A book by an author from a country you've never visited

[Mirel]

Nadine wrote: "Oh! Aleichem is a pseudonym! You could use his book for that!"

Thanks! Didn't think of that!

[Mirel]

Nadine wrote: "Oh! Aleichem is a pseudonym! You could use his book for that!"

Thanks! Didn't think of that!

[Sarah (is clearing her shelves)]

I'll be reading Daughter Of Fortune for this prompt. Once again a book I own a paperback edition of this thanks to my library's book sale and once again I've had it for too long without ever getting around to reading it.

[Leeann]

I read the book of tomorrow - Cecilia Ahern (Ireland)
I have always wanted to go to Ireland and it's definitely on my bucket list. I absolutely loved P.S I love you. The book of tomorrow was not too bad. It was a little slow moving at first and then once I got into it it got better. A little bit of magic, a little bit of drama and a little bit about obsession. It wasn't too bad, but it wouldn't be one of her best books just coming from my perspective.

[Elyse]

I've picked Beartown. Fredrik Backman is from Sweden. I would love to go but haven't been yet! The book doesn't come out until May. I've read all of his other works and love his writing so I'm not worried!

[Mike]

Started Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett (Nigeria)

[Elyse]

Mandee wrote: "Battle Royale (Japan) :D"

Great book!

[Monica]

1984

I've never been to England.

[Melissa]

I'm going to read These are the Names by Thomas Wieringa (from Holland) for this one.
If you haven't been to Turkey, I recommend Istanbul: Memories and the City or really any of Pamuk's books

[Erika]

I just finished The Woman in Cabin 10 and decided to use it for this category since Ruth Ware is from England and I have never been there.

[Nichelle]

Just finished Sofrito, by Phillippe Diederich. He is from the Dominican Republic. I would have given it 5 stars but there were just too many Spanish words I didn't know and I had to look them up. It took away from the flow of the story.

[Evelyn]

The only country outside from U.S I have visited is Mexico. I read When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. The author is from Mumbai, India.

[Aleesha]

I read Labyrinth Lost author was born in Ecuador!

[Zoe]

I read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. He's from South Africa. He is also a person of color. If you like biographies I recommend reading it. It's really interesting and just a good book. I also recommend the audio version. The author reads it and does a wonderful job.

[Chinook]

I'm using The Three-Body Problem for this. It's a tiny stretch - I have been to Hong Kong, but not Mainland China and I think it can be argued that this early two places can be considered separately.

[Juliebean]

Zoe wrote: "I read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. He's from South Africa. He is also a person of color. If you like biographies I recommend reading it. It's really interesting and just a good book. I also recomm..."

I listened to the audiobook as my last book of 2016. I stretched and called it my political memoir and I finished it at 1146PM on NYE. :)

And yes, I definitely recommend it. I thought it was wonderful.

[Amanda]

I read El país de las mujeres by Gioconda Belli for this one, it was good. She's from Nicaragua.

[Kaitlin]

i read Silence by Shūsaku Endō he is from Japan. I would love to visit

[poshpenny]

I listened to The Great Passage by Shion Miura. (Japan) It was lovely.

[Trina]

I haven't been to Japan, so I chose Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. It was actually two novellas in the volume I read -- Moonlight Shadow being the other -- and I enjoyed them both.

[Anshita]

I chose to read a play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller set in New York. This play has been highly recommended by my professors in college and I'm happy I finally get to read it.