Comments on: Vacation reading

By: Boo by Rene Gutteridge « Word Lily

Boo by Rene Gutteridge « Word Lily — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:30:20 +0000

[...] the recommendation of a good, reading friend. I was not disappointed. Yikes, this was one of those airplane reads, so I’m quite behind on reviews — for me, this is very [...]

By: Mandi

Mandi — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:56:58 +0000

I take the Evelyn Waugh approach and pack as many as I can possibly carry even that means another bag. Fortunately I don’t travel much. But I do this even while backpacking which is true dedication.
Here is the minimum I pack. I try to take something thick and slow like a really long classic, something fun and interesting like a topical non-fiction title or a highly recommended novel, something rich and meaningful like a religious work and an old favorite for re-reading. So it might be “Moby Dick”, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”, “The Attributes of God” by Arthur Pink and “That Hideous Strength” by Lewis. And the longer the trip, the more multiples in each category. I take at least four books for a two-three day trip and eight or ten for a week. When backpacking each day counts double because of all the extra down-time for reading.

By: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott « Word Lily

Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott « Word Lily — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:43:28 +0000

[...] October 3, 2008 in books, nonfiction, reading Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott was my final trip read. [...]

By: wordlily

wordlily — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:40:43 +0000

@Shana: Way to go, getting it perfectly right! Hooray! What did you take when you went to Florida?

@Suey: YA books seem to disappear faster for me. For you, does taking YA reading mean you have to take more books, too? (I’m hoping for the other kind of light, too!) :p

By: Suey

Suey — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:30:31 +0000

“Light” is the key word for me, so I usually end up taking YA books on a trip.

By: Shana @ Literarily

Shana @ Literarily — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:18:35 +0000

I don’t have a method, really.

I try to suit the ‘mood’ of the book with the place I’m going, in a general way.

When we went to FL in June, I took just the right amount of books, for the first time ever, I started on the final book the night before we headed home.