Last week was a week of reading in short little bursts, between long stretches of doing other things. Steve and I were living the digital nomad life in Roatan, Honduras – scuba diving in the morning and working in the afternoon. That whirlwind didn’t leave much time for leisure reading, and I never read much on vacation anyway – I’d rather be staring at beautiful Caribbean blue water and catch up on books when I get home. (Anyone else?)

But I did get a bit of reading done over my morning coffee – a few pages here and there from The Wimsey Papers (which is not a Lord Peter mystery – it’s a collection of letters and “family documents” that Dorothy L. Sayers wrote as one-offs during World War II). Great for spending a little bit more time in Lord Peter and Harriet’s world, as long as you don’t expect an actual plot. (I went in knowing what to expect, so I was completely satisfied.) On the plane home, I read Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why, which turned out to be a collection of Alexandra Petri’s Washington Post columns, most of which I had already read when they came out in the newspaper. But time spent with Alexandra Petri is always worthwhile and I blazed through, alternately chuckling and cringing, as we winged our way back to the U.S. Then finally, once home and back to perusing my shelves, I felt like spending more time with Lord Peter, so I picked up Clouds of Witness, which was one of the Wimsey mysteries that I missed when I read a bunch of them in high school. It’s been a busy couple of days of running around doing post-travel re-entry, so I’m only about fifty or so pages in, but of course it’s wonderful.

Totally in love with scuba diving! We had an amazing week exploring the glorious, vibrant, and healthy Mesoamerican Reef that rings Roatan Island. Can’t wait to go back and dive more!