Page-Turners to Pack on a Trip
Books you can’t put down! Tips for reading on vacation! June Book Club Picks!
Hi, my bookish friend! My summer has a few trips planned, including an extended family cruise to Alaska and a trip to the nearby Delaware Seashore. So, I’ve been prepping which books I’ll bring with me to read. (Because priorities, right?!)
I like to travel light, so I often read a book on my phone using the Kindle App. But I’m also packing a paperback in my carry-on bag for the plane. It was passed along to me from my hairstylist, Brandy. She handed me Layla by Colleen Hoover and told me she couldn’t explain what it was about without giving away spoilers. Well, now I’m intrigued!
So, if you have plans to travel near or far this summer, I’ve put together a list of page-turners you’ll be glad you packed on your next trip!
Here’s what’s waiting for your reading pleasure this week:
I’ve got tips and helpful accessory recommendations for when you’re traveling with books.
For fun, I’ve sorted this week’s vacation-worthy book recommendations into categories based on popular trip ideas!
And, finally, I’ve included three more popular book club picks for June!
As always, I’m so glad you’ve joined me here. And I hope I can help you find great reads to make your well-deserved time off even more enjoyable!
Happy Reading!
Your friend,
Audry
Bookish Quote of the Week
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bookish Reading Tips: 3 Smart Ways to Travel with Books
If you’re planning to read as you travel and once you’ve arrived, these quick tips can help you enjoy your reading habit while on vacay!
Save room and lighten your suitcases by choosing to read digitally.
Wait to buy physical books until you arrive. Then, plan a trip to the local bookstore!
Take advantage of a “read and return” program offered at many U.S. airports. Read how it works here!
Bookish Buys: Must-Have Reading Travel Accessories
These accessories can make traveling with books and enjoying your reading time once you arrive easier!
Book sleeves, such as this one featuring a wildflower pattern, can protect your physical books from spills, rips, or other types of damage.
Reading lights allow you to continue reading in low-light conditions. This hands-free, bendable book light wraps around your neck!
Tablet/e-book holders, including this comfortable cushion holder, are so comfy for reading while traveling and also great for unwinding with your book once you’re there.
Bookish Recs: 9 Page-Turners for Every Kind of Trip
Wherever your summer takes you, get playful with your book choice and coordinate your location with your read!
Beach
Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen may not be entirely set on a beach, but this book, set in the hot Florida sun, is also one of the hottest reads of this summer. It has just the right mix of humor, political content, and odd characters to keep you turning pages!
*The next newsletter/post will feature an exciting list of beach reads! Until then, check out this book list from last year with many excellent “toes in the sand” recommendations: Best Beach Reads of Summer.
Island Time
takes you to a remote tropical island where paradise mixes with danger and a deadly secret. This twisty thriller about a woman searching for answers after her fiancé’s untimely death reveals a killer lurking among her new acquaintances.By a Lake
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune is one I’ve recommended before, but it’s worth mentioning again! As you relax by your lakeside retreat, you’ll be able to visualize the likeable characters and picture the heartwarming romance unfold.
Big City
Summer in the City by Alex Aster is a sweet rom-com that’s the perfect quick read for enjoying downtime between your adventures in the city. Set in New York City, this swoony love story follows a screenwriter with writer’s block and the tech CEO she’s currently “fake dating,” even though she can’t stand him!
The Mountains
One by One by Ruth Ware is a suspense-driven thriller set in the French Alps at a snowed-in ski chalet. After an avalanche traps this group of coworkers on a cooperate retreat, tensions rise and a killer takes advantage.
Solo Trip Abroad
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle tells the story of a daughter traveling alone after her mother’s recent death on the trip she had planned with her mother to Italy’s Amalfi Coast. However, in a twist of magical realism, she’s able to tour the picturesque area of Positano with a much younger version of her mother.
On a Cruise
The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton brings you aboard a luxury cruise traveling from New York City to Havana, Cuba, in 1934. The story follows the complicated and soon-to-be entwined lives of two women facing desperate situations as they travel.
Going Off the Grid
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown is a psychological thriller set in a remote cabin in Montana during the 1990s. It tells the story of a daughter living in isolation until her teenage years, when she begins to learn the horrifying truth about her father, her deceased mother, and everything she thought she knew about her life.
Traveling by Railway
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager places you on a luxury train in the 1950s, leaving from Philadelphia to Chicago. Among the travelers is a woman seeking retribution, only to be impeded by the murder of one of the passengers and their unknown killer, who has their own plans of retaliation.
For more “Page-Turners (You Won’t Be Able to Put Down!),” see my booklist on Bookshop.org!
Bookish Updates: June Book Club Selections!
Bonus! Here are three more books to squeeze into that already overstuffed travel bag!
Read with Jenna
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch features family secrets and an equally heartbreaking and heartwarming storyline. In the early 1980s, a young mother must make the agonizing choice between custody of her daughter and pursuing a relationship with another woman. Years later, the daughter learns the truth of why her mother left her and her father.
Reese’s Book Club
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King offers a genre-blending story of magical realism, historical fiction, and a family tale spanning generations. Most of the story takes place in WWII Shanghai, China, where a magical pencil that reveals secrets becomes a tool for spying and a source of survival for two cousins.
Sarah Selects
is a light-hearted and enjoyable with excellent writing and humor that keeps you smiling even though the story has a bit of an edge, centering around a woman’s struggle to balance motherhood, mid-life, and the career she left behind.
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