February 2012, Globe Trotting Duplicate thread - ignore!

[Janice, Moderator]

Our theme for February is Globe Trotting. Find a book on your TBR shelf that fits the theme in whatever way you interpret it.

You may indicate the book you intend to read, explaining why you think it fits the theme. When you are finished reading the book, come back and report that you have finished it.

Discuss your book and/or link to your review. Some things you might want to discuss could be things you learned about another country, insights into the human condition, quotes you liked, or whatever you feel compelled to tell us.

Have fun!

[Mintymedley]

I thought about re-reading one of my favorites for this one but then found a book at the library that I didn't know existed and had to read. I own a copy of Holly Claus: The Christmas Princess that I read every Christmas. It is a wonderful new imagining with amazing paintings. I have just loved it for the last 5 years. So... while browsing at the library, I found out that there is much more to the story The Legend of Holly Claus I believe this one will work nicely for Globetrotting. Father Christmas travels the entire world every year. I know from the story book version that his daughter has her own adventure here. We shall see what kind of internal monologue and delicious description Brittney Ryan has spun in this 544 page version.
...and in case you were wondering and if you are having trouble choosing a novel for this topic... I was going to re-read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It is wonderful and tearful and you will want to read it again when you finish it. You will miss these characters like they are your own good friends.

[Janice, Moderator]

How did we end up with two threads? I thought I was losing it this morning. Goodreads was wonky last night - probably from their massive import of books from their new source.

I'm going to copy Mintymedley's comment over to the other thread and close this one.