So I have got nine books

[janeite]

Nine books for a two week holiday - do you think I am likely to cope, or will I be chewing my own arm in frustration after day six?

I have got:
The Moonstone
The Woman In White
Let The Right One In (Swedish vampire thing)
Netherland
Something about a rat that I found in a charity shop - can't remember what it is
Tom Bedlam
Something about WW1 - forgotten what it is
A Georgette Heyer
Animal Farm (re-read)

Ooh - glad to hear you enjoyed the Swedish vampires, Tooifbysea.

Has anybody read Tom Bedlam? I got it because it had a nice cover! Or Netherland?

DCs asked me yesterday how many books I was taking to read on holiday & I said I reckoned about 8. They laughed & groaned & said I couldn't off-load any into their suitcases! We're going for 3 weeks, I'm thinking I might have to reconsider.

I also enjoyed the Swedish vampires. Well written, different and you care about the characters. I haven't seen the film as I don't really enjoy horror movies but may do now I've read the book.

I'm glad I didn't persevere with Labyrinthe, didn't get past the first few chapters. It reminded me of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code which I found boring and tedious..

Oh gosh - I may be the only person in the world, aside from dp, who has not even attempted the Davinci code.

Dp says he doesn't care what MNers say, I can't pack any more books!

I've put Tom Bedlam in my flight bag, so it had better be good! I will also lower myself to buy a crappy magazine - Red or Marie Claire, do you think?

No, add me to your list. I, too, have never read the Davinci Code.

Janeite - Nor I and don't intend to. Have never read any John Grisham or James Herbert either, come to that

Now I went through a James Herbert phase as a teenager but I soon got over it!

My cousin brought The Rats on holiday once when we were teenagers - the extracts she read out were enough to put me off forever

After lugging a huge bag of books around for the past 2 weeks to keep us all (especially ds1) suitably occupied on hols, I have suddenly realised the benefit of those e-book reader thingies!

When are you off? Have fun!