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Read the World | Pushpinder Khaneka

#ReadTheWorld2025

In March and April I‘ve read 7 books set in or written by author from places around the world: #Italy #Switzerland #Iraq #France #Iran #Denmark #Mexico #Argentina

I have the #InternationalBooker to thank for most of these books!

GatheringBooks

mcctrish That‘s awesome 12h

Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 11h

Bookwormjillk Love that! 10h

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Lesliereadsalot So cool! 10h

GatheringBooks Oh wow! This is a fantastic collage. I plan on doing a half year post of all #ReadTheWorld2025 posts on GatheringBooks and this just might be central to that post - it‘s amazing! Which one is the book from Iraq? Is it Fundamentally, because I already have that one. 2h

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Thanks! Yes it is

Fundamentally: A Novel

GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i will move it up my TBR stack, then. 💕 2h

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lil1inblue

Poems to Read on a Streetcar | Oliverio Girondo, Heather Cleary

#poetrymatters #warn
@TheSpineView

dabbe 🩵💚💙 3w

TheSpineView 🩶🩶🩶 3w

lil1inblue @dabbe 💛 ☀ 💛 3w

lil1inblue @TheSpineView ✨ 🌟 ✨ 3w

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The_Penniless_Author

The Suicides | Antonio Di Benedetto

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A reporter is assigned to investigate a string of recent suicides in the city to determine "why they did it", while the impending anniversary of his own father's suicide looms. Interspersed with religious and philosophical treatises on the morality of self-death, provided to the narrator by a research assistant as background for the story, the question soon shifts to "why not?" There's something impressive happening here. Di Benedetto's...?

The_Penniless_Author ...deceptively spare prose captures a dissatisfaction all-too familiar in contemporary life. Despite having all outward appearances of success - work, family, women - a certain grim aimlessness dogs the narrator day after day. What happens when society's expectations don't provide their promised contentment? Where does a person go from there? This felt like a distillation of the existential crisis America is experiencing at the moment. 3w

Gissy Interesting, I see it is part of a trilogy. Stacked😃 3w

The_Penniless_Author @Gissy Sort of. The "trilogy" designation was given after the fact when critics noticed a continuation of certain themes. They're still very much three separate, standalone books. 3w

Gissy @The_Penniless_Author Ohhh 😯 Thank you for let me know😃 3w

The_Penniless_Author @Gissy You're welcome! 😊 I've read The Silentiary too, and it was very good. All three are probably worth reading, but the order doesn't really matter. 3w

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Rachael_reads

Fever Dream | Samanta Schweblin

pick

Quick read. I‘d recommend. Kept the pages turning.

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TheEllieMo

Polo | Jilly Cooper

so-so

I feel bad about this rating, because Jilly Cooper is a bit of a National Treasure, particularly so in Gloucestershire, the county she and I both live in. This third instalment in her Rutshire Chronicles is, on the whole, a good book: though it‘s bold and brash, at its heart is romance and true love. But I can‘t ignore the domestic violence and animal cruelty in it 😩

Book 20/60, Page 5,930/18,000 #Read2025
#SeriesLove2025

DieAReader, Andrew65, TheSpineView

TheSpineView It happens. Great job on pushing to the finish. 2mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2mo

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Purpleness

Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged | Furtado Peter

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Gleefulreader

Dislocations | Sylvia Molloy

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The last of three short translations that are heavier topics. This is written as a novel but seems to be the story of the author‘s friendship with someone now experiencing dementia, and her perceptions of the many changes and losses that dementia causes, both for the person afflicted and those around them. This is beautifully written with observations that stop you in your tracks.

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NickDaReader

Tender Is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica

so-so

In my opinion, this book was overhyped. I felt like instead of creating a great story for this dystopian world, the author focused mostly on how to make the next chapter more disturbing/disgusting than the last. Although I didn‘t completely hate it, I didn‘t love it either 🤷🏾‍♂️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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kspenmoll

The Suicides | Antonio Di Benedetto

Sone library holds came in, so of course I just had to check out the New Books section! Libraries are the BEST! #libraryfinds #libraryholds

rachelsbrittain Nothing like a good library haul! 2mo

Bookwormjillk I really liked Challenger. 2mo

Suet624 These books look interesting! Enjoy! 2mo

Hooked_on_books Challenger is SO good! 2mo

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