When I travel, I always find time to get a bit of reading time in. Car trips, flights, and relaxing by a pool or on a beach afford ample time to read fantastic books. Here is my Philippines Travel Reading List. And because I’m participating in the 2018 PopSugar Reading Challenge, this reading list includes which books fulfill particular categories of the reading challenge.
Books Finished:
Pandemic: The Extinction Files
I picked this up on an Audible sale, because the description looked fast-paced and exciting. It did not disappoint. The book follows two main characters–one of whom works for the CDC as an epidemic is breaking out in Africa, and a man who wakes with no memory of his life or identity. It was great.
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
I am a huge fan of the show Downton Abbey, and actually watched the whole series twice through. I’m looking forward to the movie. So the opportunity to learn more about the real castle used as fictional Downton Abbey, and one fascinating Countess who occupied the castle during the same years as the show was one that I could not pass up. The book is well-written and has interesting subject matter.
Code Name Verity
2018 PopSugar Challenge: a book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge
This book was incredible. It started out as simply a historical fiction novel, but then turned into so much more. The book is written in two parts from two different perspectives, but I don’t want to say much more about it, as I don’t want to spoil any plot points. Just read this. You won’t be sorry.
I Was Anastasia
My book club picked this book, so I read it while travelling home so that it would be fresh in my mind. The book is told from the perspective of a fictional Anna Anderson who, at times, is talking directly to the reader, and at other times simply telling her story. The book keeps you on your toes about whether she truly is Princess Anastasia or not. I loved the ending and felt that it made the book, but it generated some mixed feelings from my book club.
Books Abandoned:
None.