Where in the World Have You Been?!?! (Book Finished and Review Linked) Showing 301-350 of 1,005

[Kat]

I'm so far behind, but I've finally finished another book! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Antarctica on a Plate by Alexa Thomson

[Beth]

Finished The Poisonwood Bible for my Congo read last night. Loved it. A longer version of my response to it is on my blog: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[Sue]

Beth wrote: "Finished The Poisonwood Bible for my Congo read last night. Loved it. A longer version of my response to it is on my blog: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20......"

I'm just about finished Beth. It really is a wonderful book.

[Betty]

My review, several posts above, about the Congo was Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa/Jason Stearns, set in the still-troubled post-colonial time. From the comments, The Poisonwood Bible, set in the Belgian Congo, also sounds likes a satisfying read.

My just-finished book goes further back in history to the Middles Ages in Albania when the religion had shifted from Roman Catholicism to the Orthodox Church and the country was often fought over by neighbors. In the mystery/detective story The Ghost Rider/Ismail Kadare, the reader, along with the protagonist, literally has to decide whether a man arose from his grave to fulfill a family pledge or whether a rational explanation is truer. my review

[Vicky]

Beth wrote: "Finished The Poisonwood Bible for my Congo read last night. Loved it. A longer version of my response to it is on my blog: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20......"

I'm going to save your review until I finish the book, but I'm glad that you loved it. I'm enjoying so much at the moment.

[Sharon]

Just exiting the smoking straits that surround the still volatile Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, grateful that part of me is immersed in Tibetan Buddhism. How's that for balance?

Here's my review of Winchester's epic coverage of Krakatoa's destructive blast of 1883: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...

[[deleted user]]

With Paul Stoller, I have escaped from malevolent sorcery in Niger. Review: In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger.

[Beth]

Just had a quick one day stop in Senegal with So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ. I enjoyed it and reviewed it on my blog: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[Shomeret]

I finished The Blood of Flowers, my Iran book, four days ago. It's been a bit crazy in the interim. My kitchen floor was removed and scraped for mold and dry rot due to recent water damage. I also had an inspection of my apartment. So you'll probably understand why I didn't have time to post my review. I just wrote it. Here's the link: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Friederike]

Beth wrote: "Just had a quick one day stop in Senegal with So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ. I enjoyed it and reviewed it on my blog: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...-..."

I loved So Long A Letter when I read it ages ago, long before I kept track of books or reviewed. The book stayed in my mind all these years. It as so tragic that she died young.

[Lara]

I just left Russia with Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, but there were definitely parts that I really enjoyed. Review here.

[Sue]

I have left Congo and The Poisonwood Bible. My review is http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/.... Now I will finish up State of Wonder which has me in Brazil.

[Shomeret]

Today I finished my Bhutan book, Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in the Happiest Kingdom on Earth. I did learn about Bhutan, but the book didn't fully meet my expectations. Here's my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Janice]

I was all over the globe searching for the Sarajevo Haggada in People of the Book.

My review is here.

[Mikki]

Judy wrote: "and am still weak from malaria..."

Look on the wall behind your bed, maybe there you'll find the reason why...

[Sue]

Mikki wrote: "Judy wrote: "and am still weak from malaria..."

Look on the wall behind your bed, maybe there you'll find the reason why..."

:) Took me a minute but i got it Mikki!!

Judy I hope the leeches and malaria don't keep you down (I know they won't somehow). I have a feeling I'll read more about Congo in the future myself.

[C]

Just finished a trip to South Africa last night with A Beautiful Place to Die. My favorite so far in my Global Challenge list! I highly highly recommend it! A white police officer is found dead in a rural South African town in the 1950's...here is the link to my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Suzanne]

Loved my recent visit to Mississippi in The Help. Here is a link to my review: www.coldread.wordpress.com

Now I'm off to Beijing in
Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself and also fifteenth century Prague in The Mercy Seller.

[Wendy]

I recently left Merry Olde England w/ Inheritance: The Story of Knole and the Sackvilles which began during the reign of the Tudors and continued to today. I bit heavy going at times. Now I can be found in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition in By Fire, By Water which is proving to be a much faster read.

[Daisy]

Csardas
Just finished this historical novel about Hungary from 1914 through 1947. Very, very good.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Sue]

Just finished State of Wonder, set in Brazil. Wonderful descriptions of the Amazon. My review is http://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/...

[Beth]

Just finished The Year of the Hare for Finland (yup, my map is a mess). Enjoyed it. Review is on my blog, along with my review of my rejected Australia read (because it took place in USA), which I read anyway. http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[Niledaughter]

I finished The Bad Girl , review in here .

Still Struggling with Agaat

[Shomeret]

I took an awesome trip to Australia withStrandloper! See my review at: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Tanya]

Shomeret wrote: "I took an awesome trip to Australia withStrandloper! See my review at: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

I love this site! thanks to your review, I checked out the author, and it's the same bloke that wrote one of my all time favorites as a child.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley was the book that got me into fantasy ... and now I've found that he's written many more ... very excited!!

[Beth]

I just finished Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee. My review is on my blog at http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[[deleted user]]

Morocco, with Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail.

[Louise]

Beth wrote: "Sue wrote: "I forgot about apparating. If Alan Rickman was at the other end........."

He's doing a show on Broadway about a mean writing professor. Daniel Radcliffe is doing a musical across the s..."

Did you watch "Blow dry" and "Truly Madly Deeply"? Great Rickman movies :-)

[Louise]

I just spent a great time in India with The Enchantress Of Florence: A Novel

[Kimberly]

I left Colombia with Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez :) Review to come.

[Friederike]

I have left the fantasy world of US author Erin Morgenstern and moved on to Iceland with The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness before i move back to Africa with Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk

[windy]

Rural China! finished, review: ****

[Friederike]

Friederike wrote: "I have left the fantasy world of US author Erin Morgenstern and moved on to Iceland with The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness before i move back to Africa with [book:Aga..."

My Night Circus review is here http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Vicky]

Beth wrote: "Just finished The Year of the Hare for Finland (yup, my map is a mess). Enjoyed it..."

Great review. This is my Finland pick, and I'm looking forward to it after reading your review.

[Beth]

Louise wrote: "I just spent a great time in India with The Enchantress Of Florence: A Novel"

ooh, good. I just got a copy and it is on my shelf for later. I am listening to Shalimar the Clown on audio now.

[Beth]

WOW. Just left Hungary (not sure where I'm going next since my NZ book finally came on interlibrary loan, but that will really mess up my map). Here is a link to my review of Fatelessness. http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20... It was amazing. I'm stingy with 5 star ratings, but this got one.

[Wendy]

I have left Spain (and those dreadful Inquisitors) behind in By Fire, By Water, and am now in Riyahd reading Girls of Riyadh which looks like it is going to be a fun and fast read.

[[deleted user]]

Finished Oman, under Arabian Skies. Self-published. Quite a slog.

[Sue]

Louise wrote: "Beth wrote: "Sue wrote: "I forgot about apparating. If Alan Rickman was at the other end........."

He's doing a show on Broadway about a mean writing professor. Daniel Radcliffe is doing a musical..."

Truly Madly Deeply is one of my favorite all time movies. Love it. I happened upon Blow Dry one day and didn't even know what I was watching. It was fun. I want to see the one about wine, set in the 70s I think, is it Bottle Shock or something like that?

[Beth]

Made a quick Ukraine stop with The Nose by Nikolai Gogol. It was incredibly short and just a light, fun read. Now again a little unsure whether to mess up my map or go to someplace geographically logical. I'm reading Nicholas Nickleby for another group, so I might substitute it for my England read and just insert it when I finish, which could be awhile, since it is over 800 pages. My official Nose review is at http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20... .

[Yrinsyde]

I've finished my Twilight of the Idols sojourn in Germany and played some piano with The Piano Teacher in Vienna. I'm now off to Lublin in Poland and then passing on through the Ukraine with another The Nose story. Thinking about dreaming of the Vikings in Iceland as it will be a while before I finish that one. Onwards!!

[Sue]

Enjoyed reading your reviews so far Don and seeing your book choices.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I was stuck in the jungle for a while with The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa (review here, but finally finished it as well as making a delicious dessert from Peru - Arroz Zambito.

Then I zipped through Egypt with a brief stay in The Yacoubian Building (my review here, which I'd recommend far more than The Storyteller.

[Tasha]

I've had a long and wonderful stay in Russia with Anna Karenina and feel that I've learned quite a bit about Russian culture. My review is here.

[Genia]

Just left Portugal and The Crime of Father Amaro. No review because too busy + migraine, but it was a fun book.

[Wendy]

I'm leaving Riyadh and Girls of Riyadh which was a fast and enjoyable read and am heading to Israel w/ Jeremy Ben-Ami's A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation. Guessing this one will be a bit heavier going than the book I just finished.

[Wendy]

Oh, and when driving back and forth to work, I am visiting Berlin via audio with In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. I'm on disc 3 out of 11 and thus far, I am not really enjoying Berlin all that much.

[Kimberly]

HERE is my review for Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez which I used for my Colombian stop around the world.

And

HERE is my review for It Rains in February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss by Leila Summers for my second stop in South Africa on my journey.

[Jennifer]

I just got out of Kenya with by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton. Wonderful book! Review can be found here!

[Angela]

I left my Half Blood Blues in Germany. My review is here. On to Switzerland with Hotel du Lac