Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals : Adventures in Love and Danger

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Summary: Stupid Travel Tips
Review: The book is hardly about travel but more accurately about Wendy's dysfunctional life. While reading the book, all I could really feel was pity--not a sense of adventure. I only hope this was fiction and not a true rendition of Wendy's foreign travels.

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Summary: an ok read
Review: The book starts off great, but half way through you realize that her experiences are mostly due to her parents quirks and not her own. If it wasn't such a short book I wouldn't have bothered to finish it. If you are looking for an interesting woman's travel tale this is not it.

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Summary: Little Bo-Peep
Review: This book is a fluid and easy read yet I still found myself an avid reader, unable to finish it. The author talks about her little-bo-peep adventures like the hardships and interesting things she experiences have made her a wise sage. Her voice becomes redundant and obnoxious. While she seeks these hardships she can talk to no end about, she is a middle class white girl whose mundane life bores even her to death. I found no moral, lesson, or value from reading most of this book. The author appears bright and probably likable, but reading this book was like being on a bad date in which the person accross the table will not stop talking about how bright they are, tough they have had it, adventures they have had etc......

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Summary: Hilarious
Review: This book is absolutely hilarious. I laughed so hard the entire time that I didn't want to finish it. Read it, you won't regret it.

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Summary: A Very Fun Read
Review: This book is so funny at times that I laughed so hard my stomach hurt. My boyfriend finally had to tell me nicely that I didn't have to quote him every funny passage as I read it. For anyone who has been to Latin America, it brings back memories -- of long lines, broken-down buses, a bureaucracy that is scientifically inefficient. Wendy Dale is a fantastic writer. It's a great book to read if you love to travel or would like to explore the world in the future. It also makes you remember how nice it is to have basic freedoms such as the "innocent until proven guilty" clause of our law.

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Summary: I could not stop laughing
Review: This book is so funny at times that I laughed so hard my stomach hurt. My boyfriend finally had to tell me nicely that I didn't have to quote him every funny passage as I read it. For anyone who has been to Latin America, it brings back memories -- of long lines, broken-down buses, a bureaucracy that is scientifically inefficient. Wendy Dale is a fantastic writer. It's a great book to read if you love to travel or would like to explore the world in the future. It also makes you remember how nice it is to have basic freedoms such as the "innocent until proven guilty" clause of our law.

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Summary: Powerful, Poetic, a Real Gem
Review: This is one of the best adventure books I have read in a long time. For those people who enjoy traveling, taking risks, seeking adventure, and willing to "think outside the box" this is the perfect book for you. Not only does this book offer the readers a sense of adventure and humor, but also valuable insights into family life, relationships, politics, and what is really inportant in life.

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Summary: A Very Fun Read
Review: This was a wonderful, fun and adventurous book, I didn't want it to end. You feel like you're traveling without even leaving home.

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Summary: Seize the Day!
Review: Wendy brings laughter and romance back into travel writing. Learn to bend the rules as you go with her to places no Americans are permitted to go. This book is for anyone who wonders if they're wasting their life inside an office cubicle, or for anyone troubled by crowded beaches and graffiti-worn tourist traps. Wendy strides headlong into foreign lands, ready to learn what it means to be a citizen of the world. Is she asking for trouble? Perhaps, but this coming-of-age account of a very brave young woman shows there's far more to life than worry over lost luggage.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: Wendy's book is great! It was fun to read about her hilarious adventures. Highly recommended.