The Way, My Way

Posts from a blog, that became a book, that became a film

By: Bill Bennett

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

In 2013, Bill Bennett walked the Camino Frances – the iconic 800km ancient pilgrimage route across Spain. Before he left, he began a blog for a handful of family and friends.

He posted each day of his walk, and his following quickly grew exponentially, principally because of his quirky writing style, but also because he used the blog to explore his inner journey with brutal honesty, unafraid to explore his failings. When he returned home, he wrote a book based on the blog posts. The book, called The Way, My Way, became an international best-seller. The book then became a highly acclaimed film.

This is a compilation of more than 200 blog posts from three of Bill’s Camino's – the Frances, the Portuguese, and the Via de Francesco in Italy. They detail such practicalities as preparation, gear, what he did right and what he did wrong – but above all it documents his spiritual growth and how the Camino fundamentally changed his life.

Not a book… Just his blogs.

This became very tedious very quickly. The AI voice has no inflection no emotion, certainly no personality. The blog entry format might be interesting if there was something behind it. As it is, it’s dry and factual, and certainly not worth listening to.