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    The Best Independent Bookstores in Winnipeg

    by Brenna Holeman April 19, 2021
    written by Brenna Holeman
    April 19, 2021
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    The Best Audiobooks on Spotify

    by Brenna Holeman April 6, 2021
    by Brenna Holeman April 6, 2021

    I’ve been a huge fan of Spotify for around five years now. In the last year alone, I listened to nearly 50,000 minutes of music (that’s the equivalent of about 35 days of nonstop music). I like to think I know Spotify well; I look forward to my Discover Weekly every Monday, I’m always checking our their suggestions, and I make many playlists. But somehow I have remained in the dark about audiobooks on Spotify, as I only recently discovered just how many books you can listen to with a Spotify account!

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    How to Read More Books

    by Brenna Holeman March 31, 2021
    by Brenna Holeman March 31, 2021

    For a self-proclaimed bibliophile, I barely read any books in 2020. I would get excited about books I purchased, start them, and then stop reading after only one chapter. My mind just wasn’t in right place to read more (or do much of anything, if I’m honest).

    Here’s how I managed to fall in love with reading again, and how to read more books.

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  • AdviceWriting and Blogging

    The Best Books to Become a Better Writer

    by Brenna Holeman December 7, 2017
    written by Brenna Holeman
    December 7, 2017
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    Book Review: Miss-Adventures by Amy Baker (plus GIVEAWAY)

    by Brenna Holeman July 30, 2017
    by Brenna Holeman July 30, 2017

    There’s a moment in Amy Baker’s Miss-Adventures: A Tale of Ignoring Life Advice While Backpacking Around South America that made me realise I was going to fall in love with this book straightaway.…

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    Book Review (and Giveaway!): A Year in the UK and Ireland

    by Brenna Holeman October 3, 2016
    by Brenna Holeman October 3, 2016

    I’ve seen Cornwall and the Isle of Skye, the Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland and the major cities of Wales. I’ve partied in Leeds, watched football in Brighton, driven around the Lake District, shopped in Newcastle, and eaten delicious food in Manchester. All in all, I’ve loved my time exploring the UK… but none of what I’ve done holds a candle to what Emma Higgins of Gotta Keep Movin’ has done.

    Here, then, is my review of her travel journal A Year in the UK and Ireland… with the chance to win a copy of your own!

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    Book Review: Conquering Mountains

    by Brenna Holeman September 28, 2015
    written by Brenna Holeman
    September 28, 2015
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    Best Summer Reads

    by Brenna Holeman July 8, 2015
    by Brenna Holeman July 8, 2015

    The phrase “summer reads” gets thrown around a lot – I guess because summer implies sitting around in a garden sipping lemonade with a good book. Or sitting on the beach sipping a margarita with a great book (much better scenario, really). And while summer has already started long ago, it’s never too late to delve into a big old pile of books… right? Here are a few books I’ve read lately and can recommend, along with some books I’m eager to read this summer.

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    The Best Travel Books

    by Brenna Holeman May 21, 2014
    by Brenna Holeman May 21, 2014

    What I always go back to, though, time and time again, is travel writing. This makes a lot of sense, for very obvious reasons. Besides a personal interest in travel writing, I read it in order to become better at both my job (writing) and my degree (writing), as well as brush up on my favourite hobby (coin collecting. Hah! Just kidding. It’s writing). I certainly haven’t read every travel writer out there, and often disagree with those who are meant to be some of the best; I’m not a fan of Bruce Chatwin or Bill Bryson, for example.

    Here, then, are some of my recommendations for the best travel books. Read them at home, read them on holiday, read them to feel inspired, read them to reminisce. Just read them.

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    What I Read On The Road

    by Brenna Holeman September 2, 2012
    written by Brenna Holeman
    September 2, 2012
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Hi, I'm Brenna

After travelling to more than 100 countries over the past 19 years, many of them solo, I write about travel a lot but I write about other things, too: break ups, buying way too much jewellery, and whisky, for example (none of those things are related, I swear). You’ll find a mix of advice, opinion pieces, and stories on this blog, but either way, I hope to make you want to read more. And up next? I'm now a single mom to a beautiful little boy, the biggest solo adventure I've ever been on. For more about me and what you'll find on This Battered Suitcase, click here.

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