How to Read on a Literary Holiday

How to Read on a Literary Holiday

You have to be very strategic when reading on holiday. If this is going to be a successful time, you need to consider a few things:

Of course, it will be tricky if you have children or are travelling with someone who isn’t a reader themselves. At this point you should be questioning why you have chosen this person as your travel companion.

Swedish bookcharts in English and Swedish at Pocket Shop (c) TheBookTrail

To the airport

Get someone to drive you and remind them not to talk. They are your book chauffeur and nothing more. Pay them for fuel – and tell them that books are your fuel. Imagine you are in a novel such as Rebecca and being driven along the riviera. So gloves and hat on, and act mysterious instead.

Taxi trouble

Taxi – sometimes drivers can be chatty . If they ask you how long you are going on holiday for, trying to make small talk, simply show them a copy of FIVE NIGHTS  which is a standard answer and there is no need to talk

A Good book to read on a plane

Read this and your neighbour will hopefully not talk to you.

But there are definately books you shouldn’t read on the plane. Well, it depends how ‘dedicated’ you are:

Falling T J Newman

Taking the metro in Paris?

You need Metropolitain by Andrew Martin

Travelling by train?

Off the Tracks Pamela Mulloy is a brilliant book about the wonders of train travel

By boat? Haha you have to read this, It could turn into a survival manual…..

The Last Passenger by Will Dean

So, travel time is important. That’s where I get most of my reading done. Wherever you are headed, now is the time to ensure your reading is ready and suited to your destination.

Susan x