Have just returned from a quick
spring break getaway with the guru crew.
As always, I loaded my kindle with
books. Because there’s hardly anything better than a sunshine vacation filled
with pool time, umbrella drinks and book reading!
And this vacation was good,
except for the parts that were bad.
Like when I had to go to the bathroom in
the middle of the horseback ride through the desert. Guru girl was not copping
a squat behind a cactus. There is modesty to think about. And also rattlesnakes.
The other bad part of vacation
was the book reading.
For 12 years I haven’t been able
to get through even one book on
vacation.
This year I read 3.
Because the Dynamic Duo no longer
require me to frolic with them. Indeed, they actively discourage me from
frolicking (and also tinkling in the desert).
I have officially achieved Sunshine
Vacation Nirvana, the vision of which got me through the toughest, on-call- 24/7
– days of toddlerhood.
And it makes me sad.
How’s that for great cosmic
irony?!
Luckily, I read some really
excellent books this break that got my mind off the bad stuff. All these books
feature heroines a lot more troubled than I am, except for Nathaniel P. which
follows a guy who’s a bigger train wreck than the lot of us!
My favorite reads this spring:
1) A Small Indiscretion by Jan
Ellison
2) Girl On A Train by Paula
Hawkins
3) The Love Affairs Of Nathaniel
P. by Adelle Waldman
4)The Paying Guests by Sarah
Waters
5) The Vacationers by Emma Straub
Read on, guru girls & guys!
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