Journeys by the Book was created in 2017 by Barbara Khan to marry her two passions, books and travel. Barbara's has been a lifelong book lover and a professional travel advisor since 1989. She joined Goodreads in 2011 and got serious about reviewing books. By 2013 Goodreads recognized her as being in the top 1% of reviewers on their site. In 2014 she started a blog and started a Facebook group and page, Baer Books, where she promotes authors, posts reviews, and hosts giveaways. Barbara's Facebook group and page continues to grow, now including many bestselling authors. A champion of authors, Barbara enjoys making connections for authors, book sellers, and readers to promote books, bookstores, and author signings. She has been mentioned in the acknowledgements of several bestselling books and had a character based on her in Camille Pagan’s novel, Woman Last Seen in her Thirties. Barbara was published herself in Women Under Scrutiny, An Anthology of Truths, Essays, Poems, Stories & Art compiled by international bestselling author Randy Susan Myers and she is a contributing writer for Prime Women, an online magazine. Barbara firmly believes that authors are the reader’s rock stars!