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[Rhonda]

I just finished The Gown by Jennifer Robson. I am getting ready to read The Rosie Result.

[alexander craig]

Read Stoner, by John Williams loved it, was so sad. Similar to Wuthering Heights the story.

[Ola]

i just finished "why men love bitches" by sherry Argov and currently reading "the rules of charten" by Amro Abdulhamid.

[Anita]

Just starting book 3 of the Sandman Slim series, Aloha from Hell

[alexander craig]

one day in the life of ivan denisovich by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn. Eye opening book. I always wanted to read one of his books. The translation to English is understandably noticeable, it adds to the period of the book set in Russia. The book is well written like a phantasmagorical of a tale set in an inclement environment with characters straight from a Dickens novel. The characters are the story, beautifully written.

[Marie]

I've just started Ivanhoe by Walter Scott.

[Anita]

Currently reading The Basic Eight. Great story so far, I've read some comparisons to The Secret History which I really enjoyed. Looking forward to seeing how this story plays out.

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I am reading Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World We began in Mexico. Now, the author is in Nicaragua. The author hopes to see the inside world of other cultures. That is her goal. She writes wonderfully. You can feel what she feels. You can see what she sees so clearly. It is as if you were sitting or standing beside her.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I just started:


World Without End by Ken Follett

...which is taking me back to the Other Side of the Pond to the fictional locale of Kingsbridge.

[[deleted user]]

I don't know why. I feel like it's a good choice.

[alexander craig]

Started read Thoughts for Young Men by J.C Ryle, something different on theology.

[[deleted user]]

I am still reading Margaret Golden Gellman's Tales Of A Female Nomad.Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World Have learned quite a bit about Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[Woman Reading]

I am reading Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA . The author Amaryllis Fox had an international exposure early in her childhood and worked for the CIA starting around age 23.

[Sharon]

I'm currently reading The Vinegar Girl, which is my Maryland, USA book. I also think I'm going to start Lady MacBeth sometime this weekend as my Scotland book. It's an interesting sounding historical fiction about the actual MacBeth and Scotland.

[Woman Reading]

I'm about 70% through Lisa See's The Island of Sea Women. It's a historical fiction about the women divers of Jeju Island, South Korea, during the tumultuous years when Korea was ruled by multiple foreign powers.

[Sharon]

I'm just about to start War Trash. Should be interesting; it's quite different than what I normally go for. I'm also not sure if I should categorize it as Korea or not, as it's set in Korea but it's predominantly about Chinese POWs. I probably won't know until I'm a fair way through it.

[Carol]

I started Attia Hosain’s short story collection, Phoenix Fled. It takes place in India, pre-Partition. So far, I’m loving it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I started reading:


A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

which is set in the city of "Bwostehn."

[alexander craig]

Reading Waking up in Toy town by John Burnside. A book about the struggles with mental health.

[Rhonda]

I am getting ready to read the Little Prince

[alexander craig]

Read an absolute thought provoking about the complex design of relations we have with people and how they shape our personalities. Giovanni's room by James Baldwin. A really sad book about a bisexual man who can't accept he is attracted to men more than woman. It's about the battle he has in is mind and, persecutes himself for the way he looks at people.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I started reading:


The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho

[Albablume]

Darkly Dreaming by Jeff Lindsey.

[Sharon]

Currently reading (too many book):
The Silent End by Samuel Sattin - nearly done, hoping to finish tonight.
Jerusalem by Alan Moore - a big 'un. Going to be my England book.
The Bonehunters' Revenge by David Rains Wallace
Island of Bones by Imogen Robertson

[Anita]

Almost done with Struck by Clarissa Johal

Caught in a terrible storm, Gwynneth is struck by lightning. She wakes in the hospital with a vague memory of a mysterious stranger. Following her release, the stranger visits her at will and offers Gwynneth a gift—one that will stay the hands of death. She is uncertain whether Julian is a savior or something sinister... for as he shares more of this gift, his price becomes deadly.



Not sure how I feel about it, started off strong but now I'm just lost. Hoping for a big finish!

[Alejandro]

Reading Hamlet, Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas, and a few others.

looking for any group that might be reading Hamlet currently

[alexander craig]

Bonhoeffer is great, read one of his books about his imprisonment in Germany.

[Sharon]

I just started reading Sniper by Nicolai Lilin (my Russia book). A lot of the previous reviewers really loved it, but I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

[alexander craig]

Started on Maximum city by Suketu Mehta, comprehensive book on Bombay's journey to the present time in the world.

[Woman Reading]

I just finished 2 very different books. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall with stories of life under Communism in East Germany.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Secret Service Dogs: The Heroes Who Protect the President of the United States.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[W]

Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8000 metre peak circus in Pakistan's Karakoram mountains by Mark Horrell

[Sharon]

Currently reading "Emma" by Jane Austen!
Taking me a while, though I haven't been paying the closest attention to it of late. I love Austen's writing, but it is quite slow going for me to read her.

[Jovan]

I read it last year. It‚s a lovely book. No need to hurry with it. I have just picked up from library "When We Were Orphans/Kad smo bili siročad" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Interesting read so far. I think I will enjoy it.

[alexander craig]

Reading Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, very delightful read on south east Asia. It is quite an exhaustive read, that manages to navigate through stories all about the different cultures and castes throughout south east Asia. The many characters in the book I think could be in in a trilogy that would be easier to read as the names of the many characters is hard to remember, as is the use of foreign language in the book. All in all, it is a mammoth book to read that is well written,

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I'm heading off now to visit a small crime-ridden town in Texas in the 1960s:


Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Off to 18th Century Ghana:


Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

[Theresia]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Off to 18th Century Ghana:


RJ, are you enjoying this book? It´s been sitting on my kindle for quite a while now, I read somewhere that you get easily confused with all the characters and I'm currently maybe not as 100% concentrated as usually, so I would love to hear what you think about it! :)

[Theresia]

I just started The Kite Runner last night (I know, literally everybody has already read that book, I'm really behind that trend), so far I'm very much enjoying it (in a very sad way of course) and I'm trying to hurry so that I may join you all for some April group read. Only the books read here by the groups count towards that specific group challenge that I've set for myself on here, I'm guessing? (very new to GR groups, sorry)
Hope everybody's safe and well!

[Sharon]

Just started reading Battle Royale as my book for Japan. Should be interesting - I have interacted with a lot of media that takes inspiration from this story, but never read the book or seen the movie before.

[Rosemarie]

Theresia, you can read any books you want for most ot the challenges here and use them if they fit a challenge. Does that help? They don't have to be books that are group reads, and they don't have to be all in English either.

[Sumit]

Letters by a stoic by seneca- penguin classic
Thinking fast and slow by Daniel kahneman

[Elizabeth A.G.]

JUST TO ALERT EVERYONE - World Book Day is celebrated on April 23rd and at this posting there are 7 days left to download from Amazon FREE Kindle books by international authors from 9 countries - Turkey, South Africa, Sweden, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina! And there is an international Amazon site to click if you are ordering from outside the United States.

The link: https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t...

[Theresia]

Rosemarie wrote: "Theresia, you can read any books you want for most ot the challenges here and use them if they fit a challenge. Does that help? They don't have to be books that are group reads, and they don't have..."

It does, Rosemarie, thank you for your help, much appreciated!

[Theresia]

I'm a good 30% into Maps for Lost Lovers which deals with the struggles of Pakistani immigrants in England and is teaching me a lot about a history and culture very different from my own which is something I always appreciate. The writing is truly beautiful and it seems easy to identify with most of the characters.

[Rebecca]

Thessaly by Jo Walton. Finally on book 3 Necessity in this weird romp through Plato, Greece, and now time travel and aliens.

[Ally]

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-Lloyd Alexander

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[Guillermo]

I am reading El último suspiro del moro. Nice, my first on Salman Rushdie. I am a big fan of Gabriel García Márquez so I find the genre familiar. I’ll let the opinions about the book till I make to the end.

[Rhea]

I am reading War and Peace, right now.

[Jovan]

Tough read.

[Ana]

I'm reading Hamnet, I love Maggie O'Farrell books.