Title: The Best Travel Writing, vol. 9: True
Stories from Around the World (edited by James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger
& Sean O’Reilly).
Description: A collection
of short creative non-fiction about or inspired by travel.
Source: It was
one of the travel books I got to judge this spring.
Writing style: It’s
a collection, so of course the style varies by author. That’s one reason that
this book didn’t place in my rankings (maybe a personal prejudice, but I like a
consistent style throughout a book).
Audience: Folks
who like to read about travel.
Wrap-up: I
enjoyed picking up the book and reading one or two entries from time to time; I
can’t read a book like this straight through or everything becomes a jumble.
There were some well-written, powerful
selections, and others that weren’t quite so affecting. 3/5*
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