

A lot has changed in Iceland since the author was there, but it gives some really interesting information about this beautiful country. It describes in detail the landscape, the people, and the food. Names for the Sea by Sarah Moss This book is a memoir of one of woman’s time in Ireland. The Hotel Riviera by Elizabeth Adler This book is a fun suspense romance that will take you to the French Riviera! So, if you don’t have the time or money to travel there right now, just pick up this book and it will transport you! A fun, easy read! High Noon by Norah Roberts While this is a pure fiction story, Roberts weaves a fun, suspenseful story that weaves it’s way all around Savannah. With airspace over America closed, hundreds of planes were diverted and many showed up in this small, welcoming town. But, this is the story of a small town in Canada and their experience during that same period. The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede Everyone in the world knows what happened on September 11, 2001. Let this book take you on a beautiful journey through Spain! His quest is one of both adventure and life lessons. It is the story of a shepherd boy who yearns to travel. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Alchemist is a classic in mystical/spiritual books. In the evening is best because, as Becki says, it will help you unwind and sleep better, but you can get in as many as 11 books in 1 year! So whether you listen in the car, while working out, or traveling, you will get in a lot of books this way! It can be in your purse or car, but at least you’ll have one whenever you have a moment like waiting at the doctor’s office, in line, etc. >Choose at least one book and make it your goal to finish it. I asked my fellow blogging buddy, Becki Svare with A Book Lover’s Adventures, what she suggests are her top 8 all time favorite travel-related books and she suggested some great ones! Love to travel, but hate to read? These will captivate you! TIPS FOR THE NON-READER Every time I try to pick up a book, and sometimes I have had to force myself, I end up reading a chapter or two, I get bored or life just happens, and I never come back to it.

Gasp! Honestly, I’d rather read blogs, magazines, and watch TV than to pick up a book. For those that know me well, they know that I am at times blunt and to the point.
