Steve and I are heading to Mongolia in about two weeks, so we’re working on what to bring. One thing I’ve been trying to figure out is what books to pack.<\/p>\n
Reading is a very integral part of travelling for me. It’s how I pass my time while on buses, planes, trains, etc. (as well as when waiting for them). I read at night in my hotel room. I read on the beach. I read more when travelling than at any other time.<\/p>\n
And while books are often considered escapism, I find that in my memory, WHERE I read the book is often brought back when I remember the book itself. The two are always tied together, and help keep each other vivid in my memory.<\/p>\n
That’s why it’s important that I bring good books on our trip. And, since English-language books will be pretty hard to pick up along the way, I’m going to have to bring a month’s worth. Therefore, I’m looking for a specific kind of book: the long, juicy, dense kind that when you’re halfway through, you feel like you’ve read two books already but are excited that there’s still so much to go.<\/p>\n
Here are some examples of these books that I’ve read: I’m sure there are more, but I can’t think of them at the moment. Anyway, today I hit upon the idea of Neal Stephenson’s newest book (in paperback), Quicksilver<\/em>. That’s a good one because Steve will read it, too. (Travelling with him is like having our own mini book club.)<\/p>\n I need one or two more such books, though. Please give me your suggestions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Steve and I are heading to Mongolia in about two weeks, so we’re working on what to bring. One thing I’ve been trying to figure out is what books to pack. Reading is a very integral part of travelling for me. It’s how I pass my time while on buses, planes, trains, etc. (as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– Cryptonomicon<\/em> by Neal Stephenson
\n– The Brothers K<\/em> by David James Duncan
\n– The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay<\/em> by Michael Chabon
\n– Foucault’s Pendulum<\/em> by Umberto Eco<\/p>\n