Hello and welcome to a short post talking about the books I recently took with me when going out of state for the first time since everything went haywire in 2020. My household and I stayed in the middle of the woods, it was great to see different scenery and be in the middle of nature. Something I have not been able to do for a long time. Anyway, here is a list of the books I bought with me to read in the woods!
What I Took
Later by Stephen King
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
What I Read
Later by Stephen King, finished, paperback, pictured
This is the first book I finished on vacation. I have a tradition of reading a King novel whenever I go away and this short one was perfect and did not disappoint. It was a great of traditional monsters in Kings writing. This book took it a bit further and sadly showed the monsters that humans can be as well. I read it within two days and I could not put it down once it really got going. I also really liked them POV that was used for this novel. I think it really lent itself to what King was going for.
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami, finished, ebook, not pictured
I don’t want to say too much about this novel because I am going to do a whole separate post about it soon. I will say that I really enjoyed reading this collection of short stories and was great to bring with me when I went on a walk or just sat outside for a bit.
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. Robertson, started , paperback, pictured
As the heading says, I only started to read this book, but I will say I am really enjoying it. I decided that I wanted to take my time with this one and not rush too much because I think I could take a lot from this and I don’t want to miss out on anything. I am about 88 pages into it and looking forward to reading more soon.
What book has been your favorite vacation read?
You finished way more than I normally do on vacation lol
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I did a lot of reading and spending time outside, I think the atmosphere was just kind of perfect for it this time around. I don’t usually do this good. lol.
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You did well. I always bring books on vacation and then barely read anything.
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I normally don’t read as much, but this time it seemed like it was just the perfect ambience for it.
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That’s really great!
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