Crater Lake

Near Crater Lake in Oregon, Early June, 2012

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The Voluntourist

Ken Budd is trying to come to terms with the reality that, though he desperately wants children, his wife, just as firmly, does not. His beloved father passes away and Budd realizes that there will be no children in his life to mourn his own passing. He decides to divert this desire to have children into efforts to help others and makes plans to volunteer in places of need around the world.

In the course of this book, he ventures to New Orleans after Katrina, to China to work with special needs students, to Costa Rica to teach English, to Ecuador to explore the effect of global warming, to the West Bank to help Palestinians, and to Africa to work with orphans. 

In the process, Budd teaches us that there are ways to effectively work through what appears to be a no-win situation. 

A different kind of travel memoir.

READERBUZZ says:  4 Starzzzz

For more information about Ken Budd and the book visit his website or Facebook page. Follow the rest of the blog tour or look at the Amazon reviews for others' thoughts and opinions on the book.

Thanks to Trish from TLC Book Tours and the publisher for sending me a copy of this book to review.

Ken’s Tour Stops

Tuesday, June 5th: BookNAround

Wednesday, June 6th: Book Club Classics!

Wednesday, June 6th: The Written World

Thursday, June 7th: Travel Spot

Monday, June 11th: Lisa’s Yarns

Tuesday, June 12th: Joyfully Retired

Tuesday, June 19th: West Metro Mommy

Saturday, June 23rd: A Life Sustained

Wednesday, June 27th: readerbuzz

Friday, June 29th: Knowing the Difference

Date TBD: My Bookshelf

Photo by ryyta Don't wait! Today is the last day to sign up for the Literary Blog Hop! You could win two great books or a $15 Book Depository gift card!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

                                 

What I Finished Last Week Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Paris in Love by Eloisa James

What I'm Reading Now Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes Gem by Holly Hobbie Bully Goat Grim Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop Time for Kids Big Book of What? The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.

 

What I Might Read Next Flirting in Italian

What are you reading today?!

Don't forget to stop by and sign up for
the Literary Book Blog Hop Giveaway!
I'm giving away copies of Anne Tyler's latest book
(thank you, Marcia!) as well as
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
and a $15 gift card to Book Depository!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Literary Blog Hop: Una Vez Más

Welcome!

Welcome to the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop!

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop is hosted by Leeswammes. Between now and Wednesday, June 27th, you can hop to over 50 different book blogs, all offering one or more giveaways of books or bookish items. All books will be literary fiction or nonfiction. Follow the links at the bottom of this post to find the other participating blogs.

My Giveaway

As part of the blog hop I will be giving away 2 books which are open for United States entries...

and a $15 gift card to Book Depository, which is open to worldwide entries.

bookdepository.com

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Rules for the Readerbuzz's February Giveaway are simple:

(1) You must follow me.

(2) You must leave a comment here that expresses whether you'd like to win The Beginner's Goodbye or Behind the Beautiful Forevers (US only), and/or  the gift card (international), and includes an e-mail address (posted in an elusive way to thwart the wicked).

BONUS:
If you really, really want to win this book and/or giftcard,

you are welcome to receive extra entries by:

Following me at Twitter

and leaving a comment +1 

Befriending me at Goodreads

and leaving a comment +1

Befriending me at Facebook

and leaving a comment +1

I will leave this giveaway open until Wednesday, June 27th.

Good luck!

The Literary Blog Hop is scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 23rd at 12:01 am EST and end on Wednesday, June 27th at 11:59 pm EST. The Beginner's Goodbye and Behind the Beautiful Forevers are open to bloggers in the US only. The Book Depository gift card is open to bloggers anywhere Book Depository can ship.

Leeswammes Candle Beam Book Blog Musings of a Bookshop Girl The Book Whisperer Book Journey (US/CA) breieninpeking (Dutch readers) bibliosue heavenali I Read That Once... The Parrish Lantern The Bibliomouse (Europe) Tell Me A Story Seaside Book Nook Rikki's Teleidoscope Sam Still Reading Nishita's Rants and Raves Readerbuzz Books Thoughts Adventures (North America) 2,606 Books and Counting Laurie Here (US/CA) Literary Winner (US) Dolce Bellezza The House of the Seven Tails The Book Diva's Reads (US) Colorimetry Roof Beam Reader Kate's Library Minding Spot (US) Silver's Reviews (US) Book'd Out Fingers & Prose (US) Chocolate and Croissants Scattered Figments Lucybird's Book Blog The Book Club Blog

Lizzy's Literary Life The Book Stop Reflections from the Hinterland (US) Lena Sledge's Blog Read in a Single Sitting The Little Reader Library (UK) The Blue Bookcase (US) 1morechapter (US) The Reading and Life of a Bookworm Curled Up with a Good Book and a Cup of Tea My Sweepstakes City (US) De Boekblogger (Europe, Dutch readers) Exurbanis Sweeping Me (US/CA) Living, Learning, and Loving Life (US) Beauty Balm Uniflame Creates Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book (US/CA) Curiosity Killed The Bookworm Nose in a book (Europe) Sharon's Garden of Book Reviews (US) Giraffe Days Page Plucker Based on a True Story Read, Write & Live Devin Berglund (N. America) Ephemeral Digest Under My Apple Tree (US) Annette Berglund (US) Book Nympho A Book Crazy, Jane Austen Lovin' Gal (US) Love, Laughter, and a Touch of Insanity

Wordless Wednesday: The Oregon Coast

For more wordless photos,

go to Wordless Wednesday.

Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR List

Paris My Sweet

Flirting in Italian

Lots of Candles,

Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

Paris in Love by Eloisa James

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland

in a Ship of Her Own Making

Then Again

Redeeming Love

Insurgent

Mindful Writer

Photo Op

Le Road Trip

What should I read first?!

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

                                 

What I Finished Last Week Wild (Review coming soon.) Wizard of Earthsea (Review coming soon.)

What I'm Reading Now Children on the Oregon Trail Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Paris in Love

What I Might Read Next Two books arrived from Australia, both on our 1001 Children's Book list.... Thank you, Louise! Taronga The Nargun and the Stars

What are you reading today?!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

TGIF: Your Most Valuable Book

From your personal collection of books, which ones hold the most value to you - is it signed by the author? or maybe it's your favorite story of all time? Share it with us.


I'm sure I'm the odd bug here, but I haven't a single book that I'd be sad if I lost. In fact, I'm the opposite of most bookies:  I give away most of my books!


How about you? 


TGIF at GReads is for Fridays to re-cap the week's posts & to propose a question for book bloggers.

Top Ten Books I'd Recommend As Good Beach Reads

Ten books from ten different genres,

light reads, but

all just a little bit more thoughtful than 

your average trashy beach read.

The Monk Downstairs

A monk leaves the monastery and

 moves into the home of a jaded single mom. 

Lois on the Loose:

One Woman, One Motorbike, 

20,000 Miles Across the Americas

The World is Not Enough

Best historical fiction ever.

Good Omens

A wacky tale of the Apocalypse.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Mysterious...

Game of Thrones

Action! Adventure!

Chancy and the Grand Rascal

Chancy sets off to find his family

accompanied by the trickiest con man of them all.

One of my favorite books from childhood.

Lonesome Dove

When better to read this fabulous western

than this summer?

How to Be Perfect: Poems

Yes, it's a book of poems

but it's a book of poems

that even you, 

you who hate poems,

even you will like.

Julie & Julia

Finally, how about a story that combines

memoir with food? 

What do you recommend for this summer's reading list?

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.