And here's part two of this week's Weekly Geeks:
Again with Memorial Day Weekend here in the U.S. starting traditionally on Friday evening, it also is unofficially the start of summer. You've probably been asked this in other meme groups in which you participate, but do your reading habits change over the summer? Do you choose lighter fare? What do you enjoy to take to the beach, for example? What is the ultimate summer book? OR what are your favorite travel guides -- official or unofficial guides? Again, an example, I think of Holidays In Hell by P.J. O'Rourke, of places I'd rather not vacation. Along those lines, where do you vacation? Any places you recommend or even don't recommend?
Gone are the days when I get a summer vacation, and can contemplate a few weeks of blissful laziness. I miss school. I miss university. I miss sitting in the summer sun, as you see the odd tulip sprouting, the grass looking greener, and the skies bluer. Adulthood. It's overrated.
So nope, my reading habits don't tend to change over the summer. I still read what I normally would, as I try to strike off a name from my TBR list, without adding another eight on.
However, when it comes to vacationing, and beach holidays, I have a very simple rule: paperback fiction. Ok, stop judging me. Buuuut... on a beach, a Grisham or a Mary Higgins Clark will work beautifully. It's essentially easy-reading, as you sit on a deck chair and watch the waves coming in. I love the waves, I love the ocean, and I just adore sunrise and sunset on the beach. It's breathtaking. It's stunning. It's almost like being in paradise.
This year, I'm planning a trip to Barbados or Florida with some friends, as my 'summer' holiday, and a trip to Egypt or Morocco as my 'end of summer' break. None of the plans are definite yet. It's all tentative, but hopefully, something will work out.
Happy Weekly Geeks, folks, and enjoy the summer.
C'mon, sing one of my favorite Beatles melodies with me...
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's alright
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's alright
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's alright
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's alright It's alright.