Quick question

I'm in the middle of an unbelievable case of school paper-related paralysis.  I have a twenty pager due tomorrow and I am not as far as I should be, given it's 7pm the day before it's due.  What am I doing here?   I have a quick question.

I need some book suggestions for my trip.  I'm hoping for some things that are related to the places I'll be visiting.  I'm thinking Vonnegut (I mean, I'm going to be in Dresden, so Slaughterhouse-Five seems a perfect fit), but besides that I'm stuck.  I'll be in Scotland, Ireland, Germany (for the longest) and the Netherlands.  Please help.  And send good thoughts to my stupid, procrastinating self.

Comments

[Amy]

When you're in Ireland, read Anne Enright's The Gathering. Won the Booker Prize last year (I think it was last year), and while slightly downcast, it's downcast in a *very* Irish way.

I'll think on this some more and let you know if I come up with anything else.

Traveling mercies (and writing mercies) to you...

[e.]

I've been reading A Break of Snow and Ashes this summer, which is the last book in the Outlander series. I love it. If you haven't read them, I suggest trying one. I'm reading the last first, but I've enjoyed it so much, I plan to go back and read them all. From the last, I get the impression some of the earlier ones take place in Scotland. (They are loooong books, by the way.)