Vacation recs

abt8113 · October 2013

Hey all! I know I haven't been around all the much lately. Work has been crazy, and I've been in a book funk. Anyway, DH and I are going to Hawaii next week with my sister and BIL. I need recs for the beach! What has even been popular around here lately? I feel so left out!

packfan20 · October 2013

Um, please take me with you.

What islands?

abt8113 · October 2013

We're going to Maui!

krispy83 · October 2013

Jealous! Maui is awesome!

Here are the last few really good ones I've read:

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Me Before You (though I was a little behind on that one) and The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (and I'm currently reading Fangirls also by her, which I'm really enjoying so far)

Also, I haven't read them yet but Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins and Just One Year by Gayle Forman (in the Just One Day series) have been pretty popular. And if you've read the Divergent series, the third one comes out next week and is available for pre-order.

abt8113 · October 2013

@krscrp83 Is Isla and the Happily Ever After out yet? I thought it was coming out next year.

I want to get Allegiant, but I would rather have a paper copy of it, and I don't feel like lugging the big hardback to Hawaii. Plus I'm not sure I will have time to go to the store next Tuesday to buy it.

I do have Sea of Tranquility on my Nook, and Eleanor and Park is on my TBR list!

packfan20 · October 2013

Maui was my husband's favorite island! Are you going to do the Road to Hana? If so, I have some "must stops" along the way!

Oh, we're supposed to be talking about books...

Slide and Imposter by Jill Hathaway
Sultry Springs series by Macy Beckett
Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

abt8113 · October 2013

@packfan20 I want to do the road to Hana. One person told my BIL not to do it, and said that it was not worth the 7 hours that it takes. I've heard from other people to do it, so recommendations for that will be taken as well!

packfan20 · October 2013

So, we were gone for 14 hours the day we did the Road to Hana. It's not scary at all but totally wind-y so if you get motion sickness... If you just drive the road and don't stop, it would be pretty dull. We had recs and a map from a friend so we stopped a lot but these are places I would recommend.

- Ke'Anae Abortetum. Talk a walk through it and come across the Rainbow Eucalyptus trees. Totally something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
-Ke'Anae Park. Lava rocks. Pretty darn cool.
- Wai'anapanapa State Park/Pailoa Bay. There is a black sand beach. This is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
-Seven Sacred Pools. You can swim in them but don't take a lot to carry or anything valuable as it's a trek to get to them.

Also, make sure you check out the Banyan Tree in Lahaina.

We snorkeled at Molokini with the Pride of Maui tour and drove up to Haleakala National Park (so cool being ABOVE the clouds.)

Okay, I'll shut up now.

krispy83 · October 2013

@krscrp83 Is Isla and the Happily Ever After out yet? I thought it was coming out next year.
Eeek.. I don't know why I thought it was out! Maybe I've just seen posts about people anticipating it. Never mind! :P

krispy83 · October 2013

And I totally agree with @packfan20 - if you make those stops (we made most of the same ones in her list) the Road to Hana is SO worth it! The Banyan Tree in Lahaina is very cool as well.

We also did Haleakala - we were driven up in the morning and then given bikes and we biked down. It was awesome, and while it's a long ride, 95% of it is downhill so you coast a lot of the way. We did this through the Haleakala Bike Company and it was very fun and the views were spectacular.

abt8113 · October 2013

KrsCrp83 said:

abt8113 said:
@krscrp83 Is Isla and the Happily Ever After out yet? I thought it was coming out next year.
Eeek.. I don't know why I thought it was out! Maybe I've just seen posts about people anticipating it. Never mind! :P

It's cool! I just got really excited for a second!

packfan20 · October 2013

KrsCrp83 said:

And I totally agree with @packfan20 - if you make those stops (we made most of the same ones in her list) the Road to Hana is SO worth it! The Banyan Tree in Lahaina is very cool as well.

We also did Haleakala - we were driven up in the morning and then given bikes and we biked down. It was awesome, and while it's a long ride, 95% of it is downhill so you coast a lot of the way. We did this through the Haleakala Bike Company and it was very fun and the views were spectacular.

@KrsCrp83 DH and I decided not to do the bike thing on Haleakala for whatever reason. And then were glad because we were bummed to see that you just biked down the road. I don't know what we expected but biking down the side of a road, dodging cars...I can do that here.
:P Glad you enjoyed it, though!

krispy83 · October 2013

packfan20 said:

KrsCrp83 said:

And I totally agree with @packfan20 - if you make those stops (we made most of the same ones in her list) the Road to Hana is SO worth it! The Banyan Tree in Lahaina is very cool as well.

We also did Haleakala - we were driven up in the morning and then given bikes and we biked down. It was awesome, and while it's a long ride, 95% of it is downhill so you coast a lot of the way. We did this through the Haleakala Bike Company and it was very fun and the views were spectacular.

@KrsCrp83 DH and I decided not to do the bike thing on Haleakala for whatever reason. And then were glad because we were bummed to see that you just biked down the road. I don't know what we expected but biking down the side of a road, dodging cars...I can do that here.
:P Glad you enjoyed it, though!

@packfan20, we did it on a weekday, so we didn't have to dodge many cars, we rode in the middle of the road for most of it. But that's a good point - I'd imagine that on a weekend, it would be much more crowded and not nearly as much fun!

krispy83 · October 2013

@abt8113 - I figured it out! I was thinking of The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen. Don't know how I got those confused..

abt8113 · October 2013

@krscrp83 thanks! I'm going to be downloading books to my nook this weekend!

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