I just finished a memoir called "My Year With Eleanor" by Nielle Hancock. It's a good fast, fun read. Kind of a bio/fiction book. I would highly recommend it. However, if you could afford it a Kindle is the way to go for take along books. I read books at home and take my Kindle with me when I leave. I probably have 90 some loaded and they were all free except one.
God bless you for what you do withyour mother.