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Finding the time to read is a bit of a luxury for me in my busy life, but when I was travelling there were quite a few long travel days when I would spend hours on a bus. I also spent a few luxurious days sitting by the pool or on beautiful beaches (hello, Greece!) so I found myself finally finding some time to read.

And can you believe in 2 months travelling, I managed to read 4 novels plus loads of time reading trashy magazines and keeping myself updated on Flipboard on the iPad! Now, 4 novels might not sound a lot but when I barely find time to read one book every few months that was quite a rare luxury!

These are the (ahem...trashy) books I read:

The original novel on which the TV show is based - Belle De Jour. Not a bad book...but the TV shows are almost better because more happens?

The prequel to the famous Sex and The City TV series - Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell. I was excited to read this because this is soon to become a TV series (replacement for Gossip Girl, anyone?)

Now I'm a huge fan of Lauren Conrad and turns out I had forgotten that I'd read this book before. But seeing as I couldn't remember what happened I read it again...in less than one day! Only for true lovers of her many reality TV series :)

Now I had to add a 'serious' book in the mix - this divisive book has caused controversy so I suppose is a book I would suggest is read with an open mind. I loved it, and am in the midst of flipping through it again quickly to take down the quotable quotes which I just loved and rung so true. I got so into this book I read it practically in one sitting on a long bus ride (stopping only for lunch and rest breaks) as it is humorously written in an easy storytelling style.

The great thing about all my reading was that I got really into e-books on my iPad, meaning that I ditched the one hardcopy book I had brought with me in favour for a plethora of online books all at my disposal! When I don't get 'into' a book I'll just swap to another and it was so easy to just download more books as and when I needed them.

So now that I've read through all those books, I need some new reading recommendations! You might be able to tell I love my easy read novels but anything and everything is open to suggestion. Do you like to read in your spare time?