Apple’s Comments (group member since Aug 28, 2021)

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.6 Year of the Snake:

Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren

Graphic novel, no styles - but a great insight into how things work in American, in this case State, politics

+10 task

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 125

10.6, ...; ...; ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.3; ...; 20.5

Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "Jayme(the ghostreader)
20.3 Franscine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Author wrote 20 + books
Closer to Homeby Mercedes Lackey

Task +20
Combo +5 10.3 personal bucket list- ..."

Sorry Jayme, 10.03 can't be used for combos. Let us know if you want to change this to 10.03 with 20.03 as combo

Okay, this is a personal challenge, which I am sharing, just wondering if people would like me to share reviews here? Just a thought, because I really want to encourage reading globally. I think that food and books are one of the best ways we can experience and understand other cultures, and I am happy to share the experience.

(I do eat and cook quite global as well. On our agenda is a Mauritian restaurant we recently read about. And we are DYING to get back to some French food!)

Joanne wrote: "Here are some of my 5 and 4 star reads:

The White Darkness by David Grann - Antarctica

[book:Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a..."

Thank you! Will check out!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "It looks like you've created a new challenge for yourself.

These are some international titles I have listed for myself for this Winter season, or authors I'm reading again, so titles that I've en..."

Thanks, I will check out now!

My starting point will be the books on the 1001 list, kill 2 birds with one stone, and the books I have on my personal bookshelves, and definitely looking at the crossovers there.

The hard ones will be Africa, although they are a lot easier to get hold of these days than previously, and Oceania.

Okay, set up a topic, post your recommendations here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "For translated mysteries, you might check out Pushkin Vertigo. Many of these are Asian authors, but there are South Americans also and non-English Europeans.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/15..."

A good list! I like that there are publishers out there promoting world literature.

The Nordic countries are very good for mysteries ;)

Okay, here is the place for you to give me suggestions for books to read from around the world, (more specifically based on author nationality).

I am making a map, which I will share, maybe at the end of every month, to see how I am going. I would like to think I can hit up 50 countries in a year!

Anika wrote: "I adored Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Dominican Republic), The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach (Bela..."

Not that I will stick to one book per country, but I picked up Drown by Junot Díaz for Dominican Republic this year. I really loved The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (not that my rating seems to reflect!), and wanted to give him another go.

For me, reading globally is more about the author than setting, but I have put most of these on my TBR :)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I also loved Embers by Sándor Márai. Hungary."

I have a copy of this on my shelf (I actually bought two, because I hadn't recorded the purchase of the first one), and because it is on the 1001 list I will probably read this season for 10.3. ;)

Valerie wrote: "Sorry for the multiple answers; I’m on my phone so can’t edit previous to add. 🙁 Also, Dogeaters (Philippines) + The Purple Land (Uruguay) - prob can access this one free ‘cause is old."

Did you know Dogeaters was made into a play? It's not available at any of my libraries, (I am a digital member of at least 10), but I have been able to put both versions on "Notify".

For South American fiction, there is a wonderful publishing house in the UK that puts out translated fiction, Charco Press. I asked for the box set for Christmas, but I don't think my family organised it, so I will see what sets they have around my birthday ;)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "In the 2025 Personal Reading goals Apple wrote: "I am going to print a map of the world and focus on global reading. I read a lot of Japanese and Korean, going to spread my wings a bit more."

Let'..."

And A Fine Balance is another book I have scheduled many times and never gotten around to. It's part of the reason I am planning to read less, to get to the books I keep putting off for one reason or another, instead of "gobbling" up books that are feeding a current whim.

Valerie wrote: "Off the top of my head - Broken April by Ismail Kadare - an excellent book that will give authentic insight to the very different Albanian culture."

I Broken Aprilread in the group many years ago, but I have The Successor on my bookshelf to read. It's one of those books that I have scheduled many times but never got around to. I have a few of those ...

Thanks all, I will respond properly when on laptop instead of phone, and my brain recovers from all the sugar consumed at my work break up today. No alcohol consumed! I am sticking to a promise to myself to only have one day of alcohol a week, and I will need it more on Sunday when I see my extended family. 🤪🤣

Maybe I will even set up a thread in the Members corner 😉

15.3 - BBR

F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.

Chosen book Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy : Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Read Book Doing Time by Jodi Taylor Science Fiction

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 115

10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.3; ...; 20.5

10.10 Group Reads:

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

+10 task

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Season Total = 100

10.10
15.1, 15.2
20.3; ...; 20.5

15.2 - BBR

G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.

Chosen book Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, first published 2020

Read book What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 90

15.1, 15.2
20.3; ...; 20.5

15.1 - BBR

H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.1>

Chosen book Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Read book Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 75

15.1
20.3; ...; 20.5

20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:

Another Time, Another Place by Jodi Taylor

+20 task
+10 aged

Post Total = 30
Season Total = 60

20.3; ...; 20.5

20.5 Tom Spanbauer:

This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes

+20 task
+10 Aged

Post Total = 30
Season Total = 30

20.5