I read:
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Mysteries (e.g., William Bernhardt, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, Margaret Frazer, Sue Grafton, Harry Kemelman, John D. MacDonald, Perri O'Shaunessey, Robert B. Parker, Elizabeth Peters, Kathy Reichs)
- Contemporary literature (e.g., Isabel Allende, Jorge Amado, Elizabeth Berg, Tracy Chevalier, Jon Hassler, Marge Piercy, Tom Robbins, Jane Smiley, Gail Tsukiyama, Anne Tyler)
- Biographies (of virtually anyone, not just famous people)
- Science fiction/fantasy (e.g., Isaac Asimov, Diana Gabaldon, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, Spider Robinson)
- Travel memoirs (e.g., Frances Mayes, Peter Mayle, Paul Theroux, Susan Allen Toth, J. Maarten Troost)
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I plan new trips, and remember great trips, to some of my favorite places:
- Poipu (Koloa), Kauai, Hawaii
- Longmont, Boulder, Ft. Collins, and Vail, Colorado
- Seattle, Bellingham, and the San Juan Islands of Washington state
- Freeport, Maine
- The National Parks
- Munstergeleen, The Netherlands
- Andermatt, Switzerland
- Heidelberg, Rottenburg, Fussen, and Koln, Germany
- Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark
- Oslo, Norway
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Auckland, Taupo, Christchurch, and Queenstown, New Zealand
- Sydney, Australia
- Hong Kong
- Tokyo
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