Dear Exile- Hilary Liftin / Kate Montgomery

If we are good friends, please, please read this. It is a series of letters written between best friends when one joins the Peace Corps with her husband while the other gets her life together in the city that never sleeps. The back and forth dynamic of two lives in very different parts of the world was spot on and made me think of the lives my friends are living in LA while I'm here in Burkina (i.e., They can't find an apartment for reasonable rent while I can't cook because my propane tank is empty and the whole city is out of gas).

The Motorcycle Diaries- Che Guevara

Not quite the inside scoop on Hell's Angels one might assume, but it was still good enough to be made into a movie. This is the diary of one of two friends who tour South America by motorcycle. It begins in their native country of Argentina in 1951 and the men are in their 20's. It's a quick read as diaries always are. It's a way to see the better part of South America through someone else's eyes. Che's excursion in Peru made me especially happy to be friends with Marco. If you know who I'm talking about then tell him he has to read this.