Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. by Jonathan Safran Foer 2am That pretty much sums it up.

I have been reading an inordinate amount of books on this trip...and since my cousin Jacqui is dying for threatened to kill me if I ever wro...

Dear Ryan Gosling, are you sure you won't reconsider my dinner date invitation? I know I probably called you at a very busy time...what ...

So sorry, cousin Jacqui, but it's time once again for your favorite feature of my blog, the book review.  The only book I can review rig...

Click here, follow the instructions, and you're on your way toward a minor in Russian Literature! They will email you 423 installments...

THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho This is a book about a boy from Spain who decides, after following his heart, to travel across the Sahara de...

Today was a nice lazy day.  I woke up just in time for the free breakfast at my hostel (rated very highly online and in the guidebooks...pla...

The Country Under My Skin. By Gioconda Belli, a famous poet born and raised in the highest social class of Managua, Nicaragua. Married you...

Books I have read/am currently reading on this trip: The Thorn Birds / Colleen McColough -- Loved it.  Long amazing epic novel with all th...

I have a friend who is a waiter at the cafe next to the internet place where I am right now. His name is Benson and he is Rasta. From Johan...