Rereading Travels with Charley I highly recommend this book!
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If there is one author capable to describe what America was in the sixties, with wit, keen observation and sensibility it is John Steinbecks. Rereading this book fifty years later not only has revived the pleasure of descriptions of people and places in such an intimate way, like thoughts that go through your mind as you observe and take note, but also has shown how premonitory were his comments on many things that have gone wrong with America since then. His traveling companion, Charley the aristocratic Poodle, is so present all along his trip, and you really get the feeling that he could not have made the trip without him!
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I really loved this book for its heartwarming journey and the remembrance it brings to family and pets gone. The overall theme of the book covers grief, healing and loss but is written in such a way by the author that it keeps readers turning pages. The Dachshund spotting game was a real touch to the book also and made it all the more fun to read! This is certainly a great book to get into if you love traveling, family and adventure with a unique spin on it. The parts of the book that deal with grief have important lessons that we can pick up and I'd recommend this to anyone planning a trip with family/extended family.
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I just finished reading "Meet Kirsten" I loved it a lot.  This book is about a Swedish girl named Kirsten.  Kirsten has to leave Sweden, the land she knew, to go live with her cousins.  To get there she has to go on to a boat that goes to NY, a train that goes to Chicago and the rest of the way they walk to Minnesota!  Sound hard? No kidding.  Pioneers who made journeys like that were called immigrants.  I thought "Meet Kirsten's "A Peek Into the Past was awesome!  It even had a map of Kirsten's travels! Not only are they good stories but they are also history lessons.  I would very highly recommend this book to a friend .
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I just came across my copy of "No Children  No Pets" while looking for another book.  I received this Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, Edition 1957, when I was in third grade.  I think I enjoyed this book so much because my grandmother often spent time in Florida with her sister and the story helped me as a little girl to visualize what Florida must have been then.  I have read this story  many times over my lifetime and have also shared it with my daughters when they were growing up.  My book looks worn just like the picture above and the pages have turned tan...it's fragile.  I was checking out Amazon to see if it was still in print and if I could buy a new one to have also.  It's so great so read others have fond memories of this book too!
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I'm re-reading Mullin's book and I find it extremely informative and thoroughly enjoyable to read. Years ago I did parts of the camino in a car but his account has inspired me to do it on foot.
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This book took me on an amazing journey throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. I loved her description of the people she met in her 1960's journey. Carroll's travels through foreign lands is fascinating as a travel journal and riveting as she describes her experiences, some amazing and some harrowing. Reading this book, felt like I was with Carroll and she was confiding her feelings to me as she traveled with Alex for over 5 years. I highly recommend Sleeping Between the Rails. It is a journey worth taking!
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I read this book with my 15 year old son.  We saw a review of it in the Washington Post newspaper and we fully agree that this is a great read.  I recommend it to anyone interested in finding out more about James Holman, the Blind Traveler.  We felt as if we really knew him by the end of the book.  The author does a terrific job of taking the reader along on Holman's adventures.  It reads like part travelogue, part mystery, part biography, part history of the time period.  I wish I could have met Mr. Holman.  What an inspiration !
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If you enjoyed Steinbeck's Travels with Charley then Straddling the 'hound is for you. Watson demonstrates, in turns, the sharp intellect you'd expect from the physician that he is, but adds a whimsical sense of wonder at our world and the people who populate it. The result is a delightful read. The tangents he takes to ferret out fascinating and obscure facts are an absolute treat. I do recommend this book. A great gift to anyone between the ages of 12 and 102!
Barbara Smith
Best-selling author of The Valiant Nellie McClung, Campfire Stories of Western Canada, the Ghost Stories of Alberta series and more than a dozen others titles.
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If you love the "Anne" books, you will absolutely love "Days of Dreams and Laughter."  Lucy Maud Montgomery has an incredible talent for bringing back the entire experience of childhood, transporting you back to the feelings, the sights, the sounds, and even the smells of days gone by.  I was so transported and enjoyed every minute of it!  The only sad thing about this book is that it ends.  The good news is that you can read it again and re-experience the joy all over again!
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I love this book!  I bought another copy for my mother-in-law because she liked the stories so much. Sophie is a great storyteller with a lot of heart. If you love great storytelling you may love this book!

UPDATE:  I have now re-read this book and love it this time just as much as the first time!  I love the short chapters--each dedicated to a laugh-out-loud story.  Some of these sweet gems catch you off guard and bring a tear to you eye, but they are all so so good.
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What a find!  This book was so much fun to read.  I felt like I got to be a fly on the wall of an amazing journey, without leaving the comfort of leaving my couch.  The descriptions the characters and places they traveled popped out of the book, it was such fun to tag along.  I felt like the author would definitely be my buddy, she is very wry and witty.  I highly recommend Adventures of a Railway Nomad.
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After following her blog since a while and now reading her second book too I'm impressed again !
I think what I liked the most about this book is the drawings
because don't you just feel like if you picture something it's easier to get ?
yeah I think it's much better than writing about it and also it's even funnier ;)
Even after the second book I feel like you can never know enough about each culture
this book made me even more curious and I was really happy to read it
the stories are always funny and it got a bit more personal this time
it also gave an insight what long distance relationship could be like and that it can have a happy ending too !
it made me a bit emotional seeing that those two sticked together so well in hard times as in good times
once again it's again a great book !
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So happy to be with these creatures again. A great read! Great to revisit these people and places. I love this book
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Coastal Treasure is one of my all-time favorites.  Being a native Floridian (born and raised in Jacksonville) I have spent countless hours in Fernandina Beach and surrounding area. I love the way the author describes the sleepy little town of Fernandina, the twist and turns of the intracoastal waterway and the way it smells at low tide. Truly magical! I hated to see the book end as I felt as though I had made friends with both boys, their parents and especially Amos. I laughed out loud many times and cried a couple of times as well. Now, that's the true example of a great book!

I rarely read a book twice. However, this is one that I look forward to reading a second time as once is simply not enough.

If the author publishes a second book, I will be one of the first in line to purchase one for me, my family members and friends who love to read as much as I do.

Thank you for such a wonderful book!
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Before writing this book, Bill  Bryson had been living in England for a number of years when he decided to move back home to the U.S. However before he left he decided that he needed to take a farewell trip around Britain, which he then chronicled in Notes From A Small Island. Bryson starts his trip in Dover, where he arrives by boat from Calais, just like he did the first time he came to Britain, and travels up North as far as Scotland. During his tour, he stops at various small towns and cities where he often stays at shabby hotels, visits museums, galleries, and historic sites, as well as go to the local pubs and restaurants. His insight on each of these is often hilarious.

From the very beginning this book was laugh out loud funny and he can poke fun at pretty much anything, good job I was reading this at home. It was especially interesting to read about places that I have been to myself, and most of the time realized that the things he was saying were so true. Although I must say that I was quite disappointed about his views on Oxford, since I have been there many times and love it. Sometimes it seemed that he got a little whiny, and I found his attitude towards people serving him in restaurants was often snotty, but I chalked it up to being away from his family and home for so long. I guess that is my excuse for not wanting to believe that he is that kind of person. The biggest downfall of this book is that it made me want to pack my suitcase and go to England to visit all these places, even the ones which Bryson didn't like!

All in all I really enjoyed reading this book and I am already planning on which Bryson book to read next!
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I remembered reading A Girl of the Lumberlost years ago.  I believe it was in High School or perhaps Late grammer school and I loved it then.  This remarkable girl did so many things.  After reading When You Come Home, I wanted to stay in "my chlldhood" for a bit longer.  I thought about this book and how much I had loved it the first time I read it.
I was delighted to find it as an ebook, since my Kindle gets a real work out during this cold and snowy Indiana January.
It was as good as are perhaps even better than I remembered.  One regret is that I did not read Freckles first.  I am reading it now and can see where had I read it first there would be more mystery for me.  So my recommendation is read Freckles first then move on to this book.  You will love it if you are into history and nature.  We plan to travel to Rome City Indiana this next summer to Gene Stratton Porters historic home and to walk the 145 acres of gardens and wild birds. Should be quite a trip!
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I am so glad I decided to re-read such a wonderful classic!  Love the adventures!  Everyone should "re-enjoy" this!