I’m Back! My Week In Review
by Jenners • 04/09/2010 • Book Talk • 25 Comments
Apologies for the Borat photo I left you with … that was mean. Next time I’ll give you a warning. To make it up to you, I’m sharing photos of my vacation to San Diego … and there isn’t a lime green bathing suit to be found.
See … I’m not lying! How pretty is this?
But, here are some photos I took exclusively for my book blog.
A not so flattering shot of me on the beach.What am I doing, you ask?
Attempting to create a new blog header!
It didn’t work out so well.
But I wonder how much traffic I got from writing
my URL all over the beach before the tide erased it?
Anybody out there reading this blog based on my beach scribblings?
Happily reading my Kindle
I sat in the sun reading like this for about 2 hoursand got a horrible sunburn just on my neck.
(Notice that little sticking up piece of hair?
It is the BANE of my existence!)
So I know you want to know what I read on vacation. I “only” got to read three books. (We had a very busy time and met my mom and brother out there so I didn’t get to read as much as I normally would because I had to be “social” and everything. Actually, the real reason is that we were so busy during the day and so tired at night, I fell asleep before 9:00 pm every single night. Seriously … it was EXHAUSTING. I need a vacation to recover from my vacation!) But here is my Vacation Reading Rundown.
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Good Lord … this book is quite the little rollercoaster and totally removed all my prejudices that books set in Victorian England are dry and boring. It was anything but! There was hot lesbian love, bad language that would make a hooker blush, and plot twists that make your head spin! It was GREAT! Totally lived up to all the hype I’ve read about it.
- Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk. Like Fingersmith, this book keeps you wondering and guessing how it is all going to end up. Although I suspect it is not a book for everyone, I found it fascinating and wish I wasn’t so tired when I was reading it so I could have held more of the details in my mind as I went along. If Fingersmith is a rollercoaster, then Waiting for Columbus is like watching a photograph develop in a darkroom … with the full picture slowly and inevitably appearing before your eyes.
- How To Get Things Really Flat by Andrew Martin. This amusing book about housework from a man’s point of view was the perfect read for the plane ride home (when I was deliriously tired and just DONE with planes). It was light, amusing and also useful (although I seriously didn’t want to think about laundry when I knew I bringing home two duffel bags stuffed to the gills with stinking, sandy clothes).
I’m slowly easing back into blogging and will be getting around to visiting all your blogs and catching up with you during the next week. I’ll be attempting to get back into regular posting soon … but you can expect a Show Me 5 Saturday post. I think I’m also behind on some giveaways too so I’ll have an announcement post sometime this weekend.
Looks like you had a great time! I always bring books with me on vacation, but I hardly ever read. But still, they're the first things I pack!
–Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
Welcome back!
Awesome photos. Every time I see that Kindle, I think I want one real bad
I think I may check out that Andrew Martin book. I like a light book once in a while.
Welcome back! I also LOVE that analogy for WAITING FOR COLUMBUS and am so glad you enjoyed it.
Yeah, let's just put the pic of you in the lime green suit a thing of the past! Glad to hear you had a good time even though you were exhausted. I laughed at the bane of your existence as I have a piece of hair just like that. I call it the "frightened chicken look". Don't ask me why, I just do! Nothing will tame it. Glad you're back, Tootsie!
It looks as though you had a great time! I'm pleased to hear that your formula worked and you had a great selection of books to read.
Welcome back!
I just love that photo analogy for Waiting for Columbus…and I'm so glad you enjoyed the book!
Glad you had a great time, welcome back. Love the idea of writing in the sand.
Welcome back! Glad you had such a good trip! I can't wait to read Fingersmith.
Welcome back! I love the writing in the sand.
Glad you had such a wonderful trip! The photos are great…thanks for sharing! Wasn't Fingersmith AWESOME??? I finished it weeks ago but still need to review it.
love your vacation pictures–I would be happy sitting in the sun reading my kindle–glad you are back
I love that you wrote your blog addy in the sand! That is too awesome. And Yay for Fingersmith! I just thought it was a perfect vacation book, and so overwhelmingly entertaining.
glad you are back…and love your take on Fingersmith…lol
What a lovely photo to make up for that one you left us with!
Glad to have you back!
I'm so glad you liked Fingersmith! Reading it was just the most fun I've had in a long time. (but reading it in San Diego would have been ever better!!!)
Sounds like you had a fantastic trip. How to Get Things Really Flat makes me think of one of my husband's co-workers in France. He bought our iron when we left. I asked him what he'd been using to iron his clothes and he said he just put them between his mattress and boxspring.
Haha, glad you're back safe and sound. Was your vacation reading entirely on your Kindle? Besides the sunburn issue (where was your hat and sunblock, missy?) how was reading outside on the K?
I LOVED your pictures! And just so you know, if I could choose a place to die, it would be in La Jolla. My husband and I played golf at Torrey Pines a few years ago, and will be back there next spring (you gotta love conferences in cool places!). I'd say three books (especially if one is Fingermsith, which isn't short) is pretty good on an active, social holiday. Glad to have you back!
I must admit that I was very cautious before clicking on your blog this morning — the picture was QUITE the attention grabber
The vacation sounds just wonderful and San Diego, in my humble opinion, is about as close to paradise you can get from the continental 48 states.
I always need a vacation from my vacation though. Hopefully this weekend will be relaxing (any plans to take part in the read-athon?)
Sounds like a nice and relaxing time for you. Love the photos too!
I know all abut needing a vacation from a vacation. Hee hee. Glad you really loved Fingersmith. I put it off and put it off and finally, sort of grudgingly picked it up and man was I surprised!
Welcome back. Great photos.
That picture you left us with was cruel and unusual punishment but it curbed my appetite and as a former Game On'er, you know how important that can be sometimes.
I'm so glad you had a nice trip. Great pics!!
Lovely pictures, and once again I know I must read Fingersmith one day. I've wanted to for almost a year but have developed a block or something about it. :/
Glad you had a good time!