Task #11: Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location

[Elizabeth]

I live in southwestern Ontario, and just read a book set in Cambodia, over eight thousand miles away. The book was Alive in the Killing Fields: The True Story of Nawuth Keat, a Khmer Rouge Survivor, which is a memoir of Nawuth Keat as he describes his childhood of surviving the genocide in Cambodia. This isn't what I had had in mind for this category, but it absolutely fits, and was an excellent (and obviously heartbreaking) read.

[Simant]

Will go with Anna and the French Kiss for this, ass its set in Paris, which is more than 5000 miles from my location

[Jessica]

I read Big Little Lies for this challenge. It is well over 7000 miles from me in California!

This was an enjoyable read. I will probably read more from the author.

[Yrinsyde]

I finished reading Queen of the Night set in Arizona last week. It is more than 5000 miles (8,291 miles to be exact) from Melbourne. What I will read for within 100 miles of your location is another matter!

[Bill]

I read Banana Yoshimoto's Moshi moshi . The distance from New Jersey to the location of the book, Shimokitazawa, Japan, is just over 6,500 miles. It wasn't a bad book -- the town where it takes place was interesting, but the story didn't really pull me in.

[Allie]

I just finished The Earth Cries Out, a novel about a New Zealand family who moves to West Papua, Indonesia, after the death of the youngest daughter. It was such a beautiful book, as well as being way more than 5000 miles from my current location (Virginia).

[Veronica]

I ended up going with Born a Crime for this - South Africa is roughly 8,500 miles away from Chicago - and listened to the audio, which I highly recommend (as others have, too). Full review here. Fantastic book that educates on apartheid while also being funny and personal and heartfelt.

[Ashley]

Looking at perhaps Who Fears Death or Akata Witch. I'd read one of Ms. Okorafor's books in the past and was quite taken by her writing style - I think it's time I revisit it!

[Teresa]

I read Who Fears Death last year. It was powerful.

[Ashley]

Teresa wrote: "I read Who Fears Death last year. It was powerful."

Thanks for the feedback, Teresa! That might just be the route I go! Have you read the "prequel", The Book of Phoenix? It was fantastic. Definitely recommend if you liked Who Fears Death.

[Teresa]

Ashley, I didn't know there was a prequel. It's in my TBR list now. Thanks.

[Annie]

Power of One!
Also doubles as sport book

[Robert]

Ashley, I'm going to go with Akita Witch as well. I read Who Fears Death and The Shadow Speaker and enjoyed both. Never read The Book of Phoenix but now I'm going to add it to my want to read list.

[Sonia]

I just started listening to Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif and it will work for this task.
It is set in Karachi, Pakistan and is more than 5000 miles from my current location.

[Rebecca]

I finally read the first of the Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante. Holy Smokes!

[Jill]

I read Trevor Noah's book Born a Crime.... fascinating!

[Britany]

5,665 miles away from my home!

Finished by Amor Towles-- 2 Stars

Reading slump continues...

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ann]

I've heard things about Pachinko a family saga that takes place in Korea and Japan. My hold finally came from my library today.

[Laura]

I'm going to try A Gentleman in Moscow for this one. I also have Pachinko as a back-up.

[Beth]

I originally read Ink and Bone for Task #3 - Read a book about books. I'm moving it to this task since my book club read The Little Paris Bookshop in March.

[Cindy]

Finished The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke - highly recommended. Really well written, Own Voice book with a great setting. It's also long, so I'm not sure I'll add the next two books to my list.

[Mandie]

I just finished I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban for this one. An amazing read by an amazing young woman.

[Teresa]

I read Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. Part of the story is 4,800 some miles away and part is 5,500 some miles away. I did not see the conclusion coming. Glad I finally got to it.

[Elyse]

Mandie wrote: "I just finished I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban for this one. An amazing read by an amazing young woman."

She is absolutely amazing.

[Darlene]

I just finished The Road from Coorain for this category. I enjoyed it much more than expected!

[Rebecca]

Read Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson set in the upper north of Iceland in the town of Siglufjordur. This is the first in a series of detective/noir fiction and is a pleasant, fast read.

[Chinook]

I read Tomorrow, When the War Began, which I came across in an article by TED talks about required reading in schools in other countries. This was the Australian one. It's definitely YA but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Wellington]

For this challenge I read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. It was a very interesting book. The author contemplates how even though we might feel alone in the world, we are all connected. The writing style is spare, but very evocative. I am also counting this one for a couple of other challenges.

[Cristy]

My experience with this task was the polar opposite of the last one. So many options! If anyone out there is still looking for suggestions both The Thorn Birds and The Garden of Evening Mists were excellent.

[Rachel]

I'm just over halfway through The Calligrapher's Daughter, which is set over 6000 miles from me. It's quite slow going though.

[Rebecca]

I read In the Shadow of the Banyan I (shamefully) knew almost nothing about the Khmer Rouge, so this was definitely very educational for me. I liked the child narrator, but I think it could've sounded a little more natural. I appreciate all the in-text explanations of Cambodian words/cultural events/religious ideas, but since dialogue or narration was often stopped to explain them, it pulled me out of the story a lot.