All I Ask

I must down to the seas again,
For the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call
That may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day
With the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume,
And the seagulls crying.

-John Masefield, "Sea Fever"

Beach Reading

Kidlit
The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright  
Dogsbody, Diana Wynne Jones
Hexwood, Diana Wynne Jones
Diamond in the Window, Jane Langton
Emily of New Moon, L. M. Montgomery  
Seriously Norman!, Chris Rashka
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, Trenton Lee Stewart
The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett (Audio Book)

Adultlit
Death of an Expert Witness, P. D. James
Snuff, Terry Pratchett
Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett (Audio Book)