Monday, October 10, 2022

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Read on Vacation



This week's topic has to do with books read on vacation. I'm going to be depressing and tweak this a bit, because it's my blog and I do what I want.

At the end of September Eleanor and I went home for a week due to an unexpected death in the family which was ruled a homicide. So, as you can imagine, things are chaotic and weird and awful right now. Much like is the standard response to literally anything happening in my life, when I am sad or overwhelmed or devastated, I read.

These are the books I read in that week.


Happy Reading
Sarah

36 comments:

  1. Oh wow! I'm so sorry to hear of the tragic death in your family! I can't even imagine the mixture of emotions you must be going through right now, but I know books always give me a good escape when I need one.

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    1. Thank you so much Ethan, I appreciate your kindness. It's still so unreal.

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  2. I am so sorry to hear about the tragic death in your family. I mood read as well. Reading always helps me too.

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  3. I'm so sorry about the tragedy in your family. I hope things calm down and you enjoyed being able to get in some reading.

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  4. I my goodness, that is terrible, tragic news and I hope you and your loved ones have found some peace. I'm glad that books and reading gave you some solace.

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    1. Thank you, Michael. They certainly helped my brain calm down, it is still so unreal.

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  5. Good God Girl......!! BIG *BIG* Hugs for you & kiddo from the UK!

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  6. So sorry to hear of all the trauma you and your family has to go through. Yes, if all else fails, read a book....

    Strongs to you!!

    Elza Reads

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  7. How awful for you all.

    A good list of books there that hopefully caused a diversion from this terrible time.

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/top-ten-tuesday-book-i-read-on-vacation/

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    1. Yes! Definitely needed a diversion on a lot fo those days. Thank you, Emily.

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  8. I'm sorry to hear about your family's loss. I hope that you found some distraction with these books.

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/summer-2022-book-haul-vacation-book-buying/

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  9. I’m so sorry for your loss. You’re in my thoughts.

    Overdue sounds really good.

    My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-types-of-books-i-read-on-vacation/

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    1. Thank you so much, Lydia. We apreciate that. Overdue was unique but sort of fell flat for me? Not quite sure what made it so. But you may like it more than I did!

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  10. I'm so sorry for your loss! Losing anyone you love is tough, but somehow an unexpected thing like a homicide is even worse. Take care of yourself. And thank goodness for books if they help through sad times.
    Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
    https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/ttt-books-set-in-places-ive-been

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    1. Thank you, Terrie. It is still such a shock, these weeks later. Without books, I would have been an even bigger mess.

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  11. I'm sorry to hear about your sudden loss! Be well.

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  12. I am sorry t ohear that Sarah. Sending lots of virtual support and well wishes your way.

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  13. So sorry for that! You are right, we can only imagine things are choatic right now. I always turn to reading as well.

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  14. We'll call it a vacation from normality. How have I not read any of these?!
    My TTT post: http://wordywitterings.com/2022/10/11/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-on-holiday/

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    1. That's the perfect way to descrobe it. Nothing is normal right now, still.

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  15. So sorry for your loss. That's a great book list.

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  16. Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. How awful. I love to read murder mysteries, but I can't imagine having to deal with one in real life. Terrible.

    I've read FIVE TOTAL STRANGERS, which was a wild ride. A bunch of these other ones sound good. I hope you enjoy your comfort reading.

    Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

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    1. Thank you, Susan. It's still so unreal. I also love murder mysteries and honestly, that's what I turned it into when I was home. Maybe it was my coping mechanism, to do all the things during the service and afterward that a detective would do, looking at everyone as a suspect.

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  17. I'm so sorry to hear about your family's loss. I hope you found--and continue to find--comfort in reading.

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    1. Thank you, Mary. It continues to help, because this is all just so unreal.

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  18. Oh no, Sarah, first of all my condolences. I hope your life will be back to normal soon. Many hugs.

    Your books look highly interesting, as always. I think I would like to read The Man from the Train, Notre Dame vs The Klan, Five Total Strangers or Old Country. Which one of those do you think I would like most?

    I like your tweak. I did a similar one this week, well, I also twisted it, my TTT is all about travel books.

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    1. Thank you so much, Marianne. It's still so surreal, like how does this even happen in a small town where we are all practically related?

      I struggled with The Man From the Train because I DNF-ed it a while back, but it's really the only book that links all the possible crimes together so I went back in and I am pretty convinced the author is right, even though he's a big doofus. Notre Dame vs The Klan was decent but slow. Five Total Strangers required some suspension of belief, but was a good diversion. Old Country was SO good until the white savior complex comes to a head at the end. It's so hard to know, but I would start with The Man From the Train.

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