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Holiday Gift Ideas

admin — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:46:30 +0000

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat wandering the ocean in search of adventure. In paperback, eBook and audio, too!

Her second book, Sea Trials tells the gripping story of her husband Garth’s family in a tireless quest to sail around the world despite daunting challenges including a shipwreck, rebuilding a boat on a remote island, and threats from wild weather, pirates, gun boats, mines and thieves, a broken rig, scurvy and starvation. It is a story of grit and determination. Sea Trials has been named a Kirkus Best Book of 2017. And a Foreword Reviews Best Book! And a Readers Favorite! Available in paperback, eBook and audiobook. You can order it here.

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Here’s the full quote: “Hinman’s award-winning books, Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials, document both adventures with honesty, humor, and spirit. Both books are a blast to read.” –Seattle Review of Books

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:

https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

Also, check out these great books Wendy discovered as a reviewer for Foreword Reviews and Clarion Reviews.

Rave Review of Sea Trials by Wendy Hinman in Midwest Reviews

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:17:29 +0000

“A true life story that reads with all the drama of a deftly crafted novel, “Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire” by Wendy Hinman is an inherently fascinating read from cover to cover and will prove to be of special appeal to readers with an interest in real life adventure stories of the sea.” Midwest Book Review

I’m very pleased to announce that the January 2023 issue of our online book review magazine “Small Press Bookwatch” features a review of “Sea Trials”.

Here is the review:

Small Press Bookwatch: January 2023
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive, Oregon, WI 53575

https://midwestbookreview.com/sbw/jan_23.htm#travel

The Travel Shelf

Sea Trials
Wendy Hinman
Salsa Press
http://wendyhinman.com/salsa-press
9780984835034, $20.00, PB, 442pp

https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Trials-Around-World-Bailing/dp/0984835032

Synopsis: A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. In 1973, the Wilcox family sets off to sail around the world aboard the 40-foot sailboat, Vela. Thirteen months later, they are shipwrecked on a coral reef, with surf tearing a huge hole into the side of their boat.

With years invested in saving money, preparing the boat, and learning to navigate by the stars, parents Chuck and Dawn refuse to give up. Fourteen-year-old Garth is determined to continue, while eleven-year-old Linda never wanted to go in the first place. Can they overcome the emotional, physical and financial challenges to transform from castaways into circumnavigators?

To triumph, they must rebuild their boat on a remote Pacific island. Damage sustained on the reef and a lack of resources haunt them the rest of the way around the world as they face daunting obstacles, including wild weather, pirates, gun boats, mines and thieves, plus pesky bureaucrats and cockroaches as stubborn as the family. Without a working engine and no way to communicate with the outside world, they struggle to reach home before their broken rig comes crashing down and they run out of food in a trial that tests them to their limits.

Critique: A true life story that reads with all the drama of a deftly crafted novel, “Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire” by Wendy Hinman is an inherently fascinating read from cover to cover and will prove to be of special appeal to readers with an interest in real life adventure stories of the sea. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community library travelogue collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that “Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire” is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $5.99).

Editorial Note: Wendy Hinman (www.wendyhinman.com) is an adventurer, speaker and the author of “Tightwads on the Loose” — a popular travel adventure book about the 7-year, 34,000-mile voyage she took with her husband aboard a small violently rocking sailboat during which she alternated between feats worthy of Wonder Woman and Suzy Homemaker. Full of humor and armchair thrills, “Tightwads on the Loose” was selected for the literature program for Western Washington University, won the Journey Award for best true life adventure story and was selected as a top travel book for women.

Happy Solstice. Adventures await.

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:49:57 +0000

Travel the world through the pages of a book.

Here are two such adventures:

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too!

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:

https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

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Gift ideas for book lovers

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:20:11 +0000

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too!

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Buy from your local bookstore and they can wrap for you!

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:
https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

#giftideas #giftsforher #giftsforhim #giftsfordad #giftsformom #giftsforthem #giftsforbookworms #giftsforbooklovers #holidayreading #holidaygifts #winterreading

Welcome to reading season. Time to snuggle up with a good book.

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:17:43 +0000

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too!

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Buy from your local bookstore and they can wrap for you!

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:
https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

#giftideas #giftsforher #giftsforhim #giftsfordad #giftsformom #giftsforthem #giftsforbookworms #giftsforbooklovers #holidayreading #holidaygifts #winterreading

Just ask Santa . . .

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:22:15 +0000

If you are looking for gift ideas, or someone asks you what you’d like, Santa knows the perfect book to put under the tree.

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too!

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Buy from your local bookstore and they can wrap for you!

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:
https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

#giftideas #giftsforher #giftsforhim #giftsfordad #giftsformom #giftsforthem #giftsforbookworms #giftsforbooklovers #holidayreading #holidaygifts #winterreading

When the weather outside is frosty, curl up with a good book.

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:12:51 +0000

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too!

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Buy from your local bookstore and they can wrap for you!

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:
https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

#giftideas #giftsforher #giftsforhim #giftsfordad #giftsformom #giftsforthem #giftsforbookworms #giftsforbooklovers #holidayreading #holidaygifts #winterreading

Pssst … I have a gift idea for the adventurer in your life

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 02:08:31 +0000

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too!

As the Seattle Review of Books once said, “Both books are a blast to read.”

Buy from your local bookstore and they can wrap for you!

Now also available in audiobook format from most major audiobook sellers.

Or you can order here:
https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Hinman/e/B007Z6TRRO

#giftideas #giftsforher #giftsforhim #giftsfordad #giftsformom #giftsforthem #giftsforbookworms #giftsforbooklovers #holidayreading #holidaygifts

Wendy Hinman Q & A with Author Joy Held

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:59:26 +0000

Books By My Friends
Featuring Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire by WENDY HINMAN

Joy E. Held, Nov 29, 2022 publication

Welcome to Books By My Friends, Wendy! Happy to have an adventurer on board today! *grin*

JH: What’s the blurb for your book Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire? (That title is an attention grabber!)

WH: Sea Trials is the story of a family’s epic journey around the globe. Together they overcome daunting challenges–from shipwreck and wild weather to threats from pirates, gunboats, mines and thieves, a broken rig, scurvy and starvation. Glimpses of the fascinating cultures they encounter along the way enhances the suspense and keeps readers of all ages hooked until the “nail-biting” end. * A multi-award winner with rave reviews, including a Kirkus starred review.

JH: What inspired you to write Sea Trials?

WH: Over the years I’d been hearing snippets of the epic voyage my husband had taken with his family sailing around the world and their shipwreck when he was fourteen. Family dinners had been filled with “you remember the time when …

• gunboats forced us to sail across mines in the Red Sea?

• when our pilot Abdul got lost in the Suez Canal?

• the boat starting sinking in Israel?

• mom tried to poison us?

• we ran out of food and nearly starved?”

Such tantalizing anecdotes intrigued me. Then I got possession of the famous letters the family mailed home during the voyage. Hundreds of them. In them was more detail than any writer could hope for. Too much, sometimes. But by combing through them I fleshed out the outline of the story that I’d developed in my mind of the voyage. I asked a lot of questions of family members and took copious notes. What I uncovered was an even more dramatic story than I already knew, and I could hardly believe anyone had truly lived through it. Especially people I knew so intimately. Their story featured pirates, gunboats, mines, thieves, starvation and scurvy in addition to a shipwreck. I also couldn’t believe there wasn’t already a book written about it, since their shipwreck and arrival home hit the papers around the globe. To flesh out their story, I consulted guide books and sailing directions, maps, weather data, and the ship’s log to ferret out the finer details. I read the newspaper articles, listened to the interviews with the family. I started writing and double-checking details with the people who had lived through it. Once I began writing I found my draft came really fast, probably because I’d been thinking about this story for so long beforehand and had so much material. With a rough draft completed, I had them read every word to check for inaccuracies or things that didn’t seem true to their experience. It was a great family bonding experience to write Sea Trials about their journey.

Read more about Wendy’s inpiration and writing process here as well as discover other great books and authors:
https://joyeheld.substack.com/p/books-by-my-friends-9ff

5 stars for Sea Trials by Wendy Hinman, an amazing read.

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 16:26:01 +0000

Lady Reading 365 says:

“Wow this was an amazing read. I just couldn’t get enough of this book. I was so engrossed from the very start.”

Synopsis:

A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Not for the Wilcox family. To triumph, they must rebuild their boat on a remote Pacific island. Damage sustained on the reef and a lack of resources haunt them the rest of the way around the world as they face daunting obstacles, including wild weather, pirates, gun boats, mines and thieves, plus pesky bureaucrats and cockroaches as stubborn as the family. Without a working engine and no way to communicate with the outside world, they struggle to reach home before their broken rig comes crashing down and they run out of food in a trial that tests them to their limits.

My Review:

Wow this was an amazing read. I just couldn’t get enough of this book. I was so engrossed from the very start. I listened to the audiobook and liked the narrators voice. Although I was surprised there was a male narrator when the author was female. The didn’t take anything away from the book though.

The author has obviously lived a very exciting, thrilling and rather shocking life. The author and family spent a few years travelling the world. So there was plenty of cultures to enjoy learning about. I loved how the voyage took place in the 70′s, so it was easy to see the changes from today’s world. Its unbelievable what the family had to go through on the journey. With plenty of boat troubles and very interesting boarder crossings it lead to some exciting reading.

What shocked me the most was having to travel home with no engine but I definitely won’t say any more on the subject you will need to read the book to find put what happened.

I highly recommend reading this book if you love reading travel writings and are interested in different cultures. The book was that good that I had to read it all in one sitting and its a 12 hour audiobook.

Only the highest of praise goes out to the author and publishers for bringing us this wonderful and exciting story of courage and strength to travel the world under extremely taxing adversities.