On Sunday I’ll be going to Melbourne. I consider reading material to be an essential part of my travel inventory, and normally, by this time I would be seriously pondering what book to bring with me for the trip. It’s a lot more difficult than you would think. The book has to be interesting enough that I will be happy to pick it up at the end of a long day. Ideally, it has to be of the perfect length to last me the entire trip. If I am currently reading something, I either have to finish it before I go so I can take something fresh with me, or it has to be long enough to last the entire trip. It can’t be bulky or heavy.
This time however I will have lots to read while away:
- Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (currently reading, may be finished by Sunday)
- Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope (next book in the Barchester series after Dr Thorne)
- Can you forgive her? by Anthony Trollope (first in the Palliser series)
- Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
- Unknown by Mari Jungstedt
- Four Kate Wilhelm detective novels. FOUR!
- The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (Royall Tyler translation)
- Assorted journal articles
Such variety! And the best part, all of this on the one device, the iPad. (I do still wish I had my Kobo, but what’s that pithy saying for these sorts of situations? “First World Problems”!)
You might look at the list and wonder if I am just going to Melbourne to READ. The reality is that I will probably only have time to read on the plane. The rest of the time I will be attending a two-day seminar, and catching up with some of my Melbourne PLN. I’m looking forward to it!
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Make sure you bring a charger 🙂
Almost this convinces me to try e-books. At present I have a long commute on a train and am going through 2 books a day. Packing for trips is always an exercise in weightlifting. What bliss to have it all loaded on one small flat package!
I echo the need for charger – On my recent trip to Albury, I hadn’t realised I’d properly charged my kindle for a while. Said kindle ran out of juice the morning of the last day. Couldn’t recharge as had forgotten cable.