travel

Who doesn’t love a road trip?  Earlier this summer, my family and I took a road trip to visit Glacier National Park in Montana.  From where we live, that’s about 16-17 hours of drive time. It was a lot of…

I received a copy of Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia by Hans Kemp in exchange for an honest review.  There are two different types of travel. There is a vacation, were the primary goal is to relax,…

When was the last time you used a physical, printed map? No zooming in and out, no street view, no search boxes. I absolutely love geography and the physical sciences so I find maps fascinating. If you don’t, National Geographic’s…

I adored the characters in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project, so looked forward to picking up his next novel, Two Steps Forward, which he co-authored with Anne Buist. Two Steps Forward follows the narratives of two main characters, Martin and…

Printed travel guides are significantly underrated. Sure Google and the internet have made finding new places as easy as its ever been, but having a printed guide with recommendations and information is invaluable as you head out into the more…

Summary: Sophie’s got it all. A successful career that allows her to travel around the world and an apartment in New York City. The book starts off with a girl’s trip to Hong Kong, except after a few hours of…

Why: When the book jacket begins with, “On the eve of Pearl Harbor…” I can stop there and put the title on my TBR list. That may be a slight exaggeration, but its honestly what I did with The Way…

Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder is a must read. I devoured this book, slowly and purposefully, realizing early on these were words to savor. Half memoir and half travel log, Neither Wolf nor Dog…

Why: Road to Paradise by Paullina Simons piqued my interest because my friends and I took a road trip the summer after high school, just as Shelby sets out to do. (Shout out to our fearless LQ Leader, Joli for sitting in…

Is there anything better than reading on vacation? I don’t think so. I make sure every time I travel to take some time to slow down and read to my heart’s content. And in August, I was lucky enough to…