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Friday Free-for-All: A World of Books

September 10, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  3 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Locatoin: Home, Santa Rosa, Calif.

It’s hard to know if the literacy numbers are higher all over the world these days with so many other things to do besides read. But I saw a lot of books in Europe this summer, titles you all would recognize.

The prices varied: You could buy classics like Pride and Prejudice for the equivalent of  US$7, or even a hardcover Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the equivalent of US $33 (the highest priced book in the Brasov, Romania bookstore). Bookstores, old and new, abound in London, and English-language novels were easy to find in Italy’s major cities.

I didn’t take any books other than Rick Steves’s guidebooks with me on my last summer trip; Everything I wanted to read was loaded onto my i-touch Kindle application. I kept the charger with me at all times, however!

How does your reading change when you travel? Do you read more or less? Do you chose specific books for your location, or do you just take whatever is handy? Tell us about books from around the world as you traveled recently. What’s the best book to travel with that you’ve ever read?

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  1. Lynn Dean

    September 10, 2010 at 6:16 am

    I usually save something from my TBR pile to read on vacation. A good book is part of my get-away experience. Subject varies, but always something transporting.

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  2. Jenny Rose

    September 12, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    How much I read depends on the trip. If it’s just me and my DH, I have more time to relax and read. If it’s the whole family, my time to read is more limited. I guess my fave time to read is on a plane because I get carsick if I read in the car–and what better way to spend several hours stuck sitting 🙂 For the last couple years, my fave books to read regardless of time, place or reason is thrillers–mostly military thrillers (many Clive Cusslers to catch up on plus I’ve made friends with two new authors who write military thrillers)

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  3. Nancy Nelson

    September 13, 2010 at 7:54 am

    I always travel with more books than I could possibly finish on that trip, but what a tragedy if I had a spare minute and nothing good to read 🙂 Love reading on the plane and in bed before I go to sleep, and usually it is a romance, mystery or thriller.

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