Now that summer is here and everyone seems to be traveling again, it’s time to think about vacation reading.
A lot of my vacation memories are interspersed with memories of what book I was reading at the time. I remember reading Twilight on an airplane flying from one coast to the other. I remember reading a VC Andrews book by the pool and having the spine melt and the pages fall out because it was so hot. I remember books I’ve purchased at airports as well as local bookstores.
I always bring at least one book with me on vacation. Most of the time I am too ambitious and end up bringing more books than I need but it doesn’t hurt to be prepared. This is also why, in addition to physical books, I always bring my kindle. It has so many books on it that I can read, plus I can always check out a book from the library or buy a book and have it downloaded to my kindle immediately if for some reason none of my books are appealing to me.
If you do any sort of internet search for vacation reading, you will find that people have a lot of thoughts as to what books you should read during vacation. Should you only read fun light-hearted books? Does your vacation read need to be a page-turner? Can you bring that 900-page biography to the pool? I guess if it fits in your luggage you can bring any book anywhere.
Personally, I am of the opinion that you can read any book you want on vacation. If you read it on vacation, it is a “vacation read”.
Maybe you are going to the beach so you want to read a fun romance that takes place on Nantucket. Perhaps you are going to the mountains so you want to read a thriller that takes place at a cabin. Maybe you are going to a cosmopolitan city so you want to read a spy novel that takes place during the Cold War. (Side note – I would any of these books while I was on vacation or not.)
Vacation reading is all about what you want and what you find relaxing. Wherever you are vacationing and whatever you are reading are up to you. There’s no right or wrong book to bring on vacation. What matters is that you like it and its a book you want to read.
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