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Nonfiction, fiction...earthbound, intergalactic, temporal.... Even if you still can't go where you want in July, curl up with a good travel book and let your mind wander!

Well, I am a bit early for travel.
I just finished "Cinq semaines en ballon" by Jules Verne. (Five Weeks in a Balloon), the first book by Jules Verne, published in 1862.
The travellers are crossing Africa from East till West, from Zanzibar to Senegal.
I had read it as an adventure book many years ago, before the existence of the Internet.
This time, I had the possibility to check all the information that Jules Verne gives about all the preceding exploration travels, all the geography and all the habitants of the regions they traverse, and beside the adventure in balloon itself, everything is accurate and in wikipedia. Of course, now we can also see images, videos
So, a complete travel, if you are interested in the region and its geography.

(a warning: the mentality of Jules Verne was in advanced on his time, but the way to see the locals is anyway quite shocking for 2021 people)

I hadn't plan to read The Lost World , but I picked the book that has been waiting on my kindle the longest - and it is most certainly a travel book. I am currently traversing through the Amazon forest with my intrepid adventurers.

I'm headed to New York City for the Fourth of July and my husband's birthday weekend. So I'm going to read "The Hidden Palace", the sequel to "The Golem and the Jinni", which takes place mostly in New York.

Travel is high on my list of favorite activities and favorite genres, so I am looking forward to this! Not only that, I will actually have time to read again since I have finished my internship! My only challenge is going to be picking what to read from the massive pile in my house.

Finished The Hidden Palace (set in New York City). I enjoyed the book, although I think its prequel The Golem and the Jinni is better. It's still worth your time, I think.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I might count The Outside for this one since I've been really awful about actually reading things for Genreland. (Or for Popsugar, or anything besides book club.)

That or I might finally get to Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver.

There's definitely travel in The Outside! I don't know if there are many great tourist destinations though. ;)

Actually have managed two in this category so far: Divided City (about the Berlin Wall) and Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown.

I also did some time travel with Call the Midwife, set in 1950s London.

I finished Around the World in 80 Dates, which was really entertaining! there was a nod to the experiences in different locations on her travels, and it ends up being a bit of a romance novel - I would recommend this book for some light reading (nothing in here is going to change the world...think beach read :-)

I finished a little late, but I read A Travel Guide to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. It was kind of fun, though it was a bit repetitive in parts, and the writing was not great.

I'm counting four books for July, though a few of them are a little iffy:
Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
One Last Stop
Murder at Wedgefield Manor
The Four Profound Weaves

I read A Cheesemaker’s History of the British Isles by Ned Palmer. With “terroir” being as important to cheese as to wine, it was as much a travel book as a history as Palmer visits the farms and creameries where so many beautiful cheeses are made.

I read a cookbook called Along the Silk Road. looking forward to trying these out.

Andy wrote: "I read A Cheesemaker’s History of the British Isles by Ned Palmer. With “terroir” being as important to cheese as to wine, it was as much a travel book as a history as Palmer visits the farms and c..."

Mmmmm.....cheeeeese....

Dawn wrote: "I read a cookbook called Along the Silk Road. looking forward to trying these out."

That sounds promising!