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When I saw this book was being published, I immediately put it on my must-read list. I ordered it and decided to make it my entree for summer reading. By nibbling on it and picking off pieces of it, I've managed to make it last for over a month. In many ways, it was a perfect summer read, for a person who couldn't travel herself. Mayes took me to places I've always wanted to go, Portugal, Spain, Greece, even Turkey and North Africa.
But the book annoyed me, too. Mayes seemed hypercritical, judgm ...more
But the book annoyed me, too. Mayes seemed hypercritical, judgm ...more

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