Remember a few weeks ago I was talking about a missing book? I found it! I knew I had Cotillion by Georgette Heyer somewhere and it was where I suspected it would be – at my in-law’s. So yes, this means I’m finally on my much needed vacation.

The temperatures that greeted us here in Germany are such a nice break from the recent 113 we had in Austin. I’ve just arrived and have already visited the bakery twice. I love this. I found my book. And, I just got a bike today! Finally we can go for bike rides when we are here. I promise a picture of the bike will be posted soon.

In the next few days we’ll be doing a bit of traveling so my blog postings will be quite hit or miss while I’m on vacation. I’ll try to keep you posted on books read, places seen and all that but I’ll be honest, what I’m looking forward to the most is just enjoying my break.

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful week and are reading lots of good books.

I didn’t plan that little blog break but I’ve just been so busy and have needed a bit of downtime. Of course I’m counting the days because soon the busy-ness will be over and I’ll be enjoying vacation. I just have to hang in there a bit more.

I have been reading of course but just not as much. I did finish the wonderful Rules Of Civility by Amor Towles and will tell you more about it soon. Then I wanted to read comfort book and was about to open a mystery but somehow I ended up with Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson and it was a good choice indeed.

What else am I thinking about lately? Well, the fact that even though my Kindle is pretty well stocked up for my trip I don’t think I’ll just rely on that. I won’t be packing too many books but I must take some just in case.

Alright, off to rest up before another long day tomorrow.

I’ve just received two ARCs in the mail that sound very good. One is Darkness, My Old Friend by Lisa Unger. A thriller with several characters facing difficult situations and a place called The Hollows. Sounds creepy right?

The other one is Just My Type by Simon Garfield and it’s a book about fonts. I don’t know that I would have been as intrigued by this book years ago but given that my husband has studied graphic design and calligraphy, I’ve learned a few things myself and find typography quite interesting. I mean, I even saw Helvetica and think it was a fantastic indie film.  So this is a book that I may have to keep away from my husband’s shelves until I read it.

Other than that I’ve decided to make a couple of Georgette Heyer book purchases and I’ve added The Black Moth, Sylvester, Venetia and Frederica to my Kindle. Who knows, I may even buy a few more while the eBook deal is going on.

So these are my lastest acquisitions. I have a couple of other books I may buy for my Kindle soon to have ready for my vacation reading but I haven’t quite decided yet so I’ll keep you posted.