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Question #67: Getting Away From it All
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Here in the southern hemisphere I'm looking forward to summer (not out of winter yet), but would take a holiday any time its offered (and my employer allows). Normally I'd pack a lite fluffy type book and a couple of novels (preferably by a favourite author and thick) and hope that I can get away with hours of reading - sometimes you have to join in with your family :)
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When my parents move to AZ, I tended to pick up books that took place in the Southwest - so lots of Tony Hillerman - whenever I headed their way. Now my dad has subscribed to one of those "Great Literature" book of the month deals, so I've been working on "Mansfield Park" for about two years now.The location thing actually works well for travel reads. Fiction can be a surprising source for sight seeing or eating recommendations.
I tend to read a lot of teen lit in the summer. I enjoy it and they go quickly. I am reading some of the Isinglass Award nominees (a New Hampshire award). I also like to read Sci-Fi in the summer. Also I am working on the Game of Thrones series. Am starting Feast of Crows (Book 4) tonight.
Nerd, here. Headed to beach for a week. Bringing non-fiction (Henrietta Lacks), a "big book" (Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood and Pillars of the Earth . . .) and a few shorter books which I haven't picked out yet and which I will probably leave @ the house we rented. Plus, I'll bring the 10 or 12 magazines that have come in the mail over the past few weeks. The crazy part? When I get there I'll be looking for bookstores!!
Kate, I too love a "book" shop while on holiday (or any time). No matter how many books I have with me, no matter how big my "to read" pile is, I'm always looking for "that new" book.
when i vacation i bring books that i don't think i'll want to keep. then i can leave them in a hotel or airport without guilt and make room in my suitcase for more! i *always* shop for books on vacation. if you look for smaller bookshops you'll find a different variety of books on display than you'll find at home. and when i travel to England there are a few favorite shops that i like to visit. there's an amazing travel bookshop in London that i particularly like (they also have other non-fiction and fiction, but they specialize in travel books.) it's travel and book heaven!
I just take whatever I happen to be reading at the time. I am not one who thinks that vacation books need to be light reading or anything. If I ever was, I was disabused of the notion one quiet afternoon vacationing in France, when I had nothing to read and my best friend loaned me Bridge to Terabithia. I'd never read it before, and devoured it in one sitting. I cried my eyes out, and it instantly earned a spot in my top ten favorite books ever.
Naomi wrote: "when i vacation i bring books that i don't think i'll want to keep. then i can leave them in a hotel or airport without guilt and make room in my suitcase for more! i *always* shop for books on v..."Naomi -- Where is this bookshop in London? I'll be there in December, and would love to know.
Kathleen wrote: "Naomi -- Where is this bookshop in London? I'll be there in December, and would love to know..."it's called Daunt Books. i went to the one in Marlyebone:
83 Marylebone High Street,
London W1U 4QW
there are other locations -- here's their web site
http://www.dauntbooks.co.uk/
enjoy! it's a great book shop
Thanks, Naomi. I'll definitely check them out. I'm staying in Chelsea, so I'm happy to see there's a location there.
I'll forgive anyone living in the southern hemisphere for not planning so far in advance :) but I do hope that escaping into a book is not the only time off from regular chores in site.