On vacation with books

Happy almost-to-the-end-of-February, everyone! I'm in south Florida with my husband, son, mother and sister, enjoying a break from winter. We're getting a foot of snow at home today. Nice for cross-country skiing when we get back but right now...I'm at the pool enjoying the Florida warmth and sunshine.

Whenever I'm on the road, I love to stop into bookstores. Yesterday I wandered into a nearby Barnes & Noble and snapped up my copy of Stella's OUT OF BODY. That cover just "pops." It was hard to resist so many of the other books with it, but I brought several with me and try to buy only one at a time when I'm on the road. Otherwise I end up with an even heavier suitcase!

I dove right in. OUT OF BODY is a great read. I'm having a blast. Reading on vacation's always fun, but reading a book by a friend makes it even more special. I'll finish it today and wander back to the bookstore and

see what else I find. My sister's reading Sue Grafton's U IS FOR UNDERTOW right now, and my mother's reading a Patrick Taylor book. Zack's reading I, SNIPER by Stephen Hunter, and Joe's reading Robert Crais's new Joe Pike book -- I read it on the flight down here and it's so good.

We walk and read a lot on vacation, but we'll hit Los Olas and maybe the casino, and we're trying new restaurants as well as old favorites...I had fried plantains yesterday. We don't exactly get those in my corner of Vermont. ;-)

Congratulations, Stella, on a wonderful start to a terrific new series. I can't wait for the second book, even if I'm reading it by the woodstove home in Vermont!

Do you like to read on vacation? Obviously Stella's book didn't hang out in my "TBR" pile for long, but what's in your "TBR" pile -- whether you're reading at home, in a hammock on the beach, or on break at work?

Take care, and have a great day!

Carla

P.S. Just back with Kate Douglas's DEMON FIRE!