The Story Of Us

Don't worry, I have many many more travel post lined up but I have also been reading and don't want to let me book posts fall behind. I have read more than just these two but I wanted today to only talk about these two books. Both are written by desi's (a term for those from the sub continent - India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) I usually stay away from South Asian voices. Why? I don't know.. I feel too conflicted or lack connection with those storylines. But then I picked up two. All That Rage I had wanted to read and The Reading List had been sitting on my bookshelf being ignored.  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams         Synopsi s - Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local libr

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From Amalfi we headed to Rome. The car service that picked us up from the airport returned to pick us up and take us to the Naples train station. M and I had looked at the train schedule the night before and booked our tickets using the Trenitalia app.  Booking train tickets via the app was very easy. Booking a seats is mandatory on high speed trains, no people standing in the train. You can not book seats on regional trains, so the earlier you are there the better chance you have of being able to sit together. Validating your train tickets is also very important in Italy. You are fine if it is an online purchase, otherwise you must validate your ticket. On regional trains, even if the tickets are online you still need to check in on the app when on board.  We grabbed some coffee and croissants and boarded our first train. This probably being a more popular route, only the boys were able to sit together.  Once in Rome we got a taxi to our hotel, Hotel Navona Colors. We checked in, Drop