Numbers Selected

[Sandra]

What an amazing collection of countries and book to start 2021 off right! I’m looking forward to following along with others’ journeys. And I need to check out The 3-Body Problem!

[Doris]

Unless I tweak my list yet again, I'll be in England with Hilary Mantel's The Mirror & the Light

[Donna]

I'll be heading to the Bahamas with The Golden Hour for my January read! :)

[Adelaine]

My number 1 is The Silver Chalice. I'll be travelling through Italy, Israel, Turkey, and Syria in this one!

[RachelG.]

I will be reading The Silver Pigs which takes place in Rome and Britannia for January.

[Maria]

My January read is Sommarboken by Tove Jansson.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

February's number will be 6.

What will you be reading?

[Arpit]

Not Without My Daughter - IRAN

[Maria]

Horrora borealis, which will take me to Switzerland and possibly also for a trip northwards

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Maria wrote: "Horrora borealis, which will take me to Switzerland and possibly also for a trip northwards"

I love the title!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I will be reading Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende.

[Maria]

Huh, amazing coincidence since I was just today planning my trip to Uzbekistan next year. I'll be reading The Dancer from Khiva by Bibish!

[Donna]

My February read will be Papillon, taking me to French Guiana

[Kathy]

Reading Scotland - His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae. Historical crime fiction.

[Bluemoon]

I'm off to Egypt with The Parchment Notebook

[Valerie]

I will be going to Algeria with Ahmed Tiab's Le Français de Roseville

[Vicki]

I have a big one. Going to visit the Cathedral of the Sea in Spain

[Iris]

I'll stay in Africa: from Congo to Nigeria with Things Fall Apart, C. Achebe.

[Jacque T]

I'll be headed to Sweden for Beartown

[Simone]

I'll be headed to Canada --- mine is Cat's Eye

[Diane L]

The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom in . . . China.

[Angela]

I will be reading The Burning Land (Saxon Stories #5) for February.

[Adelaine]

I'll be headed to historical England with Otherwise Engaged

[Sandra]

Ah - I was hoping this number would come up. I’ll be heading to Venezuala in February. Venezuala Damnificados

[Joy D]

Finished #1 for January:
They Were Counted by Miklós Bánffy - 4 stars - My Review (Transylvania, Romania - set in 1905, when it was part of Austria-Hungary)

[Joy D]

Finished #6 for February:
The Widow and Her Hero by Thomas Keneally - 4 stars - My Review (Australia)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

March's number is 10.


What will you be reading?

[Sandra]

Yay - I'm off to New Zealand with Leaves of the Banyan Tree.

[Joy D]

I will be going to Sierra Leone with one of my favorite authors:
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna

[Kathy]

March is Polynesia with the nonfiction Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia.

[Arpit]

Off to Morocco with Mrs Pollifax !

[Adelaine]

My number 10 is The Venetian Mask. Looking forward to 18th century Italy!

[Maria]

My March book will be Un thé à istanbul, which seems to be a sort of portrait of the city of Istanbul, traveling through the city both in space and in time

[Valerie]

March will take me to Mongolia with Yeruldelgger

[RachelG.]

I will be reading a cozy mystery set in England: The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries

[Jacque T]

I'm off to Portugal with A Small Death in Lisbon

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I will be visiting Sweden with The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.

[Donna]

My March read will take me to Hungary: A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life (although still got a fair bit left of my February read, so will be a while before I get around to it!)

[Bluemoon]

I'm off to Gibralter with The Poisoned Rock

[Simone]

My #10 will take me to Australia: The Survivors

[Ruth]

My March read takes me to India with Translator Translated by Anita Desai. This is the shortest all the books on my list!

[Joy D]

Completed #10 for March, set in Sierra Leone:
The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna - 4 stars - My Review

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

April's number is 18. What will you be reading?


I will be reading The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, set in South Africa.

[Donna]

My number 18 for April will take me to Central Africa Republic: A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

[Sandra]

My April book will take me to Azerbaijan and the book Ali and Nino. I still have 2/3 of my March book to finish though.

[Kathy]

I'll be heading to Mexico with American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.

[Ruth]

I'll be visiting Thailand with Sightseeing, a collection of short stories by Rattawut Lapcharoensap.

[Simone]

I'm heading to Armenia and will read The Sandcastle Girls for this one.

[RachelG.]

I am pretty excited to head to Mongolia with Walking the Gobi: A 1,600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair.

[Jacque T]

In April I will be in Switzerland and France with When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit