As I'm preparing for a trip to Canada in a few months, I have been looking at travel guides - You know, because the anticipation is killing me.... I usually love my travel guides in a thick hard copy but thought I'd give the kindle editions a shot. In short, I would hate to use travel guides on th...
I keep taking books like this out of the library whenever I get particularly itchy feet and then wondering what on earth you're supposed to do with them? Nice pictures, though.
It's like those travel book that you read to make sure you don't miss a single thing on your holiday. But though I loved Pullman's book from the bottom of my heart, I never did have the urge to dig up other things connected to it. Unlike other books where it lead me to another book then another. I s...
Do you wish your blog had thousands of followers or was one of the best known blogs in its' niche? I can honestly say that's not why I write (although I love having readers and very much appreciate that people read my ramblings, thinking about having an audience while writing just makes me nervous!...
I find the whole concept of this new wave of "1001 Things to Do Before You Die"-kind-of-books irritating but this one sounds like it could have potential.
This is one of a set of 25 mini-guides published by Rough Guides to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Each is in a 25-topic format. I wasn't able to find an electronic list of the set, though they're pictured on the back cover flap of volumes in the series and are listed individually at www.roughgui...
This is one of a set of 25 mini-guides published by Rough Guides to celebrate their 25th anniversary. For general comments on the set, please see my review of Rough Guides: 25 Ultimate Experiences: Ethical Travel.This volume breaks out destinations as follows:Borneo: 1Cambodia: 2Indonesia: 5Lao/Laos...
One of the few good guides to novels that avoids major spoilers. It's not comprehensive by any means, but if your looking for some inspiration on what to read next, many of the essays are great for piquing interest and the books covered range from the 1600s to the 21st century and are conveniently d...