Top 5 Books About Road Trips I Want To Read

This idea was originally created by Mandy @Devouring Books big thanks to Mandy for hosting and introducing me to so many other book bloggers! Please see the September prompts below.

September Prompts

7/9/19 — Summer Reads

14/9/19 — Set in Space

21/9/19 — Over 500 Pages

28/9/19 — Books with Maps

Rules!

• Share your top 5 books of the current topic– these can be books that you want to read, have read and loved, have read and hated, you can do it any way you want.
• Tag the original post
• Tag 5 people

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When I think ‘Road Trip’ I think contemporary, teenagers, spring break, not my kinda genre at all. Looking into some lists on Goodreads I found that anyone’s interpretation of Road Trips were, well broad. So, if the below isn’t what you were expecting, please accept it’s my personal interpretation of a Road Trip, where the main character finds themselves to have been altered or changed since the beginning of the book. (Definition of every book ever.) My bad!

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American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Starting with one I love! Neil is an absolute favourite author of mine and this book shows off every quality of his writing, from red herring plot twists to character development. Shadow’s wife died in a car accident days before he is released from prison, he meets the mysterious Mr Wednesday who offers him employment as a chauffeur and we follow their adventures across America. If you know nothing about this book, you will love it that much more, so this is where I leave my summary.

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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Having the biggest crush on Johnny Depp as a teenager, and still to this day, the movie adaption of this book has been on my to watch list forever. When I discovered it was an adaption the movie was removed and the book was added to the TBB/TBR, it’s still waiting. The book takes place over a weekend in Las Vegas where drugs, alcohol and bad decisions are made over each page.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Ok, so technically not a road trip, but it kinda is… it’s just in space, as a kid I listened to an abridged version of this book and I have always wanted to read it physically! The movie was sub par but Stephen Fry narrated most of it and therefore if it’s nothing else it’s just more Stephen Fry ear happiness! #AnswerToLifeTheUniverseAndEverythingIs42 Minutes before the Earth is destroyed Arthur is saved by his friend, Ford and finds himself in space travelling the universe with a random bunch of companions and a guide to hitch hiking.

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Wicked by Gregory Maguire

I know, I’m stretching now, but there is a road and Elphaba does take a trip. Of self-discovery. This is the story of The Wicked Witch Of The West of Oz and Gregory takes us into the young life of Elphaba and the story of her before the wickedness. I really want to read this, however it hasn’t quite fit on the TBR of this year! It is in the back up pile though!

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Pirates, treasure and adventure. Again not a road trip, but a trip. On a boat. I am super bad at this category of books, but again, this is a book I really want to read and haven’t yet done so! The TBR again didn’t have room for this one this year but first I want to find a really loved copy or a super pretty one. Any ideas please share in the comments!

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Tags (No pressure)

Stephen of Stephen Writes

Aoife of Pretty Purple Polka Dots

Nikki of Books & Lemon Squash

Lili of Lili’s Blissful Pages

Shealea of Shut up, Shealea

Till next time lovelies, Happy reading B)