Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

A book about a vacation.


In 2022 we had a holiday, now we have a vacation! I don't read many books about vacations!! All I can think of is People We Meet on Vacation


Listopia list is Here: A Book about a Vacation

I have a few upcoming releases that I'm considering for this prompt:
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
and
One Night on the Island by Josie Silver which I didn't get to this year!

Does Emily Henry only write about people on vacation? I liked Book Lovers so will probably read one of her others for this.

Ellie wrote: "Does Emily Henry only write about people on vacation? I liked Book Lovers so will probably read one of her others for this."


LOL maybe she does!! Because Beach Read was sort of set on vacation, too!

I can think of a few fictions but I'm looking for nonfiction as I do with many of my prompts.

Ron wrote: "I can think of a few fictions but I'm looking for nonfiction as I do with many of my prompts."

Nonfiction should be fairly easy for this one. You could go with a travel book or a book that details a place that you would like to go. The vacation would be yours in this case, even if it is just a plan or dream for the future. If it's a popular destination, then somebody is following the guidance on their own vacation, and it would be somebody's vacation.

I totally agree, Brandon. This one I'm looking forward to doing this because there are so many great books out there. Either people's experiences or the locations themselves. I have a lot of books on Yellowstone which sound promising.

Thanks for recommending The Villa, that looks just up my alley.

Since a lot of vacation reads skew towards the romance and self-discovery genres, I'll recommend The Hands of the Emperor if anyone is looking for science fiction to fulfill this category.

I'm not sure what to do with this one yet, but Saint X was good, and it's about a family who went on a vacation.

Nadine in NY wrote: "Ellie wrote: "Does Emily Henry only write about people on vacation? I liked Book Lovers so will probably read one of her others for this."
LOL maybe she does!! Because Beach..."

Happy Place is her 2023 release that is also about a vacation

I'm planning on Three Men In A Raft: An Improbable Journey Down The Amazon, which I already had penciled in for ATY's body of water prompt.

Brandon wrote: "Nonfiction should be fairly easy for this one. You could go with a travel book or a book that details a place that you would like to go. The vacation would be yours in this case, even if it is just a plan or dream for the future."

Now that gives me an idea. I want to limit the number of new books I add to my reading challenges as my TBR/Wishlist is large. However, I hope to someday go to Scotland and Ireland. Perhaps a non-fiction book set in one of those places. That would tick a NY Resolution to do something toward getting there.

I just got a book called Vacationland which would seem to fit the prompt! And if you like children's chapter books, Over Sea, Under Stone is about children on holiday at the seashore.

Recommend The Unsinkable Greta James. Read it this year for the cruise ship prompt!

I'll probably be going with Happy Place

Question: Could this topic maybe stretched to something like journeys/travels?

I ask because there are several good ones out there: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail , Into the Wild , Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park, The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West

It's not only about a vacation but I Regret Nothing has a large section about a vacation, building up to it and planning for it, so I'm adding it to my list. I love listening to her books when I'm working on reforming my life.

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert would work here, I think - it was a long vacation.

Since 2023 challenge rehashes old ones for the most part, I am going to stretch it as much as possible to fit my own needs because I am interested in my own TBR list the most. So I figure, for this prompt, I'll read Five Survive by Holly Jackson. The characters are on a road trip during spring break ;-)

For fans of old school romances there is the traveling matchmaker series by Marion Chesney https://www.goodreads.com/series/5538...

Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America could be a good pick for nonfiction. It's about the travel guide that helped Black Americans find hotels, restaurants, etc. that would serve them as they traveled throughout the country before the Civil Rights laws were enacted in the 1960's.

Laura wrote: "Since 2023 challenge rehashes old ones for the most part, I am going to stretch it as much as possible to fit my own needs because I am interested in my own TBR list the most. So I figure, for this..."

That doesn't seem like stretching at all. Isn't spring break a "vacation"? Maybe I don't understand the word since I only know it as the American version of holiday. But a road trip seems like a holiday to me.

Ron wrote: "Question: Could this topic maybe stretched to something like journeys/travels?

I ask because there are several good ones out there: [book:Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail|122627..."

I think that's a great idea. The first one you listed there, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, is really good. And it's kind of a vacation.

I am hoping that The Beach will work for this category.

Here's one of mine unless I can find others:

Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

Nadine in NY wrote: "A book about a vacation.


In 2022 we had a holiday, now we have a vacation! I don't read many books about vacations!! All I can think of is People We Meet on Vacation


Listopia li..."

Good choice, I read that this year though.

I have a few Walt Disney World books I bought in light of the 50th (WDW) and 40th (Epcot) anniversaries taking place last year and this year, including Walt Disney World: Then, Now, and Forever and Walt Disney's EPCOT Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow.

The Layover
Shipped
One of the Girls
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
The Unhoneymooners

Ron wrote: "I can think of a few fictions but I'm looking for nonfiction as I do with many of my prompts."

I can suggest books by Bill Bryson, especially A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail and Notes from a Small Island

I personally would think that journey books count as a vacation. Maybe a difficult vacation, but one nonetheless. But then I count almost anything that gets me out of the house for more than a night a vacation.

Now that I'm aware of The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal, this may kick out an Agatha Christie choice since I'll get to those anyway.

Teri wrote: I can suggest books by Bill Bryson, especially A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail and Notes from a Small Island

I personally would think that journey books count as a vacation. Maybe a difficult vacation, but one nonetheless. But then I count almost anything that gets me out of the house for more than a night a vacation

Thanks for the tips.

Ellie when I wrote that my choice here may be a stretch was because when we talk about "vacation" I'm thinking of a sunny beach read, and "Five Survive" by Holly Jackson is a YA thriller. So perhaps a stretch in terms of genre? Regardless, I'm sticking to it :D

Laura wrote: "Ellie when I wrote that my choice here may be a stretch was because when we talk about "vacation" I'm thinking of a sunny beach read, and "Five Survive" by Holly Jackson is a YA thriller. So perhap..."

they are headed out on a vacation it counts for sure!

Same with Every Vow You Break (& The Spare Man ... & Something in the Water ... honeymoon gone wrong is a popular theme!!) - they are on their honeymoon when things start going wrong for the heroine.

Plan to read one of these

JoJo wrote: "I am hoping that The Beach will work for this category."

It sounds like it will, I'm going to read it. Thanks for posting the link!

So based on my idea above (message 12), I have found a book that might qualify for this prompt.

Scotland with a Stranger is a memoir.

Death in Cyprus
H y Hanna has a series all about a long vacation in Florida, the first one is Flip-Flops and Murder

I am reading Swimming Home by Deborah Levy. The book is about a week-long vacation in Alpes-Maritimes, France.

I ended up using:
Walt Disney World and Epcot Center by Valerie Childs and Walt Disney Company
5 stars

Denise wrote: "JoJo wrote: "I am hoping that The Beach will work for this category."

It sounds like it will, I'm going to read it. Thanks for posting the link!"

Great, thank you and Enjoy the read!

I'll go with A room with a view for this one by E.M.Forster , it's been on my TBR list for a long time

Just finished Book Lovers by Emily Henry…fit perfectly with this theme as it centers around two sisters who decide to spend a month in a small town in North Carolina on vacation. All in all, definitely a comforting and worthwhile read. Especially if you like rom coms or feel good stories, this one is great.

I just finished this one too Heather. I was going to use it for this prompt, but put it in for #BookTok instead and got the group read on audio.

Finished Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Switch is another story by English author Beth O'Leary. It features 79-year-old Eileen who lives in a little Yorkshire village and her granddaughter Leena. Leena is struggling with corporate London life and Eileen has decided to try dating again so they decide to swap homes for the summer with fun and unexpected results. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

we were liars by E. lockhart

I read Skating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski.

The author's description of a boat trip from the tip of South America to Antarctica via South Georgia is interspersed with her memories of depression and her dysfunctional family. Much more interesting and amusing than it sounds - I really enjoyed this book.

This one seemed pretty good:

The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

I read Five Survive and it is most definitely a spring break vacation gone wrong! It started off a little slow (for me), and yes, there are some very unlikable characters here, but I like flawed characters, finding out their motivations and reasons behind actions. Lots of twists and turns made it work for me!

I'm reading The Cabin for this prompt. Probably not the happiest of vacations though!

Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park will be the one I end up going with.

I read French Holiday for this prompt. I recommend it if you like romance.