Numbers Selected

[Arpit]

August's number was 23.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

September's number is 6. What will you be reading?

[Doris]

Number 6 takes me to 16th century Ottoman Turkey, with The Architect's Apprentice.

[Sandra]

September and #6 takes me to Bulgaria What Belongs to You

[Bluemoon]

I'm off to Namibia with Ivory Ghosts

[Valerie]

I am going to Iceland with Halldor Laxness's The Fish Can Sing

[Donna]

I'll be heading to Myanmar this September, with Burmese Days

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I'm headed for Martinique with Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau.

[Joy D]

Finished #6 for September:

Kartography: A Novel by Kamila Shamsie - 4 stars - My Review (Pakistan)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

October's number is 14.


What will you be reading?

[Jacque T]

I'll be reading Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

[Arpit]

My October pick is #14, The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax set in Turkey. Will definitely read this one as I enjoyed reading Mrs Pollifax earlier. Hopefully this will end my DNF streak here.

[Doris]

Oh dear, I've got a challenging one for October: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Mind, I *want* to read it, but my reading patterns this year suggest that I'll be doing well to even crack it open.

[Valerie]

I will head to Austria with Arno Geiger's Onder de Drachenwand

[Bluemoon]

I'm off to the Orkney Islands with Orkney Twilight

[Sandra]

14 Kuwait The Bamboo Stalk

I”m off to Kuwait in October.

[Donna]

My October read is set in Ethiopia (and other places): Cutting for Stone

[Jacque T]

Donna wrote: "My October read is set in Ethiopia (and other places): Cutting for Stone"

I read this last month! So good. I hope you enjoy it!

[Donna]

Jacque T wrote: "Donna wrote: "My October read is set in Ethiopia (and other places): Cutting for Stone"

I read this last month! So good. I hope you enjoy it!"

Thanks! I'm loving it so far. I'm an old-school ER fan, so I'm loving the medical theme! :)

[Melanie]

I loved it too!

[Sandra]

Melanie wrote: "I loved it too!"Me three!

[Joy D]

Finished October #14 set in Newfoundland, Canada:

Galore by Michael Crummey - 4 stars - My Review

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

November's number is 8. What will you be reading?

[Arpit]

Onboard Kon-Tiki for a trip to polynesian islands!

[Sandra]

I'm heading to Dominica for November.Wide Sargasso Sea

[Jacque T]

I'm going to The Netherlands with The Girl with the Pearl Earring

[Donna]

I'm Bermuda bound with A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest

[Bluemoon]

I'm off to Honduras with Mercenary

[Valerie]

I will be going to Bosnia with Ivo Andric's The Bridge on the Drina

[Arpit]

There must be one book in the list that you desperately want to read next. What is the corresponding number that you want to be picked next?
Mine is 20 !

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

December's number is 5.

What will you be reading?

[Sandra]

My last book of the year takes me to Uzbekistan Cancer Ward.

[Valerie]

I am off to Ireland with Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman

[Donna]

My last book of the year is taking me to Papua New Guinea - Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

[Joy D]

Finished November's #8:
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna - 5 stars - My Review (Sierra Leone)

[Bluemoon]

My #5 takes me to Tasmania with Fortune's Son

[Joy D]

Finished #5 for December:
Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson - completed 12/26/20 - 3 stars - My Review (Canada)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

January's # is 1. You may continue editing your list until December 31st.

What will you be reading?

[Sandra]

I'm heading to Antigua and Barbuda and reading Annie John.

I have 5 chapters and less than 100 pages left of my Dec 2020 book. Cancer Ward is great writing, but I can't do more than a couple of chapters a day. I'm looking forward to a new year of fun books.

[Iris]

I'm off to Congo-Brazzaville with Mabanckou's Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I'm heading to Turkey with My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk. I was hoping for something smaller, but I am looking forward to reading this.

[Arpit]

Sweden it is with The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden.

[Bluemoon]

I'm off to Norway with Keep Saying Their Names

[Vicki]

I'll be welcoming our new alien overlords in China with The Three-Body Problem

[Simone]

I'll be spending time with The Brothers Karamazov in Mother Russia! Yaaaayyy!!! Looking forward to it! It happens to be one of 4 readalongs of the month we are discussing in one of my reading groups on Facebook!

[Valerie]

I am heading to South Korea with The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong.

[Maria]

I'm starting in Austria with Chess Story by Stefan Zweig!

Vicki, I gave The 3-Body Problem to my mum this Christmas, I hope to read it some time in early 2021 too!

[Vicki]

Maria wrote: "I'm starting in Austria with Chess Story by Stefan Zweig!

Vicki, I gave The 3-Body Problem to my mum this Christmas, I hope to read it some time in early 2021 too!"

That's awesome! Apparently it's being made into a Netflix show. I think that is why there were over 20 holds at the library for it! But no one ever wants the disc version of audio books so those were available. phew.

[Angela]

I’ll be reading Goddess Pose and traveling to several places.

[Diane L]

I'll be in Argentina reading Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number.