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I try to vary my genres.

[Betty]

Beth wrote: "Asmah wrote: "I was just admiring blogs created by group members here. Specifically, I browsed Judy's and Kat's. Whose did I miss?"

Mine is at http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com"

Beth, I'm checking out your Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, Ian McEwan's Cement Garden, and Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

[Betty]

Osho wrote: "Mine's a list and map, not a true blog, at http://shoshana-world.livejournal.com/ . When I've read a book from every country, I want to set up a blog with books linked by continent and country, wit..."

Osho, your organizing skills are impressive, so is the vivid map.

[Betty]

Mira wrote: "One of the few books where the setting represents the country instead of the author's birth (which was my intention).

Took me forever to get through this book. I had read the first 8 chapters and ..."

Mira, this is The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall, I presume?

[Betty]

Diamonds in the Congo had me flying east and west all over this big country, where I read the nonfiction Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa. This is a few words about it.

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

Just left Zambia (after visits in Zimbabwe and Malawi) via Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight--which enthralled me from beginning to end. She gave me a real feel for what it was like to live in those countries and parts are quite funny--and others' heartbreaking:

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

[Kat]

Harmonybites wrote: "Just left Zambia (after visits in Zimbabwe and Malawi) via Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight--which enthralled me from beginning to end. She gave me a real feel for..."

Great review Harmony! I've heard great things about this book and had it on my wishlist for ... well, since the beginning of wishlist time!

[Lisa (Harmonybites)]

Kat wrote: "Great review Harmony! I've heard great things about this book and had it on my wishlist for ... well, since the beginning of wishlist time! ."

Thanks! Fuller has a great voice--it was fun to read.

[Chrissie]

Where have I been? Well, in my mind I have been in in the the Balkans with The Tiger's Wife (review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..., in France with The Chateau (review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..., in Russia with Child 44 (review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) and finally in China with White Gardenia (review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

White Gardenia was without doubt the very best. I highly recommend it. The audiobook was fantastic. Shanghai and Harbin, China were so well described. A refuge camp in the Philippines and life in Australia too! Pls read this book, and listen to it as anaudio if you can. The narrator is Desire Rubenstein, the same narrator as the audiobook Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations. I intend on reading more audiobooks narrated by this woman. You simply must chuckle at the American accents.

Well actually I have been in the hospital. With lousy vision I am trying my best to return to GR.

I will soon be starting Birds Without Wings. another audiobook. This one set in Turkey.

[Nina]

Thanks for the reviews, White Gardenia sounds fascinating and I'm adding it to my TBR list. I want to read about Harbin!

Glad to see that you're back, and I hope your recovery continues to go well!

[Mira]

#3 - The Spare Room

A moving novel about a woman who cares for a friend with cancer for three weeks. Nicola has cancer and has come to Melbourne for three weeks of alternative medicine treatments. She is staying with Helen. This is a short but moving story told from Helen's point of view, her feelings toward her friend, the sickness, the alternate treatments and Nicola's attitude. It's a story that explains the caregiver's feelings, trials and tribulations in caring for a terminal friend. It says all those things that many of us feel but are ashamed to admit.

[Beth]

Finally got moving again once I got past Bounty Day on Pitcairn. Had a blast reading side reads which you can find on my blog. But now I have finished Breadfruit: A Novel by Célestine Hitiura Vaite and the review is on my blog: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...
Enjoyed it and now having to do at least a small detour because my library has not contacted me to say my NZ book is here.

[Chrissie]

gck wrote: "Thanks for the reviews, White Gardenia sounds fascinating and I'm adding it to my TBR list. I want to read about Harbin!

Glad to see that you're back, and I hope your recovery continues to go well!"

Yay, I heartedly recommebnt the audio format. Description of the White Russians's plight in Harbin is fascinating. So is the description of the place. You also get Shanghai. it is based on real events, but still fiction.

My one reservation about this book is that the daughter's search for her mother is so darn overpowering. Sometimes I felt like saying - don't just center on the past.

[Mira]

Asmah wrote: "Mira wrote: "One of the few books where the setting represents the country instead of the author's birth (which was my intention).

Took me forever to get through this book. I had read the first 8 ..."

Yes! I thought I linked the book but I guess I didn't. Will edit that now.

[Snoozie Suzie]

Pragya wrote: "Angela wrote: "Sue wrote: "Angela wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Angela wrote: "leser81 wrote: "Finished A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan last night. Haven't had time to write up..."

I couldn't bring myself to finish it

[Snoozie Suzie]

I have been to Scotland Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, England Pride and Prejudice, and have done some knitting in America with The Knitting Circle. I am currently in Rhodesia with The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam. After that, who knows as the world is my oyster (in books only, sadly)

[Sharon]

I am reluctantly leaving Spain, having visited Chris Stewart Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist In Andalucڳiaat his little farm in the mountains. I will be coming back to visit him as I want to know all about A Parrot in the Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society and Three Ways To Capsize A Boat: An Optimist Afloat.

Here's my review of my first foray into Chris's world: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70...

[Snoozie Suzie]

Mira wrote: "One of the few books where the setting represents the country instead of the author's birth (which was my intention).

Took me forever to get through this book. I had read the first 8 chapters and ..."

Oh no! I've been looking forward to reading this. Perhaps I'll have a re-think

[Mira]

Snoozie Suzie wrote: "Mira wrote: "One of the few books where the setting represents the country instead of the author's birth (which was my intention).

Took me forever to get through this book. I had read the first 8 ..."

Depends on what you like. If you like romances, it's a good romance. Maybe read them in order. This is the middle book of 3.

[Yrinsyde]

I have just left Montaillou in France, rather sadly, to a mysterious abbey with an even more mysterious library in Piedmont, Italy. Still on the theme of heretics and orthodoxy and amazingly, Bernard Gui appears in both books (from Cathar to The Name of the Rose)!

[Janice]

I was in England having an audience with the Queen. At least, I was trying to have an audience with the Queen. Instead, I felt like I was in school being force fed the inner workings of the monarchy and didn't get to see the Queen. The book has dragged me down so much that I am going to revert back to my original selection for England and not count this one.

[Snoozie Suzie]

Janice wrote: "I was in England having an audience with the Queen. At least, I was trying to have an audience with the Queen. Instead, I felt like I was in school being force fed the inner workings of the monarc..."

Which book was that Janice? So I can avoid it. I hope you enjoy your next trip to England much much more :-) *waves*

[Janice]

It was The Real Elizabeth.

[Sue]

I've now left Norway and Out Stealing Horses. Wonderful book with review below. I'm still in South Africa with Agaat and selecting my next stop.

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

[Mira]

Can someone tell me how to link a review? From either goodreads or a blog.

[Anne]

Mira wrote: "Can someone tell me how to link a review? From either goodreads or a blog."

Mira, go to your review. Copy the URL and paste it wherever you want it.

[Betty]

Mira wrote: "Can someone tell me how to link a review? From either goodreads or a blog."

Goodreads:

Go, e.g. to the URL http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...

Scroll down the left side to "My Review" and Click on that phrase

to open a new page with your review and any updates. Copy that page's URL.

Paste it wherever you want.



Blogs: it might tell you which URL to copy and paste.

[Akila]

Loved reading The Thorn Birds and all about the dry heat of Australia! My review is here My reviews are quite short giving a small description of how the book made me feel, rather than a description of the book itself.

Now onto China with Snow Flower and The Secret Fan. This has been quite a lovely experience!

[Snoozie Suzie]

Judy wrote: "Snoozie Suzie wrote: "I have been to Scotland Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, England Pride and Prejudice, and have done some knitting in America with [book:The Knitting Circ..."

I know! *slight smug smile*. But it's taken a lot of working out.

[Mira]

Thank you Anne and Asmah!

[Anne]

You're welcome, Mira. Hope you figured it out.

[Sharon]

I just finished Little Bee, and I must pause and process a bit before I can write anything about it. It's a difficult but important read. It will be with me for a very, very long time...

[Susan]

Uncertain if I am following where we are to post what...I have started with Norway and Kristin Lavransdatteras this is also a group read. I did read The Tenant of Wildfell Hallthe beginning of January but did not particularly wish to claim it for England.

[Pragya]

Akila wrote: "Loved reading The Thorn Birds and all about the dry heat of Australia! My review is here My reviews are quite short giving a small description of how the book made me feel, rather than ..."

You will love your China visit! :D

[Sharon]

Here is my short review of Little Bee. This book really had a powerful affect on me. It will stay with me for some time!

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

[Janice]

I have left Germany and The Book Thief. I gave this 5 stars. I loved it and didn't want it to end. I felt like I was sitting in my grandmother's kitchen. My review is http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have also left France and The Last Nude. I haven't written my review yet.

[Pragya]

Janice wrote: "I have left Germany and The Book Thief. I gave this 5 stars. I loved it and didn't want it to end. I felt like I was sitting in my grandmother's kitchen. My review is http://www.go..."

How was The Last Nude, Janice?

[Sharon]

Janice wrote: "I have left Germany and The Book Thief. I gave this 5 stars. I loved it and didn't want it to end. I felt like I was sitting in my grandmother's kitchen. My review is http://www.go..."

Thanks for this review, Janice. I've been hearing so many good things about this book. Another one for the tbr list!

[Janice]

Pragya wrote: "How was The Last Nude, Janice? "

I'll probably rate it about a 3. I'll write my review when I get home and link it.

[Akila]

Pragya wrote: "You will love your China visit! :D"

It has been nice so far! The foot-binding part of the book at the very beginning was quite disturbing and I had to stop reading for a bit to gather myself.

[Janice]

Here is my review of The Last Nude:

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

[Pragya]

Akila wrote: "Pragya wrote: "You will love your China visit! :D"

It has been nice so far! The foot-binding part of the book at the very beginning was quite disturbing and I had to stop reading for a bit to gat..."

The book IS disturbing, it takes you to places you have never known about.

[Betty]

Lived for forty years on a South African farm--My Review. Going next to Japan, which had a quake, to report on how humans in the vicinity were affected by it.

[Chrissie]

I absolutely adored Birds Without Wings. I believe this will be my favorite book this year! Here follows my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I will now start A Night to Remember. I am listening to the audiobook. I will put this under "Ocean Travel". :0)

[Anne]

I'm just leaving The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession. This was my Canada pick, but there wasn't anything Canadian about this book other than the fact that the author was born there. If I have time I will read another book for Canada.

My review is HERE.

[Akila]

Finished Snow Flower and The Secret Fan and out of China. As nice as the beginning was, the ending of this book somehow marred the whole experience. My review is here

I have borrowed The Tiger's Wife on my Kindle from the public library and now I have to finish it within the next few days!

[Kimberly]

Here is my review of Kisses from Katie.

http://turningthepagesx.blogspot.com/... :)

[Pragya]

Akila wrote: "Finished Snow Flower and The Secret Fan and out of China. As nice as the beginning was, the ending of this book somehow marred the whole experience. My review is here

I have borrowed..."

That's going to be tough- finishing it so soon, I mean! I am reading The Tiger's wife too.

[Genia]

Finished Room which was in Ireland, but not actually in ireland. Here is my (short, sadly) review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Sharon]

Just finished listening to Sarah Vowell read her Unfamiliar Fishes. I loved it.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87...