Bookreview : The Nomadic Art of Budget Travel

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Travel Deep for Cheap

Summary

If you've ever dreamed of traveling the world, visiting the Acropolis in Greece, 
the cityscapes of Tokyo, or the jungles of Peru - this is the book for you. 

Kayla Kurin guides readers through the art of travel without draining your
bank account. 

Flipping to a travel magazine, it would be easy to assume that travel takes a
lot of money. That luxury resorts and expensive tours are the only way to see
the world. But those publications are missing out on the joys of cheap travel.

My Review

If you want to know more tips and tricks about traveling for a long
period, then you should read this fantastic book. It personally interested
me very much.

It was written in clear, short, chapters and explained well. It also read

very fluently. However I was a bit disappointed that it was too generally.
I'd like to read something more specific. However I really liked the
anecdotes of the author. 

However it is a nice book to read for travel lovers (just as me). I want
to give a 4 * rating.

The Author

Kayla Kurin is a health, travel and fiction writer from Toronto. She has
traveled, lived, and worked in over 50 countries and loves writing about
her adventures in real and made-up worlds. Kayla will attempt to swim in
any body of water she sees and has never met a 1-euro bottle of wine she
didn't like. 

BookSirens

I received a free copy via Booksirens in return of my honest review.

Thank you for this reading chance! 

Bookreview: When Your Voice Became Mine

There is a mailbox in Heaven

"What an emotional story"

Summary

Time does not exist in heaven. Since heaven is our real home, I will
not allow time to consume me here on earth; instead, I choose to use
my precious time wisely.

I have been sending "packages" to heaven - letters that I write to my
ten year old daughter - Christina - since she passed away on 
May 29, 2005. 

Each one is tied with my hopes, wishes, and new found purpose. What
I never fathomed were the gifts from above that would be sent back to

me. ....

Celeste N. Bowers

My Review

Losing someone special always is very tragic, especially a child.

It's very brave from the author to write about her daughter, the
loss and her feelings. 

The book and the story brought me a lot of thoughts and tears,
it certainly was written with love.

Perhaps it can be a support for anyone who had to deal with a
great loss. 

It was written very clear and it read fluently. That's why I want
to give this book a 5 * rating. 

BookTasters

I received a free copy from the author and from Booktasters.
Thank you very much! 

Source picture: Wikipedia

Bookreview: African Ways

 A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure to have a special guest on this blog with
my Author in the picture blog post. It was the lovely Val Poore. (See more on 
this link).

Now I had the honour to read and review one of her books: African Ways. 

Summary

This is the story of a young woman's first encounters with rural South Africa.
Coming from the all-mods-cons society of Britain at the beginning of the 1980's,

the author is literally transplanted to a farm in the foothills of the Drakenberg
mountains in what is now Kwazulu Natal.

Once there, she finds her feet in the ways of Africa with the help of a charming 
elderly Dutch couple, an appealing but wily African farm hand, his practical
and motherly daughter and a wise and fascinating neighbour who has a fund
of local knowledge.

These are tales of a different kind of life, which include living without
electricity, hand-milking cows, drought, veld fires and mad-cap adventures
into the unknown.

They are stories told with deep affection and respect and above all a liberal dose
of tongue in-cheek humour. 

My review

While reading Val Poore's memoirs of South Africa, I regret I know so little
of that continent and its people. 

But luckily, African Ways gives the readers a glimpse of how the living is in
South Africa.

I enjoyed reading African Ways because it's short, clear and the stories are
true but sometimes so funny! 

Of course it was written very well. I also want to mention the fantastic
historical knowledge of Val Poore. 

I would recommend African Ways to all who like to read memoirs about
South Africa. I want to give with lots of pleasure a 5 * rating to this book.

We love memoirs group

I received a free copy via the We love memoirs group, the most friendliest
group on Facebook. 

Source picture: Book Cover