Nominations Are Open for the April BOTM's

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Post your nominations here for the April group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading books set in Belarus and the province of Quebec in Canada. We will also be featuring travel literature translated to English. Here are lists to get you started:

Belarus*:
Belarus Book List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Quebec:
Canada Book List https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (Scroll down to "Books set in Quebec" heading-Posts 13 & 14)
Bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Translated Travel Lit:
Note: Book must be originally written in a language other than English. Many foreign authors write books in English - these would not qualify. Here is a list with a few examples of translated travel literature, feel free to add more links:

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Books do not need to be present on these lists to be nominated. Authors, please do not nominate your own books.

For a list of books we have read in previous months, click here: Previously Read Group Read Books

*For our featured world country selection (this month it is Belarus): If the book selected by popular vote is not written by a native or resident author, the book written by a native author with the highest votes will also be selected, resulting in two book selections for that country.

[Laurie]

Belarus: The Zelmenyaners: A Family Saga by Moyshe Kulbak
Translated travel lit: Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi
Quebec: The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy

[Cheryl]

For Belarus, I'd like to nominate Alpine Ballad by Vasil Bykaŭ. I haven't read but it looks interesting.

[Mome_Rath]

For translated travel literature, I'd propose The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battuta, since it has been on my reading list for a while.

[Carol]

Belarus: The Devil's Workshop by Jáchym Topol.

[Carol]

Translated Travel Lit: The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Bashō Matsuo.

[Rosemarie]

Carol wrote: "Quebec: In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje."

Just to let you know that this book takes place in Toronto, Ontario, not Quebec, Carol. I live in Toronto and actually know the places he is talking about, which doesn't happen very often with the books that I am reading.
It's a good one, too.

[Rosemarie]

Thanks for the info.
Maybe you can nominate it for next month.

[Missy J]

Cheryl wrote: "For Belarus, I'd like to nominate Alpine Ballad by Vasil Bykaŭ. I haven't read but it looks interesting."

Wow this sounds like a very beautiful novel. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[Cheryl]

Missy J wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "For Belarus, I'd like to nominate Alpine Ballad by Vasil Bykaŭ. I haven't read but it looks interesting."

Wow this sounds like a very beautiful nove..."

You're most welcome!

[Silver]

Translated Travel lit: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[Malou]

For Quebec: Il pleuvait des oiseaux/And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier

[Missy J]

Translated travel literature :

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Nominations are now closed