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Educational and entertaining! What more can one ask for? Mark Adams retraces the footsteps of Hiram Bingham, who introduced Machu Picchu to the world in 1911, then Adams returns to confirm the Incas‘ engineering was superbly accurate aligning with the winter solstice. Adams is self-deprecating but clearly very brave, willing to expend an enormous effort when he hadn‘t so much as tented in his own backyard as a child. A book not to be missed for ⬇️

I‘m spending a good part of the first day of #scarathlon trying to finish books I started in September for #readingtheAmericas.

I‘d love to hear where everyone‘s been book traveling! Me? Peru! And in my other reads, London, China, and Anguilla

This first paragraph of chapter 3 is just such a great example of the author‘s writing style. This is just fun to read. I‘m so glad I picked this book next for #readingtheamericas #Peru @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

@Doll8455 Mom, the reference to Sterno reminded me of your telling us just this weekend that you bought a bunch of sterno during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Just classic.

#wondrouswednesday Thanks @Eggs for the tag!

🍏 Autumn in south Texas can still be pretty darned hot. So when it cools off enough I like to head back out to work on cleaning up the mess (all the dead plants) the 100+ degree heat has left for me
🍎 Happy. It was a good day spent at a client‘s office, with lots of folks whose company I enjoy, and ending the day seeing my mom
🍏 Among others, I‘ve just started the tagged book

No good travelogue is complete without a map!! Here we go!! #Peru #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I‘m very excited about starting this book tonight. Two chapters in and I find the writing style quite fun and the anticipated trek exciting! #Peru #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Up next…Machu Picchu is definitely on my bucket list, so I‘ve been looking forward to reading this. I‘m using it for the South America prompt of my Memoir Around The World Mini-Challenge.

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf

In the first 3/4 of Turn Right, Adams weaves together three stories: Hiram Bingham‘s 1911 “discovery” of Machu Picchu, Mark‘s own trek retracing Bingham‘s, and the legal fight over ownership of artifacts taken from Peru. Mark does this with humor and a keen eye for detail. The last portion deals with a return trip along the Inca Trail and ongoing questions about the meaning of Machu Picchu. Totally engrossing, and good prep for a planned trip.

I‘ve already got #Peru well covered but I couldn‘t pass up this beauty.

#readingtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

haven‘t been at this reading spot in a few years.

#nature

reading some south american based books while eating thai

#nonfiction #botm #peru

For 2022, I've set a goal to read at least one non-fiction book per quarter. I'm not a huge non-fic reader, but have always sucker for anthropology books!

Even though I'm enjoying this, I can already tell it's going to be very naval-gaze-ish 😑 Does anyone have any good anthropology books by non-white authors, or such books written by a member of that specific culture? (For example, a book about Machu Piccu written by a Peruvian author, etc)

1. Platform tent…but I‘d like to try a yurt
2. Camp This & That
3. Tagged
4. Finish Southernmost and maybe something else
#LitsySummerCamp

1. Turn Right at Machu Pichu
2. Tony Hillerman
3. Rick Bragg, Ruth Riechl, Anne Lamott

I tag @NataliePatalie

#12booksof2020 @Andrew65
10th? Day of Christmas

This book follows Mark Adams travels, as he attempts to recreate Hiram Bingham's expedition to Machu Picchu. I loved reading about Mark's journey and the people who helped him on his way, especially his guide, John. I get why all the history with Bingham was included, but those bits were pretty dull, and I could have done without them. Overall, though I found the book fascinating.

Book 11/20 for #crushtherush
@Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

I adore travel books. I'm currently reading the tagged book, and it is fantastic. But I always struggle to find the next good one. All the "best of" lists tend to be the same books (usually starting with Kerouac and Bill Bryson). And I hesitate to pick up random ones cause I've read some sucky ones. So, I'm looking for recommendations.

? What are your favorite travel memoirs/narratives?

... #thatmademewanttotravel

With caveats!

Travel to Australia but not for a corporate retreat in a remote forest.

Travel to Shetland but probably not in early February.

Travel to Machu Picchu but not a multi-week hiking trip.

I really enjoyed this book. Nonfiction memoir. Told half in the past with Bingham "discovering" Machu Picchu and then in current time by author having a little Bingham obsession. It isn't stuck on the discovering part. It talks a lot about who was there first, second, third... ?

😀 Turn Right at Machu Picchu
🤔 The Talented Mr. Ripley
🤨 Apostles: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve

@NataliePatalie @BayouGirl85
#TalkaboutitTuesday

1. Dolores Umbrage that you said is a really good one. I also dislike Mr. Collins from Pride and Prejudice? and Humbert Humbert from Lolita.
2. as in essential oils...orange, peppermint. As in flowers...lilac.
3. Turn Right at Macchu Pichu, and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Thanks for the tag @MoonWitch94
#ThoughtfulThursday

1. Tagged
2. Death
3. I like to make things with beads.
4. Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
#friyayintro

I slipped into an op shop or two this week....

I bought the 2 Elif Shafak books I posted about a couple of weeks ago, they were still there 😊

3 Phillipa Gregory books, 2 to add to my Tudor collection

I'm going to try Isabel Allende, 3 of hers....2 are of a series

I've read Atwood's The Blind Assassin, but now I own my own copy!

Aussie - 10 Short Stories & The Slap

Divergent, let's give a go...

The Celestine Prophecy to replace a lost copy

First book of 2019! More excited than ever to venture to Peru later this year!

It appears this is library book sale weekend in Western Mass! Fill a bag for $20, hernia not included. Friends of the Library in my town have first pick - I‘m friendly. Some of these are books on my TBR others are authors I‘ve been meaning to try. Another sale in the next town over tomorrow and then a HUGE yarn sale at Webs in Northampton, MA. Anyone need lodging?

The stack on the left is adopted library books, the others were acquired on my travels. Is it weird that my favorite tourist attractions are the independent bookstores? 😁😍📚 #usedbooksale #collectedworkssantafe #kramerbooksdc

Of the three books that I‘ve read so far for #ReadAroundTheWorld this one is by far my favorite! It‘s a great read- entertaining, totally engaging and also informative about both #Peru and the history of the “discovery” of Machu Picchu! I really loved it!! And the audio version was great too for #AudioColoring! @JenP

Finished two nonfiction books this week -- a travel memoir about Peru and a collection of essays by the incomparable Sarah Vowell.

I'm hoping to get a lot of reading in this weekend; I'm dying to finish The Heart's Invisible Furies!
#weekendreads #fridayreads

Read this book after we hiked the Inca trail (photo of us at machu picchu) it was great re-living the trip and knowing exactly the places he was talking about and reminiscing the hike. I really enjoyed the book, the author is really engaging making it an easy read even tho it's non-fiction (Not something I'd usually pick up). I would really recommend this book, and hiking the Inca trail!!! #travel #explore #adventure #non-fiction

After sleeping for an hour my body woke me up and was all like "hey, let's be more awake after midnight than during the day!" So here I sit watching one of my favorite shows and nearing the end of this book about Machu Picchu. Sigh.
#litsomnia

I really enjoyed this. I am a sucker for travel books and when you add honest to goodness research about the area.... And that research deals with Inca's and Peru. Well what's not to like! I would say a solid 4 stars.

A very enjoyable and informative book suitable for armchair travelers as well as real-life adventurers. The author deftly weaves together 3 phases of exploration Machu Picchu and the Inca trail: Spanish conquest, Bingham's discovery, and his own modern-day trip in Bingham's footsteps. He also discusses such diverse topics as Peruvian politics, 80's music, the Quechua language, and the virtue of a good pair of socks. Like Bryson but less cranky!

Easy read; part travel memoir, part history of Hiram Binghams travels to Peru. Wry humor, good descriptions of the locations, and interesting factoids throughout.

My Sunday goals: finish the top two and start the third. Drink lots of tea in my amazing swears mug from @musemonthly. Listen to jazz CDs because I'm old school like dat. You?