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Book Review: How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

by Linda Nguyen on February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 in Books, Travel

I met Matt Kepnes (also known as Nomadic Matt) in Vegas at Bloggeres in Sin City last year. I had read a few of his articles around the internet as… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Just Kids

by Linda Nguyen on June 13, 2012January 11, 2017 in Books

I finished Just Kids last week and reading hasn’t been the same. I first caught wind of Patti Smith’s memoir from Ashley and since she put it on my reading… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Committed

by Linda Nguyen on February 2, 2012 in Books

Committed, written by author of Eat, Pray, Love, takes off where Eat, Pray, Love ended. Elizabeth Gilbert is in a committed relationship with that sexy Brazilian she met in Bali…. [Continue Reading]

Book Review: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Linda Nguyen on October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 in Books

I’ve had A Million Miles in a Thousand Years on my to-read list for a while. I think I was first interested in the book because I thought it had… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: The Polysyllabic Spree

by Linda Nguyen on June 13, 2011November 8, 2012 in Books

Every now and again, I read a book that I want to throw at everyone I know or at least a certain demographic of people I know. In this case,… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Bird by Bird

by Linda Nguyen on May 12, 2011May 12, 2011 in Books

Months ago, Brenda recommended that I read Bird by Bird. Recently, I came across the book as I was browsing the library and was all to happy to try it… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Husbands and Wives Club: A Year in the Life of a Couples Therapy Group

by Linda Nguyen on March 24, 2011October 24, 2012 in Books

When I browsed the reviews on Husbands and Wives Club, I felt a little protective when I read the criticism. Namely, it was too technical and detached and had too… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: A Man Without a Country

by Linda Nguyen on August 10, 2010May 13, 2014 in Books

I picked this book up last week while browsing the stacks at a library. It reminded me that I still need to read Slaughterhouse-Five but the library I was at… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Born Standing Up

by Linda Nguyen on July 27, 2010July 27, 2010 in Books

A couple of days ago I finished Steve Martin’s memoir, Born Standing Up. This is the third book of his I read and I believe that’s all of them, which… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: The Red Tent

by Linda Nguyen on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 in Books

Anita Diamant took a couple of lines from the Book of Genesis mentioning Dinah and expounded upon it, giving us a very intricate tale of Dinah’s four mothers (Rachel, Leah,… [Continue Reading]

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Linda Nguyen is a Texas Native who recently moved to North Carolina. She’s a blogger and photographer and loves eating noodles. This is her personal blog. She also writes a food blog.

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