\u00f1a colada, leaving the swimming to others. Even if it\u2019s a staycation this year, these authors will leave you feeling sand in your shoes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2h28qZz\"><em>Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916<\/em><\/a> by Michael Capuzzo \u2013 from before New Jersey\u2019s sharks congregated at the state house\u2014reportedly an inspiration for <em>Jaws<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2h1Ohmm\"><em>Rum Punch<\/em><\/a> by Elmore Leonard \u2013 a West Palm Beach\/Miami stewardess tries to secure her fortune ahead of the Feds and the mob\u2014made into the film <em>Jackie Brown<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2h29hcv\"><em>Razor Girl<\/em><\/a> by Carl Hiaasen \u2013 down in the Florida Keys, Hiaasen\u2019s typically hilarious collection of oddballs comes together after a faked auto accident<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vHUvLr\"><em>The Dogs of Winter<\/em><\/a> by Kem Nunn \u2013 northern California surfing legends and an unsolved murder<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uwYmfN\"><em>Inherent Vice<\/em><\/a> by Thomas Pynchon \u2013 sheer craziness with SoCal beach-dweller and P.I. Doc Sportello, who works in a marijuana haze with a 60s soundtrack\u2014the movie is impenetrable<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eMRwNR\"><em>The House Without a Key<\/em><\/a> by Earl Derr Biggers \u2013 1920s Hawai`i, Charlie Chan, and the murder of a proper Bostonian\u2014an old-fashioned classic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uADsL7\"><em>The Place of Refuge<\/em><\/a> by Al Tucher \u2013 the dangerous assignments for two Hawaiian police detectives converge<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2h2qvGM\"><em>The Beach<\/em><\/a> by Alex Garland \u2013 a tourist searches for Thailand\u2019s \u201cperfect\u201d beach in this suspenseful tale; his mistake may be finding it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or, if you\u2019re into real sharks, you can name a shark, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocearch.org\/\">track a tagged shark\u2019s meanderings<\/a>, and see where tagged sharks have been hanging out recently (orange dots). GPS tags ping when the dorsal fin breaks the ocean\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3433\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3433\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/11028014_6d0a69b26e_z.jpg?resize=584%2C441\" alt=\"reading\" width=\"584\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/11028014_6d0a69b26e_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/11028014_6d0a69b26e_z.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/11028014_6d0a69b26e_z.jpg?resize=397%2C300&amp;ssl=1 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo: Nico Cavallotto, Creative Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re in the middle of Shark Week, and it\u2019s prime season for heading to the shore. 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