A Beginner's Guide to Paradise : 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything (Hardcover)

from debnance

Here's the subtitle (and, honestly, it's better than the blurb on the back or my thoughts when it comes to deciding if this is a book for you): "9 steps to giving up everything so you too can: move to a Pacific island, wear a loincloth, read a hundred books, build a bungalow, diaper a baby monkey...

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A Beginner's Guide to Paradise By Alex Sheshunoff I received this from NetGalley in exchange for a review. While the title is amusing, I was rather underwhelmed with the book over all. It has many redeeming qualities, don't get me wrong. The author tells his story which makes you laugh and think ...

from grumpydan

This is the story of a young guy who left the big city because of burn out and traveled to a remote island in the South Pacific to read 100 books and find himself. It's his story of what he did and learned. It is not a how to book to do it for oneself. I enjoyed the book because I got to see the ...

from preetalina

I started this book thinking it would be along the lines of The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost and I wasn't wrong. I used to be into reading travelogues a lot back in college (easy way to escape?) but haven't read too many lately. But this was offere...

from bnbookgirl

Alex gives up the city life and moves to a small island in the Pacific. He brings few provisions, but he does bring 100 books. How can you not like that premise. He starts out on the island of Yap and ends up on the island of Palau. Who wouldn't like to do this? Interesting read. The only fault w...