It all begins with a stupid question:
Are you a Global Vagabond?
No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for ind...
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Dec 02, 2011
I wrote this book! And drew the pictures.
I think this one sums up the story best:
I hope it brings you a little bit of travel transcendence.
I think this one sums up the story best:
I hope it brings you a little bit of travel transcendence.
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Feb 21, 2012
Stephanie
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Contemporary is not a genre I usually read. It’s not because I think any less of the genre, but few seem to hold my attention as well as something supernatural or science fiction related. What normally happens is that I’ll get distracted and find myself re-reading the same sentence or paragraph over and over again. That never happened with Wanderlove. Unfortunately, lately I’ve been finding it increasingly difficult for me to find time throughout my day to sit and rea More...
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Jan 17, 2012
Lisa O.
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If right now, at age 35, I had to choose my nostalgia book of all times, I'd choose Wanderlove.
It was almost physically painful to read.
A forewarning though: if you are not the adventurous type, are not and never were interested in traveling with a backpack, but on the contrary think it's highly dangerous and unhygienic and are not interested in the nuances of this bohemian life, this might not be the book for you.
Bria Sandoval has just turned 18. It's the summer between More...
It was almost physically painful to read.
A forewarning though: if you are not the adventurous type, are not and never were interested in traveling with a backpack, but on the contrary think it's highly dangerous and unhygienic and are not interested in the nuances of this bohemian life, this might not be the book for you.
Bria Sandoval has just turned 18. It's the summer between More...
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Jan 05, 2012
Katya
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This book rips my heart out.
I imagine it's a very unlikely statement to make, especially if you read the book, and know how it ends... especially if you know me. But there are those stories that hit the bullseye, and in my case, it was this one.
Bria Sandoval is eighteen, and uncertain where to head in life. Not only has her ex made her lose her shot in an art school, she simply cannot draw. Her friends More...
This book rips my heart out.
I imagine it's a very unlikely statement to make, especially if you read the book, and know how it ends... especially if you know me. But there are those stories that hit the bullseye, and in my case, it was this one.
Bria Sandoval is eighteen, and uncertain where to head in life. Not only has her ex made her lose her shot in an art school, she simply cannot draw. Her friends More...
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Sep 12, 2011
Reynje
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At first glance, Wanderlove appears to be a light piece of escapist travel fiction, treading the well-worn paths of comedic culture shock, adventure and self-discovery common to backpacker lit.
Upon reading, however, it’s evident that Wanderlove is much more than this. It is a resonant and affecting story about healing and uncertainty - about looking backward in order to move forward. It’s about self-worth not being contingent upon the opinions and judgments of others, but rather u More...
Upon reading, however, it’s evident that Wanderlove is much more than this. It is a resonant and affecting story about healing and uncertainty - about looking backward in order to move forward. It’s about self-worth not being contingent upon the opinions and judgments of others, but rather u More...
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Feb 08, 2012
FREEBIRD
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I received an ARC from netgalley. The official release of this book is March 13th, 2012.
5 wanderloving, wanderlusting, travel bugged stars.
I had been meaning to read Ms. Hubbard's Wanderlove for months. For some reason, it seemed other things always got in the way. Other responsibilities, other people, even other books. So, let me tell you now that this is a book that should take precedence over all overs. Throw that book you're reading on the ground and get in line More...
5 wanderloving, wanderlusting, travel bugged stars.
I had been meaning to read Ms. Hubbard's Wanderlove for months. For some reason, it seemed other things always got in the way. Other responsibilities, other people, even other books. So, let me tell you now that this is a book that should take precedence over all overs. Throw that book you're reading on the ground and get in line More...
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Aug 14, 2011
Ashelynn
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Last year, I was one of the first people to receive a Like Mandarin ARC, Kirsten’s debut. I fell for that book hard. Maybe because it was set near my town of Wyoming or that it was strictly about friendship—something I had been craving at that time.
So when I heard that Kirsten’s sophomore novel was about traveling, I was ecstatic. Ask any of my friends and family, and they’ll tell you that I want to travel. That I want to visit every historical place on this world, go to Antarctica More...
So when I heard that Kirsten’s sophomore novel was about traveling, I was ecstatic. Ask any of my friends and family, and they’ll tell you that I want to travel. That I want to visit every historical place on this world, go to Antarctica More...
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Feb 22, 2012
ShawnaLeAnn
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As soon as I read the synopsis for Wanderlove I knew it was going to change me. I’ve always enjoyed traveling books and I have to say this is the best one I have ever read. Not only was it a traveling book where I felt like I was honestly there, but the love story behind it had me week in the knees. There is just so much more to this book than traveling and l More...
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As soon as I read the synopsis for Wanderlove I knew it was going to change me. I’ve always enjoyed traveling books and I have to say this is the best one I have ever read. Not only was it a traveling book where I felt like I was honestly there, but the love story behind it had me week in the knees. There is just so much more to this book than traveling and l More...
Nov 10, 2011
Nomes
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Gorgeously written and completely authentic (it comes as no surprise to me that Hubbard is a travel writer and backpacker herself) Wanderlove is a book that took me by surprise.
I have to confess, I got off to a rocky start with Wanderlove. From the beginning, I liked the prose (loved the cadence of certain lines). Hubbard writes fantastically, she gets right in under Bria’s skin, perhaps painfully so: Bria felt so inferior, so uncertain, at the beginning and the feeling was so perfe More...
I have to confess, I got off to a rocky start with Wanderlove. From the beginning, I liked the prose (loved the cadence of certain lines). Hubbard writes fantastically, she gets right in under Bria’s skin, perhaps painfully so: Bria felt so inferior, so uncertain, at the beginning and the feeling was so perfe More...
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Dec 12, 2011
Cass -
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MY SUMMARY
WANDERLOVE starts off with ex-artgirl Bria, who is currently in her break between high school and university/college, recently broke up with her intense artsy boyfriend Toby, and now ready to be someone different. When her two best friends bail on their trip, she takes it upon herself to screw it all and go anyway. But, the travel package that drew her to Central America turns out to be a dud - her group consists of only old or dull people, which means absolu More...
MY SUMMARY
WANDERLOVE starts off with ex-artgirl Bria, who is currently in her break between high school and university/college, recently broke up with her intense artsy boyfriend Toby, and now ready to be someone different. When her two best friends bail on their trip, she takes it upon herself to screw it all and go anyway. But, the travel package that drew her to Central America turns out to be a dud - her group consists of only old or dull people, which means absolu More...
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Feb 15, 2012
FABR Steph
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5 Alarm Thoughts
1. The Beginning: After her recent breakup with her boyfriend, Bria plans to take a trip with her two best friends on a tour with Global Vagabonds. When her friends back out, she decides to go it on her own. Bria finds her travel arrangements different from expected when she finds herself the youngest among a group of middle-aged tourists, complete with a busy-body roommate with a love for crafts. Tired of her boring tour and crafting roommate, Bria takes the More...
1. The Beginning: After her recent breakup with her boyfriend, Bria plans to take a trip with her two best friends on a tour with Global Vagabonds. When her friends back out, she decides to go it on her own. Bria finds her travel arrangements different from expected when she finds herself the youngest among a group of middle-aged tourists, complete with a busy-body roommate with a love for crafts. Tired of her boring tour and crafting roommate, Bria takes the More...
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Feb 14, 2012
Wandering
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Bria Sandoval needs a change. Her relationship is over; she's given up art and hasn't even bothered sending in her college housing forms. Off she goes on a Global Vagabond tour of Central America that turns out to be made up completely of middle aged people. When Bria gets a chance to travel the real way, with two backpackers, Starling and Rowan, she takes it and ends up on a journey that could either make her forget all about her past or help her face it.
This was a highly readabl More...
This was a highly readabl More...
Feb 08, 2012
Anna (AnnaReads.com)
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I love road trip books. They are a literal journey, yes, but they also explore a character's journey in discovering something new about themselves. It's a lovely and thrilling structure that allows you to explore alongside the characters and watch how their discoveries slowly change them.
But after reading Wanderlove, I feel like I've found something even better -- travelogue books.
It's a road trip amplified when Bria sets off from her tour group in Guatemala and joins a pair More...
But after reading Wanderlove, I feel like I've found something even better -- travelogue books.
It's a road trip amplified when Bria sets off from her tour group in Guatemala and joins a pair More...
Feb 03, 2012
Karla
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Bria Sandoval loves to draw. Ever since she was kid she would draw in every surface with anything available, and have the time of her life doing it. On her senior year she met the guy who looked perfect for her. An artist. Toby went to fancy art classes, knew secret drawing techniques and dreamt of going to SCAA, a big, famous arts school. And he made her want to go, too. They studied together, improved their skills More...
Bria Sandoval loves to draw. Ever since she was kid she would draw in every surface with anything available, and have the time of her life doing it. On her senior year she met the guy who looked perfect for her. An artist. Toby went to fancy art classes, knew secret drawing techniques and dreamt of going to SCAA, a big, famous arts school. And he made her want to go, too. They studied together, improved their skills More...
Jan 30, 2012
Cleffairy
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Review date: 31 Jan 2012
Review link: http://cleffairy.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/wanderlove/
A perfect book if you want to travel and see the world without going out of your bedroom. I love how the author brings the readers to exotic and intriguing places and I love how various issues was being brought up in a subtle manner.
This book is more than a wonderful read, and if you know how appreciate a good book, this book should be on your More...
Review date: 31 Jan 2012
Review link: http://cleffairy.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/wanderlove/
A perfect book if you want to travel and see the world without going out of your bedroom. I love how the author brings the readers to exotic and intriguing places and I love how various issues was being brought up in a subtle manner.
This book is more than a wonderful read, and if you know how appreciate a good book, this book should be on your More...
Jan 08, 2012
cecilia
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At first cover glance, wanderlove appears to be a feel-good book. Peaceful, hopeful, wishful… but what the cover does not say is that readers will be taking a trip into Central America and fall in love with not only the scenery but also the characters. Which is a travesty because wanderlove was absolutely perfect for anyone with that itch to travel!
THE GOOD BITS
{Bria} I think our shoes have got to be the same size because I swear we travel the same wavelength! Her artistic na More...
THE GOOD BITS
{Bria} I think our shoes have got to be the same size because I swear we travel the same wavelength! Her artistic na More...
Dec 15, 2011
Crstn29
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Still reeling from the betrayal of her boyfriend, Bria enlists her two best friends to sign up for a tour with a group called Global Vagabonds. When her friends bail, she's left to decide if she wants to continue on with the trip, or do what is expected of her and drop out for a nice, safe summer at home. As if propelled by the need to do the unexpected, Bria decides to go ahead with the trip and flies to South America to meet up with her tour group. Expecting a bunch of teens and twenty-some
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Oct 13, 2011
Rachael
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Bria Sandoval thinks she’s ready to leave it all behind—her feuding parents, the ex-boyfriend she might not be over, dreaded plans for the future, even her best friends—when she decides to take a trip to Guatemala. She likes the idea of striking out on her own; it makes her think she can reinvent herself and be the girl she’s always wanted to be. But when she meets the rest of her tour group, a handful of middle-aged tourists, she realizes that reinvention is not included in the prepaid vacation
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Aug 23, 2011
Kelley
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Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publishing Date: March 13, 2012
I chose this book because I loved the cover. I had a hankering for a YA contemporary, so when I saw this title, I thought, "This is what I was asking for."
My version of the blurb: When Bria, the artist, decides she wants to break out from the norm and travel abroad, she wasn't expecting a middle-aged tour group to be her companions. But after meeting More...
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publishing Date: March 13, 2012
I chose this book because I loved the cover. I had a hankering for a YA contemporary, so when I saw this title, I thought, "This is what I was asking for."
My version of the blurb: When Bria, the artist, decides she wants to break out from the norm and travel abroad, she wasn't expecting a middle-aged tour group to be her companions. But after meeting More...
Dec 03, 2010
Kristin
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I'm pretty sure Kirsten Hubbard's higher purpose in life is to keep me humble.
No, scratch that - her higher purpose is (among other things, obviously) to create beautiful, beautiful stories, and by default it keeps me humble. Because I never cease to be amazed at her gorgeous prose, her living breathing 3-dimensional characters, and her fascinating settings. I was blown away by LIKE MANDARIN, and I was equally blown away by WANDERLOVE.
Rowan is swoonworthy without being a perf More...
No, scratch that - her higher purpose is (among other things, obviously) to create beautiful, beautiful stories, and by default it keeps me humble. Because I never cease to be amazed at her gorgeous prose, her living breathing 3-dimensional characters, and her fascinating settings. I was blown away by LIKE MANDARIN, and I was equally blown away by WANDERLOVE.
Rowan is swoonworthy without being a perf More...
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Aug 26, 2011
Anita
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Reading books about travel, especially spontaneous and outrageous travel, makes me want to pack my bags and go. Through the eyes of Bria, even the bad and ugly seems to shine in a brighter, more attractive light. She is able to see the beauty of the world in practically everything, and living this trip through her voice was wonderful. The traveling, however, is only the surface of the book. Both Bria and Rowan are working through their own issues. No matter how much they try and keep their past
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Sep 09, 2011
Valerie
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I don't want to review this book. It's too good to be reviewed. I feel like if I review it I'll mess it up really, really badly. Wahhhhhhh!!!!!!!! This book is soooooooooooooo good!!!!!!!! 5 out of 5 stars!!!!!!! Love, love love!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's something about this book that's totally different from any others. It's Sarah Dessen with a mix of something serious and tons of travel. Not only that but it has ART!!!!!!!!!!! Totally beautifully drawn art!!!!!!! Now that makes me want to pick More...
There's something about this book that's totally different from any others. It's Sarah Dessen with a mix of something serious and tons of travel. Not only that but it has ART!!!!!!!!!!! Totally beautifully drawn art!!!!!!! Now that makes me want to pick More...
Sep 06, 2011
Sophia
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I can definitely say that this is not like any other novel I have ever read. It's about Bria, who's broken inside because of past events with her boyfriend and art. She decides to take a journey throughout Central America and with some interesting situations, she ends up switching paths.
The only other book I've read about traveling was Amy and Roger's Epic Detour which I loved. But that book was just travelling across America, which I'm pretty familiar with, given that I live h More...
The only other book I've read about traveling was Amy and Roger's Epic Detour which I loved. But that book was just travelling across America, which I'm pretty familiar with, given that I live h More...
Aug 24, 2011
Cara (Chasing Words)
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originally posted on http://chasingwordsreviews.blogspot.com August 2011
♥ Favorite Line(s):
It's so hard for me to pull lines out of Wanderlove. All of them are favorites because of context and everything that's established up to that point in the story. It's more the feel of the lines rather than the words themselves if that makes sense.
Although I really love>
"Rowan's fifth travel rule:
Prices are relative. So is poverty. So is happiness." More...
♥ Favorite Line(s):
It's so hard for me to pull lines out of Wanderlove. All of them are favorites because of context and everything that's established up to that point in the story. It's more the feel of the lines rather than the words themselves if that makes sense.
Although I really love>
"Rowan's fifth travel rule:
Prices are relative. So is poverty. So is happiness." More...
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Aug 12, 2011
Tamara
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When I started reading this book, I honestly didn't know what to expect.
The first chapter didn't 'click to me', but I continued reading. Boy it was a good decision.
Soon after, I was pulled into the story, flipping through pages to find out what would come next. The story itself was interesting, filled with adventures and messag More...
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When I started reading this book, I honestly didn't know what to expect.
The first chapter didn't 'click to me', but I continued reading. Boy it was a good decision.
Soon after, I was pulled into the story, flipping through pages to find out what would come next. The story itself was interesting, filled with adventures and messag More...
Jan 01, 2012
Scarlett
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This book didn't exactly awaken the vagabond in me, neither did it make me want to be one. What it surely did is rekindle that never-dormant-wanderlust.
Its a story of a girl who is going through a who ad breakup, and goes traveling to Central America to get out of it, and meets a bad-boy-wanting-to-be-good. There is nothing nee in this plot, neither is there a novelty in the way it is dealt. What I found noteworthy and also good are the little titbits you can gather about wanderlust, trav More...
Its a story of a girl who is going through a who ad breakup, and goes traveling to Central America to get out of it, and meets a bad-boy-wanting-to-be-good. There is nothing nee in this plot, neither is there a novelty in the way it is dealt. What I found noteworthy and also good are the little titbits you can gather about wanderlust, trav More...
Dec 05, 2011
Alexa Loves Books
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One of the first ever things I heard about this book was that it was like a teen version of Eat, Pray, Love. Now, I absolutely adored Eat, Pray, Love, so it's an obvious deduction that I was incredibly eager to get my hands on this book. (Thankfully, I got approved to read it on NetGalley soon after I requested it.) And to my absolute delight, I loved it!
Bria Sandoval is an interesting character, especially because she reminds me of myself in many ways. I could relate to her thirst f More...
Bria Sandoval is an interesting character, especially because she reminds me of myself in many ways. I could relate to her thirst f More...
Oct 22, 2011
Jessica
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When I read the synopsis I was thinking, “Oh, this will be a cute story,” not really giving much thought to there being a deeper meaning or feeling obtained from reading it. After the first few chapters I was thinking, “This is okay, I’m sure I’ll like it,” not expecting it to be super special or anything substantial. It wasn’t until a few more chapters in that thought, “I love this!” and realized the following: I want my life to reflect the outlook of this story’s true More...
When I read the synopsis I was thinking, “Oh, this will be a cute story,” not really giving much thought to there being a deeper meaning or feeling obtained from reading it. After the first few chapters I was thinking, “This is okay, I’m sure I’ll like it,” not expecting it to be super special or anything substantial. It wasn’t until a few more chapters in that thought, “I love this!” and realized the following: I want my life to reflect the outlook of this story’s true More...
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Oct 10, 2011
Heidi
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Every once in awhile I like to read books where the protagonist travels around and finds not only themselves but also love along the way. This book fits that criteria perfectly. The book starts off slow as an unsure by the rules kind of girl comes across a group of rag tag backpackers in Central America and joins them. Once I got to know the protagonist Bria and her companions a little more the book picked up and towards the end I found myself plowing through to find out what would happen.
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Dec 09, 2011
Michelle
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Wanderlove follows Bria as she joins a backpacking group to travel, what was meant to be a joint trip with her friends ends up being a journey for one. We get some glimpses into the reasons for Bria wanting to do this journey and what she feels like she needs to get away form.
Wanderlove is good read, I would never have the courage to travel like that so it was nice to get to read about diffent places and their way of life seen through the eyes of Bria. I loved the journey tha More...
Wanderlove is good read, I would never have the courage to travel like that so it was nice to get to read about diffent places and their way of life seen through the eyes of Bria. I loved the journey tha More...
