Well hello
out there!
It just so
happens that it is my favorite time of the year. VACATION TIME!!! I am counting
down the days. We are off to our vacation spot that we go to every year for
sun, sand, rest, relaxation and reading. Ok well I go for the reading, everyone
else goes for the relaxation. It means I get to go to the bookstore and stock
up for the week. I know, I know I still read physical books. I can’t help it! I
love them and cannot see myself EVER using an e-reader. Try not to point your
fingers at me and laugh!
There are
no televisions where we stay. Just little old fashioned cabins, which we all
adore! We do bring our phones up in case there is a family emergency. Other
than that, we hardly touch anything technologically advanced. We lay in the sun
and read. I devour as many books I can in the week. My darling husband reads
one on average (last year it was one and half! No need for a standing ovation).
He just rolls his eyes as my “read pile” gets smaller every day. I can’t pester
him too much, as he is the one who said “should we head to the bookstore and stock
up?” – I love him so much!
I thought
it would be fun to tell you the list of books I am bringing up with me, and
then give you a review of what I thought of them when we get home! I KNEW you
would love that idea too! Here is what I am bringing:
The Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna Tartt, Little, Brown and Company, 2013
Me Before You: A Novel by Jojo Moyes, Penguin Publishing Group, 2012
Winter’s Tale: by Mark Helprin,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1983
The Devil in the White City: by Erik Larson, Vintage Books, 2003
The Alienist: by Caleb Carr, Random House, 1994
Omens: by Kelley Armstrong, Vintage, 2013
Now I would like to say that I might not read them all on vacation. One is 748 pages for heaven's sake! But I will read as many as I can. I like to bring a selection depending on how I feel when I am up there. You know they will all be read eventually!
I am not going to summarize them for you now. All I could do is give a brief synopsis of what is on the cover, and who wants that? If you want to know what the cover says, you can look it up. Once I have read them I will give you a full review of each one. Excited? Don’t worry you don’t have to say it, I know you are. I can see it in your eyes. Or wait? Is that boredom? I am going with excitement.
While I polish off my read pile in a lounger, I hope you devour as many books as you can too!
Love
Elyse
