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[Shomeret]

I'm in Sweden learning about an interesting approach to reading Tarot cards in The Stockholm Octavo

[Thing Two]

I'm in 19th century England with Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life.

[Sue]

Thing Two wrote: "I'm in 19th century England with Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life."

I enjoyed that novel I did a slow read of that earlier this year.

[Rusalka]

Jenny wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "In Thailand with The Windup Girl. Really been looking forward to this book. Hoping it lives up to my high expectations."
It took me 100 pages to get into it, so beware. Most think i..."

Thanks for the warning Jenny!

[Shomeret]

I have finally gotten some time to visit Brazil. I had read a novel by Jorge Amado previously, and had acquired Tent of Miracles which I think is an excellent choice for Brazil. So I am in Bahia at the Capoeira Academy.

[Thing Two]

Thing Two wrote: "I'm in 19th century England with Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life."

I'm surprised by how much I enjoy it. I read Jane Austen's Mansfield Park earlier this fall and was rather bored by it. This, however, is funny!

[Rusalka]

Thing Two wrote: "Thing Two wrote: "I'm in 19th century England with Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life."

I'm surprised by how much I enjoy it. I read Jane Austen's Mansfield Park earlier this fall and was rat..."

I've heard wonderful things about Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life but also I loved Mansfield Park. I wonder if I will like it as much, or maybe I will completely loose my...self in this read. Let us know how it turns out!!

[Rusalka]

Shomeret wrote: "I have finally gotten some time to visit Brazil. I had read a novel by Jorge Amado previously, and had acquired Tent of Miracles which I think is an excellent choice for Brazil. So I am in Bahia at..."

Let me know Shomeret, how it turns out. Have a good friend who is a Capoeria instructor and loves lit. Sounds like a good mix for him (and I need to find him a Chrissy present).

[Shomeret]

Rusalka wrote: "Shomeret wrote: "I have finally gotten some time to visit Brazil. I had read a novel by Jorge Amado previously, and had acquired Tent of Miracles which I think is an excellent choice for Brazil. So..."

Tent of Miracles has had very little Capoeira content so far. It's much more focused on Carnival, religion and politics. So it may not be as good a present for your friend as you thought. You might want to ask the folks at The Martial Arts Fiction group at http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/3... for recommendations.

I also had to set it aside because I have a review commitment. I probably won't get back to it this year. I have a nice stretch of time before my next library due date, but now the review commitment book (which takes place in the United States and therefore doesn't qualify for this challenge according to my criteria) is going to take up a goodly portion of it.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I have had The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim on loan from a friend for several months and need to read it and send it back. I'm counting it as the Sheland Islands. I mean, how many books do you know that are set in such an obscure place? Hooray!

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Judy wrote: "You are lucky to find something for the Shetlands, Jenny. I hope you enjoy your read."
Thank you! It feeds in to my larger "cold weather islands" goal. :)

[Vicky]

If you like crime fiction, the Jimmy Perez series (Raven Black; White Nights; Red Bones; Blue Lightning) by Ann Cleaves is set in Shetland and Fair Isle. I've not read the series but caught the first as a play on BBC radio 4; it had a very "Nordic noir" feel.

Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton is another thriller with a Shetland setting, and Da Happie Laand by Robert Alan Jamieson is set in a fictionalised Sheltand, and has a bit of an experimental structure.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Vicky, I should have known you would be a resource for all things northern island related!

[Sue]

Vicky wrote: "If you like crime fiction, the Jimmy Perez series (Raven Black; White Nights; Red Bones; Blue Lightning) by Ann Cleaves is set in Shetland and Fair Isle. I've not read the series but caught the fi..."

I like S.J.Bolton's books, so much going on with questions of motive, cause/effect, human/other than human, etc.

[Vizara]

Today I'm going to Italy to visit Augustus: Son of Rome

[Jo Ann]

I'm in Israel hanging out at Masada with The Dovekeepers.

[[deleted user]]

I'm in Suriname for my last book of the world. The Riverbones: Stumbling After Eden in the Jungles of Suriname

[Vizara]

At the moment I'm in Germany with Fatherland

[Tanya (mom's small victories)]

I am in Germany with Death and The Book Thief

[Tanya (mom's small victories)]

I sure will Judy, enjoying it so far!

[Shomeret]

I'm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)in a Bonobo sanctuary. The book is Endangeredwhich is a YA novel by Eliot Schrefer. I don't think I'll finish it in 2012, so it won't be included in the 2012 challenge.

[Barbarac]

I decided to start a new book today, on the last day of the year, and will continue to read it in 2013. It's for China, which I've already covered in the challenge, but it's a country I visit and revisit many times. Really, we need to do a China regions challenge or China time periods challenge. Anyway, it's The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Happy New Year fellow readers!

[[deleted user]]

I've got that in the heap and I'll be interested in your review.

[Rusalka]

I was going to finish the year with The Old Man and His Sons for the Faroe Islands. But as I got distracted yesterday, I didn't. So I am starting the new year with The Old Man and His Sons :D

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Rusalka wrote: "I was going to finish the year with The Old Man and His Sons for the Faroe Islands. But as I got distracted yesterday, I didn't. So I am starting the new year with The Old Man and His Sons :D"
I remember this book. You can practically smell it.

[Shomeret]

I'm in Italy and Malta in the 16th century. The protagonist is a Jewish midwife who is dealing with religious persecution at the hands of the Catholic Church, and her husband is being held for ransom by the Knights of Malta. The book is The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Should we keep on with this post in 2013 or start anew?

I'm listening to Daughter of Smoke & Bone which ends up being very specially in Prague. It isn't my normal fare, YA fantasy, but it's for another bookclub. I'm also double counting Say You're One of Them, short stories from a Nigerian writer, set in several African nations. They are tough to read because of the content.