Vikki’s Comments (group member since Dec 01, 2021)

Vikki’s comments from the On The Same Page group.

Nicaragua

The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey by Salman Rushdie NF, Travel

The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli Feminism, Magical Realism

The Ladies of Managua by Eleni N. Gage Cultural, HF, Family

The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli NF, Memoir

To Bury Our Fathers by Sergio Ramírez Fiction, Literature

Sandino's Daughters Revisited: Feminism in Nicaragua by Margaret Randall Feminism, NF

Echoes of a Killing by Ted Gogoll Fiction

Night of the Jaguar by Joe Gannon (Mystery)

El Salvador

Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya Fiction, Drama

One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta HF, War

Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benítez HF, Cultural

Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández Fiction

The Evil That Men Do by R. Lance Hill Thriller

Mission Jaguar by Bear Grylls Adventure, YA (#4 in Series)

Among the Volcanoes

Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen Adventure, HF, YA

Betrayed by J.M. Windle Christian, Mystery, Thriller

When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep

El Salvador
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett (Mystery, Thriller) - El Salvador

The Weight of All Things by Sandra Benítez Coming-Of-Age, HF, War

Dance with Snakes by Horacio Castellanos Moya Fiction, Magical Realism



Guatemala

Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs Mystery, Thriller (#5 in Series)

Serpent by Clive Cussler Adventure, Suspense, Thriller

That's a really good attempt, it's not an easy challenge

Bill wrote: "Optimism is always good. :0)"

I did 25 for this year and am almost there. Should reach it by the end of the year

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan HF

A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar HF, LGBT, Contemporary

Small Kingdoms by Anastasia Hobbet Fiction, Literature

The Pact We Made by Layla AlAmmar Fiction, Feminism, Literature

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa (Fiction, Literature); Settings: Kuwait and Palestine

Celestial Bodies

Mama Hissa's Mice

The Meeting Point by Lucy Caldwell (Bahrain) Contemporary, Fiction

Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems by Qassim Haddad

Kuwait Was My Home by Zahra Dickson Freeth Autobiography

Motorbikes and Camels by Nejoud Al-Yagout Fiction

Lebanon

Teta, Mother and Me: Three Generations of Arab Women by Jean Said Makdisi NF, Memoir - Also set in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt

Arms for Adonis: Blood and Love in Lebanon by Charlotte Jay Romance

Momentary Lapse of Reason: Memoires of a Lebanese by Bassam Loucas

A Girl Made of Dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi HF, Cultural

Wild Mulberries by Iman Humaydan Contemporary, Cultural, Fiction

pure nostalgia by Imad Kozem Illustrated, Pictures

From Far Away by Robert Munsch Childrens, Picture book, Memoir (Also set in CA)

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa Fleming (Syria)

Lebanon:

Flight Against Time (and Canada)

Syria
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Damascus Nights

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali NF, Feminism

Henna House by Nomi Eve HF

The Yemen Contract by Arthur Kerns Espionage, Spy Thriller (#4 in series)

A Land without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal Crime, Fiction, Mystery

Yemen - When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub Fiction, Culture

Yemen - A History of Modern Yemen by Paul Dresch

Yemen - A Land without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal Mystery, Fiction

Yemen - Yemen and the Politics of Permanent Crisis by Sarah Phillips Foreign policy, Politics

Yemen - All American Yemeni Girls: Being Muslim in a Public School by Loukia K. Sarroub Education, Culture, Religion

Celestial Bodies - Jokha Alharthi (winner of the man booker international prize)

Yemen:
The Abrupt Physics of Dying
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Oman:
The Turtle of Oman
Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, Literature) - {Also set in Detroit, MI; Berlin, GE} - Izmir & Bursa, Turkey

The Sultan's Seal

The Birthday That Changed Everything by Debbie Johnson

Inferno by Dan Brown - partially set in Turkey

Yasmin the Eunich series by Jason Goodwin starting with The Janissary Tree

Death in Cyprus

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Without a Country

Kamil Pasha - Jenny White (1st book The Sultan's Seal

Inspector Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel

The Oracle of Stamboul

The Gendarme

Orhan's Inheritance

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter NF, Politics

Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani HF, Short Stories

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky NF, Politics

Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye Childrens, Family

Palestine on a Plate: Memories From My Mother's Kitchen by Joudie Kalla NF, Food, Drink