Top Ten Tuesday - Books I Read About Vacations

 

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. 

This week the theme is Books I Read on Vacation. It might surprise you to know that when I am on holidays, I don't really read a lot. I read a Rachel Johns book when we were on our way to Vanuatu and I read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi when I went to Africa a few years ago, but other than that I can't really read while on holidays.

So my list today is books about holidays/vacations

Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes -  This one isn't really about a holiday, but the word is in the title so it counts!

You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry - Poppy and Alex have done several trips together but this one just feels different!

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - I love the cover on this one.

Sixty Summers by Amanda Hampson - Three friends travel around Europe for a summer.

Almost French by Sarah Turnbull - A holiday fling turns into a whole new life in Paris for this Australian woman.

A Wedding in Tuscany by Sandy Barker - This is the fifth book in a series which is called The Holiday Romance series

The Jam Queens  by Josephine Moon - Whilst the title doesn't suggest it is about a holiday, one of the big parts of this book is a trip on the Ghan train from Darwin to Adelaide. That's a trip I would love to do.

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary - I do enjoy a good road trip myself.

Along for the Ride by Mimi Grace - This isn't really a holiday story, but the start of the story is two people who dislike each other going on a road trip across country.

How to Mend a Broken Heart by Rachael Johns - Features a woman who goes on an extended holiday to New Orleans! Bought back lots of memories of my own holiday there a few years ago.

Thanks for stopping by my Top Ten Tuesday post.

This week....

 I'm reading...

I don't always read the emails I get from Book Riot, but every now and again a headline catches my attention. And so it was that a couple of weeks ago there was an article titled The Best Romance Books You've Never Heard Of introduced me to a book called Along for the Ride, which I had never heard of. It was the debut novel of Mimi Grace, and I really enjoyed it. I will definitely try to read more from Mimi Grace.

After finishing that book I was thinking about what I might read next, contemplating several options, until suddenly I realised that I have a blog tour post coming up. Probably should read that book then, right?

That means that my next read is going to be Elodie's Library of Second Chances by Rebecca Raisin!

I'm watching...

It's another weekend of Sail GP so we watched some sailing. We have now booked our flights ready for Christchurch in March which is super exciting! And slowly I think I am beginning to understand the sailing a little bit. Certainly I can appreciate the speeds, the crashes, the near misses and more.

Otherwise, I have so many things to watch and yet nothing is really catching my attention. We watched a couple of episodes of Umbrella Academay, I watched the first episode of Call my Agent, I still have Virgin River, Outlander, a few episodes of Sweet Magnolias, the second season of Emily in Paris and so many more to watch, but I can't really settle on anything right now.

Life

It's been a frustrating week. We thought we were getting a dog, but now we aren't. We thought we would get the keys to the new house on Thursday, and then Friday, but we didn't. And we still haven't sold this house.

Posts from the last week

Top Ten Tuesday: Books from my seasonal TBR lists that I still haven't read

Paris in July:  Paris in July: I Swear I Know that Song

Weekend Cooking: French Onion Casserole

Paris in July: Bestsellers Around the World

Paris in July: Le Fin!

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: August links

I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date