This week, Ann and Halle travel far from Beaufort County…but only through the pages of books. They each give three recommendations of armchair travel books and close with what they’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Rick Steves books
Rick Steves’ podcast/radio show
Rick Steves’ TV show
Ann’s picks:
- Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place by Mary Lee Settle
– Blood Tie by Mary Lee Settle
– Mary Lee Settle books - The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
– Lara McClintock Archeological Mystery series by Lyn Hamilton - Paris Letters by Janice Macleod
– An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Carribean Interlude by Amy Vanderhoof
Halle’s picks:
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
– Everest (film)
– Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
– Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer - In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
– Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
– A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
– At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
– One Summer: America,1927 by Bill Bryson
– A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson - All Roads Lead to Austen: A Year-Long Journey with Jane by Amy Elizabeth Smith
– Jane Austen books
– Emma by Jane Austen
– Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
What We’re Reading This Week:
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