A Trip of One's Own

Thanks so much to Bonnier for letting me read A Trip of One's Own. I was immediately intrigued by this book, which is a combination of memoir, travel writing and travel history, exploring the lives of intrepid women travellers of the past. It also has plenty of really excellent tips about how to navigate solo travel as a woman! To be honest, my solo travel experience is limited. But I still really enjoyed this book and my only real complaint is that there's only 270-ish pages of it as I would have loved even more of Kate's own travel experiences! I could read about women travellers forever and, if you're the same, then I would really recommend A Trip of One's Own. It's out in April and it has made me even more desperate to resume travelling after lockdown.

In a strange quirk of reading I started this straight after reading Woolf's A Room of One's Own and they made great companion reads.
Wills manages that fine balance of personal history, research and travel tips - at the moment all we can do is travel in our minds so this book was great!
I loved the tips for travelling alone as well as all the new writers to discover.

What a wonderful book! Kate's writing is really refreshing - full of sparkling prose, humorous anecdotes and inspiring women - reading it felt like a trip in itself. Kate has a talent for capturing the feel/essence of a place in a seemingly effortless handful of words. The references to art, history, literature, religion, language, food etc. are fascinating. Each chapter focuses on a female travel journalist from history, a wonderful girl power boost that expertly embellishes Kate's own travels and her wider life journey. The inclusion of Kate's tips for solo travel were a wonderful addition - practical, accessible, inclusive and inspiring. The perfect post-lockdown read - sit back, relax and travel the world from your sofa... or get planning your next trip!

The new 'Eat, Pray, Love'. Wholly recommend.

Wow, this was such a fun filled, adventure stirring and fascinating read. I loved all these marvellous women’s stories and adventures to far away lands from bygone eras to well this author herself. I especially loved her own accounting of jetting off to not just find herself but as a way to escape her feeling of not being with someone and needing her space to just be. I also loved how in the end it will all work out in ways she didn’t realise it would and that’s just life being good to us all. This was a hilarious, wonderful book and one I will always go back to.