It's all in your head

By Stacy Vogel ( Contact ) June 6, 2008 - 8:01 a.m.

There's nothing like a book when I want to get out of town but can't.

For example, over the last few years I've developed a random obsession with Italy. I don't know why. It started with me deciding I want to learn Italian, then deciding I want to take a trip to Italy, and then trying to convince my husband (mostly jokingly) that we should move to Italy.

None of that has actually happened yet, but I have read some books about Italy.

I started with "Eat, Pray, Love," the best-seller by Elizabeth Gilbert. I know a lot of people found the book trite, but as I read I felt like I was really traveling to Italy, India and Indonesia with the author.

Yesterday, I picked up "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham, a fictionalized account of a real American football league in Italy. I plan to start that one today.

I like books about other places, too, both abroad and in-country. If I can't really get away, at least I can pretend for a few hours at a time.

What are your travel lit recommendations?

gazettefan
Jun 10, 2008 at 9:57 a.m.
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Read it three times.

Hockeyjockey
Jun 9, 2008 at 10:33 p.m.
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"On The Road" by Jack Kerouac.

gazettefan
Jun 9, 2008 at 12:06 p.m.
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I just reread "Travels....." a few months ago.

truth1
Jun 9, 2008 at 11:31 a.m.
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Great way to save gas.
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Also to "save the planet" for the global warming believers.

aames
Jun 6, 2008 at 10:16 a.m.
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No surprise here ... John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley in Search of America" is a favorite summer read of mine.

Steinbeck bought a little camper and drove across America with his dog. He's great, of course, about making you feel like you're on the trip with him.

It's a fun read. He even wrote a couple graphs about driving through Wisconsin.

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