The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. is the story of 3 late-twentysomething women who left their jobs and personal lives behind in New York City to travel the world for an entire year. Jennifer Baggett, Holly C. Corbett, and Amanda Pressner each come to the trip for different reasons and with different points of views. The shift from person to person helps us to get a more complete perspective of the trip, but also cuts the depth, as we don't get to know the full affect that this trip had on any one person. I have a feeling that everyone will identify most with one of the girls, which makes the 3 alternating point of views interesting: Holly is a sweet optimistic girl with a thirst for adventure and ...
Category Archives: Travel
Amish Proverbs
I have read many Amish fiction books, and I enjoy escaping to a place where life seems calmer, more family-centered, and people are honest and hard-working. In April, my husband and I visited Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and spent the day touring and learning more about the Amish lifestyle. Although I know I would never be able to adhere to the Amish way of life, I do believe that all of us would benefit from incorporating some of their attitudes into our busy schedules. In her new gift book, Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life, Suzanne Woods Fisher provides a collection of wise Amish sayings that all of us can heed and treasure. Suzanne Woods Fisher's interest in the Amish community stems from her own family heritage. Her ...
On Reading: Obsession on the Road
I love my daughter, and she's lots of fun to take on outings. Once upon a time there was a family who went to visit some old ruins. There was lots to look at, there were many places to explore, there were wonderful sights to see. Her mother was very patient with her. She did not say, "Put down that book and play with your brothers." (Although you can kind of see the girl's point...)
Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon
If there was an award for a unique and catchy book title, I'm pretty certain that Mark Di Vincenzo's Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That, and Go There would be among the finalists. Eye-catching and perfectly summarizing what a reader should expect, most definitely! Based on extensive research conducted by Di Vincenzo, a journalist by trade, this book includes information and answers from experts through interviews or readings. The topics covered range from when to make purchases of everything from eggs to homes, when to travel, and when to get some items on your to-do list crossed off. Issues revolving around personal health care, education, and employment are also included, as well. With such a wide range of information included in this small book, ...
Project Future
For the past eight years, my family has vacationed primarily at Walt Disney World. We love it: the atmosphere, the attractions, the characters, the magic. Disney World is so much more than a theme park; it is a meticulously designed resort developed with painstaking attention to detail. For our family, Disney World is a place where dreams do come true. It's difficult to imagine the state of Florida without Disney World, but in his new book Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World, Chad Emerson explores how Walt Disney's dream of an "East Coast Disneyland" came to be. Project Future describes the backroom meetings, political strategies, and spy-like maneuvers ...
On Reading: Literary Disney World
Last week the family and I went to Disney World (on a deeply discounted trip, thanks to the Disney Social Media Moms conference). And yes, even at the happiest place on earth, the house of the mouse, in the midst of taking in our favorite rides, I had books on the brain. As we wandered around the Magic Kingdom, they were everywhere, most notably the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse (which we actually didn't go through) and Tom Sawyer's Island: I can't see a Mississippi River boat without thinking about my Junior American Literature class and Mark Twain. And then in the American Adventure show at Epcot, which we all really liked, surprisingly, Mark Twain himself appeared to tell the story of the United States (spanning the ages with Benjamin Franklin). We found the funnel cake ...
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