One of my colleagues recommended that I read these two books shortly after I told her I was reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. I generally choose to read books by people who actually lived through the events and time they are writing about, but felt I’d make a second exception […]
Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
One of the reasons I read memoirs is because I love seeing regular people do extraordinary things. Whether it’s taking photos of wars, saving orphans from child trafficking, or hiking a trail for months completely alone. When I first came up with the idea of traveling, I figured that when everything in my life fell […]
Book Review: Little Princes by Conor Grennan
When I was younger I hated to read. Every time someone put a book in front of me, I would turn up my nose with disinterest. Little did I know, I loved autobiographies about regular people living in unfamiliar worlds. Before reading Little Princes, I had no intention of going to Nepal. The thought had […]