If you’re an avid traveler and even an occasional reader, chances are you’ve read a book that was set in a particular place in the world and thought “I would like to go there.” It may be the history of a place, or the way the author describes the landscape or the feeling, or maybe you just love the book and its characters so much that you just want to see the place that inspired them, but something in the book gets you thinking about travel. But do you ever follow the trail in the opposite direction, seeking out books – other than guidebooks – that relate to your next destination? No matter how much you study your guidebook, there’s a lot left to learn about a country before you go, and checking out a few different types of books can help give you more insight into the destination, it’s history, culture and people. Which book you choose may depend on how much you already know, where you’re going and why, but here are a few ideas for different types of books to read about a place before you go. A history book Seems like a no-brainer, right? You can’t really understand why a place is as it is unless you know the story of its past. In some places, [...]
Fall is coming, along with back to school, so it seems fitting that this week is literary week around BootsnAll. We’re kicking off the week with World Travel Through Literature: 8 Authors Who Take You Places — for when you’re short on time and money but still aching to travel the world — from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist to Turkish author, Orhan Pamuk. In Tuesday’s How I Travel feature, we’ll learn why one famous travel author (hint: she’s published seven books, one of which was turned into a Spike Jonze movie) is so in love with life on the road. We’ll also take a peek at kid-approved literary locations and a guest post about your travel fetishes and obsessions. And if you missed last week’s How I Travel feature with author Anthony Bourdain, it’s a must read! What is your favorite literary destination? Sherlock Holmes in London? Hemingway in France and Spain? (photo by: arcsi)
If you’re an avid traveler and even an occasional reader, chances are you’ve read a book that was set in a particular place in the world and thought “I would like to go there.” It may be the history of a place, or the way the author describes the landscape or the feeling, or maybe you just love the book and its characters so much that you just want to see the place that inspired them, but something in the book gets you thinking about travel. But do you ever follow the trail in the opposite direction, seeking out books – other than guidebooks – that relate to your next destination? No matter how much you study your guidebook, there’s a lot left to learn about a country before you go, and checking out a few different types of books can help give you more insight into the destination, it’s history, culture and people. Which book you choose may depend on how much you already know, where you’re going and why, but here are a few ideas for different types of books to read about a place before you go. A history book Seems like a no-brainer, right? You can’t really understand why a place is as it is unless you know the story of its past. In some places, [...] 
Fall is coming, along with back to school, so it seems fitting that this week is literary week around BootsnAll. We’re kicking off the week with World Travel Through Literature: 8 Authors Who Take You Places — for when you’re short on time and money but still aching to travel the world — from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist to Turkish author, Orhan Pamuk. In Tuesday’s How I Travel feature, we’ll learn why one famous travel author (hint: she’s published seven books, one of which was turned into a Spike Jonze movie) is so in love with life on the road. We’ll also take a peek at kid-approved literary locations and a guest post about your travel fetishes and obsessions. And if you missed last week’s How I Travel feature with author Anthony Bourdain, it’s a must read! What is your favorite literary destination? Sherlock Holmes in London? Hemingway in France and Spain? (photo by: arcsi)