I finally have some giveaways coming up this week. It’s been kind of a long dry spell. Even some of the tours I’ve hosted haven’t had giveaways attached, which is a real pity. There have been some good books on those tours that it would have been great to share.
As you read this, we are probably on our way to my mom’s in Cincy. One of the reasons we moved back east was so that visiting family would be a more reasonable trip, and that is turning out to be the case. Air travel used to be fun. Now it is mostly annoying. Driving takes longer but seems less hassle when it’s feasible. There’s such a trade-off between living near a big airport and living near a relatively small one.
The lines in Gainesville, Tallahassee and even Anchorage were relatively short. But getting anywhere involved at least one extra hop, and sometimes two. Also it was reasonable to live not horribly far from the airport. From Chicago, Seattle and Atlanta you can get almost anywhere on a nonstop flight, but getting to the airport is a major pain, the lines for everything take forever and parking costs the earth.
On the other hand, Atlanta had an Ice Cream Festival on Saturday which tasted wonderful.
C’est la vie.
Blog Recap:
B+ Review: Ether & Elephants by Cindy Spencer Pape
B Review: The Best Kind of Trouble by Lauren Dane
B+ Review: Wings in the Dark by Michael Murphy
A Review: The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis
A- Review: Liesmith by Alis Franklin
Stacking the Shelves (145)
Coming Next Week:
The Terrans by Jean Johnson (review)
Broken Open by Lauren Dane (review)
Flask of the Drunken Master by Susan Spann (blog tour review)
Deadly Lover by Charlee Allden (review)
Hot Point by M.L. Buchman (blog tour review)
Your posts for this week look good! I will be visiting back. Have a great week.
I hear you about air travel being annoying! I have another work trip coming up next month and I am dreading the time in the airport.
Terri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
Air travel did used to be fun. I remember how much I looked forward to flying when I was a kid. You received hot meals for free, and had leg room. Plus, airfare didn’t cost more than a car payment. Ugh! C’est la vie is right!
I also know what you mean re air travel – the whole checking in process is automated but still takes so long and the waiting and delays drive me insane.
I hope you have a great trip.
Deb
I hear you about air travel, I am in Scotland and to go most places abroad involves several plane journeys.
I am going to check out The Mechanical review, its on my TBR list but not got around to reading it yet.