80 Books around the world challenge
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On day 8 of a power outage in Northwest Indiana, I am making serious progress through the large book The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. My favorite quote from this week is: “Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons… Continue reading
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My current book, The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, came at a good time. It is a huge, interesting mystery just in time for a power outage here in northwest Indiana. We had a crazy wind storm with 100 mile an… Continue reading
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I finished reading The Code of the Woosters, written in 1938 by British author P.G. Wodehouse. All of his books are very entertaining in the dry British fashion. I am currently reading the novel Independent People. According to Google, it… Continue reading
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I have been listening to the audio version of Storm Pegs, the only way I could access it from my library, and was a bit into the book before I realized the author isn’t from Shetland, the country she is… Continue reading
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I am currently reading A Grain of Wheat by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. This novel is set during the state of emergency in Kenya’s struggle for independence, from 1952–59. It follows a character with a secret from his time… Continue reading
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I finished the book The Wonder, and it would be hard to say anything about it without ruining the ending. It was interesting, and kept me guessing until the end. I am continuing my 80 books around the world journey… Continue reading
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I finished The Lion Women of Tehran, and loved it! I am always amazed at the cyclical way that some relationships continue, like the two main characters in this book. It is sometimes wild to see who my husband and… Continue reading
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I am plugging along through my literary journey to India with the novel The Suitable Boy. I am about a quarter of the way through this large but intriguing novel that follows three families during the 1950’s. Here are some… Continue reading
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I always read more (and therefore get less sleep) when life gets busy, and this May has been no different. A friend of mine said they call it Mayhem, and that sounds about right. Anybody else? On my continuing 80… Continue reading
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I will be finishing the novel In the Time of the Butterflies, a historical fiction about the Dominican Republic struggling against the dictator El Jefe. It has been quite an intriguing book! I will be moving to France next on… Continue reading
