Home Sweet Own Book 24

For Travel I read Love with a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche. I bought it on a lark whilst at Target and I’m glad I did. Torre meets Ivan by chance at a bar in San Francisco one day and both fall fast and hard. He wants to sail the pacific and soon. She’s terrified of deep water. What’s love without a little risk?

DeRoche does a great job. It’s one of the few times I’d described a book as ‘compulsively readable.’ She talks about her difficulties at sea without being self-pitying and her great love without being condescending. She never sugarcoats the reality of sailing the pacific. The reef, storms, and unexpected boat trouble can to any sailor in but the rewards of remote islands, unexpected wildlife, and warm locals can make it worth it.

I made sure to get this read while Boy Toy and I were still going strong. If I’m back on my own again, I’m not going to be that interested in someone else’s love story. Fortunately that wasn’t always front and center and we’re still quite happy. I really enjoyed the journey. If the premise appeals to you, it’s worth the read.

1) Fiction – A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King

2) Nonfiction – The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett

3) Sci-Fi – Redshirts by John Scalzi

4) Fantasy 

5) Mystery – Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer

6) Horror 

7) Memoir/Biography – Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb

8) Chick Lit – Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

9) Feminist – Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan

10) Teen – What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

11) Holiday 

12) Essays – What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz Dubelman

13) Short Stories 

14) Library 

15) Animal 

16) Book about Books – Judging a Book By Its Lover by Lauren Leto

17) New – Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin

18) Old – Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P. N. Elrod

19) Pop Science – Why Men Fake It by Abraham Morgentaler, MD

20) Near 

21) Far 

22) Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Thomas F. Zahler

23) Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

24) Wild Card 

25) Otherworldly Creature 

26) Free – Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin

27) Noteworthy 

28) Bestseller – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

29) Themed Anthology – Red edited by Kris Goldsmith

30) Steampunk – The Immersion Book of Steampunk edited by Gareth Jones and Carmelo Rafala

31) Movie-Book 

32) Media – Doctor Who: Touched By an Angel by Jonathan Morris

33) Travel – Love with a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche

34) Food 

35) Classic 

36) Humor – Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennard

37) Poetry 

38) Past – Stasiland by Anna Funder

39) Future 

40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic 

41) Zombie 

42) Sports – Red Rising by Ted Starkey

Music: Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford & Sons