Vacation reading - Help me choose

[yuuago]

Usually when I go on vacation, I end up buying books. One of the reasons for this is that I usually forget to bring reading material. But - this time, I'm going to remember.

But! I need to decide what to bring. Help me decide, please! :D And if any of you have read these titles, you're welcome to give thoughts on them.

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What should Yuu bring to read on vacation?

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Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
2 (20.0%)

Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
2 (20.0%)

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
5 (50.0%)

Dead Reckoning: The untold story of the Northwest Passage by Ken McGoogan
1 (10.0%)

Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy by Ben Wilson
2 (20.0%)

Millennium by Tom Holland (about Europe circa 1k CE)
1 (10.0%)

All of these
0 (0.0%)

None of these
0 (0.0%)

One of the books Yuu bought on a previous vacation
3 (30.0%)

I have other suggestions (in comments)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[0dense]

for discworld, the last continent is my go-to vacation one!

[yuuago]

That is a really good one. :D I love all the Rincewind novels, honestly... He might not be Pratchett's most popular character, but I'm so attached to him.

[0dense]

He's a sweetheart! And watching him grow as PTerry's writing developed was really cool.
Like, I may be all about the Watch, but Rincewind is where it all started, gotta respect this Wizzard!

[ljwrites]

I seem to have added to the fragmentation of the results by nominating three books XD I haven't read any of these but I figure Pratchett is a safe bet, and I love history so I voted for Empire of the Deep and Millennium (I thought for a split second it was the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books and I was like noooo--though I guess it's ok enough for a vacation read).

[yuuago]

Ha! Well, it's good to have options. xD

re: Millennium Trilogy, PFFF. Well, considering the title similarity, I can't blame ya for first thinking it was this. I swear, that is one series that's a whole lot better in film format, considering how bloated Stieg Larsson's writing is.

[zeest]

I voted Republic of Thieves because I’ve read one other book by the author and am curious about this one :D Selfish reason, haha.

Also voted Raising Steam, because a book about rail travel seems appropriate for vacation!

[yuuago]

Ah yes! I've read the two previous of Lynch's books and liked them a lot - not sure why it's taken me so long to get around to this one.

It looks like Raising Steam is definitely winning so far. xD

[kiraly]

I voted Raising Steam and not Republic of Thieves (the only two on there I've read) because Pratchett is definitely more of a light-hearted vacation read? Like, if you've read the previous Locke Lamora books I'm sure you won't be surprised by the brutality, but it's not something I'd probably read on vacation myself. (Also, I seem to remember it's a big ol' brick of a book, hehe. This is why I always take my Kindle on vacation these days.) ^_^;

I also voted for "books bought on previous vacations" because hey, if you have them, why not?

[yuuago]

At this rate it definitely looks like Pratchett is coming with me. xD

Mm yeah, Republic of Thieves is a bit... huge. I'll just have to read it when I get home, then. xD