A blog about travel, good books, and living life as an experiment.

Read on for my latest book reviews! From personal development to travel to spirituality, I try to cover a wide range of books. In each book review, I share the main points I walked away from and key insights to help us live a life of experimentation, fulfillment, and meaning. Links to purchase each book are included in each book review. Happy reading!


  • Reviewing Simon Majumbar’s Wildly Entertaining “Eat My Globe”

    Reviewing Simon Majumbar’s Wildly Entertaining “Eat My Globe”

    In this post, I’ll be reviewing Eat My Globe: One Year in Search of the Most Delicious Food in the World by Simon Majumbar. This is probably one of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read. While it was deeply enjoyable, part of this is likely because I typically don’t read books like this. This…

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  • Reviewing Leila Ahmed’s Rigorously Researched, A Quiet Revolution

    Reviewing Leila Ahmed’s Rigorously Researched, A Quiet Revolution

    In this post, I’ll be reviewing A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America by Leila Ahmed. I picked this book up at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. I wanted something that was related to the context in which I was in. As well, I saw that the author was…

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  • Reviewing Michael Pollan’s Eloquent “A Place of My Own”

    Reviewing Michael Pollan’s Eloquent “A Place of My Own”

    There’s so much packed into A Place of My Own that I really don’t think I’ll be able to do it justice in this book review. It’s simply genius. The idea of it, its structure, and most of all, the writing, is honestly nothing like I’ve read before. Nevertheless, here’s my attempt at reviewing the…

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  • Reviewing Alaa Al Aswany’s Captivating Classic, “The Yacoubian Building”

    Reviewing Alaa Al Aswany’s Captivating Classic, “The Yacoubian Building”

    In this post, I’ll be reviewing perhaps one of the best novels I’ve ever read, at least one of the best I’ve read in recent years: The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswan. I first came across The Yacoubian Building the same way I learn about a lot of other books I read: a podcast.…

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  • Reviewing the Co-Founders of Summit’s “Make No Small Plans”

    Reviewing the Co-Founders of Summit’s “Make No Small Plans”

    Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community is one of those page-turning books that should be required reading for all high-school students. In this post, I’ll review Make No Small Plans, drawing from some of the major insights I walked away with and how the book has helped me…

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  • Reviewing Barbara J. Winter’s Instructional “Making a Living Without a Job”

    Reviewing Barbara J. Winter’s Instructional “Making a Living Without a Job”

    Barbara J. Winter’s Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love is an essential read for anyone thinking of pursuing a path of entrepreneurship and self-employment. In this post, I am reviewing Living Without a Job, sharing the main concepts I took away from the book and other important…

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Meet Jovan

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Hi, my name is Jovan. I’m a Doctoral student who’s pursuing a PhD in Higher Education. I’m also an avid traveler and striving to do it full-time! Some of the things I’m most passionate about are immersing myself in different cultures, reading, and helping others lead the lives they want to live. Thanks for visiting!