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In a Moroccan prison: Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail.

[Mikki]

Seems as if I'm reading everything but books for 52 lately! Finally got back on the road and headed for Germany. Irretrievable

[Suzanne]

Now that I've left Africa, I'm back in the USA with The Help. I can't seem to put it down, so I have a feeling my stay in the States will be very abbreviated.

[Shomeret]

The women's rights motorcyclists in Ride For Rights have reached Los Angeles and I have moved on to England in the 1790's with Strandloper. The Cheshire villagers speak a country dialect, but I'm finding it understandable. The book starts out in England, but the central character is transported to Australia for playing a role in a Pagan rite. So I anticipate traveling to Australia with him where the vast majority of the events in Strandloper take place. So this is my choice for Australia in this challenge.

[Janice]

I'm off to help Harry Hole solve a mystery in Norway in The Snowman.

[Chrissie]

Here is a new one for me: I am going to be reading two books at one time! I thought I would be incapable of liking audiobooks, and actually I have found that I love them. Soooo, why not try reading two books at once. I am picking one that I can take with me everywhere and another that I will read at home with Vocatex. I have finally figured out how to use it, at least the magnification part, and I LOVE it. The audio part is still a challenge, but I'll learn that too with time. Hopefully. Anyhow, I figured I would read one book that was fiction and one that was not. So I chose Oliver SacksUncle Tungsten for the non-fiction and River in the Sea which is historical fiction, although based on the author's mother's life. That means both books are kind of biographies.The first is set in England, the second in Holland.

I picked up RITS free a few days ago for my Kindle. My GR friend Misfit was so kind and told me about it being free at Amazon. I have been waiting to read UT for ages, and if I like this then I can read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales as an audiobook! That is suppose to be really good too.

Picking books to read is almost as much fun as reading them. I NEVER have trouble finding books to read!

I have a feeling the latter will draw me more...... Will I end up reading one first?

I just finished Bloodroot. Here follows my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Shomeret]

Shomeret wrote: "The women's rights motorcyclists in Ride For Rights have reached Los Angeles and I have moved on to England in the 1790's with Strandloper. The Cheshire villagers speak a country dial..."

Yes indeed, the protagonist of Strandloper has arrived in Australia. I also spent my afternoon traveling to quite a number of countries on a steampunk airship with a troupe of belly dancers who are spies for Queen Victoria. Quite preposterous, but fun.

[Lorifog]

I'll be starting The Girl in the Red Coattoday!

[Anne]

I'm just starting The Great Fortune set in Romania during WW11. It is part of Olivia Manning's The Balkan Trilogy.

[Beth]

I'm in Hungary reading Fatelessness by Imre Kertész.

[Marcie]

I'm in Ireland reading Room although I could be anywhere as the story takes place inside one room. I'm finding this book to be rather disturbing, not sure if I'll finish it.

[RG]

Presently in Vietnam, toward the end of the colonial era, following the fortunes of Red-haired Xuan in Dumb Luck

[Shomeret]

I was in Brazil today with Carnival of Hope by George Hamilton.

[Jessamy]

Paul Theroux and I finally parted ways in Moscow after the last epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway in The Great Railway Bazaar. He was beginning to become very crabby company, so I'm now heading to Botswana with The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

[Wendy]

I have left Spain (and those dreadful Inquisitors) behind in By Fire, By Water, and am now in Riyahd reading Girls of Riyadh which looks like it is going to be a fun and fast read.

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Oman. The best I can do for an author is Rory Patrick Allen. Despite being an English teacher, his writing is quite bad in a number of ways. I'm trying to focus on the content.

[Jessamy]

Gaeta1 wrote: "He's almost always very crabby company... :) "

I know - I found he was at his crabbiest in Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. At least there were some moments of hilarity in this one though.

[Marcie]

Marcie wrote: "I'm in Ireland reading Room although I could be anywhere as the story takes place inside one room. I'm finding this book to be rather disturbing, not sure if I'll finish it."

I finished the book last night, so glad I stuck with it. This was a fascinating look at the human experience and how very different that could be if one's surroundings are extremely limited. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.

[Valerie]

I'm in Ghana with Darko Dawson Children of the Street and also in China (via audio book) with Snow Flower and Lily in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Enjoying both enormously!

[Friederike]

Valerie wrote: "I'm in Ghana with Darko Dawson Children of the Street and also in China (via audio book) with Snow Flower and Lily in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Enjoying both enormou..."

How do you like Darko's second adventure? I recently read Wife of the Gods and quite liked it.

[Friederike]

I had to take a detour to Burma with The Piano Tuner - my book group is reading it...

[Valerie]

Friederike wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I'm in Ghana with Darko Dawson Children of the Street and also in China (via audio book) with Snow Flower and Lily in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Enjoy..."

I'm loving it. What a great character. I'm staying up late reading it.

[Janice]

I'm headed back to Kenya, this time on The Dig.

[Angela]

I am so so behind. I have extra long layovers in South Africa and Germany. I have been doing the Biggest Loser challenge with my coworkers and it has been consuming all of my time, which my goal is coincedently 52 lbs. Since I am home today with a little cold, hopefully I can play catchup.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I'm hanging out in the Kitchen with Banana Yosimoto, somewhere in Japan.

[Tasha]

Maybe I'll meet you there Pragya. I'm also in Japan with Out.
I liked Kitchen a lot. I've read quite a few other books by Yoshimoto afterwards.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Miss Wednesday wrote: "Maybe I'll meet you there Pragya. I'm also in Japan with Out.
I liked Kitchen a lot. I've read quite a few other books by Yoshimoto afterwards."
I think I will do so too.

[Mikki]

I'm still in Sudan. Having just finished Season of Migration to the North, I wanted to spend a bit more time with Tayeb Saliah and so am now starting his short stories, The Wedding of Zein and Other Sudanese Stories.

[Angela]

Barry wrote: "cool Angela we're doing Biggest Loser in our office too"

Oh cool. A fellow sufferer. It is a job trying to lose weight. Much more fun gaining it. I went from obsessing over which books to read to obsessing over calories and what foods to eat. Hopefully, I will find a balance.

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I'm thinking I'll go with Samuel Cotton's Silent Terror: A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery for Mautitania. It doesn't meet my criteria, but may serve my other purposes (like teaching about human trafficking) better than my other option, Peter Hudson's Travels In Mauritania.

[Jessamy]

I finished a short, but very pleasant stay in Botswana with The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. I really enjoyed solving mysteries with Precious Ramotswe. To be honest, it was good to read something a little lighter.

But I'm staying in Africa with The Poisonwood Bible. I know, I know. I'm a bit behind the times with everyone who did it as a group read.

[Sue]

That was quite a book Jessamy, The Poisonwood Bible I mean.

[Chel]

I am reading Matigariwhich takes place in Kenya and liking it alot. In real life the government of Kenya at the time put out a warrant for this fictional character's arrest! I am also still in China but this book was so good that I got hooked.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I've hopped from one island nation (Japan) to another, my beloved Faroe Islands. Reading The Old Man and His Sons, about an old islander and his family.

[Shomeret]

I'm in South Africa now with Ways of Dying: A Novel. I am with the central character in a cemetery as he attempts to get grave robbers to cease and desist. There are four of them. I'm not normally this daring. Yikes!

[Melissa]

I'm in India, reading The Forbidden Daughter. I'm almost done.

[Friederike]

I am still in Iceland with The Fish Can Sing but should be done today and move off to Burma with The Piano Tuner

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Friederike wrote: "I am still in Iceland with The Fish Can Sing but should be done today and move off to Burma with The Piano Tuner"
When I was writing my review for The Old Man and His Sons, I saw a lot of comparisons between Bru and Laxness. Apparently Laxness is pretty bleak; has that been your experience?

[Melissa]

Judy wrote: "I'm in Italy with Brother William (The Name of the Rose) and starting the flight from the Japanese in [book:My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and Survival i..."

Now I want to read My Faraway Home, too! I got hooked on reading about jungles when I was maybe 12.

[Anne]

I'm in the Philippines with Judy. My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Philippines.

[Sue]

I'm still reading Samarkand and still unsure if it will be my book for Iran. I'd been leaning toward The Septembers of Shiraz. Samarkand is really interesting and educational about medieval Islam though it's historical fiction.

I've also started The Club Dumas, set in Spain.

[Pragya]

Melissa wrote: "I'm in India, reading The Forbidden Daughter. I'm almost done."

How is it, Melissa?

[Friederike]

Jenny wrote: "Friederike wrote: "I am still in Iceland with The Fish Can Sing but should be done today and move off to Burma with The Piano Tuner"
When I was writing my review for The ..."

Jenny, I wouldn't call The Fish... bleak overall. It shows a good sense of humour and irony. For us, the life in Iceland then and in the circumstances of the narrator would have been bleak, very likely, but for him it was a world that he was happy in, feeling secure, and enjoying the small things in life. He didn't know better. Seen from the outside it was quite a limited existence. Laxness captures this duality very well.

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I'm reading Purple Hibiscus by Adiche. I'm in Nigeria, Africa.

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I take it you mean where are we in our book???

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Friederike wrote: "Jenny, I wouldn't call The Fish... bleak overall. It shows a good sense of humour and irony. For us, the life in Iceland then and in the circumstances of the narrator would have been bleak, very likely, but for him it was a world that he was happy in, feeling secure, and enjoying the small things in life. He didn't know better. Seen from the outside it was quite a limited existence. Laxness captures this duality very well. "
Ah, interesting, I'm looking forward to that when I get to Iceland.

[Melissa]

Pragya (Going to World Book Fair!!) wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I'm in India, reading The Forbidden Daughter. I'm almost done."

How is it, Melissa?"

It's okay. I really like the main character's 5-year-old daughter and learning about a culture that's so different from my own, but it's a bit depressing.

[Sue]

Judy wrote: "Sue wrote: "I'm still reading Samarkand and still unsure if it will be my book for Iran. I'd been leaning toward The Septembers of Shiraz. Samarkand is really interesti..."


I've really just started it but it seems good so far. Anything about mysterious old manuscripts, murder, etc can't be bad.

[Beth]

Chel wrote: "I am reading Matigariwhich takes place in Kenya and liking it alot. In real life the government of Kenya at the time put out a warrant for this fictional character's arrest! I am al..."

Glad you are enjoying this one. It is my Kenya read and I will get to it when I get back to Africa. Right now I'm in Estonia, so not so near Kenya. I have a fixation about trying to keep the map neat. Silly, I know.

[Melissa]

Beth wrote: "Chel wrote: "I am reading Matigariwhich takes place in Kenya and liking it alot. In real life the government of Kenya at the time put out a warrant for this fictional character's arr..."

Beth, I don't think you're too weird about trying to keep the map neat. We all have our little quirks. :)