Around the World discussion

In Palestine with Mornings in Jenin.

Lilisa wrote: "In Palestine with Mornings in Jenin."

I'm also in Palestine, specifically Nablus withSamaritan's Secret, the third in the Omar Yussef mystery series which I've fallen in love with recently.

Hi Shomeret - sounds interesting, thanks. I will have to check the series out. I've only read Matt Rees's Mozart's Last Aria.

Lilisa wrote: "Hi Shomeret - sounds interesting, thanks. I will have to check the series out. I've only read Matt Rees's Mozart's Last Aria."

I read Mozart's Last Ariatoo and thought it was a fascinating speculation about Mozart.

I'm in Japan with The Arrow Catcher and heading to Thailand with Cross Currents. Visited Ireland with Shadow Spell earlier this week.

This week I was visiting in Edinburgh, Scotland long enough to find out that I really liked reading about the people who live at 44 Scotland Street and will be waiting to go back and visit when I figure out if there is a 2nd book.

I am back in Australia reading The Broken Shore for my June book. This story takes place in a small coastal city named Port Monro.

Edited: uh yes, there are more 44 Scotland Street books. He is up to #8 - all added to my TBR list. I think a shopping trip will be in store for the weekend for me.

I'm in Wales for Ken Follett's Fall of Giants. I'm really enjoying it, but like Follett's other books, I have to forgive his biases and chalk it up to entertainment.

I've been in Mongolia with All This Belongs to Me: A Novel (will update the link at home, in a boring lecture atm). Really interesting look onto modern Mongolia. The landscape sounds absolutely fascinating!!

I'm 90 pages into The Water Rat of Wanchai and I've been to Toronto, Hong Kong and Bangkok already and from reading the synopsis I'll also be going to Seattle, Guyana and the British Virgin Islands. Wow, heroine Ava Lee travels quite a bit. She's a kick!

Yep! Ava flew to Trinidad, spent the night there and has now landed in Guyana. And BTW, she's already been to Seattle en route from Toronto to Hong Kong, so more air miles than I thought she already had...

I got a review copy of What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding. That sounds in-your-face, and I am not sure I'd recommend the book for someone who doesn't like to read about sex, but this very funny book takes you around the world. So far I've traveled with Kristin Newman, a sitcom writer, to Paris, Argentina, Brazil, and New Zealand, and I'm about halfway.

Most of my reads for this group focus on one country but I like to do multiple country books - long walks, railroad trips, cruises, etc. This is a good one for that, and would be a great beach read.

Getting ready to head to China with River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze.

Jenny (Reading Envy) wrote: "I got a review copy of What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding. That sounds in-your-face, and I am not sure I'd recommend the book for someone who doesn't like to read about sex, ..."

Love the title :)

Lilisa wrote: "Getting ready to head to China with River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze."

Loved that book! Enjoy!

Back in Australia (not on my list this year) with someone who lost her memory. It is in Australia, but the setting isn't really a big deal in it.

Australia continued. I am currently reading Peter Temple's 2nd book called Truth. It is not really a follow on to The Broken Shore and it is not a prequel either. It is an exclusive story about one of the characters mentioned in the first book. It has been a much harder read than the first book. I still struggle with the dialogue but the writing style has changed somewhat too. I think if I had read this one first, I may not have read the 2nd.

I am in two different parts of the country (USA). First, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance is a stunning masterpiece of non-fiction, taking place mostly in Wall Street, NYC (but does flit to London and Paris as well). I'm also in Utah with a historical fiction/murder mystery called The 19th Wife. So far, it's capturing my interest!

I'm in England and half way through The Woman in White - very intriguing and mysterious. Can't wait to see how it ends.

Lilisa wrote: "I'm in England and half way through The Woman in White - very intriguing and mysterious. Can't wait to see how it ends."

I plan on reading The Woman in White in August. So glad you're enjoying it!

Hope you enjoy it too Suzanne!

In Paris with detours to New York and a few other places judging from the table of contents of The Perfume Collector.

Suzanne wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "I'm in England and half way through The Woman in White - very intriguing and mysterious. Can't wait to see how it ends."

I plan on reading The Woman in White..."

Suzanne - if you are into audio books at all, you must find the Blackstone Audio version with the four narrators I just finished listening to.

Headed to Malta with Ironfire.

I'm in Israel with When I Lived in Modern Times. I spent the summer between my junior and senior year of high school on a kibbutz and this book is bringing back long forgotten memories. :)

Just started a new Young Adult book that takes place in Norway - West of the Moon by Margi Preus. It looks like it's going to be a great mixture of fiction and Norwegian folklore!

I had to park Ironfire for a bit since Under the Wide and Starry Sky -- my hold at the library came through. So now I'm in Paris after a short stint in Antwerp and it sounds like I'll visit Samoa somewhere in the book as well.

Enjoy Under the Wide and Starry Sky. You'll probably have the urge to gaze at the night sky while reading it. I know it did!

I'm in medieval England with The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century and also in 19th century Colorado with Centennial.

I'm enjoying both, but haven't had much time to read this week because I decided to have a garage sale today. I hope it was worth it. It was a lot of work, but I'll be happy to get rid of all that stuff we don't need!

Thanks Suzanne - will have to do that! Hope the garage sale goes well!

Suzanne wrote: "I'm in medieval England with The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century and also in 19th century Colorado with [book:Centennial..."

I see a quite a few YLTO folks reading it as well. Would be interested to know your thoughts when you're done.

Hey Suzanne, I think I just saw you at the market, buying bread. Were you wearing a red tunic? ;-)

Ha ha, Peggy! And Judy, of course I had books for sale - three big boxes worth!!! The sale went really well. I think I'll have another one in a couple of weeks:)

lol You planning on coming over and raiding the box, Judy?

I'm back in Japan with The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Just getting ready to travel to Bangladesh with The Good Muslim

I just finished The Wishing Trees which took me to Thailand, India, Hong Kong & Vietnam.
Now, I am listening to Katherine in medieval England.

In China and half way through Three Souls - enjoying it and wondering where it's going to lead.

I am reading Last Train to Istanbul which takes place in Turkey, Syria and France. I am halfway through and so far it's an intriguing read.

Headed to Sri Lanka with Island of a Thousand Mirrors.

Sara wrote: "I am reading Last Train to Istanbul which takes place in Turkey, Syria and France. I am halfway through and so far it's an intriguing read."

Sara - I have it on my list to read. Sounds like you're really enjoying it. Hope it continues that way.

Ready to experience Australia with The Rosie Project.

I'm hopping between two countries -

I'm in New Zealand, listening to the audio of The Colour which I am really enjoying.

And I just started Facing the Son, A Novel of Africa that takes place on the Ivory Coast of Africa.

Both sound interesting Jan - added them to my list. Haven't read one set in the Ivory Coast.

Lilisa wrote: "Both sound interesting Jan - added them to my list. Haven't read one set in the Ivory Coast."

I hadn't either and what's best is that I got it free on Amazon. Right now it's only 99 cents.

Thanks for the tip Jan, can't beat 99 cents!

Quite a ways into Jamaica with From Rum to Roots. Also going to dive into All the Light We Cannot See, which I think takes me to France and Germany.

Lilisa wrote: "...Also going to dive into All the Light We Cannot See, which I think takes me to France and Germany."
I hope you enjoy it Lilisa.

Thanks Val - I'll let you all know. Have you read it?

I have, but did not count it towards the World Tour. I thought it was excellent and would have liked to see it on the Booker list now US authors are allowed.
I would also liked to have seen Damon Galgut (South Africa), Donna Tartt (USA), Donal Ryan (Ireland), Helen Oyeyemi (Nigeria / UK) and several others, but perhaps the ones the judges did choose instead are also excellent.

I haven't read any of the longlist this year, but I've heard the Richard Flanagan book is great, but haven't read it myself yet. The Narrow Road to the Deep North

I have that one on my to-read list.
A lot of them are not available to the general public yet, which is a bit frustrating.
The Wake is interesting, but I'm not sure I would really recommend it. I have read about half of it so far and it is slow going. I showed a page to my daughter and she said she would not have the patience for it.