22 Beautiful Libraries & Bookstores for Your Bucket List

Nothing says calm like a room full of books. When traveling, I love looking out for beautiful libraries or interesting bookstores to stop by, and I thought I’d share my personal favorites. This list of twenty-two gorgeous bookstores and libraries starts with a few I’ve been lucky enough to visit, and includes more I hope to visit in the future! 1. Austrian National Library – … Continue reading 22 Beautiful Libraries & Bookstores for Your Bucket List

8 Books to Read While Traveling Peru

Whenever I travel, I enjoy having regionally appropriate reading material for downtime–waiting at airports, on flights, in the evenings, etc. Here I’d like to share some of my selections for traveling through Peru. I will note that not all of these are necessarily set in Peru, because I am looking more to get a feel for the region through literature. Therefore I have a few … Continue reading 8 Books to Read While Traveling Peru

Travels of Ibn Battutah Review

Title: The Travels of Ibn Battutah Author: Ibn Battutah, edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith Year Published: 1356AD; this version 2002 Places Explored: Northern Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, the Maldives, Indonesia, China, Spain, West Africa My Rating: ♦♦♦◊◊ Review: “I have traveled through the countries of the world and I have met their kings.” – Ibn Battutah This quote provides a pretty good summary of The … Continue reading Travels of Ibn Battutah Review

Review of Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

Out of Africa Review

Title: Out of Africa Author: Isak Dinesen (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) Year Published: 1937 Places Explored: Kenya, especially Nairobi and the Ngong Hills area My Rating: ♦♦♦♦♦ Review: I knew basically from the iconic first line, “I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of Ngong Hills”, that I would enjoy this book and I’m so glad I read it! The basic outline … Continue reading Out of Africa Review

Under a Lucky Star by Roy Chapman Andrews

Under a Lucky Star Review

Title: Under a Lucky Star – A Lifetime of Adventure Author: Roy Chapman Andrews, American naturalist, explorer, and director of the American Museum of Natural History Year Published: 1943 Places Explored: The Arctic, The South Pacific, Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia My Rating: ♦♦♦♦◊ Review: I first heard of Roy Chapman Andrews about eight years ago, when I was in high school and picked up a book called Dragon … Continue reading Under a Lucky Star Review

Travel Memoir Reading Challenge

Travel Memoir Reading Challenge

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions, but this year I did want to challenge myself in a few ways. I’ve been wanting to work more on this blog and my travel writing, and I’ve also set a higher goal on Goodreads this year than last year. Between these two things I saw an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, so I … Continue reading Travel Memoir Reading Challenge