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#BookNDinner! #Mongolian Grill Edition! Accompaniment this bright and pleasant evening: too many ingredients to fit here 😆, but lots of veggies, meat, and seafood; General Tso chicken; and Pepsi. MMMMmmm 😋! Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

#BookReport 12/21

Three books this week. They were all good, not memorable however. Looking forward to some really good ones. I am in anticipation of the International Booker longlist!

This is the first instalment of Galsan Tschinag‘s memoirs and it shows a peek into the lives of the nomadic Tuvan people, living in the high Altai Mountains of #Mongolia. It is a hard and ancient way of life, determined by the seasons and the ubiquitous blue sky.
I learned a lot and was touched by the story.

#ReadingAsia2021 🇲🇳 #pop21 #IndigenousAuthor #Booked2021 #ColorInTitle

#BookNDinner! #Mongolian Grill Edition! Accompaniment this crisp and gray evening: noodles, green beans, zucchini, broccoli, mushrooms, bean sprouts, scallions, garlic, ginger, spinach, egg, chicken, beef, pork, bacon, shrimp, scallops, salmon, whitefish, crab, sesame seeds, teriyaki sauce, and bourbon sauce, aaallll mixed together! And hot green tea. MMMmmm 😋! Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

A fictionalized account of the author's childhood in the transitional period where the Tuvan people started being regulated by Mongolian governments (taxing for wool and forcing children to go to school.) It was interesting to read about the nomadic patterns, community units, sensory communication (using smell in particular!) and living in extreme conditions. ⤵️

#BookNDinner! #Mongolian Edition! Accompaniment this hot and sunny evening: stir-fry of noodles, green beans, zucchini, bean sprouts, broccoli florets, scallions, mushrooms, chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, scallions, crab meat, mussels, whitefish, salmon, egg, minced garlic and ginger (don‘t ask how I fit all this on one plate 😂), and teriyaki and bourbon sauces; General Tso chicken; and hot tea. MMMmmm 😋! Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻