I try not to put a lot of stock into covers or titles when looking for a book to read, however in this case I feel like I should have taken heed that this might not be my favorite book in the world after seeing the cover. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven had [...]
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The Summer of My Greek Taverna by Tom Stone
I have probably mentioned already that I love to read travel memoirs. I did some international travel back in college but since entering the real world have not been able to go to the many places that I would love to see, and have to enjoy other people’s experiences through books. I was interested in [...]
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
I have been looking forward to this book ever since I heard the title. I grew up in a Mennonite/Church of the Brethren church and am familiar with the Mennonite community. It was more of a non traditional Mennonite background (my husband was disappointed that I didn’t wear a bonnet) but I was interested to [...]
A Diamond in the Desert by Jo Tatchell
This is the story of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. A Diamond In The Desert is written as a memoir but includes a lot of historical and background information, which I appreciated since I didn’t know much. Jo Tatchell first went to Abu Dhabi in 1974 when she was a small [...]
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Half Broke Horses is a second book written by Jeannette Walls. Her first book was a memoir where she detailed her nomadic childhood and the colorful parents and siblings that she has. Half Broke Horses is sort of a prequel in that it tells the story of her grandmother, Lily Casey, but in first person [...]
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
I love Bill Bryson. And that’s really all there is to it. He could write about anything and I would think it was hilarious and enjoy it tremendously. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is the story of Bill Bryson’s life. It tells of his childhood in Iowa and how everything was generally [...]
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
I actually went to see this movie before reading the book. I had heard good things about it and actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit. So when I ran across a copy of Julie and Julia at the library I picked it up. This was a quick read for me…but I have to be [...]
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
This is the true story told my a young man who recounts how he became a child solider and eventually was rescued from that life. Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when war broke out in Sierre Leone. Ishmael had gone with his brother and some friends to a neighboring town and tried to make [...]
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo by Paula Huntley
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo is the journal that Paula Huntley kept when she and her husband moved from San Francisco to Prishtina, Kosovo in 2000, right after much of the conflict ended in Kosovo. Paula’s husband was going to work on the legal system and bring it up to par. Paula wanted to [...]
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I love books about travel…mostly because I’m unable to travel much myself. In Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert takes us through three very different worlds as she travels from Italy, India and Indonesia in the pursuit of joy and self peace. She reached her early 30s and realized that she did not really want the [...]
