This week's topic is all about road trips. I love a good road trip book. Here are some favorites.
I made a cute little graphic
Have you read any of these? Which ones should I add to my list?
Showing posts with label Road Trip Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Road Trip Books. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Friday, October 8, 2021
Review: Summer Seekers
One summer changes everything for three women.One woman (Kathleen) has an intruder enter the house. Instead of scaring her, it emboldens her. She's always wanted to take a trip - cruising down Route 66. She decides to go for it. She's not getting any younger. She doesn't connect well with her daughter. But maybe the can kind some common ground.One woman (Martha) volunteers to be her driver. She needs to get out of her house for the summer. She understands how to drive but isn't comfortable with it...yet. Plus, she's never been to American before. She might be running away...or she might just find herself.One woman, Kathleen's daughter, is raising teenage daughters, but she has no balance in her life. There is no time carved out for herself. Everything revolves around her children and her husband and their needs. Until one day, her anniversary, when she snaps. She packs up her things and drives to her mother's empty house where she takes time to recharge and figure out what she wants out of life.
My Thoughts: Three females - three different perspectives. I really got sucked into the lives of these women. I hated ending a chapter and moving on to the next woman - but then I hate leaving her story too. Even though the stories were so connected, I always wanted more. I loved the different perspectives and the different ages - each female had her own issues to sort through. And each of them helped each other and supported each other. I loved learning more about each other - and their problems. But also how they grew and solved those problems. There was So much about family and friendship and self-worth. And the ending was great.
Also I loved the moments with the rock star - especially those moment with the fans. It added humor and lightheartedness to the story.
Cover Thoughts: I love it - especially the car
Source: My Library
Library Recommendation: A fantastic women's fiction story for your collection - highly recommended.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Review: Start Here
Willa, Taylor, and Finley were supposed to spend the summer after high school sailing from Ohio to Key West in their sailboat. But Finley died before high school ended and made her two best friends promise to go without her.
Willa and Taylor are not really friends. Finley was the glue that held them together. But a promise is a promise...
Finley leads them a list of clues, places to see and experiences to have at stopping points during the trip. It's going to take all summer. Neither Willa nor Taylor is sure they will survive that long in each other's company.
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. I love friendship stories and road trip books and summer books. All of those combined made this one to read. I liked the dual perspectives. I loved traveling with the two girls and going along on their adventure. They were Brave! I liked how Finley tied them together and that she died very quickly in the beginning of the book. It's not about her; it's about the two girls picking up the pieces of their lives and moving on. It's about discovering yourself and who you want to be (and who you don't want to be). There's romance, summer fun, and a great story. Highly recommend it when you need a summer read.
Cover Thoughts: Cute! Love the pictures
Source: My Library
Library Recommendation: A great summer road trip book for your public library's collection
Saturday, February 9, 2019
On Your Radar: Field Notes on Love (21)
Title: Field Notes on Love
Publication Date: March 5th
Why it Should be on Your Radar:* Siblings
* Trains
* New Adult/YA book
* People's Stories
* Relationships
* Names
* Road Trip (sort of)
* Two Dads
* Grandmother
* Dreaming Big
* Going after your Dreams
* Friends
* Finding the meaning of Love
Highly Recommended Read
I love Jennifer E Smith's book and was So Happy to have an ARC sent to me.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Review: Geography of Lost Things
After Ali’s father passes away, he leaves his one and only prized possession—a 1968 Firebird convertible—to his daughter. But Ali doesn’t plan on keeping it. Not when it reminds her too much of all her father’s unfulfilled promises. So when she finds a buyer three hundred miles up the Pacific coast willing to pay enough money for the car to save her childhood home, Ali can’t wait to get going. Except Ali has no idea how to drive a stick shift. But guess who does?Ali’s ex-boyfriend, Nico. And Nico has other plans.
He persuades Ali that instead of selling the car, they should “trade up” the items they collect on their trip to eventually reach the monetary amount Ali needs. Agreeing with Nico’s crazy plan, Ali sets off on a unique adventure that is unlike anything she ever could have expected.
And it’s through Ali’s travels, through the strangers she meets and the things that they value—and why they value them—that Ali eventually comes to understand her father and how his life may not have been as easy and carefree as she previously thought. Because just like the seemingly insignificant objects Ali collects, not everything is exactly as it appears. - Summary from the publisher
Top Ten Reasons I Enjoyed this Book:
Road Trip
Trading Items
Meeting New People
Finding Yourself
Learning about the Past
Romance
Trying New Things
The List of Items at the Start of Each Chapter
Finding out the Truth
Jessica Brody
Cover Thoughts: Love it! I love the open road and the road sign.
Source: Book sent for Review
Library Recommendations: Grab this one for your school and public libraries
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Top Ten Tuesday: Road Trip Books
This week's topic is Book Recommendations. I'm choosing Road Trip Books -because I love them. There are several still in my TBR pile, but here are some I really enjoyed!
Teen and Middle Grade
Adult:
Monday, March 28, 2016
Display Ideas: April
Spring is here! Flowers are blooming. Rain is upon us. Soon the grass will green up and leaves will pop out. I just returned back to the librarian world and I'm excited about making more displays. I'll still talk about ideas, but also chat about some displays that I created.
April is:
Monthly:
National Humor Month
Display Ideas: Funny Books
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Book Lists: humor
National Poetry Month
Display Ideas: Lots of variations of Poet Trees on Pinterest
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Book Lists: Check out novels in verse or Book Riot's 100 must read novels in verse
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Display Ideas:
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Book Lists: From the photo on Pinterest or from the Hub blog
Weekly:
Library Week (week 1)
Display Ideas: Reasons to Love your Library
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Book Lists: Characters who love the library
Read a Road Map Week: (week 1)
Display Ideas: Read your way across the country
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Book Lists: Road Trip Books
National Karaoke Week (week 4)
Display Ideas:
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Book Lists: Main characters who sing
Days:
April 4th: Tell a Lie Day
Display Ideas: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Book Lists: Characters who Lie
April 15th: Titanic Remembrance Day
Display Ideas:
Book Lists: Titanic books, books about sinking ships, shipwrecked
April 18th: Newspaper Column's Day
Display Ideas:
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Book Lists: Characters who write for their school newspaper
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Top Ten Tuesday
This week's topic: Top Ten Books Featuring Travel In Some Way (road trips, airplanes, travelogues, anything where there is traveling in the book!). I'm splitting this up into Road Trips and Travel.
- meme from The Broke and the Bookish
Traveling
- Anna and the French Kiss
- Statistically Probability of Love at First Sight
- In Your Room
- A Year in Europe
- Great Call of China
Road Trips
- Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
- Drive Me Crazy
- Wherever Nina Lies
- Ex-Mas
- How to be Bad
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