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2019 - Where in the World Are You? (Currently Reading)
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"Loved this book, these characters... I hope you enjoy it, too.
Also, I’m in Greece with Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by Mary Norris, and in 1945 Japan with Requiem by Shizuko Gō.
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In Laos, and headed to the U.S. later with The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir.
In Poland, France, Germany and the U.S. with the audiobook - Lilac Girls - meh; if another audiobook becomes available I'm jilting LG.
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In Australia with Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. I'm loving the writing more than the plot, but also have to say that I don't think I've ever read a book for which more GR friends have deep love, if their likes for my every update are indicators.
In the US with Becoming by Michelle Obama.
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I read the book as a teen (or tween maybe) but on balance I'd say the original movie made a far greater, lasting impression on me. But I also remember the excitement - practically hysteria levels - in the time leading up to the publication of the so-called lost final chapter, explaining the mystery. When I finally read it for myself I wished I hadn't.
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I didn't know it was available! That's exciting, even if it's a fail. I've also not seen the movie, and am quite tempted. Right now I"m at 33% and wondering what the remaining 66% could be filled with since it's not like they are coming back....
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I'd be interested to know if it's still a standalone, or perhaps it's been incorporated into more recent editions of the book.
There's also a contemporary TV series (2018 I think). I watched the first episode and it was ok, but it didn't grab me enough to continue watching.
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Carol wrote: "I started Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera for our June group read in the Read Women group. 30 pages in, I’m enthralled. Also Sri Lanka, a country a..."Such a moving story, and a writer whose prose is so evocative of place.
Carol wrote: "In Australia with Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. I'm loving the writing more than the plot, but also have to say that I don't think I've ever read a book for which more GR friends have deep love, if their likes for my every update are indicators..."I have this on the shelf and now you make me want to push it up to the top, a rare classic that I think I'd really enjoy.
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@Rusalka - your comment is so efficiently vehement that, even as a person who loves A&N, I laughed. I've always enjoyed your takedowns as much as your praise. Different strokes, indeed. lol
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@Rusalka - your comment is so efficiently vehement that, even as a person who loves A&..."
Lol sorry Carol! I was actually quoting the blurb on the back of the book, but realised that it could be taken that way too.
Who has two thumbs and opinions? This girl.
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@Rusalka - your comment is so efficiently vehement that, even as a perso..."
Yeah, it wasn’t as good as I expected and a bit YA-ish IMO, 2.5 but rounded up to 3. Rusalka - tell it the way it is :-)
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As she read the field guide by the red beam of her penlight, something shifted in the atmosphere to her right. Without moving, she slid her eyes in that direction. And there he was: a tiger, standing alongside the jeep. She could have reached out and touched him. In the gray half light, his body blended into the forest like a ghost. He turned his head and looked right into her eyes. Then he stepped past her into the headlights, and Sanjay whispered, “Tigertigertiger!” and the four of them rose to their feet. In the light, he was no ghost but a big, glossy male, long and lean, close enough that Sarah could see the individual hairs in his fiery orange coat. His breath turned to smoke as it hit the air. Without taking her eyes off the animal, Sarah raised her camera.
I'm in a working class neighborhood in Thailand with Bright. It's the first translated novel by a Thai woman to be published in the US. The author is a major writer in Thailand, and the book is charming.
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That one seems to be quite polarising amongst my GR friends. I’m still interested in reading it, so I’ll look forward to reading your review when the time comes.
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You can do it - it's a quick read!
I'm in Liberia, US - Virginia, and Jamaica with She Would Be King. This is shaping up to be one of my favorite books of the year.
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That one seems to be quite polarising ..."
It is, indeed. It’s reminding of several other books, so far. Jury’s out.
I'm in Marseille, France reading Transit by Anna Seghers (beautifully translated from German to English by Margot Dembo)
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I'm in 1825 Jamaica, then London with The Confessions of Frannie Langton. I'm 1/3 of the way through, and highly recommend!
I am finishing up a repeat visit to Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas and hopping over to Fiji with Last Virgin in Paradise: A Serious Comedy by Vilsoni Hereniko.
I am in Athens and Istanbul (including when it was Constantinople) reading Lena Manta's The Gold Letter, an intergenerational story discovered through an inheritance by a middle age woman of her grandfather's house and the discovery of a tin of letters revealing stories of relatives she never knew.
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That sounds right up my alley.
Andrea wrote: "Claire wrote: "I am in Athens and Istanbul (including when it was Constantinople) reading Lena Manta's The Gold Letter, an intergenerational story discovered through an inheritance ..."It's just got to I don't want to put this down stage.
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Dawn and In Search of Fatima sound excellent.
I’m in the US with Becoming by Michelle Obama, and in mid-century France with The Train by Georges Simenon, my first Simenon and a book sale find this week.