In the words of the mighty Cliff Richard:
“We’re all going on a….summer holiday! No more working for a….week or two!”
Oh yeah baby – a week in the sun here I come!
Oh how I have longed for this day to come – a week in a 17th century converted farmhouse with its own pool in the Dordogne in south west France for a whole week. I went to the Dordogne with my parents and brother when I was about 11 and I remember loving it even then (when I wasn’t as fussed about trailing round quaint little villages and shopping in the markets etc). This time I am obviously going with Mr Whisperer and these are my plans for the week:
- Read at the airport
- Read on the plane
- Drive hire car to property
- Settle in and unpack
- Read
- Swim
- Read
- Drink wine and eat yummy food
- Read
- Sleep
- Read
- Drink morning coffee by pool (while reading)
- Read
- Swim
- Read
- Eat
- Read
- ………….and repeat!
- Dordogne, France
Obviously when preparing for ones holiday one must take care to plan carefully about what one needs on such a vacation. Here is how my holiday preparations went:
- Narrow Mt.TBR down to a manageable 20 books
- Throw bikini and some sun cream in my suitcase
- Umm and ahh over which books to take out of “possible pile”
- Pack toiletry bag and chuck in suitcase
- Pat myself on back for managing pile down to twelve
- Chuck in a few vest tops and shorts (and a dress or two for the evening)
- Panic because I can’t decide which books to leave out
- Throw passports into bag
- Throw a little party because my pile has shrunk to eight
- Sleep on it
- Re-examine pile and put one of discarded books back in it
- Check suitcase – yep, all done
- Spread books out on the floor and ask the cat to pick
- Grumble under breath at cat who doesn’t cooperate
- Play eenie-meenie-minie-moe
- Narrow books down to five
- Sleep on it
- Take 2 books out and replace with two previously abandonded ones
- Throw evil looks in direction of Mr Whisperer who is starting to despair (he doesn’t understand!)
- Finally choose final five and feel pleased with myself
- Start to worry that as soon as we get to the airport I will have the old “I should have brought those two as well” conversation with myself
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
So here is my final selection:
True Things About Me – Deborah Kay Davies (currently reading)
The Lagacy – Katherine Webb
The Summer House – Marcia Willett
The Radleys – Matt Haig
Beside the Sea – Veronique Olmi
(Please see sidebar for pictures as I have packed my camera and can’t be bothered to get it out to take photos of said chosen ones)
YUM YUM!
I hope you have a great time
And your considerations about which books to take on holiday are very familiar..
Sounds like bliss – have an amazing time!
Your post amused me greatly and I completely understand the dilemmas that come with holiday reading packing. I wryly smiled when you mentioned giving the daunting task to your cat… It made me nostalgic though for Mandoo
(he died just after the Book Bloggers’ Meet Up when we were discussing our fur-babies).
Off out into the sun myself now, even if it isn’t the South of France!
Arrrgh! I’m so jealous! Jealous of France, jealous of holiday, jealous of reading time. I can’t wait to finally get some time of work. But it’ll happen eventually.
Have a wonderful time! And don’t worry, you can always buy more books when you’re over there if need be!
Wow, Dordogne! That is going to be a fantastic holiday, I’m sure.
Now, for the sake of Mr. Whisperer, in case he ever reads your blogs, do add as one of your plans: “Romantic walk in sun set with Mr. Whisperer”. He’ll forgive you for all your book-fuss, I’m sure.
Have fun and the book choices, excuse me, the “chosen ones” look wonderful! I seen the picture of where you are going and my jaw dropped… I may have drooled a little too.
Cant wait to hear more!
Oh, I love the sound of that farmhouse and that wine and cheese display has me salivating!
Bliss…sheer bliss, and if Mt. TBR is diminished a bit, so much the better.
Have fun!
This post was hilarious. I definitely can relate to your preparation process, haha. Have a great trip! So jealous
Your holiday sounds grand! Have a wonderful time!
“Narrow books down to five”
But I have to say- I love your holiday plans Boof!
Haha good luck with that!
Have a great time, enjoy every minute of it and be safe! See you in a week!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday and who knows – you might find a cozy little bookshop to explore ….
have a great hoilday boof ,all the best stu
Hi. I found you (indirectly) through the Friday blog hop. I am so jealous! You’re taking my dream vacation, so I’m hoping you will post lots of pictures ? Pleeeeease? I’ll look forward to seeing them, if I haven’t died of envy by then. Dianne
Hope you enjoy your vacation, it sounds like it will be fabulous! I will take three books on a four day vacation. And then I’ll buy one while I’m gone, so I can definitely relate.
I second exactly everything that Bethany said!!
Hi Boof !!
That situation with the holiday books sounds so familiar to me, as a matter of fact I will be struggling with it very soon as I will be packing tomorrow or the day after.We are a leaving for Morrocco on Wednesday, will be staying there for a fortnight at my little sis’…and the question is…..which books am I going to take with me?
Right now I am reading “The Likeness” by Tana French and I love it, it is going to be very difficult after this one to find something as gripping I think, which means I will have to take a large choice of books just in case…….;-D.
Hope you are enjoying your holiday in France, Boof, you are lucky, the weather is fine and warm and will be until at least the end of the week with a few thunderstorms once in a while but isn’t it delicious to read and relax inside when a summer storm is raging outside ?
Have a great time ,
love and hugs from Virginie.:-D
I’m deeply envious, have a great time and enjoy the reading.
Have fun, Boof! And enjoy your reading vacation!
Oh howwww lovely. This post really made me giggle!!
I’m already mentally making a list of the books I want to take on holiday and that’s a month ago. The difficult thing is deciding how many to take as it’s annoying if you pack too many, but even worse if you don’t have enough!
Hope you have a WONDERFUL time.
Well done for cutting down to 5 books! Have a great time!
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