Many people like to take a book to read when they go to the beach. Some people take library books. Some people take library books onto the beach itself. If the books have plastic laminate covers, they often get sand inside them. It feels a little weird when you pick up the book afterwards. I’m not really sure how sand gets inside the cover since the whole point of the cover is that it keeps the cover clean.

This is what it looks like.

Another view. If the sand is in there long enough it dents the plastic cover so it feels like braille. This hasn’t gotten to that point yet.

Now, most of the books that are taken to the beach are fluffy romance novels.

Not this one. This is a real surprise for a beach read.

Generally people who read Lovecraft aren’t into going to the beach. Too much sunlight. Too many people.

Here’s a final shot, of the sand collected in the bottom.