Sounds like you had a great trip and time! How fun. Hope you found some time to relax, too. :) Cathy's looks perfect on this list (and that cover/title intrigues me!) and Amanda's too looks so fitting. :) Thanks so much for visiting my website today.

Your vacation looks amazing and I love your cover choices!

Yay for vacations!!! Great pictures. I've seen U2 in concert twice. They're great. 🙂

I considered looking for books bird bird titles or covers. Really fun choices. Miss Benson's Beetle has been on my interest list.

I did read locust lane actually as a beta type with publisher questionnaire! Super cool and not a bad read at all! Thanks for dropping by my post!

Like you, I find WWII novels irresistible which means I now have more books on my tbr!! And also love the Kate Quinn San Francisco based book...

Love your twist on this week's topic! Your trip sounds great, thanks for sharing the photos. I saw U2 back in 1987 on their Joshua Tree tour and it was amazing! I bet they were fantastic in The Sphere!

Oh fun! I've always wanted to visit CA myself! Haven't gotten out that way yet. I tried looking up a flight the other day for fun as there was an event I wanted to attend, alas, it's wayyyy outside my price budget for a month in advance!

Nice cover picks too! These are all new to me ones! Been seeing a wide variety of genres for this topic which has made it all the more fun!

Thanks for visiting my TTT!

So glad to hear you guys have had such fun times! Thanks for sharing!

Sometimes vaca is too busy to read and that's okay!! The Sphere looks like it's an AMAZING atmosphere! I hope to experience it one day!

What a great trip you had! Funny that the kids liked the movie more than the U2 concert. Ha!

Your vacation sounds fantastic! I live in California but it's been years since I visited Solvang or Hearst Castle:-)

Your vacation looks and sounds amazing! I'm so glad you had such a nice and fun break from real life. :D

Great list! Love seeing all these covers. Sounds like an amazing trip! My husband and I are going to be in Las Vegas in the fall, and I hope to get to the Sphere and Hoover Dam! :)

Good for you for taking that trip! It looks super fun.

Thanks for stopping by earlier.

Lydia Schoch

Your trip sounds amazing! I already had The Phoenix Crown on my list. Olive Bright, Pigeoneer sounds right up my alley so I'm adding that to my TBR, too -- thanks!

That title wins today! It made me smile. I also loved your choices.
Your trip sounds amazing!

Sounds like a fantastic trip--I visited Hearst Castle roughly 35 years ago (pre-kid days) and remember really enjoying it. Solvang is on my bucket list to visit--such a unique place. Call of the Wrens and Phoenix Crown are both in my wheelhouse, so I will have to get them on the list. Thanks for stopping by my blog for TTT. Happy reading.

I'm glad you had such a wonderful trip! Definitely worth a blog hiatus and small break from reading. I love your twist on this week's prompt - great idea! I really need to read Miss Benson's Beetle as well - I have heard it's fantastic! Happy reading!

I'm totally partially to bees on covers. Nice list!

A great looking list.

It sounds like you had an amazing holiday and I love the photos! I feel that it will be many years before we go on holiday again 😂

Have a great week!

What a cool vacations :D looks so fun :)

I love that your husband is an enabler for (not) your book buying tendencies. Lol! My husband is the same, and he gives me lots of good reasons to buy books too. They are all very valid reasons and completely rational!

Sounds like a fun vacation. I'm glad you had a good time.

A Hundred Crickets Singing really caught my eye. And your vacation looks so fun!

Sounds like an amazing trip! Loved the pictures. Nice take on the topic. I want to read more books by Joyce after LOVING The Music Shop.

My husband says that purchasing it doesn't really count against my ban because (1) It was more of a donation to the museum than a book purchase, (2) The book is for research purposes, not entertainment value, and (3) He's the one who handed over the cash, so technically, he bought it, not me! LOL.

Hahaha, so fun when our loved ones join in our rationalisations!

Wow! Sounds like you had a fabulous time. Love the photos. Great list. Thanks for visiting my blog last week.

It looks like you had an awesome road trip! Thanks for sharing the highlights, even if I had to look up what ebelskivers were, and now I definitely want some. I also enjoyed seeing how your husband enables your book buying and even comes up with justifications, although in this case, I'd have to agree with him - this wasn't a book that you bought as a fun beach read. This was the kind of book that benefits not just you, but a museum.

As far as books, I love that you included the Vivien Chien series, because I've read a few of the books in that series and really loved them. Also, it's nice to see some diversity in cozy mysteries, isn't it? I read Locust Lane, and it was okay, but nothing that really stands out in my mind.

I agree with your husband - definitely doesn't count against the book buying ban. I read the first Vivien Chein book last year and absolutely loved it. It's a series I'm really looking forward to continuing this year. Love your list! I see several others I want to read.

We loved visiting Solvang! I have a picture of Ethan picking Hans Christian Anderson’s nose…ok his statue anyway.