The fanny pack belt bag is still sitting in the shopping cart. That makes us too old,” he dropped his head and walked away. “Why not? I like to be hands-free when I walk!” I responded. Garrett finally broke when he looked over my shoulder as I was ordering a fanny pack-or belt bag, whatever the cool kids are calling them these days-online. I Still Love You, and Always and Forever, Lara Jean, and, finally, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I read Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand and the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, P.S.

That said, I still surpassed my goal of reading two books in July. It took me the rest of the month to get through my final read, The Night Circus, because, well, I didn’t really love it and I was prioritizing time with my travel companions over time with my books. Actually, four of the five books that I read last month were all finished in Santorini by July 12, before we met up with everyone. Since we were with friends and family for more than half of the month, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to read. We didn’t stop moving, and we didn’t stop laughing. We were visiting my cousin in London and traveled with our friends throughout Italy: 3 days each in Praiano and Taormina, 2 days each in Siracusa and Modica, and finally met up with Garrett’s parents in Germany. In July, Garrett and I were in Greece (Athens and Santorini), the U.K (London), Ireland (Garrett spent 24 hours in Dingle for my cousin’s stag party), Italy (Praiano on the Amalfi Coast and Taormina, Siracusa, and Modica in Sicily), and Germany (Bacharach and Munich).

Elin hilderbrand summer of 69 series