You're packing for a month on a deserted island. What, as a reader and writer, must be in your backpack?
First of all, I'd like to know why I know in advance that I'm going to be on a desert island for a month? Is it some kind of reality show? A social experiment? Anything but a lost episode of LOST!
Okay, so since it wasn't specified, I'm going to say my desert island is one of those in Jamaica that are really close to the inhabited islands, so I can ride a Sea-Doo there for dinner every day (guess that means I better pack my debit card...)
Anyway. What to pack... what to pack...?
As a reader, I'd definitely need a mix of old favorites and never-reads to keep me entertained:
- The HARRY POTTER series
- GONE WITH THE WIND
- WORLD WAR Z (Actually, scratch WWZ, otherwise I'll be imagining the shuffle of zombies in the sand.)
- TWILIGHT series (I've not reread them yet, I figure a month on a desert island's as good a time as any, right?)
- A bunch of books in my to-be-read pile, including HEX HALL, THE SUGAR QUEEN, THE HUNGER GAMES series, SCRAMBLED EGGS AT MIDNIGHT, and the last 2 NARNIA books.
- The Bible (I don't go on any trip without it.)
- The multicolored pens my sister-in-law sent me from Japan
- A pack of blue fine-tip, no-bleed-through Sharpie pens
- A bunch of notebooks (and these do triple-duty, because I can write a desert-island-set novel, draw, and compose future blogs in them!)
I'd also need:- Above-mentioned Sea-Doo
- A giant Zip-Loc bag to keep my stuff from getting wet
- A solar-powered clock (can't stand not knowing the time)
- A solar-powered fan
- A tent
- My favorite blanket
- A first aid kit (and maybe my health insurance card, being that the hospital is only a Sea-Doo ride away)
