Articles tagged ‘Book Reviews’

National Geographic’s Inside China

By Carrie Thompson | October 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Not From the Book

China is one of, if not the, business travel destinations of the decade. Westerners visiting the country should do their homework to understand the people and culture of the nation before attempting to do business with the Chinese people. I recently made my first trip to the country, and the [...]

The Business Travel Widget

By Carrie Thompson | June 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Can’t get enough of the Business Travel Logue? Well, now you can have your very own BTL widget on YOUR website! Thanks to the brains behind the operation, a Business Travel Logue widget is now available. This handy tool will allow you (and others) to keep up to date on all of [...]

Book Review: The Nimrod Flip Out by Etgar Keret

By Carrie Thompson | June 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

* Name: The Nimrod Flip Out
* Author: Etgar Keret
* Year Published: 2002
* ISBN: 0-374-22243-6
* Details: Paperback, 167 pages
* Awards/Recognitions: None
* BTL Recommends: YES
* Key Locations: Various - Israel, India, etc.
* Review: I got this trip quite a while back at a bookstore in Seattle, Washington. [...]

Book Review: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

By Carrie Thompson | March 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

* Name: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
* Author: Dave Eggers
* Year Published: 2000
* ISBN: 0-375-72578-4
* Details: Paperback, 437 pages
* Awards/Recognitions: Pulitzer Prize Finalist, LA Times Best Book of the Year, Washington Post Critics’ Favorite, San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, USA Today Top Ten Best Book [...]

Book Review: Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad

By Carrie Thompson | March 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

* Name: Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad
* Author: Dave Fox
* Year Published: 2006
* Details: Paperback, 255 pages
* Awards/Recognitions: Not Yet
* BTL Recommends: Definitely
* Key Locations: The World (seriously, it’s just too hard to narrow this one down)
* Review: I laughed so hard at Dave’s [...]

Book Review: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

By Carrie Thompson | January 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

* Name: Middlesex
* Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
* Year Published: 2002
* Details: Paperback, 529 pages
* Awards/Recognitions: Pulitzer Prize
* BTL Recommends: Definitely
* Key Locations: Mount Olympus, Detroit, Los Angeles, Germany
* Review: When I’m looking for a new book to read, the Pulitzer Prize logo draws me like a moth to [...]

Book Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife

By Carrie Thompson | December 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

* Title: The Time Traveler’s Wife
* Author: Audrey Niffenegger
* Year Published: 2003
* Details: Paperback, 536 pages
* Awards/Recognitions: NYT Bestseller, LA Times Best Seller, Washington Post Bestseller and Publishers Weekly Bestseller
* BTL Recommends: Definitely
* Key Locations: Chicago, Illinois and South Haven, Michingan
* Review: When I decided to start [...]

Book Review: The Kite Runner

By Carrie Thompson | December 8th, 2006 | 6 Comments »

* Title: The Kite Runner
* Author: Khaled Hosseini
* Year Published: 2003
* Details: Paperback, 400 pages
* Awards/Recognitions: NYT Bestseller, SF Chronicle Best Book of the Year, Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Fiction Pick, American Library Association Notable Book, American Place Theatre’s Literature to Life Award
* BTL Recommends: Definitely
* Key Locations: [...]