Archive for the ‘Travel Books & Movies’ Category
Book Review: Atlas of Remote Islands
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
by Judith Schalansky
Penguin Books, Available September 28, 2010
RATING: 4 STARS
Judith Schlansky’s psuedo-tome–the product of a lifetime of studying maps, typography, art and design–is a charming romp...
September 28th, 2010 | Travel Books & Movies, Travel Philosophy | Read More
Female Nomads And Friends: Tales Of Breaking Free And Breaking Bread Around The World
Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around The World
by Rita Golden Gelman
Three Rivers Press, Jun 2010
REVIEW BY SITHARA REDDY
Female Nomad and Friends, a book of short stories compiled by Rita Golden Gelman, takes its readers on cultural journeys that will satisfy...
September 7th, 2010 | Food & Wine, Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Book Review: The Spice Necklace, My Adventures in Caribbean Cooking, Eating, and Island Life
The Spice Necklace: My Adventures in Caribbean Cooking, Eating, and Island Life
by Ann Vanderhoof
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2010, $25.00
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review by Lori Rice
When you open the cover of The Spice Necklace by Ann Vanderhoof and begin to read the pages within, don’t...
August 24th, 2010 | Caribbean, Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Eat Pray Love Hits Theaters Tonight! The Lost Girls Discuss on Fox Good Day
by Amanda Pressner
LG Executive Editor
Okay, time for us to geek out a little bit. Jen, Holly and I (not to mention the entire Lost Girls team) are beyond excited for the release of Eat, Pray, Love, which hits theaters at midnight tonight. Jen and I have plans to ditch work a teensy bit early tomorrow...
August 12th, 2010 | Featured, The Lost Girls: The Book, Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Book Review: My Life As A Russian Novel
My Life As A Russian Novel
by Emmanuel Carrere
Metropolitan Books, Available August 3rd
Review by Richelle Zakrzewski
Bookstores across the nation have their work cut out for them in finding a shelf for Emmanuel Carrere’s complex book My Life as a Russian Novel. The book may tout itself...
August 10th, 2010 | Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Savor the Flavors of Brooklyn
NYC Restaurant Week®, a celebratory dining experience since 1992, has officially been extended to September 6th. This is good news for urban foodies: $24.07 lunch and $35 dinner three-course prix-fixe meals at the best of the best in New York’s rich and diverse culinary scene. Trouble is, most...
July 29th, 2010 | Food & Wine, New York City, Travel Books & Movies, United States | Read More
Book Review: Seven Year Switch
Seven Year Switch
by Claire Cook
Hyperion $24.99 , also available as a Hyperion eBook
Seven Year Switch introduces us to Jill Murray, mother of 10 year old Anastasia. And for the last 7 years, that’s how she’s thought of herself…Anastasia’s mother. Since her husband Seth...
July 27th, 2010 | Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Summer Book Review: The One That I Want
the one that i want
by Allison Winn Scotch
Shaye Areheart Books, $24.00
3.5 Stars
Since it’s 5 bajillion degrees outside, I’d like to present you with the LG Beach Read 2010: Allison Winn Scotch’s the one that i want.
In Scotch’s latest novel, 32-year-old Tilly Farmer is...
July 13th, 2010 | Travel Books & Movies | Read More
eBook Review: The Art of Solo Travel: A Girl’s Guide
eBook Review: The Art of Solo Travel: A Girl’s Guide
by Stephanie Lee
Indie Travel Media, $12.95
3.5 stars
Reviewed by Ashley-Marie Olgado
Dream of living like a lost girl, but unsure how to take the big first step? After a yearlong trip traveling alone across three continents, author Stephanie...
June 29th, 2010 | Getting There, Planning, Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Book Review: Currency by Zoe Zolbrod
Currency
by Zoe Zolbrod
OV Books, $16.95
Rating: 3 stars
Review by Wendy Withers
It’s an international traveler’s worst nightmare. Caught in another country with a foreign language, out of money, maxed out credit cards, and no way home. This is the scenario facing Robin, the...
June 17th, 2010 | Travel Books & Movies | Read More