First Book is hosted by the lovely and talented Sheila at BookJourney. I will be reading Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli. Click on the book cover to go to goodreads.com.
Memoir
Travel
Happiness
“Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with her life and her work as a radio journalist. When a chance encounter with a handsome stranger presented her with an opportunity to move halfway around the world, Lisa left behind cosmopolitan Los Angeles for a new adventure in the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan—said to be one of the happiest places on earth.“
A big THANK YOU to Nancy the BookFool who loaned me or gave me this book way back in May of 2011. I can now soon return it to her. This book will satisfy the country category for What’s in a Name 2016, is a book “in the house” and a loaner. Three happy checks right there.
Care's Books and Pie 
What an interesting book! I’ve always been kind of fascinated with that area of the world, but have read very few books that had that setting. Enjoy! Love the pictures! Happy New Year!!!
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one to take a long time to read borrowed/gift books! Happy reading in 2016!
Happy New Year, Care!
My book club read that a few years ago and enjoyed it. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!!
I don’t think I’ve been by since your blog design update… shame on me! It looks really great. I hope you had a good day of reading today!
I’m looking forward to seeing what you think of this one. My son works as an ESL teacher for Bhutanese senior refugees so I think he might enjoy this one as well.
Let’s call it a “permanent loan”, shall we? 🙂 I enjoyed that book very much but it’s not one I’ll read, again, so please feel free to pass it on when you finish. I’m reading Simon’s latest for my first book of the year: Tales of Accidental Genius. I figured I can’t possibly get off to a bad start reading a Van Booy, right? I should maybe do that every year.
Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
This sounds so good! I can’t wait to read your thoughts about it once you are finished.
Happy New Year!