Iceland!!

[marenzi]

Hello all! I've been awful about posting lately because in the last few days I've been completely rearranging my summer. This means that in two days, I'll be leaving the country for the first time (!!) to visit Iceland for two weeks! I'm half Icelandic and have never met anyone from that side of the family before, and my best friend from high school's family moved there as diplomats so I'll be able to stay with them. YES I'M REALLY FREAKING EXCITED.

I've been going crazy trying to figure out what I need to pack and finalize travel plans. The current plan is DC metro to bus to train to Newark airport, which is pretty inexpensive but going to require a lot more coordination with a suitcase than a direct train to the airport. IDK I'm kind of freaking out that I'm going to miss one of the transfers, but mostly just bouncing around like a five-year-old. :D

I'm running out to the bookstore tomorrow for novels & a beautiful journal (ohhh I have such a kink for pretty blank journals) because I am going to write about this, damn it. And take lots of pictures. (I say this all the time. I sort of also have a phobia of writing in my pretty blank journals. But this is important!) Anyway, please rec me your favorite fun books! I'll have over twenty hours of travel time on this trip, so anything long is especially appreciated.

Okay back to packing! Slash finishing up my marathon of TBBT. (GOD I LOVE SHELDON. In very small, fictional doses.)

Comments

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

OMG, KATE. ROBIN MCKINLEY IS LIKE MY HERO. I WANT TO BE HER. You have to read Spindle's End, The Outlaws of Sherwood, The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword, Beauty... There are more, but those are my favorites. Sunshine is a vampire novel that is VERY different than others I've read, though they seem to be releasing a version to appeal to Twilight readers and it... is nothing like Twilight. It was an adult book, actually. The more you know. I also liked Chalice a lot. But then, I'm very biased about her. ;) (Though if you only read one (GAH FLAIL PICK JUST ONE WHAT), go with Spindle's End.)

[marenzi.livejournal.com]

SPINDLE'S END! That was it! I have no idea where I got it from, but the local library didn't have anything else by her so I didn't read more... I'm going to see if I can find that!