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Category Archives: #travelbookclub

Miss Adventures by Amy Baker reviewed by #travelbookclub

May 22, 2017by thegrownupgapyear Leave a comment

This month saw #travelbookclub delve into life in South America with Amy Baker’s book Miss Adventures: A Tale of Ignoring Advice While Backpacking Around South America. You can read highlights […]

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#travelbookclub, South America, travel community, Twitter

The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell reviewed by #travelbookclub

March 6, 2017by thegrownupgapyear Leave a comment

This month #travelbookclub delved into life in Denmark with Helen Russell’s book The Year of Living Danishly. The book follows Russell’s experience of moving to a new country and the […]

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#travelbookclub, books, Uncategorised
Haworth West Yorkshire

A year of #travelbookclub

December 8, 2015by thegrownupgapyear 12 Comments

Twelve books in twelve months – that’s twelve months of travel from the comfort of my sofa. Along with the other members of #travelbookclub I’ve travelled the length of America, […]

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#travelbookclub, books

We booked our honeymoon!

October 19, 2015by thegrownupgapyear 12 Comments

You may remember that way back in February I asked for your help as we were trying to decide where to go on our honeymoon. We’d narrowed down the options […]

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#travelbookclub, Asia, Couple travel, Geisha, honeymoon, Japan
Hokkaido Highway Blues review

#travelbookclub discusses Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson

October 11, 2015by thegrownupgapyear 2 Comments

This month #travelbookclub went to Japan as we followed Will Ferguson’s journey as he hitchhiked through the country. If you want to check out the highlights of the chat, check […]

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#travelbookclub, Asia, books, Japan
Haworth West Yorkshire

A literary nerd’s weekend in Haworth

September 21, 2015by thegrownupgapyear Leave a comment

It’s a never ending source of amazement to me, that there is so much to see and do on our own doorsteps here in the UK. Since rejoining the workforce […]

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#travelbookclub, books, UK, UK travel, weekend breaks, Yorkshire
Shwedagon Pagoda Yangon Burma

Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award

Featuredby thegrownupgapyear 8 Comments

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one of the best things that travel blogging has done for me is to give me a whole new friendship group […]

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#travelbookclub, Burma, travel community, Travelling solo, Zambia
#travelbookclub

#travelbookclub discusses Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island

March 6, 2015by thegrownupgapyear 2 Comments

For this month’s #travelbookclub we read Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson, which documents a tour of Great Britain taken by the author. You can read highlights of […]

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#travelbookclub, books, travel community

Honeymoon travel ideas – help!

February 15, 2015by thegrownupgapyear 21 Comments

One of the hardest things I’ve found about planning a wedding is the number of decisions you have to make. I’m not the most decisive person at the best of […]

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#travelbookclub, Couple travel, honeymoon, South America
#travelbookclub

#travelbookclub reviews Dave Gorman’s America Unchained

February 5, 2015by thegrownupgapyear Leave a comment

I’ve loved all of Dave Gorman’s books and was inspired to suggest America Unchained for #travelbookclub after our US road trip last year. The book follows Gorman’s journey as he […]

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#travelbookclub, books, travel community

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