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[[deleted user]]

I have been in Wisconsin, Milwaukee while reading AMERICAN DERVISH.American Dervish

[Jo Ann]

Just left Scotland with The Observations.

My review

[Suzanne]

I've leaving New Zealand after a gripping and wonderful stay with The Colour. I loved this book! My review is here:
http://coldread.wordpress.com/2012/10...

[Daisy]

Most people know the movie of this but I'd never seen the entire thing so I was utterly taken in by the book Picnic At Hanging Rock. It's 1900 Australia and if you haven't read it, you must. My review doesn't say much different from what I've written here. It was sooooo good.

[Melissa]

I just left Turkey with Tears of Pearl.

[Vizara]

I was offline for quite some weeks but I had my kindle with me. During that period I was in North Korea withThe orphan masters sonwhich I found very difficult to read; I nearly abandoned it. Then in Burma with The Chequer Boardwhich was unplanned. Stayed in Asia with In the Shadow of the Banyanwhich I enjoyed very much and then on to Mongolia with The Gray Earth. Then I skipped to the US with Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novelwhich I had had listed under Iraq previously. Onwards to the Middle East with The Sandcastle Girlswhich is in Aleppo, Syria. Then over next door to Israel with To the End of the Landanother masterpiece by David Grossman. Ofcourse I had to visit Malawi withThe Lower River, an outstanding novel by Paul Theroux. Finally I visited Poland with Guarded by Angels: How My Father and Uncle Survived Hitler and Cheated Stalinwhich led me to Russia and Uzbekistan.

[Barbarac]

Wow! You read a lot! Maybe I need to go offline too for a few weeks and catch up on reading ;)

[Lara]

I've just finished up several, all really good (though not exactly easy):

* Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad -- (review here)
* Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal -- (review here)
* They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan -- (review here)

I also read Dragonfly in Amber, but didn't enjoy it so much and feel a little terrible about it since so many of my friends absolutely love this series!

[Daisy]

I hope someone else will like this better than I did. For Italy: Swimming to Elba. It had promise but it did not deliver.

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

I've been in Greece with John Fowles as my tour guide in The Magus. Still processing this one. Deeply weird novel in so many ways, yet beautifully written and intricately plotted. Full review below:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[[deleted user]]

I know. I tried to read The Magus years ago. Didn't get it. Only read a few pages....

[[deleted user]]

Have any of you read Zorba the Greek? I haven't read it. Didn't care for the movie either. Probably need to give both another chance(Greece).

[Sue]

Haven't read the book and managed to somehow miss the movie.

[[deleted user]]

I think that's what happened to me.

[windy]

Just leaving Namibia and The Purple Violet of Oshaantu (review)

Good for those looking for a quick read, but it may not be easy to find!

[Barbarac]

Hattie wrote: "Have any of you read Zorba the Greek? I haven't read it. Didn't care for the movie either. Probably need to give both another chance(Greece)."

Hattie, i read Zorba a few years back. I really enjoyed specially compared with the movie. The movie I thought was really slow. I remember it was a book that I liked to read slowly and savour some portions.

[[deleted user]]

Or read some poetry by Olga Broumas instead. She grew up in Greece, and won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition for her poetry in English.

[Shomeret]

I forgot to link my review of my Iceland book which is actually an e-book short story. So people who need short reads may want to consider it. It's Tyrker's Tale by Robin Ingle. My review is at http://maskedpersona.blogspot.com/201...

[Sylvia]

Hey, that's funny I just wrote about a finished book and added a review and I don't see it.
Give it another try:
Finished
Kleurige stenen: een feestgeschenk and here's my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Island on the Edge of the World: the story of St Kilda review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Yrinsyde]

I've visited Mma Ramotswe in Botswana and went adventuring in what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo trying to solve the mystery of King Solomon's Mines. Fun! I"m now in Malawi in the middle of a political thriller and after that, I plan to visit Mozambique.

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

I've been in Nazi Germany with Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. I didn't like it at first--didn't care for the style, but it grew on me. I came to care about the characters--a lot. Full review linked below:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Barbarac]

Lisa (Harmonybites) wrote: "I've been in Nazi Germany with Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. I didn't like it at first--didn't care for the style, but it grew on me. I came to care about the characters--a lot. Full review linked..."

I had the same experience with The Book Thief. The writing style is very different so at first I hated it. But it's a great book.

[Barbarac]

Just left Iceland with The Greenhouse. Lovely book, I recommend it. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

Barbarac wrote: "I had the same experience with The Book Thief. The writing style is very different so at first I hated it. But it's a great book."


In the end it really turned out to be. And mind you I tend to be skeptical about such a hyped book, but it honestly in the end was an unforgettable read. Just took a while.

[Barbarac]

Lisa (Harmonybites) wrote: "In the end it really turned out to be. And mind..."

I am also very skeptical about hyped books and in general hyped-anything. And I've read many holocaust-related books, and of course, it can't beat biographical books, but of the fiction ones I have read, I have to say this is one I'll remember for a long time.

[Sue]

I agree with you all about The Book Thief. I was very surprised at my emotional reaction to some of the details late in the book. Found it very, very effective and singular among all the books I've read.

[Yrinsyde]

Hi Judy, I tried to reply to your question earlier but my internet connection was unstable and GR couldn't capture it. It made me angry because of the presumptiousness of the Europeans and the incursion of christianity in making the main character (and many others) powerless. The comment inside the back flap of the copy I had had a review from the Church Times saying how well it described the battle for Africa's soul'. Arrrggghhh!!! The author of that comment had no idea what he was writing about.

[Yrinsyde]

If you are looking for a novel set in Malawi, read Echo of an Angry God. It was a thrilling read!

[Rannie]

I spent several pleasant days in a small village in 19th century Spain in Noah Gordon's The Winemaker, a warm and satisfying though not saccharine tale of a young man of limited prospects who, through his own choices and abilities, becomes a well respected vintner and an integral part of his community.

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

I was in Poland during the World War II Nazi Occupation with Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List. I've seen Spielberg's film based on the book several times, but there were still surprises here and this was still well worth reading--full review linked below:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Rusalka]

So so so behind on my reviewing and reporting!

I went to Togo and Greenland with An African in Greenland. Thoughts here http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/2012/...
Before and after this read I dealt with Muscovite supernatural beings with Night Watch for my Kazakhstani read (author was born in what is now Kazakhstan as I am struggling through Anna Karenina in my impulsive Russian read) http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/2012/...

[Rusalka]

Then, I went to Algeria with What the Day Owes the Night http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/2012/...

[Rusalka]

Back again as I finally finished my "review" of In the Time of the Butterflies for the Dominican Republic. http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/2012/...

[[deleted user]]

Micronesia.

[Suzanne]

I just left Scotland with Outlander. I think I'll need to take a cold shower after that one! Here is my review:
http://coldread.wordpress.com/2012/11...

[Barbarac]

Feels like I've been in Botswana way too long. I enjoyed the book, A Carrion Death, but it was hard to find time to read, and it took me longer than usual. It was a good read, here's my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Vizara]

I have just left Czechoslovakia withHHhHwhich is an amazing book. It's about Operation Anthropoid in which Reinhard Heydrich (the Butcher of Prague) was assassinated in 1942, which led to the destruction of Lidice.

[Barbarac]

Vizara wrote: "I have just left Czechoslovakia withHHhHwhich is an amazing book. It's about Operation Anthropoid in which Reinhard Heydrich (the Butcher of Prague) was assassinated in 1942, which led to the destr..."

I just added this book to my list to read based on your comments.

[Vizara]

Barbarac wrote: "Vizara wrote: "I have just left Czechoslovakia withHHhHwhich is an amazing book. It's about Operation Anthropoid in which Reinhard Heydrich (the Butcher of Prague) was assassinated in 1942, which l..."

I'm sure you will appreciate this book. Let me know what you think.

[Sue]

I completed my book for Lebanon, Gate of the Sun. My review is here http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I read two books set in Libya, and wrote about the two of them on Reading Envy.

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

I was in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya and the Netherlands through reading the extraordinary life of Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Infidel. I don't know that I'd call it amazing in say the prose or insights--but the plain details of her life are engrossing, outraging and moving enough to more than deserve the read. Full review below:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Yrinsyde]

I've just left Mozambique with Chronicler of the Winds. I'm now in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (with short visits to neighbouring countries) with a collection of short stories by Doris Lessing - which I am totally loving!

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

I was in medieval Norway in the expert hands of Sigrid Undset in The Wreath, the first novel in her Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. I practically inhaled the 300-page book in one sitting. It's excellent historical fiction, completely immersing you into another age--and Undset won the Nobel Prize in literature largely on the merits of the trilogy. Full review found linked below:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Shomeret]

I just posted my review of Ancestor Stones: A Novel, my Sierra Leone book. I found it intermittently interesting. Read my review at http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Shomeret]

I posted my review of my Romania book, Painter of Silence, a major disappointment for me. There may be some value for this book as a moment in Romania's history, but it's a complete failure as a portrayal of a deaf character. Please see my review at
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... for my reasons. I don't recommend this book.

[Sue]

Just finished Our Man in Havana which I really enjoyed. My review is here http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Shomeret]

I've finally posted my review of The Garden of Evening Mistsat http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/.... I found interesting and insightful. It was much more complex than The Gift of Rain.

[[deleted user]]

Benin with Snares Without End. I didn't think it was very well written.

[Barbarac]

Last week I finished The Lemon Tree, a very moving but summarized story of a Jewish family moving from Siberia to Israel. It's really more of a short story, not to be confused with the other Lemon Tree book which interestingly is also about Israel. Here's my equally short review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...