My Travels in Books. Introduction

My two main reasons for starting this blog was books and travels, and I thought I would try and combine the two in a series of posts called “My Travels in Books”. I always think it’s fun to read books set in a place you have actually been. It makes it a bit easier to imagine the setting and the atmosphere, and maybe it’s also a bit easier to relate to the characters, especially if they are also tourists, like you, struggling to cope with a different culture and the joys and hardships of traveling. 

I will try and talk a little about my personal experience in a given country or city and relate how it compares to the descriptions in the chosen book. As of right now I don’t really have any specific criteria for the book, other than that it should mainly be set in the country or city in question. I’ll try to find one that really captures the place and uses the setting in the story, and not pick a book that could really be set anywhere. 

On my travels I have often traveled through countries and visited many cities and places in one country. In that case I might do more posts on a country, writing about specific cities and/or the country in general. There are no rules really…

Right now I’m reading a book about India and I’m thinking this will be the first post in the series. Coincidentally India was also my first “big trip”, but I don’t plan to do the rest of the posts in chronological travel order. I’ll just add to the series, as I read books that will fit the criteria.