Vacation, All I Ever Wanted…

August is the month where people in publishing get the heck out of Dodge. Carrie and Tessa have both left the building this week, May is jetting off sometime soon, and I just returned from Jamaica. Now, allow me to make you all jealous with my photos.

This is the view from the restaurant we ate at every day. Service was very slow, but it really didn’t matter.

This was sunset that first night, also as seen from the restaurant. I’ve never seen a sunset quite like this one.

My friend brought an enormours inflatable duck. I was skeptical when she told me the plan, but let me tell you–that duck was a hit. And yes, that is the ocean right next to the pool.

We were all there for a wedding and while storm clouds did roll in, the result was this amazing double rainbow! (The day before, we saw a perfect circle rainbow surrounding the sun.)

Way in the distance, you can see a cliff  just past that blue umbrella.

And that’s me, being stupid enough to jump from that cliff. I also jumped from a bridge, and another cliff. Jamaica makes you brave!

So that was my vacation! I loved getting to spend time with my friends, seeing two of my favorite people get hitched, and eating a lot of delicious food…but I’m a book person and we cannot be stopped. So I also spent a lot of time quizzing everyone on what they were reading and why. This trip was dominated by Eat, Pray, Love and the Stieg Larsson books. Personally, I read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest and Loretta Chase’s Last Night’s Scandal.

So now it’s your turn: what did you do on your summer vacation? And more importantly, what did you read?