Summer project

As I was checking a couple of lists of the best travel books of all time against our library catalog tonight, I came up with a summer project for myself. Since it's not likely that I'm going to be taking a trip anytime in the too-near future (other than a weekend wedding in Oregon this fall), I decided to do some vicarious traveling and focus on reading travel books (the narrative kind, not the guidebook kind) over the summer. At least my mind will get to go somewhere! (God, I'm such a librarian!)

(In case you're interested, the lists are from Salon, National Geographic Traveler, and World Hum. There's quite a bit of overlap among them, but also quite a bit of good stuff to choose from.)