TRANSPORTATION: BUSINESS TRAVEL AND TRAVELERS : TOURISM AND TRAVEL: BUSINESS TRAVEL : BUSINESS: BUSINESSMEN : BOOKS : READING: Reading Books Keeps Business Travelers Sane

[David P. Dillard]

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TRANSPORTATION: BUSINESS TRAVEL AND TRAVELERS :

TOURISM AND TRAVEL: BUSINESS TRAVEL :

BUSINESS: BUSINESS PEOPLE :

BOOKS : READING:

Reading Books Keeps Business Travelers Sane

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Reading Books Keeps Business Travelers Sane

Gary Stoller

USA TODAY

2:11 p.m. EDT July 16, 2013

USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/
2013/07/15/in-flight-reading-kindle-books/2518785/

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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/lhrll23

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Though many business travelers laud Kindles and other electronic devices
for assisting their book-reading passions, frequent flier Bailey Allard
laments their use.

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Allard, a consultant in Chapel Hill, N.C., says she used to enjoy walking
down an airplane aisle seeing what books in the hands of passengers were
popular. She remembers being impressed by the number of adults
particularly businessmen reading Harry Potter, for example.

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"Seatmate conversation was often sparked by seeing your seatmate reading a
book that you had read," Allard says. "It was an opportunity for two
traveling strangers to connect in conversation of mutual reading
enjoyment."

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Frequent flier Claudia Tessier of Malden, Mass., says reading a book
in-flight put her in her "own world" where she cares little about the
discomforts of travel.

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"I sometimes discover we have taken off or landed without my being aware
of it," the health care informatics consultant says.

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For a long flight, Tessier recommends the Life of Pi by Yann Martel. "It's
engaging and will keep your mind off the discomforts of travel, but you
won't finish it in one flight," she says.

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Another recommendation is Wild by Cheryl Strayed, an "interesting record
of her solo hike along the Pacific Coast Trail and her personal journey
recovering from the loss of her mother and a failed marriage."

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Business traveler Marion Kruse of Powell, Ohio, says books like The Hunger
Games and "the entire Percy Jackson series" are fun reads in-flight that
provide "a great mental escape."

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"Reading keeps me sane during long waits in airports and on tarmacs," says
the health care consultant. "It is very relaxing and keeps me from getting
irritated with the craziness of air travel."


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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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A list of 15 books recommended by business travelers is provided at the
end of the article.


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