With beach chairs and porch swings beckoning in summer, South Shore readers love this time of year to indulge their passion. The only generalization I can see is that while we all have personal preferences in genre, we’re always eager to share a good summer read with others.

Maria Kennedy, a mother of two from Milton, is enjoying one of Elin Hilderbrand’s early novels, “Nantucket Nights,” a story about the many layers of female friendship.