{"id":27016,"date":"2025-09-17T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/27016\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:25:07","slug":"what-to-read-on-planes-trains-layovers-road-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/27016\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Read on Planes, Trains, Layovers &#038; Road Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/shop_travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">travel rule No. 1<\/a>: Always pack a great book. Why? Because sometimes your airplane seat doesn&#8217;t have a charger. Your phone might die. Maybe you left your headphones at home, or they slipped between the seats of your car. Maybe you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1420981\/10-travel-gadgets-to-make-your-next-trip-so-much-easier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">checked your bag<\/a> and didn\u2019t realize your tablet, aka your entire entertainment plan, is buried inside.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where a good book comes in. Not just any book, though! A book that pulls you in and keeps you hooked for hours. Because flights get delayed, road trips stretch on, and not every place you stop will have a power outlet waiting for you.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve rounded up the best books to help those long travel hours fly by. Whether you want to solve puzzles like a spy, unleash your creative side, or get lost in a fantasy world, we\u2019ve got you covered. From swoon-worthy rom-coms to can\u2019t-put-down memoirs, these picks will keep you turning the pages until you reach your destination.<\/p>\n<p>Forget counting down the minutes until you land. Your next great read is below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smart travel rule No. 1: Always pack a great book. Why? Because sometimes your airplane seat doesn&#8217;t have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[489,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-27016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}