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Pragya's List
Pragya,what a great list. I noticed The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman. That is one of my favorite books. Very different and very special. You have many books on your list that I have read or plan to read. Don't know how you will get through your list while working on a Ph.D., but good look trying......D)
Thank you Anne! I would love more comments on your read books to help me decide one book from each country instead of loads that I have now.Well, I know, but I'm glad my Ph.D. starts May 2012, so I intend to read a lot of books apart from preparing for the Ph.D. entrance, starting right now! :)
Here's my list- (When I read them, I will strike them out)Afghanistan
Albania
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
Algeria
The Lovers of Algeria: A Novel
Andorra
On the Line
Angola
The Book of Chameleons: A Novel
Antarctica
The Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic
Antigua
Lucy
Argentina
Tropical Night Falling
The Witness
Armenia
Family of Shadows
Australia
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies l Summary & Study Guide
The Idea of Perfection
Austria
The Piano Teacher
Azerbaijan
Ali and Nino: A Love Story
Balkans
The Bridge on the Drina
Bangladesh
The Hungry Tide
Barbados
The Man Who Loved Attending Funerals and Other Stories
Belarus
Burning Lights
Belgium
The Train
Belize
In Times Like These
Benin
Un piege sans fin: Roman
Bermuda
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
Bhutan
Married to Bhutan
Bolivia
Tania: Undercover with Che Guevara in Bolivia
Bosnia
Twice Born
Botswana
Brazil
The Seamstress
Brunei
Some Girls
Bulgaria
The Making of June
Burma / Myanmar
Undaunted
Burundi
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
Cambodia
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
Cameroon
Houseboy
Canada
Chechnya
The Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War
Chile
The Postman
China
The Black Rose
Colombia
Love in the Time of Cholera
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Congo
Broken Glass
Costa Rica
The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
Cote d’Ivoire
Aya Aya
Croatia
April Fool's Day
Cuba
The Lost Steps
The Old Man and the Sea
Cyprus
Place of Refuge: A History of the Jews in Cyprus
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
The Lost Wife
Too Loud a Solitude
The Trial
Denmark
Music and Silence
The Winter s Tale: Shakespeare s Fairy Tales
Ecuador
The Queen of Water
Egypt
The Harafish
El Salvador
Bitter Grounds
England/UK/GB
A Field Full of Butterflies
A Room of One's Own
Eritrea
My Father's Daughter
Estonia
The Same Sea in Us All
Ethiopia
Sweetness in the Belly
Faroe Islands
Far Afield
Fiji
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Finland
The True Deceiver
France
The Crimson Rivers
The Unknown Masterpiece
Père Goriot
French Polynesia
Tahiti: The Other Side
Gabon
Tropic Moon
Georgia
Sandro of Chegem
Germany
The Book Thief
Midsummer Night
Ghana
An Ice-Cream War
Greece
Everything Beautiful Began After
Greenland
The Greenlanders
Guam
A Taste of Guam
Guatemala
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
The Radiance of the King
Guyana
The Sly Company of People Who Care: A Novel
Haiti
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy
Honduras
Senselessness
Hong Kong
The Piano Teacher
Hungary
The Door
Fatelessness
Sunflower
Iceland
Hypothermia
India
Sea of Poppies
A Suitable Boy
Indonesia
The Ten Thousand Things
Iran
The Saffron Kitchen
Iraq
The Long Way Back: A Modern Arabic Novel
Scattered Crumbs: A Novel
Ireland
Circle of Friends
Troubles
Room
Israel
If You Awaken Love
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Italy
The Enchanted April
The Name of the Rose
A Room With a View
Jamaica
The Long Song
Japan
Silence
Winter Sleep
Jordan
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
Kashmir
Kazakhstan
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred YearsNight Watch
Kenya
Unbowed: A Memoir
Korea (North or South)
This is Paradise!
Kosovo
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Jamilia
Kuwait
Kuwait Diary: Email from the Desert Camps
Lebanon
A Girl Made of Dust
The Story of Zahra: A Novel
Lesotho
She Plays with the Darkness
Liberia
The House at Sugar Beach
Libya
In the Country of Men
Lithuani
Madagascar
Muddling through in Madagascar
Malawi
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Malaysia
The Harmony Silk Factory
Malta
The Information Officer
Martinique
Solibo Magnificent
Mauritania
Travels in Mauritania
Maritius
The Last Brother
Mexico
Like Water for Chocolate
Monaco
Monaco
Mongolia
All This Belongs to Me: A Novel
Morocco
Secret Son
The Sheltering Sky
Mozambique
The Word Tree
Nepal
Buddha's Orphans
Netherlands/HollandT
Girl with the Pearl Earring JournalThe Bride of Dreams
New Zealand
The Colour
Nicaragua
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
Niger
In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
Nigeria
The Famished Road
Purple Hibiscus
Norway
In the Wake
Palestine
Wild Thorns
Pakistan
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Panama
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Papua New Guinea
The Wandering Falcon
Paraguay
The News from ParaguayOutcast But Not Forsaken: True Stories from a Paraguayan Leper Colony
Peru
The Storyteller
Philippines
Before Ever After
Dusk: A Novel
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn's Island
Poland
The Pianist
Portugal
Blindness
Qatar
My Life in Doha: Between Dream and Reality
Rhodesia
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Romania
The Appointment: A Novel
Vlad: The Last Confession
Russia
Lolita
Doctor Zhivago
Rwanda
Baking Cakes in Kigali
St. Lucia
Omeros
St. Maarten
The Making of an Island: St. Martin
Samoa
Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Sardinia
From the Land of the Moon
Saudi Arabia
Unspeakable Journey
Scotland
Outlander
Senegal
So Long a Letter Classic Edition
Serbia
Hourglass
Siberia
Travels in Siberia
Sierra Leone
The Memory of Love
Singapore
The Singapore Grip
Slovakia
YEAR OF THE FROG: A Novel
Slovenia
Guarding Hanna
Solomon Islands
Two times resurrection
Somalia
Desert Dawn
South Africa
Forgive Me
Spain
The Shadow of the Wind
Sri Lanka
A Disobedient Girl: A Novel
Sudan
What is the What
Suriname
The Riverbones: Stumbling After Eden in the Jungles of Suriname
Sweden
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Switzerland
On a Day Like This
Syria
The Dark Side of Love
Tahiti
Breadfruit: A Novel
Taiwan
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan
The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories
Tanzania
Paradise
Thailand
Sightseeing
Tibet
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
Togo
An African in Greenland
Tonga
Kisses in the Nederends
Trinidad/Tobago
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle: A Novel
Turkey
My Name is Red
The Museum of Innocence
Uganda
A Bend in the River
Ukraine
Katerina: A Novel
United States
The Catcher in the Rye
Nonsense by William Faulkner
Uruquay
The Invisible Mountain
The Ship of Fools
Uzbekistan
The Railway
Vatican City
Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession
Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamThe Things They Carried
Wales
Monica
Sixpence House
Yemen
The Hostage: A Novel
Zambia
Patchwork
Zanzibar
The Zanzibar Chest
Zimbabwe
Nervous Conditions
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Well, if you really want comments, I will make them. The first thing I will say is that you may be disappointed in your choice for USA, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. It was very disappointing to me and to others, though some people did like it. I think you could do better. That's my first thought.
Umm, I'm sorry, but I have "The story of Edgar Sawtelle" in my list? I can't seem to find it under USA. I guess the list is so long, I have lost track of it. I will keep your suggestion in mind.
Oops. I must have seen it earlier today on someone else's list. My mistake.
I have a lot of choices of my list. I think I'll chose as I go, depending on my mood. I like to have options.
I am thinking the same regarding choices. So I have both lists here.. the shorter and the longer one. Let's see..
Pragya, isn't it nice with all those choices?! You can pick a book that fits your mood! I did it that way too.
Barry, forgive me, I broke a rule. I haven't linked the books. I will soon, I promise, don't throw me out of the group.
Pragya - I added your selections on the shorter list to the master list, but don't let that stop you from venturing outside of it!
You don't need to add anything. I completely stole from the master list, Jenny. :D
lol so many choices! I should do the same it would be helpful :D
Lol. Having that many choices should be rather helpul. Just don't buy them all at once or your wallet won't like it at all ;): Good luck with your Ph.D. I'm doing NaNoWriMo next month along with my diploma thesis, I think it's better to be stressed out, so both things will go more smoothly for me ;). But it's good to read a book now and then, so you won't go mad just working on your Ph.D. Good idea for a break ;).
SilverRaindrops wrote: "Lol. Having that many choices should be rather helpul. Just don't buy them all at once or your wallet won't like it at all ;): Good luck with your Ph.D. I'm doing NaNoWriMo next month along with ..."
Yup so many choices so that I don't go broke. I am thinking of either borrowing from a library or download, can't afford to buy so many books with my student status. Thank you for your wishes. Good luck to you too!
Pragya, I may have missed it, but did you say what the area is you are working for your PhD?It will be fun every once in a while, to share thoughts on what we all read. Maybe we will have to schedule a week or 2 at the end of next year for catching up.
Sue wrote: "Pragya, I may have missed it, but did you say what the area is you are working for your PhD?It will be fun every once in a while, to share thoughts on what we all read. Maybe we will have to sche..."
Well, Sue, I am due to start on my Ph.D. next year. I haven't decided on a topic yet but it will be within the realm of Clinical Psychology. Since I am going to be really busy next year, I am going to start right away.
Oh yes, certainly it will be fun to share thoughts.
Judy wrote: "Anne wrote: "Now there's a thesis topic!"It could be very interesting,, huh? Her profs would probably want to join just so they could verify that such people exist. You think?"
I think you're right. Her profs won't believe it until they see it for themselves.
Anne wrote: "Judy wrote: "Anne wrote: "Now there's a thesis topic!"It could be very interesting,, huh? Her profs would probably want to join just so they could verify that such people exist. You think?"
I th..."
It's clinical psychology. I don't know what it means elsewhere, but where I come from it means that when her profs come here they'll be astounded to find such sane people compared to themselves ;). Here, psychologists are the first people in line for a psychological treatment. Good books can help with that ;).
Pragya, good luck to you.
Judy wrote: "Pragya, you can analyze 52 Books members obsession with book lists. Haha"Thanks Judy! Such an awesome thesis idea. I just hope my profs don't shoot themselves and who knows they may admit me for having hallucinations of such people existing.
SilverRaindrops wrote: "Anne wrote: "Judy wrote: "Anne wrote: "Now there's a thesis topic!"It could be very interesting,, huh? Her profs would probably want to join just so they could verify that such people exist. You ..."
Sure, I know what you mean. Thanks for all the wishes.
Pragya wrote: "Thanks Judy! Such an awesome thesis idea. I just hope my profs don't shoot themselves and who knows they may admit me for having hallucinations of such people existing."Haha. Pragya. Make sure you show your profs this GR group and our Master list - that should save you from a Psych admission. Phew! Hope your profs don't shoot themselves. Where I did my degree there weren't enough to go around when it came to thesis time. Maybe you shouldn't mention us after all. You need to keep your advisors alive and healthy so that you can get your thesis done. D))
I like your last idea considering not much profs take on Ph.D. students even now. Better to save my my life and my to-be-started-on Ph.D. :D
Pragya wrote: "I like your last idea considering not much profs take on Ph.D. students even now. Better to save my my life and my to-be-started-on Ph.D. :D"Exactly!
Kimberly wrote: "Nice list there Pragya!"Thank you, Kimberly. It's exhausting. Hope to finish it within 2-3 years. ;)
I think you will :) It looks like we a have a few books in common, can't wait to hear your take on them :D
Kimberly wrote: "I think you will :) It looks like we a have a few books in common, can't wait to hear your take on them :D"Sure thing. Whoever gets to them first. :D
Pragya wrote: "Kat wrote: "Pragya, do you have a copy of The Pianist already?"No! I am still looking for it. :("
I have a copy if you want it? Eventually I will have to give almost all my books away when I move back to Australia and I'd prefer to pay to send them to people that will love them rather than get rid of them.
Really? You are willing to send it so far away to me? Oh my, thank you so much. I would love that but only if it's not too costly for you.
It shouldn't be too bad, it's only a slim paperback. I like giving people books! :)
Kat wrote: "It shouldn't be too bad, it's only a slim paperback. I like giving people books! :)"Woohoo!! I am PM'ing you my address. :D
Kat wrote: "It shouldn't be too bad, it's only a slim paperback. I like giving people books! :)"More people should be like you Kat!
Kimberly wrote: "Kat wrote: "It shouldn't be too bad, it's only a slim paperback. I like giving people books! :)"More people should be like you Kat!"
I agree, Kimberly. ;)
I only read 9 books this year *hangs head in shame*Not my fault, other books distracted me.
It isn't like you don't read a million books!
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Judy, thanks for making me feel better. I did enjoy all those books and loved participating!
Ha ha, thanks Jenny! I feel better now.Thanks Rusalka! :)
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The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman (other topics)A Thousand Splendid Suns (other topics)
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost (other topics)
The Lovers of Algeria (other topics)
On the Line (other topics)
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Even with the cheating, its such a laborious task. Phew!! :(