Yesterday we talked about vacation knitting and today I want to talk about that other great vacation pastime – vacation reading. You thought I was going to say vacation drinking, didn’t you? You all know me so well.

Seriously, reading on vacation is something I look forward to doing. It engages me and entertains me and I feel so accomplished when I finish a book.

Here’s what I plan on reading during our vacation:

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. I’m about 15% into this one already. It’s a little heavy for vacation reading but it’s different and I’m enjoying it very much.

Winter’s Tale. What’s better to read on the beach than a book about winter? I may or may not make it through this one. It’s okay if I don’t, though, because I’ve got one I know I will love to fall back on.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes. This is #6 in The Outlander series. I’m savoring them and don’t want to read them too quickly.

I also have a few books on hold through Overdrive. They probably won’t come in on time but if they do any of these will jump to the top of the queue since I will be borrowing them and don’t already own them.

Me Before You.

My Life in Middlemarch.

The Mockingbird Next Door.

The Winter People.

All The Light We Cannot See.

I think my vacation reading is even more ambitious than my vacation knitting!

 

 

Last week Mary posted about the podcast Books on the Nightstand and the summer reading event they are running called Book Blanket Bingo. I immediately decided to participate – there’s nothing like a little competition (even if it’s only with myself) to motivate me to read more.

I printed out a card – following their suggestion that I only hit refresh once – and I was able to check off two items right away since any books finished after Memorial Day counted and I read quite a bit on my staycation last week. So I checked off “cozy” mystery (Killer Librarian, it was cute) and nonfiction (Unbroken, also very good). Sadly, those two boxes are not connected but that’s okay because I’m going for a cover-all!

But then. Then! I had a brilliant idea. I decided to use this concept to create an adult summer reading program at my library. With the support of my Reference Librarian and the technical skills of my Children’s Librarian we had bingo cards available at the circulation desk by yesterday afternoon. They are also available for download on our Facebook page and we’re hoping for good participation from our adult readers. As an incentive, everyone who connects 5 squares and gets Bingo is going to be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to a local restaurant.

So, thank you, Mary! And thank you Books on the Nightstand! You have inspired this librarian!

 

As I believe I have mentioned, I’ve been reading a lot lately. In fact, I’ve already finished 13 books this year. The most recent one was Rachael Herron’s Pack Up The Moon.

Now, Rachael is a fellow knit blogger and I’m sure many of you know her and read her blog. I had the privilege of meeting her at Rhinebeck a few years ago and . . . wait, I’m going to go look this up . . .  okay, it was 7 years ago. SEVEN years. And I’m linking to the post and the photo of Rachael and I but I almost didn’t because, ummmm, yeah, I was big.

Anyway.

I have read all of Rachael’s books but this one is by far my most favorite. It’s heartbreaking and moving and I fell in love with all of the characters and it ended just the way I wanted it to. Go and read it.

And then come back and tell me if you liked it as much as I did.