I read books. Mostly travel books.
![Michael Olbert's "Chatwin's Guru And Me"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150116.jpg)
Michael Olbert
What happened to this otherwise decent book that caused it to be so annoying?
![Patrick Leigh Fermor's "A Time of Gifts / Between the Woods and the Water"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145907.jpg)
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Is there anything not perfect about this travel book?
![Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150437.jpg)
Ibn Battuta
Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
![Nigel Barley's "The Innocent Anthropologist"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144326.jpg)
Nigel Barley
Can humor sometimes alienate us from our surroundings?
![Mildred Cable's "The Gobi Desert"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144009.jpg)
Mildred Cable
Is this just a book about three ladies taking it slow, or is it an epic adventure?
![Hauke Trinks' "Life In The Ice"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145436.jpg)
Hauke Trinks
Is this a book that you can enjoy even if you’re not interested in polar bears?
![Hans-Peter Kerkeling's "I'm Off Then"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140506-130230.jpg)
Hape Kerkeling
Is this the only instance where a TV person turned into a good travel writer?
![Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky's "Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150040.jpg)
Nikolai Przhevalsky
Is this too much racism even for an imperialist?
![Shirley MacLaine's "The Camino"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144159.jpg)
Shirley MacLaine
Is this a decent book that has been ruined by esotericism, or was it bad all along?
![Karl Philipp Moritz' "Journeys of a German in England in 1782"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-182317.jpg)
Karl Philipp Moritz
What makes this book such a pleasant read after more than two centuries?
![Thomas Kohnstamm's "Do Travel Writers Go To Hell"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145218.jpg)
Thomas Kohnstamm
Could we have expected more from a book that advertises itself as being gonzo?
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Italian Journey"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153336.jpg)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Is this German classic really that awesome, or could it be just a bit overrated?