Thursday, July 23, 2009

Vacations Are Time For Traveling Books

OK, I know I talked the last time about books (the paper kind) never being replaced by anything related to technology. And I know that when you go on vacation you can take your favorite paperbacks to read. But, unless you've provided yourself with a competent driver, you'd have to park you car somewhere to read while
traveling.
So, I'll have to bow to technology for a while and tell you that we have "traveling books." In this day and age, most anything can travel with you. I mean, we take our phone, our television, our refrigerator, our fan, and on and on with this "travel lite" stuff. But remember, some of these things you have to plug into an electrical socket or
battery.
That brings us back to our "traveling books." Sometimes we're stuck in our cars for miles and miles, and what's the best way to pass all that traveling time? By listening to a good book, of course!
We have plenty of them for you to enjoy, not only in the car, but when you get to your final destination and want to chill out, close your eyes, and listen to a great storyteller.
Try these on your CD player. They're some of our favorites...
Bleachers by John Grisham
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Kaye Gibbons, the life all around me by Ellen Foster
The Fly on the Wall by Tony Hillerman
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney
The Amateur Spy by Dan Fesperman
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber
Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith, and
Four Blind Mice by James Patterson.
Of course, these are not the only audio books we have. Come on in before you go on your late vacation and pick up a few to make the travel time pass quickly. Or listen to when the kids get on your nerves. Or when you're sitting out on that deck, sunning like a turtle. But, please, don't like these audio books so much that you never pick up a paper book again.
After all, technology is never going to replace our paper books! I'm a firm believer in that!

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