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[Aoibhínn]

I'm reading The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. The TV show Grimm is about start airing in Ireland for the 1st time this week. Since is supposed to be based on storylines from the book, I wanted to read it first before I start watching the series.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I'm in a bunch of place at once. In Iraq with A Hundred And One Days, in Greece with Captain Corelli's Mandolin, in Guinea-Bissau with Fighting Two Colonialisms: Women in Guinea-Bissau, and in Zambia with A Cowrie of Hope.

Trying to decide the next book to read to my kids (grades 3 & 5). They don't realize it yet, but they have been for traveling the world, too. Any suggestions for what to read next?

[Khansa]

I'm reading Bushido: The Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought. It's really interesting. What I like about this book is how the writer compares between the Western culture & the Eastern one to clarify some ideas.

[Dee]

@ Diane - what else have you read with them?

[Lavinia]

Diane wrote: "Trying to decide the next book to read to my kids (grades 3 & 5). They don't realize it yet, but they have been for traveling the world, too. Any suggestions for what to read next? "

Diane, I recently read Hatchet and Holes with my 4th grade boy (who isn't an enthusiastic reader) and he LOVED them. Honestly, I was worried about the subject matter being a little too heavy or intense for him, but he did just fine. (It helped that I had had a handful of teachers and school librarians recommend them for his age group.) Hatchet is set in Canada and Holes in the US, so you don't get a lot of international bang for the buck, but they're still excellent reads.

[Dee]

The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico was a cute read that your kids might like

[Aoibhínn]

I've just started reading the third book in the Stephanie Plum series Three to Get Deadly.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Thanks for the great suggestions! We have already read both Holes and Hatchet. Awesome books! My kids really like both of them. I think my daughter has read Holes 3 times! I will definitely add The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico to the list. For now, we decided on The Twenty-One Balloons, which works really well since my daughter is trying to read all the Newbury Medal books. It is set in Indonesia and California. We read about 40 pages tonight and love it so far. What makes it extra cool is that a lot of it is true, there is a lot of interesting historical data, and information about 19th century inventions.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ellie wrote: "I've just started reading the third book in the Stephanie Plum series Three to Get Deadly."

That series is very addicting. I couldn't stop at one. I ended up reading the entire series last year. She has released Explosive Eighteen since then and I hope to read it soon.

[Tazitazitazi]

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[Lavinia]

Just picked up A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali at the library today - leaving for vacation on Saturday morning and looking forward to starting this on the plane and continuing it by the pool!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Lavinia wrote: "Just picked up A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali at the library today - leaving for vacation on Saturday morning and looking forward to starting this on the plane and continuing it by th..."

I am so envious! It will be "A Sunday at the Pool in your destination here". How fitting!

[LindaD]

The Girl with the Sturgeon Tattoo: A Parody
Norwegian Wood
Meta Maus: A Look Inside A Modern Classic, Maus

just finished:
Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II
Beneath a Meth Moon

[Aoibhínn]

I've started reading Songs Of The Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult.

[Stephanny]

I just finished Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. I'm about to start The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Started To Siberia by Per Petterson and Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon.

[Aoibhínn]

I finished reading Songs Of The Humpback Whale last night and it was awful. Today I've started reading All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard.

[Shelli]

Shelli wrote: "I've got 4 books going....
Black Swan Green-audio cd
Clockwork Prince-Kindle
Ender's Shadow-itouch
Rules of Civility-book."

I finished all of these...all 4 star reads for me!

[Shelli]

I'm now reading:
This Side of the Grave..audio cd
Beneath a Marble Sky...book.
Delirium...itouch.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I am reading a bunch of books at the moment. I am reading Between Shades of Gray (Lithuania), Purple Hibiscus (Nigeria), The Usurper: And Other Stories (Cameroon), In Search of Bernabe (El Salvador), and still working on A Cowrie of Hope (Zambia).

With my kids, I am reading Beyond the Mango Tree (Liberia).

[Aoibhínn]

I've just began reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King today.

[Aoibhínn]

I finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King this afternoon and it was brilliant! Now I've started reading Four to Score by Janet Evanovich.

[Courtney]

Right now I'm in 1900's Austria



A lot of reviewer here hated it, however I'm almost done and I LOVE it! It was a five star book for me

[Wanda]

Austria at any time is a wonderful place about which to read!

[Aoibhínn]

I've just started The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ellie wrote: "I've just started The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan."

That's one of my favorite books.

[Erika]

I am reading Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell. It's the second book in the Troy trilogy, and it's really good so far!

The bad thing is i already read the first book which is set in the same location, so i won't be visiting another part of the world this time.

[dely]

I am reading Navarasa by Lotus by Rajiv, so I am in India.
I like it so far, it was hard to put down because it is compelling though I have read only 20 pages; I am curious to know how the story goes on.

[Annina]

I'm reading Hunger so I'm in Norway.

The style of writing remembers me of some Russian writers. I have read only 50 pages so far, so maybe my mind changes after the story really starts.

Not sure yet if I will like it. I read some of the reviews and people has liked it a lot so let's hope that I do also.

[dely]

Annina wrote: "I'm reading Hunger so I'm in Norway.

The style of writing remembers me of some Russian writers. I have read only 50 pages so far, so maybe my mind changes after the story really star..."

From the plot it seems interesting. I have added it in my "wishlist".

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Annina wrote: "I'm reading Hunger so I'm in Norway.

The style of writing remembers me of some Russian writers. I have read only 50 pages so far, so maybe my mind changes after the story really star..."

I have wanted to read that one for a long time. I hope to read it for my Norway selection this year.

[Aoibhínn]

I've just started reading Second Glance by Jodi Picoult this evening.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I am reading Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand and The Mystic Masseur by V.S. Naipaul.

[Aoibhínn]

Right now I'm reading Blue Sky Days by Marie Landry. I got it free as one of those read & review things. I'm 5 or 6 chapters into it so far and it's pretty boring. the novel is not very well written and its meant to be a YA romance novel but the main characters who are 19 & 22 talk like their in their 60's! And if that wasn't bad enough, the love story is far too unrealistic, so I'm finding it very hard to connect with the characters. I think this is one novel where I'm definitely going to struggle through it.

[dely]

Finished Yuganta: The End of an Epoch by Irawati Karve (set in India) have started Boredom by Alberto Moravia (set in Italy).
The first one is an interpretation of the Indian epic Mahabharata and his characters and the second one talks about a young rich man who is always bored; it is an analysis of the boredom of this man.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I am currently reading The Expats: A Novel by Chris Pavone. I'm not too far into it yet, but so far it is a fun read.


I am also getting ready to start The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis.

[Aoibhínn]

I've just finished reading tonight and now I'm about to start .

[Aoibhínn]

I finished by Janet Evanovich last night and now I've started by John Steinbeck.

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[Aoibhínn]

I finished reading by John Steinbeck last night and this morning I've started by Kathy Reichs.

[Dee]

i'm reading The Dark Bride set in Colombia

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Dee wrote: "i'm reading The Dark Bride set in Colombia"

I remember that book! I read it a few years ago. I would bring it to my daughter's swim team and basketball practices and would always fall asleep while reading it. It took me forever to finally finish it. I don't think it was so much that the book was putting me to sleep, but more the events in my life at the time and the time of day I was reading it.

[Dee]

its not bad, but i'm only reading about 20-30 pages a night...its going to be returned late to the library thats for sure...I kept getting distracted with other stuff

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Dee wrote: "its not bad, but i'm only reading about 20-30 pages a night...its going to be returned late to the library thats for sure...I kept getting distracted with other stuff"

There were definitely moments of brilliance in the book. When you finish it, let me know what you think of the ending.

[Dee]

will do ;) i'm only on chapter 9 right now

[Aoibhínn]

Last night I finished by Kathy Reichs and I've started reading by Jodi Picoult this morning.

[Danielle]

I'm reading 'the absolutist' by John Boye and I really really like this book.

[dely]

Since my last message in this discussion I have read:
Boredom (Italy) that is an analysis of the boredom of a young rich man of post World War II.
Then I have read Impronte di gatto. Nell'arte, nella letteratura, nella vita dell'uomo (I am sorry but there is no english edition) and this book has no setting because it talks about cats in history, in literature, in art and in everyday life. It is a really good and interesting book if you love cats!
Then I have read One Minute Stories (Hungary) and it is really good and behind very short stories who seem absurd or non-sense you can find a glimpse of Hungarian life during communism and above all human condition.
And I have finished The God of Small Things (India) who is again a very good book I liked a lot. Very sad, dark but however very well written and very poetic.
Now I am reading Vite brevi di idioti (Italy). I couldn't find an English edition but the title means "Short lives of Idiots" and it is a collection of very short stories about idiots.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

I am currently reading Unburnable by Marie-Elena John, set in Dominica. I am about 60% through the book, and so far it is very good.