Destination: England Book: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (2003) It’s a cozy, or is it? A mystery novel that sidesteps blood and merciless beatings for a more measured and intellectual approach to solving crimes is called a cozy. Maisie Dobbs, the first in a series of (so far) seven novels written by Jacqueline Winspear, introduces [...]
We saw this oddity at the Paris Mint–La Monnaie de Paris, which is located on Quai de Conti, at the corner of Guénégaud, the street where our apartment was located when we traveled to Paris last September. These iron bars are on the Guénégaud side of the building. Here’s another shot: Any architectural scholars out there [...]
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Is this how traveling makes you feel? Is this the way you want to act when you discover a wonderful travel book or movie that takes you away? We travelers who read are endlessly curious. We want to know about all the things that might make us want to travel. And when we plan our [...]
Banned Books Week September 24—October 1 Interlink Books reminds us that we are in the midst of Banned Books Week. Their recommendations for reading this week include The Calligrapher’s Secret, which was reviewed here a few months ago. Although the book is widely acclaimed, it is banned in the author’s native Syria. Needless to say, [...]
Want to track down the locales of a Portugal mystery so you can plan travel to Lisbon? Because so many readers were interested in the review of A Small Death in Lisbon, I am very happy to share some portions of the latest Pack A Book newsletter detailing locations discussed in that novel, and what they [...]
This yummy photo is my weekly contribution to Travel Photo Thursday. I could not resist posting this after last week’s coffee and tea photo of tea and coffee at Budget Traveller’s Sandbox on Travel Photo Thursday. Go to her home page and see who’s posting new photos today. We were staying at the Chateau de [...]
Destination: Portugal Book: A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson The intense drama of A Small Death in Lisbon zigzags between the 1940′s and 1990′s and between a Nazi thriller and a police procedural, but the focus is always Portugal, and mostly Lisbon.
Destination: Portugal Book: The Portuguese: A Modern History by Barry Hatton (NEW 2011) Planning a trip to Portugal? Or wondering why you should go to Portugal? If you want to read a book that will enhance the trip you are planning, you could read a historical mystery novel (review to come) or you could read [...]
