My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere (Paperback)

from bezoar44

This is an enjoyable but uneven collection of essays about places and cultures in the U.S. and around the world. Most were originally printed in the New Yorker between 1992 and 2003. The title seems obliquely inspired by the Frank Sinatra song, 'My Kind of Town', which is mentioned in passing in ...

from bookworm12

I love reading travel books while I'm traveling. Sometimes when I read them and don't have a big trip on the horizon it's just an exercise in frustration. I read this one on a plane to Australia, which was perfect. There's even one part about Orlean's trip to Sydney during the 2000 Olympic games!...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

What I'm liking so far is that Orlean doesn't talk about herself. It's really refreshing to feel as if we're getting the stories of the people & places unfiltered. Of course, she does filter - she spent three weeks in a supermarket in Queens to get one (longish) article, and couldn't put it all i...

from bookwormteri

I really loved this book. Not so much a travelogue, but really stories of the lives of people where she traveled. Or experiences she had with these people. Just fascinating. Great for an armchair traveler.

from bookwormteri

I really loved this book. Not so much a travelogue, but really stories of the lives of people where she traveled. Or experiences she had with these people. Just fascinating. Great for an armchair traveler.