The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell

by Athena // 4 August, 2016 // No Comments

This was a nice and fun book about Denmark. I am writing the review for it rather late as I spent about 9 days after it studying for and passing a work examination. I never studied for something so hard... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Return

by Athena // 15 June, 2014 // No Comments

Hello, everyone! I am back for a late Sunday Salon. I got back June third, but I am still adjusting to life back in North America. I am recovering from a bad cold and jetlag. This domain also just recovered... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: May Break

by Athena // 4 May, 2014 // 2 Comments

Hello, everyone! It’s been awhile since my last post. I have not been blogging or reading very much the last couple of months. In fact, I’ve been trying to read Kipling’s Kim for over a month now. It’s not engaging... Continue reading →

Grounded by Seth Stevenson

by Athena // 8 January, 2014 // No Comments

This is a tale of a couple who circumnavigate the globe without flying in a plane. I picked up this book because I I really liked Stevenson’s prose. He appears more than once in the Best American Travel Writing series.... Continue reading →

Paris in Love by Eloisa James

by Athena // 15 February, 2013 // 2 Comments

I found this memoirs about living in Paris through GoodReads. I do love the site, and it gives me numerous book recommendations every time I am there. I have read several books on France and lived in Rhone-Alps one glorious... Continue reading →

The Best American Travel Writing 2012 Ed. by William T. Vollman

by Athena // 13 February, 2013 // No Comments

I’ve been reading this series of travel writing for about a decade now. I almost always find one or two selections that engrossing, provocative, or find the overall collection varied and interesting. This year’s selection was not as stimulating as... Continue reading →

The Best American Travel Writing 2011

by Athena // 23 April, 2012 // 1 Comment

I have been reading this series for at least five or six years now. I can’t remember when I started, but I’ve read almost every annual anthology. I always enjoy these books. I would like the chance to read more... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Travel and Reading

by Athena // 25 January, 2009 // 3 Comments

Today, I am listening to the audiobook for Charlaine Harris’s Club Dead and reading some Casino Royale. I think I’ve given up A Christmas Carol; I’m going to pick it up in July or something. Last weekend, I was actually... Continue reading →

The Geography of Bliss

by Athena // 21 June, 2008 // 1 Comment

The Geography of Bliss: One Grumps’ Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner is his voyages for happiness and the meaning of it. He travels to ten countries finding how what makes us happy and what makes... Continue reading →

Best American Travel Writing 2007

by Athena // 17 June, 2008 // 2 Comments

My favourite travel essay anthology series. Okay. The only travel essay anthology series that I read. Still, I’ve read every book in the series since 2002. I enjoy each one immensely. Some stories are more memorable than others, but each... Continue reading →

Eat, Pray, Love

by Athena // 22 February, 2008 // 1 Comment

A memoir of looking for pleasure, devotional and the balance of the two in Italy, India, and Indonesia. I first started reading last spring/summer, but then I had to return it to the library. It was already a bestseller, but... Continue reading →

No Reservations

by Athena // 10 December, 2007 // No Comments

This was suppose to be read for the In Their Shoes memoirs/bio challenges, but I got it from the library early and couldn’t put if off til 2008. Besides, it’s more coffee table book than memoirs as it is full... Continue reading →

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