DreamWeaver's Travel Agency

Here at the DreamWeaver Travel Agency, we’re working to get you to where you want to go. Whether you need some fun in the sun, or time sitting in front of a roaring fire, we’re here to help.

Here is a list of our destinations. See below for a growing list of the people we’ve helped!

Hello all! I’m DreamWeaver, by the beginning of the year I will be living in Seattle, WA. I’m a working mom of two, who reads whenever I get the chance. I owe what little sanity I have left to audiobooks.

I don’t know about you, but after the last two years, I could use a vacation. As such, I’m going to revamp my 2019 schema and theme my reading around vacation destinations.

Also from my 2019 thread, I’m going to avoid doing a review, even a mini one, as the energy to do that has made me fall off my threads in the past, and instead ask a question that pops into my head while I read the book. I make no guarantees that they will always have to do with the main thrust of the book.

Here are my Categories. I’m hoping to read at least 22 for each.

The Big City: Nonfiction
There's so much to do and see in the big city, and so much to learn. I love to wander around cities, and this category, too, will be rather eclectic.

The Ocean: Science Fiction
The closest we are likely to get to another world is that which covers over 70% of our planet.

The Beach: Fantasy
I'd like to say I put these two together because the ocean and the beach are as related as science fiction and fantasy. The truth is, for me, an ideal vacation to a place of warm sand and surf, one where I don't feel uncomfortable and about to die of sunstroke, is pretty much a fantasy.

The Mountains: Romance
A mountain cabin, surrounded by snow, with a crackling fireplace, is my dream vacation. Add in a stack of romance novels and I'm set.

The Lake: Mystery
Loons calling on the lake. No other cabin for miles. No one to hear you scream.

The Amusement Park: Children's
A day of rides and excitement! And long lines. And the sun on the blacktop. And screaming kids. Well, at least you can block it all out with a good audiobook.

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Cover Image Key

As you can probably tell already, I like images. This year, I've decided to make my posted covers uniform and a little more informative. Here is how to read them:

Book Source:
Book Genre:
Book Format Consumed:
Book Length:
Book Rating: I think you can figure the stars out

The Big City: Nonfiction


1.  2. 

(1. Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer) (2. What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She by Dennis Baron)

The Ocean: Science Fiction

The Beach: Fantasy


1.

(1. Undeath & Taxes by Drew Hayes)

The Mountains: Romance


1.

(1 Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas)

The Lake: Mystery


1.
Tempest In The Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend)

The Amusement Park: Children's


1. 2. 3.

(1. Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary) (2. The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker) (3. James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot)

5. Set In Another Country: James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot - England
6. A Book About Sisters Or Brothers: Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
7. A children's or YA book: The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker
9. A Work Of Non-Fiction: What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She by Dennis Baron
11. Published In a Year Ending 2: Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer - 2012
15. A Long Book (long for you): Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb - 29 hrs and 17 mins
16. Set In a Capital City: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas - set in London

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Other Challenges

Ideas for January
January CATWoman -- Biography, Autobiography, Memoir:
  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

January AuthorCAT: Indigenous Writers:
  21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
  The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
  The Reason You Walk

January RandomKIT: Home Sweet Home
  House in the Cerulean Sea

January ShakespeareCAT: King Lear and Its Themes

January AlphaKIT: R and H
  House in the Cerulean Sea

AlphaKIT - Yearlong X and Z

Haha I love the category descriptions, especially the mysteries! I hope your 2022 reading takes you to some great places. :)

Gorgeous photos and a great setup! Have a great reading year :)

Love the photos.

Great CATS and photos. Good luck with your 2022 reading.

Great photos and commentary!
Good luck!

Those pictures are stunning and make me want to pack a suitcase right now. Happy reading!

Great theme! Especially the lake category - "No one to hear you scream"!

Great categories and pictures! Enjoy your 2022 reading.

What gorgeous pictures! I do like to armchair travel, but sometimes (especially in these weird times) I just want to go somewhere, anywhere! Hope you enjoy your reads in 2022.

Hope you enjoy your book travels this year!

Great themes. I own a travel agency and I do live on a lake and hear the loons. Good luck of your travels.

Beautiful images! Not sure if I like the lake one or the mountain one best - they both look inviting. "No One to hear you scream" cracked me up. Looking forward to following your reading and getting some audiobook BBs - love me an audiobook.

Destination: The Mountains (Romance)
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
The Ravenels Book 6
Question Why do pointy toe shoes ever exist, let alone still exist?

Destination: The Beach (Fantasy)
Undeath & Taxes by Drew Hayes
Fred, the Vampire Accountant Book 2
Question Is anyone else bothered by the miss use of "deductions" to mean "refundable credit"? Anyone? Okay, just me then.

Destination: The Big City (Nonfiction)
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
Question How can I get this book into as many people's hands as possible?

Destination: The Big City (Nonfiction)
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She by Dennis Baron
Question Why am I not surprised that it has been legally ruled that "he" means everyone when talking of taxes and criminal offenses but "he" just means men when revering to the ability to hold professional accreditations (like a license to practice law) or vote?

Good questions!

Destination: The Beach (Fantasy)
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
Realm of the Elderlings Book 2
Question I wonder, what in the book of my life would want The Reader to shake me the way I wanted to shake Fitz?

>27 dreamweaver529: LOL. I so wanted to shake Fitz too. Robin Hobb does know how to torture her leading men.

Destination: The Amusement Park (Children's)
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby Book 1
Question What consequences do you give a little girl who "throws a party", inviting all the other kids over, without asking? And shouldn't the other mothers have made sure that there was a party before dropping off their kids?

Destination: The Amusement Park (Children's)
The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker
Tales of the Wide-Awake Princess Book 1
Question Why is a story in a magical world, one without the Christianity, have Christenings?

Destination: The Amusement Park (Children's)
James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot
Question Who's heart isn't a little lighter after a few cozy James Herriot stories?

Destination: The Beach (Fantasy)
Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings
The Belgariad Book 4
Question Why does a pendent with a tree and crown let you eavesdrop? Maybe if there had to be a plant in the room, but just in general? Not the most symbolic choice.

Destination: The Lake (Mystery)
Tempest In The Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend
Fortune Teller Mystery Book 1
Question Can you grow tea in New York City? In sufficient quantities to do something with?

>33 dreamweaver529: Maybe if you commandeered the flowerbeds and gardens in Central Park?!

>34 rabbitprincess: Yes, we will take over all of Central Park to grow tea!

I know it's a silly point, but the main character is always brewing or giving away tins of her "homegrown tea", after just moving out of NYC. And the part of me that is a brew snob (be it tea, coffee, or beer) is like "It Doesn't Work Like That!" I know the author was probably thinking herbal tea, or to be specific a tisane, but it still threw me out of the book every time.

True, that wasn't the worst part of the book (character, plot, mystery) but I'm a brew snob, darn it, and this is important.

>35 dreamweaver529: Maybe it's "homegrown tea" of the plant recently legalized in Canada ;)