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Title: Seriously...What Am I Doing Here?

Subtitle: The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew

Author: Ken Schneck

Narrator: Ken Schneck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-17

Publisher: 1984 Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Essays & Travelogues

Publisher's Summary:

Escapism to adventure (for non-adventurers).

Does the geographic cure actually work? Through a fast-paced journey of saying yes to the unfamiliar, pack your bags and set out into the world with a gay Jew determined to answer that universal question of Seriously...What Am I Doing Here?

Never having been on an adventure, Ken Schneck finds himself stumbling twice into rural Uganda; signing up for a 425-mile bike ride; stirring up drama at a Californian hippie healing retreat; and somehow standing up straight with a colossal backpack strapped to his shoulders deep in the backwoods of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

This occasionally heartbreaking, often insightful, and reliably witty travelogue has at its core our never-ending search for meaning, our desperate need to grasp that elusive sense of place and community, and how we often fail to succeed (sometimes hilariously so!) but keep right on trying.

Members Reviews:

Poignant, hilarious, essential.

I couldn't wait for my pre-ordered copy to arrive so I downloaded it onto my kindle so I could inhale IMMEDIATELY. And I did--in two sittings. I laughed, I cried. Mostly I laughed. I also cringed in several places where I most clearly saw myself--Ken doesn't shy away from raw, not-easily-digestible truths about himself and humanity in general. The genius and beauty of this book (and all Ken's writing; I've been following him on the Huff Post for years) is the compassion and generosity of spirit that underlies his laser-focus capacity to see and speak truth. I LOVED THIS BOOK. I was transported to places that fascinate me but that I can safely say I will never see in this lifetime (Uganda, mainly). I relived my own challenges, triumphs, pivotal moments (from a painful divorce to the finish line of the NYC Marathon), but with so much more openness and insight than when I went through them myself. Can't wait to read the next adventures. If you're reading this, Ken Schneck, get back to work!! I want more.

Excellent journey - all are welcome and should come along

Absolute winner - Mr. Schneck takes you along on his "wonderings and wanderings" across the world and throughout his heart, mind, and soul in what is one of the most winning and enjoyable travelogue/memoir books I've ever read. He writes with an honest, unpretentious, genuine, curious, and inviting voice that includes you in his journey. It's funny, touching, interesting, and thought-provoking. The book is so inclusive: I'm female, straight, and in a completely different field, but none of that matters. The essential human experience and yearning to figure out why - and go searching for it - is universal. I loved the book and although I've heard of, but never listened to, his podcast "This Show is so Gay", I'm going to start. Looking forward to hearing a lot more from a great new, authentic voice.

I love reading what people really think

Where do I start? This book, well my personal copy, has now traveled to the sandy beaches of southern France.. through Paris, took the train to London and was passed around by friends. I was the person laughing so loud I had to read my trip mates passages from the book so I was not alone in my giggle fits. I love reading what people really think, and Ken's writing is just that.