Novel

Nov
18

Travel to a Cape Cod Town in this Novel

pen4hire on November 18th, 2009

Cape Cod B & B owner, Alexandra Grabbe introduces us to a literary novel set in her home town of Wellfleet.

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Oct
28

Blue Ridge Road Trip/Book by Baldacci

pen4hire on October 28th, 2009

From Bert’s Skyline Photos

Destination: Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, USA
Book: Wish You Well by David Baldacci
A GUEST POST BY BERT LATAMORE

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Oct
26

New Book about Exotic Bhutan

pen4hire on October 26th, 2009

The Heart of the Buddha contains information about Bhutan and Tantric Buddhism.In part travel literature, but as a novel it falls short.

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Oct
16

Book/Movie About Geisha Helps Understand Japan

pen4hire on October 16th, 2009

Destination: Japan
Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

I have never been to Japan. The country has always mystified me. The elaborate rituals, the complex rules for gardens and for tea ceremonies. And mostly the tradition of Geishas.

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Oct
14

What Zorba Taught Me about Greece

pen4hire on October 14th, 2009

Place: Crete, Greece
Book: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (1946)
Movie: Zorba the Greek with Alan Bates and Anthony Quinn(1964) and subsequent musical, Zorba

Several years ago, during our travels in Greece, Ken and I had a marvelous 10 days of driving back and forth across the mountains of Crete and exploring its rough-edged beauty. [...]

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Sep
4

Road Trip across America Turns Into Thriller

pen4hire on September 4th, 2009

Destination: American Road Trip

Book: American Fugue by Alexis Stamatis
I like books that are dense with ideas and expressed poetically. American Fugue by Greek author Alexis Stamatis fills the bill.  Here’s my review from Amazon:
American Fugue’s author Alexis Stamatis confounds  genres as he writes an innovative literary novel that combines with a thriller and a road [...]

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Aug
4

Five Books Five Days: Day Two

pen4hire on August 4th, 2009

The 2nd book to be given away (announcement of winner on August 18):

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Jul
6

East of the Sun:New Book Set in India

pen4hire on July 6th, 2009

Destination: India
Book: East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
Looking for a good beach read?  The kind of book that takes you to another world? East of the Sun by Julia Gregson makes for a great read for travel to the beach or mountains. I could not put it down.  Read it in [...]

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