Armchair Travels and Authors

2018 Armchair Travels and Authors 

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. 

Healthy, free, the world before me.~ Walt Whitman

Year long reading challenge — Brit Tripping
An England mystery road trip
co-hosted by Sandy and Amy will begin in February  

January Journey across the silk road:
Asia - Haruki Murakimi and/or Miyuki Miyabe 

February tour along the Roman Roads:
United Kingdom - Agatha Christie and/or Christopher Brookmyre 

March footpaths from Dublin to Dorsey:
Ireland - Maeve Binchy and/or John Connolly

Backpack April coast to coast:
Iceland - Arnaldur Indriðason and/or Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 

May Cruise the fjords:
Scandinavia Peninsula - Karin Fossum and/or Jo Nesbo


June Sojourn by bike and barge:
Western Europe Low Countries - Georges Simenon and/or Renate Dorrestein


July Quest across the Alps:
Alpine Region - Umberto Eco and/or Simonetta Agnello Hornby

August trek around the Middle East:
Fertile Crescent - Naguib Mahfouz and/or Nawal El Saadawi


Nomadic September in the Heat:
Sahara desert - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and/or Chinua Achebe


October spooktacular
North America - assorted writers


November Narration: Nonfiction November


Frosty December