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Note: Please mosey on over to Mara Purl site and see her big rave about A Traveler’s Library. Thanks Mara!! Destination: Central coast, California Book: by Mara Purl I am reading What the Heart Knows in a pdf copy that was supplied to reviewers by the publisher. It is a combination mystery/romance/contemporary novel set in California, [...]
PDF Destination: Albania Book: Chronicle in Stone (org. 1971, NEW paperback edition) by Ismail Kadare This amazing novel by a former Man Booker Prize winner brings to life Gjirokastër, a city on the southern edge of Albania, near the Greek border. The events during World War II in this city provide a microcosm of the shifting bands of conquerors [...]
Destination: Colonial Delaware Book: by Libby Cone (Self published via Smashwords and available on all forms of electronic media) I read Libby Cone‘s first historic novel, , about the German occupation of British Channel islands and enjoyed it very much. In the newer book, she’s writing on her own without a graduate committee looking over [...]
Destination: Wisconsin Book: by Rebecca Rasmussen (NEW, April, 2011) …Twiss knew she’d stay with her sister in Wisconsin despite wanting to see Machu Picchu and the Continental Divide. She’d grow up with Milly and grow old with her, and then one day, if time had any kindness, she’d die with her. Leaving Milly alone would’ve [...]
Destination: Paris Book: The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (NEW May 2011) The sad period of the occupation in France during World War II intrigues me. I wonder about the ability of ordinary people to survive the gigantic disruption of their lives. I wonder about the choices people made–some to risk their [...]
Destination: Nags Head North Carolina Book: (NEW May 2011) by Mary Kay Andrews Warning to my male readers–this book is rated C.L. (Chick Lit.) Print PDF
Destination: Ghana, Africa Book: The Civilized World, a NEW book (April 2011) by Susi Wyss We have taken a look at a book that shows an old, tribal Africa and travel literature about the days of the explorers. Recently I talked about The First Grader, a film that shows the results of the Mau [...]
Destination: Jamaica Movie: How Stella Got Her Groove Back I missed reading the book (1996), when it first came out and was a sensation of chick lit. And I never got around to seeing the movie version (1998). Recently I was invited on a press tour of Jamaica, and decided to Netflix (Netflick?) the DVD [...]
Destination: Nigeria Book: Things Fall Apart (1959) by Chinua Achebe You won’t learn here about today’s Africa, racked by wars in some parts and thriving on tourism in others. This is the Africa of the Africans, when outsiders were just beginning to encroach. Missionaries showed up (a white man–not an albino, someone says–riding an iron [...]
