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I finally went into Amazon and reserved a paperback copy of the DaVinci Code. On my nieces’ advice I ordered the illustrated edition. As it has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for 155 weeks, Dan Brown didn’t need me to pay the price for the illustrated hardcover. Even though his recent legal woes must be getting costly.

As many readers know what book to read and when has very little to do with bestseller lists and everything to do with time of year and mood. Right now it is the end of winter in Alberta, there is still a lot of snow on the ground and everything seems grey and dirty.
I clearly need escapism! My choice?
Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman by Alice Steinbach, while it doesn’t have the same flow of story interwoven with travel of her first book “Without Reservations”, it is taking me into the Hotel Ritz cooking classes, behind the scenes of Havanna’s streets and allowing a glimpse at the lifestyle of Kyoto’s geisha.

The DaVinci Code will start the pile of books that I will choose from when I go away this summer. After all, picking just the right book for a vacation is as important as what clothes we decided to take.