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    The book The Name of the Rose by Italian Umberto Ecowas not my favorite, pretty cynical, but it does have a great description of writing historical fiction craft in the prologue. Great advice! And it did keep me guessing until… 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 finally finished all 1,340 pages of it! It was a good book, and kept me wondering what was going to happen to all the 20 somethings in it until the end. I decided to double back on my 80… Continue reading

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    I got to go to a very bookish place! It is a very cool place with a reasonable tour fee. It has an incredible amount of family items because the women of Concord made their husbands buy the property to… 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

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    I am finishing Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, an Ethiopian author. It has been an intriguing 18th book in my 80 books around the world challenge. This challenge won’t take me quite 2 years at least! My next stop… Continue reading

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    I was going to read The Alchemist next, but after a bit of research I realized that the author, Paulo Coelho, is Brazilian. I have already read a book from this amazing country, so I moved on to Don Quixote… Continue reading

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    Hi all! What are you reading? I am finishing my literary travel through Turkey with There Are Rivers in the Sky. This is my favorite book so far, besides Anne of Green Gables, which I have read many times before.… Continue reading

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    Hi all! What are you reading? I just finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Marquez, a native of Colombia. It was an interesting book, partly a realistic tale of several generations of a family, partly folklore. Next in… Continue reading

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