I get to review all kinds of new travel-related books as part of my freelance work, and it means I uncover some real gems from time to time: recently, it was James West’s Beijing Blur. I nearly didn’t even try to review it, because I felt like I’d read so many travel narratives about China in the …
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Favourite travel books from my 2009 reviewing year
Late last year I posted about my three favourite books from my reviewing job, and got such good feedback - including from some of you who bought and loved books at my suggestion - that I thought I'd better repeat this exercise now that 2009 is over.To start with, a much-awaited book (for me) from …
The three best travel books I’ve reviewed this year
One of the great bonuses of travel writing is that people like me to review travel books. Funny thing is, I like me to review travel books too! Most of the time it's for my regular review column at Kathika and the books I especially like tend to get mentioned elsewhere too. As I tried to find a book …