Around the World in 80 Books discussion
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Gentian wrote: "Hi I'm new to this forum but thought the idea was wonderful. Looking forward to the challenge."Welcome, Gentian! I am so glad you have joined our group!
I wish I could recommend a book from Vietnam, but most of the books I've read were about the Vietnam war. I have a bunch of books set in Vietnam listed here
Diane, thank you for the links and the welcome! I'll explore them and see what I can find...
Diane, thank you for the links and the welcome! I'll explore them and see what I can find...
Adam wrote: "Hello, I'm Adam. This group is an interesting concept and I hope to be able to join in with travels of my own."Welcome to the group, Adam!
Hello!I am Sinead and I am British living in London but I grew up in the US. I am very excited about finding this group and hopefully joining both reading groups in the new year.
I also love reading books about different places and eras. I have been scrawling through the books looking at where they are set to find new, interesting reads, and it has been a fairly tedious business. So it has been great to look through your group suggestions and easily find new books and like-minded people!
Thanks and I am looking forward to chatting in the threads!
Sinead
Hello!!!!! My name is LaShya Wilson. I live in South Carolina. I love reading foreign books so long as they have a sampling of the language. Like
, Laura Resau 's
, What the Moon Saw has both Spanish & Mixteco in it.
Welcome Sinead and LaShya!
Debbie wrote: "Hi everyone! Completely new to the Group part of Goodreads, so this will be a learning process for me. I joined this group as it is my way of virtually traveling. I have always enjoyed books that i..." Debbie, love your idea of virtual travel. Welcome.
Lashya wrote: "Hello!!!!! My name is LaShya Wilson. I live in South Carolina. I love reading foreign books so long as they have a sampling of the language. Like
, Laura Resau 's [boo..." LaShya, hi. So great to hear that you want a sampling of the language. I agree with you. I love learning new words and languages. My most recent read is "Rivers of Babylon" by Nelson DeMille. He adds the words I need to help me understand and visualize the Middle Eastern culture. DeMille's one author you might enjoy.
Does Nelson DeMille add a glossary/glossaries at the ends of his books ???????????
Hi, my name is Michele and I live in Idaho. I've been wanting to join a book club and this one looks fabulous! Can't wait to get started with a new challenge in January as I will be done with my masters program soon and would hate to get bored with life!
Michele wrote: "Hi, my name is Michele and I live in Idaho. I've been wanting to join a book club and this one looks fabulous! Can't wait to get started with a new challenge in January as I will be done with my ..."Welcome, Michele! We would hate for you to get bored with life, too! Glad you joined out group!
Hi, I'm Dave, I love all things Medieval and Renaissance (I took a trip to Italy last summer). I like Umberto Eco and Dante (I just published a book about Inferno). LOVE historical fiction! Great to be here.Afterlife: An Introduction to Dante's Inferno
David wrote: "Hi, I'm Dave, I love all things Medieval and Renaissance (I took a trip to Italy last summer). I like Umberto Eco and Dante (I just published a book about Inferno). LOVE historical fiction! Great t..."Welcome to the group, Dave!
David wrote: "Hi, I'm Dave, I love all things Medieval and Renaissance (I took a trip to Italy last summer). I like Umberto Eco and Dante (I just published a book about Inferno). LOVE historical fiction! Great t..."Could have done with you Dave when I was studying Italian and Dante at uni. Have you read
by Matthew Pearl. Ingenious murder mystery based around the first US translation of Dante by the Harvard set and of course set in Boston.
Lashya wrote: "Does Nelson DeMille add a glossary/glossaries at the ends of his books ???????????" Lol! Lashya, it's not necessary. DeMille's vocab is pretty straightforward. He does add a layer of technical jargon, but for those who love DeMille, this is perfectly great.
I haven't read DeMille. Where would I start???
Ian wrote: "Could have done with you Dave when I was studying Italian and Dante at uni. Have you read by Matthew Pearl. Ingenious murder mystery based around the first US translation of Dante by the Harvard set and of course set in Boston. "I was debating about reading Dante Club, got mixed reviews. Did you like it? You studied Italian, how cool, I would love to be able to really read the Commedia in the original. What translation do you find the most accurate?
grazie!
Prego David.....I liked it...it's a bit slow at times but if you like Dante and you'll obviously get all the references, then go for it.Over 30 years ago, so cannot recommend a translation...
This is by far the coolest idea for a group ever. I plan to try the monthly reads. Not sure about the challenges though. I'm a librarian and political science instructor in North Carolina. Thanks for starting this group!
Mary wrote: "Lashya wrote: "Does Nelson DeMille add a glossary/glossaries at the ends of his books ???????????" Lol! Lashya, it's not necessary. DeMille's vocab is pretty straightforward. He does add a laye..."OK.
Lynda wrote: "This is by far the coolest idea for a group ever. I plan to try the monthly reads. Not sure about the challenges though. I'm a librarian and political science instructor in North Carolina. Thanks f..."Welcome to the group and thank you for the compliment, Linda!
Anne - frequent flyer I found this group on Goodreads and it mirrors what I have been doing on my own... Choosing books in part on their geography. I love to travel but being an arm chair traveler here in Pinehurst , NC is great fun and so rewarding too. Coupled with resources from the Internet, one can get so much information and enjoyment finding out about people and places in books.
Anne wrote: "Anne - frequent flyer I found this group on Goodreads and it mirrors what I have been doing on my own... Choosing books in part on their geography. I love to travel but being an arm chair traveler..."Welcome, Anne! I'm glad you found the group! I look forward to traveling with you!
Hi--I'm Patrick and I'm so glad to have found this group. I've been a traveler all my life. I left the US the minute I graduated from college to live in London, where I spent 12 years. Then Paris, Venice, Greece, and more recently many places in the US (San Diego, Nantucket, etc.) When not traveling, I'm reading travel books. With an eye to the future, my partner and I bought a house in Vieques eight years ago and spent three fun, frustrating years renovating it (I recently published a book--Tropic of Sunshine, about the experiece. In any case, glad to be here. I'm going to start reading your recommendations now!Tropic of Sunshine
Patrick wrote: "Hi--I'm Patrick and I'm so glad to have found this group. I've been a traveler all my life. I left the US the minute I graduated from college to live in London, where I spent 12 years. Then Paris, ..."Welcome to the group, Patrick! Do you live full time in Vieques?
Diane wrote: "Patrick wrote: "Hi--I'm Patrick and I'm so glad to have found this group. I've been a traveler all my life. I left the US the minute I graduated from college to live in London, where I spent 12 yea..."Hi Diane! We divide our time between Vieques and Washington, DC, though we think about our little house in Vieques every minute we're not there. I guess you could say it's addictive. Have you visited the island?
Hi, my name is Agnes, I live in Burlington, ON, Canada and love to travel almost as much as I love to read. I collect non-fiction travel books (such as by Paul Theroux) and also read a lot of fiction set in interesting places. Am new to Goodreads and searched for a group related to travel. Looking forward to exploring further!
Anne ..... new member asks Is there a way to view comments from newest to oldest?
Patrick wrote: "Diane wrote: "Patrick wrote: "Hi--I'm Patrick and I'm so glad to have found this group. I've been a traveler all my life. I left the US the minute I graduated from college to live in London, where ..."No, I haven't, although I have been to PR a few times. It is such a beautiful place.
Agnes wrote: "Hi, my name is Agnes, I live in Burlington, ON, Canada and love to travel almost as much as I love to read. I collect non-fiction travel books (such as by Paul Theroux) and also read a lot of fict..."Welcome to the group, Agnes!
Anne wrote: "Anne ..... new member asks Is there a way to view comments from newest to oldest?"Anne, I'm not sure if there is a way, other than reading the posts backwards (starting on the last page of posts and working your way back to the first).
Anne wrote: "Anne ..... new member asks Is there a way to view comments from newest to oldest?"On the top of a discussion, on the right, click on "date" (it is near " newest"); this should change the order of the messages.
Hi everyone! I just joined and I love the idea of this group since reading and traveling are my favorite things. I live on Cape Cod and have traveled to places like Ireland, Italy, and Mexico. I'm hoping to do a lot more traveling in the coming year - probably mostly through books.
Andrea wrote: "Hi All,I just joined--am a single woman in northern VA--anyone in my area?
What a great idea1 I always read for 4-6 month about a place prior to my vacationing there, so this is right up my alle..."
Welcome to the group, Andrea! I love the idea of grouping books by topic. Love the book stall. I wish there was more of that sort of thing here.
Sheila wrote: "Hi everyone! I just joined and I love the idea of this group since reading and traveling are my favorite things. I live on Cape Cod and have traveled to places like Ireland, Italy, and Mexico. I'm ..."Welcome, Sheila! You live in one of the country's best travel spots, too!
This group is exactly what I was looking for for my goodreads challenge 2013!I'm a German student in my final year, so I'm not sure I'll make it to 80 books, but I do want to focus on reading authors of many different countries next year.
Amanda wrote: "This group is exactly what I was looking for for my goodreads challenge 2013!I'm a German student in my final year, so I'm not sure I'll make it to 80 books, but I do want to focus on reading auth..."
Welcome to the group, Amanda!
Thank you for the welcomes! That is funny that Cape Cod is such a vacation place but at the same time it's good to get away - especially in the winter and spring. I'm reading The Life of Pi for now and it's been great to be able to travel to India this winter.
Hi everyone! I'm Anna, a grad student from Poland. I love to read books set in different countries, especially non-fiction, so I think this group is an ideal place for me. I've been unofficially following your "Around the World in 80 books" book challenge since joining Goodreads in May but wasn't sure I'd manage to continue it. Half-year later I still follow this challenge, giving myself more time than a year-challenge, so it's about time to introduce myself :)
Hi: I'm Gary and I live in Sarasota Florida. I have traveled extensively and have just finished publishing my first two books. Australia:Life in the Out back and The Mayan Culture:Past and Present.Looking forward to sharing with the group.
Gary wrote: "Hi: I'm Gary and I live in Sarasota Florida. I have traveled extensively and have just finished publishing my first two books. Australia:Life in the Out back and The Mayan Culture:Past and Present.Looking forward to sharing with the group."Can you PLEASE Post the covers to your books, here, because, I'm interested !!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anna wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Anna, a grad student from Poland. I love to read books set in different countries, especially non-fiction, so I think this group is an ideal place for me. I've been unofficially fo..."Hi, Anna! Welcome to the group!
Gary wrote: "Hi: I'm Gary and I live in Sarasota Florida. I have traveled extensively and have just finished publishing my first two books. Australia:Life in the Out back and The Mayan Culture:Past and Present...."Welcome, Gary!
Lashya wrote: "Gary wrote: "Hi: I'm Gary and I live in Sarasota Florida. I have traveled extensively and have just finished publishing my first two books. Australia:Life in the Out back and The Mayan Culture:Past..."Thanks for asking, I posted the links below. Thanks for asking, I'm new at this so I may have done it wrong, let me know:)
Around the World in 80 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Tales of the City (other topics)Round Ireland with a Fridge (other topics)
A Dead Man's Tale (other topics)
22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia (other topics)
Cuba: An American History (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Frederick Forsyth (other topics)William Harrison Ainsworth (other topics)
Jules Verne (other topics)
Carl Sagan (other topics)
Fyodor Dostoevsky (other topics)
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I have a question for everyone..."
Hi, Rebecca! Welcome to the group! I wish I could recommend a book from Vietnam, but most of the books I've read were about the Vietnam war. I have a bunch of books set in Vietnam listed here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...
and more on the Vietnam shelf here:
http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...
Have a wonderful trip!