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[Janice]

Gaeta1 wrote: "Indeed. I'm depressed enough as it is after "The Worst Journey in the World"."

I'm depressed because I'm now on the ice floes of Antarctica alone and in the dark with nobody to wave to.

[Diane]

Lying on the beach in Saint Lucia sipping pina coladas while Derek Walcott recites beautiful poetry to me from his Selected Poems. Did I mention the cute cabana boy who's rubbing suntan oil on my back?

[Pragya]

Janice wrote: "Gaeta1 wrote: "Indeed. I'm depressed enough as it is after "The Worst Journey in the World"."

I'm depressed because I'm now on the ice floes of Antarctica alone and in the dark with nobody to wave..."

Oh, poor you! I will see if can get there and wave at you. ;)

[Anne]

Diane wrote: "Lying on the beach in Saint Lucia sipping pina coladas while Derek Walcott recites beautiful poetry to me from his Selected Poems. Did I mention the cute cabana boy wh..."

Diane, I am taking the next available flight to St. Lucia. You are the smart one enjoying yourself in the sun (not to mention with the cabana boys). What a contrast to our friends in the Antarctic. I think Gaeta is just beginning to thaw from her trip, while Janice is still there freezing.

[Anne]

Judy wrote: "Janice had a bluish tint the last time I saw her and she had frost on her eyebrows."

No cabana boys for Janice. Hopefully she's going somewhere warm after this. Maybe she can still catch Diane (and me) in St. Lucia.

[Janice]

Anne wrote: "No cabana boys for Janice. Hopefully she's going somewhere warm after this. Maybe she can still catch Diane (and me) in St. Lucia..."

I do have a magic carpet and travel between Antarctic and Iran on it. I have about 3 hours left to listen to The Blood of Flowers.

[Anne]

Janice wrote: "Anne wrote: "No cabana boys for Janice. Hopefully she's going somewhere warm after this. Maybe she can still catch Diane (and me) in St. Lucia..."

I do have a magic carpet and travel between Antar..."

So glad that you have that magic carpet and can escape from the Antarctic when it gets too cold, like -100 or what?

[Mikki]

Diane wrote: "Lying on the beach in Saint Lucia sipping pina coladas while Derek Walcott recites beautiful poetry to me from his Selected Poems. Did I mention the cute cabana boy who's rubbing suntan oil on my back?
.."

Diane, it's obvious that you know how to pick a book!

[Maude]

I am in Dodge City, Kansas with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. The book is called "Doc" and is written by Mary Doria Russell (one of my favorite authors). I love her writing/story telling ability.

[Anne]

Mikki wrote: :Diane, it's obvious that you know how to pick a book!"

Ha! She sure does.

[Anne]

Judy wrote: "Yes, Diane, you know how to pick 'em (books and braun) " Hahaha.

Mikki and Judy, I think we all have something to learn from Diane.:)

[Kat]

Maude wrote: "I am in Dodge City, Kansas with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. The book is called "Doc" and is written by Mary Doria Russell (one of my favorite authors). I love her writing/story telling ability."

I've wanted to read that book for so long - looking forward to your review!

[Tasha]

I'm still in England with Jane Eyre and still enjoying it very much. I also in the Ukrainian as I'm listening to the audio book of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian I added another book for the Ukrainian, because this one takes place in England. Still it has Ukrainian protagonists and you learn quite a bit about the history of the country. It's also funny, if not completey politically correct.

[Akila]

I am in Australia with Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds, but as of now the story is taking place in New Zealand. :-/ Very refreshing to read this book! I have a pre-loved copy that I bought on Amazon which has yellowed pages and that incredibly awesome smell of an old book which makes it doubly wonderful for me.

[Kat]

As strange as it sounds, The Thorn Birds, would be great to read in pre-loved form because it's a book that I used to love re-reading!

[Mikki]

Sheena wrote: "I am in Bangladesh with The Good Muslim. And I am finding it fascinating. I don't know if it's because since the last time I read the book by a Bangladeshi, I met, fell in love & ma..."

Sheena, sounds as if your armchair travel may get some real wings after you finish this book! Have you ever been to Bangladesh?

[Diane]

I have really been enjoying my time on the beach on St. Lucia (Derek Walcott and the Cabana boy have been great company), so I've decided to stay on in the Caribbean and island hop for a bit (and postpone my trip back to Africa). I plan to charter a yacht over to St. Martin, an island that is very special to me, and read Hurricanes, Paradise and Fairy Tales. I'll try to squeeze in a little scuba diving and a lot of tropical beverages while I am there sunbathing on Orient Beach. And, yes, the cabana boy is going with me...

[Anne]

I really must change my list to get over to the Caribbean to meet Diane and her cabana boy. She's having way too much fun over there all on her own. I mean, I just left a Scottish spinster in WW11 Singapore to spend time with a post office girl in Austria. What was I thinking when I made my list?

[Diane]

I think I will be experiencing some really bad hurricanes on this island, so it probably won't be quite as lovely as St. Lucia was.

[Mikki]

Anne wrote: "I really must change my list to get over to the Caribbean to meet Diane and her cabana boy. She's having way too much fun over there all on her own. I mean, I just left a Scottish spinster in WW1..."

Hahaha! Really, Anne, what were you thinking?

[Pragya]

Anne wrote: "I really must change my list to get over to the Caribbean to meet Diane and her cabana boy. She's having way too much fun over there all on her own. I mean, I just left a Scottish spinster in WW1..."

Oh Anne. :(

LOL. You are so funny!

[Jessamy]

Just left 1940s - 1970s Italy in The Periodic Table, now I'm heading to Thailand for a fast-paced backpacking adventure in The Beach. I'm going save some trees and read it on my Kindle.

[Kat]

Jessamy wrote: "Just left 1940s - 1970s Italy in The Periodic Table, now I'm heading to Thailand for a fast-paced backpacking adventure in The Beach. I'm going save some trees and read ..."

I loved The Beach as a book even more than the movie!

[Jessamy]

Kat wrote: I loved The Beach as a book even more than the movie!

I haven't seen the movie so this is definitely a good thing, reading the book first!

[Mikki]

Jessamy wrote: "Just left 1940s - 1970s Italy in The Periodic Table, now I'm heading to Thailand for a fast-paced backpacking adventure in The Beach. I'm going save some trees and read ..."

Jessamy, The Periodic Table is one that I'm hoping to get to this year. I've chosen Survival in Auschwitz for my Italy read -- a book I've put off too long. Will be interested in hearing your views on what you read.

[RG]

Well, I'm off to spend some time in Crete with Zorba the Greek

[Jessamy]

Mikki wrote: The Periodic Table is one that I'm hoping to get to this year. I've chosen Survival in Auschwitz for my Italy read -- a book I've put off too long. Will be interested in hearing your views on what you read. "

I quite liked Primo Levi's storytelling and the way he's told his story through encounters he's had with certain elements. That being said, I felt as though I hadn't studied enough chemistry to understand half of it. I wish I'd read Survival in Auschwitz beforehand as well.

[Kimberly]

I'm currently in Uganda reading I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival by Hilda Twongyeirwe. The stories break my heart but the women resonate such an amount of strength I have the utmost respect for them.

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I seem to be stalled at the border of Oman. I may need to commit to 50 pages, then bag it if that doesn't jump-start my interest.

[Kat]

I've swapped my Japan book for Battle Royale - loving it so far!

[Maude]

I'm still reading Doc by Mary Doria Russell. I have about 120 pp to go, and with this being an oversized book, it is not a quick read but very interesting. I am anxious to get out of Dodge, tho!.

[Angela]

Kimberly wrote: "I'm currently in Uganda reading [book:I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Surviva..."

This looks interesting. Added it to mt tbr list.

[Lara]

I'm in Denmark, land of my great-grandmother, finally getting around to reading Number the Stars. It'll be a short stay, since it's a childrens' book and only 137 pages long. I'll have to plan a longer visit at some point in the future!

Kat, I've been meaning to read Battle Royale for ages--good to know you're enjoying it!

[Shomeret]

I had a difficult time in the Sri Lanka civil war, but I'm now in France with The Maid. France is being invaded, but at least I know that things turn out well for France, and the central character has always been an inspiration to me.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I finally made it to Tahiti, where it is humid with flowers blooming everywhere. Reading Frangipani: A Novel.

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Yeah, I'm a slacker.

[Anne]

Sho wrote: "Yeah, I'm a slacker."

Yeah, I've noticed! Ha!

[Suzanne]

Finally made it to one of my favorite cities, Florence, after leaving India in the middle ages. Reading The Enchantress of Florence.

[Suzanne]

Kat wrote: "Maude wrote: "I am in Dodge City, Kansas with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. The book is called "Doc" and is written by Mary Doria Russell (one of my favorite authors). I love her writing/story tel..."

I am a big fan of this author as well. I can't wait to read Doc - and am also looking forward to your review!

[Janice]

I'm still on a frozen ice floe in the Antarctic, but am headed to Germany. This morning I start listening to The Book Thief.

[Diane]

My trip to St. Maarten wasn't very pleasant. It was stormy most of the time with to back-to-back hurricanes. I am now hanging with the locals in sunny Grenada with Under the Silk Cotton Tree: A Novel. The dialect and rambling is killing me, but at least the weather is pleasant. I'm learning a lot about Grenadian culture, too.

[Janice]

Diane wrote: "My trip to St. Maarten wasn't very pleasant. It was stormy most of the time with to back-to-back hurricanes. I am now hanging with the locals in sunny Grenada with [book:Under the Silk Cotton Tre..."

Which book did you read for St. Maarten?

[Chel]

I took a detour from Germany and The Adventurous Simplicissimus and started Cheese for Belgium which I started yesterday and finished today. Now, while I continue with Germany I'm off to Sweden with Barabbas !

[Diane]

Janice wrote: "Which book did you read for St. Maarten?"

Hurricanes, Paradise and Fairy Tales Lots of hurricane, not so much in the way of paradise or fairy tales.

[Sharon]

I just found out about this group yesterday, and am really quite excited about it!

Physically, I'm in Montreal, Canada.

Literally, I just left India (A Fine Balance), and currently have one foot in the western USA (The Sisters Brothers) and another foot in Hawaii (Unfamiliar Fishes).

I'm still putting together my list, and so far have planned a stop in China, Japan, a couple in the British Isles, and several on the African continent. I'm working on South America, Europe, Asia. I'll be shamelessly mining all of your lists and my picking my friends brains for suggestions over the coming weeks!

Right now, though, I must admit I am stumped as to how to start a new topic in which to post my list. I'll have to turn my attention to figuring that out tomorrow evening!

[Anne]

Welcome Sharon. Love your enthusiasm. I don't think you've found our Master list. Check it out:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...

[Chel]

Sharon wrote: "I just found out about this group yesterday, and am really quite excited about it!

Physically, I'm in Montreal, Canada.

Literally, I just left India (A Fine Balance), and currently have one foo..."

There's a section you can put your folder in and call it Sharon's List.

[Mikki]

Barry wrote: "I'm in Holland, wacked out on spacecake and skipping through tulips in wooden clogs while mathematicizing the existence and attributes of God with Baruch Spinoza and his Ethics"

I'll take a slice of that, thanks!

[Janice]

Sharon wrote: "I just found out about this group yesterday, and am really quite excited about it!

Physically, I'm in Montreal, Canada.

Literally, I just left India (A Fine Balance), and currently have one foo..."

Hey! Another Canuck!

I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about Unfamiliar Fishes

To make your topic, go to the discussion section and the folder "Personal Lists". Start a new topic. If it asks what folder, select "Personal Lists". Title it "Sharon's list" (or whatever you want to call it).

Don't forget to link all your books. It's the group's only rule. See the "add book/author" link above the comment box? It opens a search for you to type in the book's name and link it.

[Sharon]

Thanks for all the encouragment! I've just posted my list. Nice to see there are other Canucks here!

I just started Sarah Vowel's Unfamiliar Fishes today, but so far I'm loving it. I got the audio version and have only listened to a bit, but so far, Sarah and book both are witty, intelligent, and informative. And, of course, great fun! I only got to listen to a bit walking to brunch today. I was cut off quite abruptly because I kept taking my iPhone out to check on directions, and as it turns out, iPhones and sub-zero temps don't go well together. It was so cold the battery died en route - gave up it's last breath while Sarah was in mid-sentence, as a matter of fact. How frustrating is that! (we're home and warmed up and batteries recharged, so I can pick up where we left off tomorrow.)