As we head into summer vacation and travel season, which books are you packing in your bag or backpack for your next trip? For our 2 weeks in a camper trip, I am bringing some backlist books off my TBR shelf: The Dutch House, Exit West, Writers and Lovers.
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ALL OF THEM, 
That’s the joy of a Kindle.
Of course, I’m sadly not going on vacation again this year. Still need to be home for my 15-year-old diabetic cat who is a total freak about even having an unfamiliar person in the house, so a cat sitter doesn’t work.
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Ah, the Kindle. Yes, I keep forgetting that is a thing one can acquire. 
Your cat is lucky to have you. I hope you read some good book this summer from the comfort of your home with a cat on your lap.
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I am not going on vacation but will have my granddaughter for the next two weeks. The next books that I will be reading for my three bookclubs are Broken Country, Remarkably Bright Creatures, and Night. Need to have them read by the first week in July. Lucy is a reader also so will have plenty of time to read among other activities!
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Vacationing at home this year but have my reading stack lined up for next few weeks:
Written on the Dark Guy Gavriel Kay
Isola. Allegra Goodman
In Winter I Get Up At Night. Jane Urquhart
Chenneville. Paulette Jiles
The Frozen River. Ariel Lawhorn
plus a couple of detective fiction books from my dependable authors—Deborah Crombie, Belinda Bauer, Jane Casey, Rebecca Cantrell—which story I choose will depend on my mood.
My TBR pile has steadily increased because of other commitments so I’m attacking it by picking something I want to read (Kay’s newest) and 4 books from my stagnant TBR pile, plus the option of a couple of detective books if I need something quick and fun. I’m a moody reader in the summer so I need choices!
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Kind of a mixed bag of books on the Kindle for the Summer:
All We Were Promised - Ashton Lattimore
Foundation - Isaac Asimov
Spain in Our Hearts - Adam Hochschild
The Names - Florence Knapp
Spitfires - Becky Aikman
These are just for starters.
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Ahh, good choices. The Names is on my summer TBR, too! Hope it’s a good one!
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Yay for mood reading! I hope you like The Frozen River and are able to get some good reading time in.
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What a great reading role model you are! Broken Country is on my list, too. Hope you ladies get plenty of bookish fun in.
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Holly you will love The Dutch House and Broken Country is excellent. Cannot put it down!
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You folks are reading some really great books! I’ve either read what you’ve got on your TBR, or I already have it on my Kindle. 
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My husband and I won’t be doing vacation this summer, but have a 12 hour round trip drive later this week for a funeral. I hope to get William Kent Krueger’s Ordinary Grace read for my book club’s meeting next week. Will also be taking along The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson. Whether I get them read or not is another story. My husband sometimes gets aggravated when I “bury my nose in a book” when we are traveling. I actually can understand that because I get bored when I drive and he sleeps for long periods. We’ll have to compromise!
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@Lana_Maskus have you thought about audiobooks?
I hope you enjoy Ordinary Grace. I thought it was an outstanding novel even though the subject is a sad one.
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I listen to audiobooks whenever I go anywhere by myself. Hubby prefers music when we travel which is fine. I ferry my grandkids around quite a bit and definitely don’t listen when they are with me. You never know what “language” will suddenly come out of the blue. Unless we’re listening to a children’s classic.
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I am not going on vacation this summer, maybe in the Fall. A book I recommend taking to the beach is One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware.
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Ahh, Bill Bryson is such a good summer read! Have you read A Walk in the Woods?
I’ll have to check that one out. Thanks for the recommendation. 
Yes, I enjoyed it. If you like history, his One Summer: America, 1927 is very good. Unbelievable that so much happened in one summer.
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I’ve read several of Bryson’s books, but A Walk in the Woods is my favorite (probably because I’m a backpacker myself & can relate). It was very funny.
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It was definitely a laugh OUT LOUD read.
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