A book blog – or rather, an irregular series about books related to travel, adventure or the outdoors. Perhaps a better name would be Polar Bear Book Club but it’s too late for that. These books are perfect for between your travels and adventures or for cold winter evenings when you’re stuck at home. These are books about the world and about adventurers and explorers. Maybe your next adventure will be to follow in their footsteps?
This month’s book from my Travel Library is more adventure than travel. Sometimes it’s impossible to say which of those a story falls into, which is why this blog is loosely themed around travel and adventure. In this case, All At Sea (original title: In The Bath) by Tim FitzHigham is definitely an adventure. It’s… More Travel Library: All At Sea by Tim FitzHigham
I’ve wanted to start a series on travel books for a really long time and this is the one I needed to start it on. A few years ago Mick Conefrey wrote The Adventurer’s Handbook. I haven’t read it but I assume it’s along similar lines – small tastes of stories about travellers, adventurers and… More Travel Library: How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt by Mick Conefrey
I do have a book review blog but it’s been neglected for a long time now and besides, this ones kind of relevant. You know by now that I love Iceland Scandinavia. You may – although you probably don’t – know that I’ve read some of the “important Scandinavian medieval literature” that survives today, that… More Review: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman