Ahola from Hawaii

After a hectic 10 days on the move in California, a week in Hawaii has provided the chance to indulge in holiday reading and to trial remote blogging. The day here involves difficult decisions: pilates or massage, scrambled or poached, beach or pool, wine or cocktail, Ahi or Ono (or another obscure fish dish). However, today we escaped our resort and visited a large Barnes & Noble in order to replenish Laura's supply of books. And what an eye opener it proved to be. Teen fiction here falls into 4 distinct categories. First, anything to do with vampires (pass); second, anything to do with high schools (think Glee the novel); thirdly, teen romance with notable examples being Withering Tights (no, really), Anna and the French Kiss, Tweet Heart and These Boots Are Made For Stalking; and finally anything with summer in the title (The Summer of Skinny Dipping, The Summer That Changed Everything, We'll Always Have Summer, It's Not Summer Without You, Sixteenth Summer, Seventeenth Summer etc). We emerged shell shocked into the searing heat clutching 2 suspect looking titles selected from the B & N offering which Laura started reading as we walked to the car and hasn't put down since.