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Dec 29, 2020 08:46AM
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!
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My number 1 is The Silver Chalice. I'll be travelling through Italy, Israel, Turkey, and Syria in this one!
Maria wrote: "Horrora borealis, which will take me to Switzerland and possibly also for a trip northwards"I love the title!
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!
Reading Scotland - His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae. Historical crime fiction.
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom in . . . China.
Ah - I was hoping this number would come up. I’ll be heading to Venezuala in February. Venezuala Damnificados
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)
Finished #6 for February:The Widow and Her Hero by Thomas Keneally - 4 stars - My Review (Australia)
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
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
I will be visiting Sweden with The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.
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!)
My March read takes me to India with Translator Translated by Anita Desai. This is the shortest all the books on my list!
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
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.
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.
I'll be visiting Thailand with Sightseeing, a collection of short stories by Rattawut Lapcharoensap.
I am pretty excited to head to Mongolia with Walking the Gobi: A 1,600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair.
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