I love book lists. And I especially love book lists that hav a theme. Now that everyone from the Seattle Seahawks to Emma Watson (and Emma Stone) to Cory Booker are sponsoring book clubs, there's never a lack of suggestions for my next read. Today
this list "20 Books to Take You Around the World" popped up on The Modern Mrs. Darcy blog. Since I love travel as much as I love reading, it felt like a Monday morning Christmas present. (And bonus points for Mrs. Darcy, one of the recommended books was NOT
Eat, Pray, Love, which continues to irritate me.)
I was delighted to see one of my old favorites, John Steinbeck's
Travels with Charley in Search of America on the list. It's a lovely book, and intriguing to compare the America of Steinbeck's time to today's nation. It's an eclectic list that includes Tana French's Into the Woods, Anthony Doerr's Four Seasons in Rome, and
All the Light We Cannot See. Amor Towles'
A Gentleman in Moscow piqued my interest the most but I marked down several for my TBR pile.
