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I checked off my first 2 countries in one book for #ReadtheWorld2025 :
Japan and Canada! This book really transported me to both places!

My goal is to get to 10 this year to beat last year.

Thanks for hosting @GatheringBooks !

January wrap up!! I enjoyed all 12 books this month📚

Not pictured are The Desire Map & Winter in Sokcho which I finished at the last minute! #FictionalTraveler #SomeplaceCold 🇰🇷

The Woman Destroyed 🇫🇷 The Samurai of the Red Carnation 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 Invisible Helix 🇯🇵 Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop 🇰🇷 #ReadtheWorld2025

The Puffin of Death 🇮🇸 A Trail of Lies #ThematicCozies
The Kiss Countdown #RiseUpReads

Powerful and moving. A great book of contemporary poetry.

#southafrica #readtheworld2025

Yoshie‘s father dies along with his mistress and Yoshie and her mother have come to terms with both having a death and the circumstances.
And they do, after moving to an old neighborhood in Tokyo, where they live and work and eat. Again, food plays in important role in a Japanese story!
It‘s a very Japanese novel, quiet and melancholic. A light pick.

#ReadTheWorld2025 #Japan #ATY25 #IntriguingTitle

Yes this is an excellent book. 16 years old Gabriel grows up in Chile with his American parents. He is ashamed of his capitalist parents and his imperialist motherland, infiltrating the world with propaganda. He is a Chilean communist and a supporter of Allende‘s socialist politics. He falls in love in the days leading up to the coup against Allende in 1973.
In 3 parts we read about this period in time and its aftermath. And about Gabriel‘s life.

#25Alive! Day 11: Belle‘s #TakeCharge attitude when it comes to JP Morgan‘s collections totally impressed the brilliant man - and the rest is history. Review is forthcoming. Finished reading the book and absolutely loved it. #ReadTheWorld2025: France (translated from French) - although setting is mostly US based. #EuropaCollective

#25Alive! Day 11: the unlikely #friendship among the hostages and the bank robber is quite unforgettable in this tale that I reread for my book club of two with my college kid who came to spend the December holiday at home here in the UAE. Rereading this made the story even more powerful and profound for me. I will read anything that Backman writes. Perfect for #ReadTheWorld2025 - Sweden.

Repost for @GatheringBooks

Our #ReadingGoal for 2025 over at GatheringBooks is #ReadTheWorld2025. This was inspired by my reading around eight countries in 2024. See here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-qUy - do join us, and feel free to use our widgets. I have a few more in my linked post. Just use the hashtag #ReadTheWorld2025 and tag me. My goal is to read 30 countries across 15 languages.

#25Alive! Day 8: Our #ReadingGoal for 2025 over at GatheringBooks is #ReadTheWorld2025. This was inspired by my reading around eight countries in 2024. See here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-qUy - do join us, and feel free to use our widgets. I have a few more in my linked post. Just use the hashtag #ReadTheWorld2025 and tag me. My goal is to read 30 countries across 15 languages.