To my friends who knows,

 The sea can effect your well being...........and alter the sense of time and space.

Cool, calm and collected ............in a flower dress in Greece. 

I have not been back to Greece with my husband  for almost 18 years and all my friends  knows why. 

We managed to have a disaster holiday. ( all though it did not depend on Greece )

But one thing is sure when you travel to the Greek islands the only way to pack 

 ( classic, not backpacking ) is a suitcase full of flower printed dresses and lots of good books. This is my romantic view of spending a relaxing time on the islands. Just as in the film Tempest with John Cassavetes and Susan Sarandon.

This is the reading i had packed for this holiday.( and i packed light )

What i loved, by Siri Hustvedt - a love story taking place in NY with the suspense of a thriller

Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson - did not read it yet. The Times gave good reviews ... it is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that it seems miraculous that her silence was only for twenty-three years...

The ice princess, by Camilla Lackberg - in Italy there is a craze for Scandinavian thrillers after the success of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell. I find them everywhere , even at 

the gas station and of course i read them in Italian...

Vanninan, by Ewa Franchell  - a nicely written documentary on the political life inside the government in Stockholm. One thing is sure,  that is that i made the correct choice of not having politics as my profession. 

and 2 big books( 500 pages ) for my Alementarista study and lots of documents with information on Italian wines and cheeses . 

Could you ever think of any better reading on a holiday in Greece ?

Gunn