Friends of the Library host author Kae Reed at South Lake Tahoe Library

Everyone seems to have an opinion about vacation rentals. But what’s it actually like to live in the same house with these travelers?

Kathryn (aka Kae) Reed has those answers.

In her latest book, Sleeping with Strangers: An Airbnb Host’s Life in Lake Tahoe and Mexico, she holds nothing back when it comes to expressing what it is like to have paying guests sleeping a few feet from her room in her South Lake Tahoe house and others living downstairs in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, where she is essentially the Airbnb manager at her sister’s second home.

Reed will be speaking on Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at the South Lake Tahoe Library as a guest of the local chapter of Friends of the Library.

Besides pulling back the covers on what life is like as an Airbnb host, Reed also shares what it is like to live in these two diverse locations, making the book a bit of a travelogue.

Reed is the former publisher of Lake Tahoe News, former managing editor of the Tahoe Daily Tribune, and on occasion continues to contribute to the Tahoe Mountain News on the South Shore, Tahoe Weekly on the North Shore, and TRPA’s Tahoe In Depth publication.

After the reading, she will be selling and signing books. Sleeping with Strangers is $20. She will also have copies of her other books Lake Tahoe Trails For All Seasons: Must-Do Hiking and Snowshoe Treks ($20), Snowshoeing Around Lake Tahoe: Must-Do Scenic Treks ($10), and The Dirt Around Lake Tahoe: Must-Do Scenic Hikes ($15). Cash or Venmo will be accepted.

If you can’t make it to the South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library event, Reed’s books are available at various locations throughout the greater Lake Tahoe area, ordered through your favorite bookstore, or purchased online.