My Different Book Review: So You Want to Join the Peace Corps by Dillon Banerjee

So You Want to Join the Peace Corps by Dillon Banerjee is an ok book for US$12.95, however since I had it shipped here from America, it was slightly more expensive and it took 6 weeks to get here. I must admit that by the time the book actually arrived, I had already done enough research on the internet through Yahoo groups and the Peace Corps website, that there was very little new information in the book. I read it anyway because I figured I should after waiting for 6 weeks.

The book follows a Q & A format and is helpful if you have absolutely zero access to the internet and can't be bothered to type "Peace Corps" in a Google search. I'm sure the book was heaps helpful when it was published in April 2000, as I had just gotten my first email address ever that year and internet was still kind of new and expensive--it came in packages of hours and unlimited use was only for the rich and the famous. I lived in Costa Rica at the time.

Would I recomend this book? Yes and no. Yes because it does contain heaps of useful information for anyone interested in Peace Corps, but if you have access to internet, save your US$12.95 and spend a few hours doing research on your own.

The Peace Corps 2 Yahoo group is a great online resource to begin with and it's free.