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<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/strong>How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/strong> \u2013 When I\u2019m on vacation, I actually prefer to read books for personal development. I\u2019ll read books like Dale Carnegie\u2019s<\/strong> How to Win Friends and Influence People, or any of John Maxwell\u2019s<\/strong> books on leadership. My other favorite books are from Zig Ziglar, Stephen Covey and Kenneth Blanchard<\/strong>. These books help me with not only business and leadership skills, but with every day people skills. I\u2019ve learned we should always be working on improving ourselves \u2013 even on vacation!–Julie Wright, Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maybe you have a pile of books already, and you just need the vacation so you can read them. Call us at CruiseExperts.com and we can find you the perfect cruise for getting submerged into your favorite book. \u00a0Call today at1-888-804-CRUISE (2784) or visiting our website www.CruiseExperts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I\u00a0prepare to leave\u00a0on a cruise vacation, one of the things I think about is what book or books am I going to bring. If you\u2019re an avid reader, finding the right book for your vacation is a priority. Then with your book in hand, find a\u00a0lounge chair with a view of the ocean (and … What\u2019s a good book to read while on a cruise?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>Any of the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich<\/strong> would make a good book to read while on a cruise. They are short, funny, light-hearted and easy to read. One doesn’t want to be serious or think too hard when on vacation and these books will make you laugh out loud.–Michelle Smick, Accounting<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>My vote is anything by Stephen King or Dean Koontz….Stephen King\u2019s new summer thriller \u201cMr. Mercedes\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0just came out. And Dean Koontz\u2019s new \u201cThe City\u201d<\/strong> comes out in July.–Martha Arnold, Agent<\/em><\/p>\n<\/picture><\/a><\/a>Stephen King 1963<\/strong>.\u00a0 I have already read it, but would read it again!–Jeremy Hayes, Agent<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/picture><\/a>The Red Tent by Anita Diamant<\/strong> has always been a favorite. If you love historical fiction, this book takes you back to the time of Moses as told by the women in his life. It gives a look into what it was like to be a woman in those days. It captures you quickly from the beginning and keeps you engaged to the end.–Linda Brandt,\u00a0Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>I love to read a series because if the characters are well developed and relatable you get to just flow from one book to another.\u00a0 One of my favorites is the Donovan Creed series by John Locke<\/strong>.\u00a0 Relatable just may be stretching it a bit because the series centers around the exploits of a brilliant wealthy hired assassin.\u00a0 He really does come up with very ingenious ways to kill people.\u00a0 I know, sounds sick, but it doesn’t take long for you to be totally into the character and after all, most of the dead people are bad.\u00a0 Right now there are 11 books in the series.\u00a0 They\u2019re all a comfortable, fast read, guaranteed to hold you spell bound.\u00a0 Long before the end you\u2019ll be cheering for the \u201cbad\u201d guys.\u00a0 Perfect for vacation reading.\u00a0 $2.99 a book on your Kindle e-reader.–Andy Melilli, Vice President<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>If you like romance novels, I recommend Impassioned by Nelly d’Este<\/strong>. It’s a contemporary romance about\u00a0finding love\u00a0on a Mediterranean cruise. A young woman loses weight and takes a Mediterranean cruise and meets a sophisticated yet gentle man and they fall in love.–Rachel Brandon, Agent<\/em><\/p>\n<\/picture><\/a><\/picture><\/a>The only time you will find me reading on vacation is one of two places\u2026 on the plane or on the elliptical in the gym in the early morning for 1 hour (which only happens if the evening before wasn\u2019t a long one, if you know what I mean!) \u00a0Like Julie Wright, \u00a0I too enjoy reading books on self-improvement,\u00a0 leadership, and or spiritual.\u00a0 Some of my favorite Authors are Jeff Olson \u2013 Slight Edge , Darren Hardy- The Compound Effect, anything by Jentezen Franklin\u00a0 – currently reading The Spirit of Python.–Michelle Lowery, Agent \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/picture><\/a><\/picture><\/a><\/em>I would probably take a book by Francine Rivers. The 20th<\/sup> Anniversary edition of \u00a0\u00a0A Voice in the Wind \u00a0just came out.\u00a0 FABULOUS book \u2013 I might be content to sit in a deck chair and not even leave the ship if I had this book.\u00a0 I love a good Christian historical novel\u2026. A little bit of romance in there always helps to keep my attention too! —Jennifer Briscro, Group Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n