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Look what was waiting for me when I got home from Japan. Thank you @GatheringBooks for your generous giveaway! #LitWorld2018GB

#bookmail #litworld2018gb Thank you very much @GatheringBooks — I just found my prize from your giveaway on my front porch today!! I love it, and I love that I won something (that‘s very abnormal for me)! I look forward to reading it!

Any Vargas Llosa fans out there? This was my first and I can't wait to try more. Not a horror story as the cover suggests, but horrors of poverty and war abound in this singular novel of a journalist who wants to write about his childhood friend's failed attempt at revolution. Though it will be fiction, he conducts interviews of acquaintances to "know what I'm lying about." Truth and fiction end up blurring together in a weird and wonderful mess.

Edemariam's account of her grandmother's remarkable life is a moving testimony to a courageous woman and a glimpse into decades of Ethiopian history as she watches it unfold. The story begins with her marriage at the age of 8 to a student priest, and follows her raising a large family while managing taxing household responsibilities, through legal fights for her family amidst political uncertainty. Inspiring, sad, indelible- highly recommended!

Thank you to everyone who joined our #LitWorld2018GB Giveaway and reposted/shared their book journeys this year. Congratulations to @gradcat @Cinfhen @Lindy @RealLifeReading @Billypar @BookishTrish !! Please send the following details to gatheringbooks @ yahoo.com:
1️⃣ Full name
2️⃣ Address with country and zip code
3️⃣ Contact number (mobile or landline)
Looking forward to receiving your details soonest!

I‘ve traveled to 25+ countries in 2018, many thanks to the tagged book, a fascinating history of the Mongol rule over more land than the Roman Empire. In addition to countries id‘d in this book (Mongolia, India, Syria, Iraq, Iran, etc), I visited Germany, Wales, Italy, USA, England, Russia, Sweden, Scotland, Nepal, Switzerland, Australia, China, the Netherlands, Turkey, Denmark, Kenya, South Africa, Honduras, Guatemala #litworld2018gb

I‘ve visited 26 countries this year, and my ‘big discovery‘ from these journeys was Serbian author Danilo Kiš - A Tomb for Boris Davidovich. I would love to read books #6.
Thank you @GatheringBooks for generous #Litworld2018gb giveaway 🎁❣️

I‘ve been to either 7 or 9 countries (greece, russia, the us, mexico,brazil, china, the uk, and a couple others of the fantastical variety ;) )thru books this year :D i‘m interested in #2 #litworld2018gb @GatheringBooks

Last chance to join our our Literary Voyage Around the World giveaway. Just REPOST and share how many countries you visited this year through books and you automatically get a chance to win any of these titles. Guesstimate is fine! Open internationally. Indicate which book (#1 to #6) you prefer. Just tag @GatheringBooks and hashtag #LitWorld2018GB. Last day to repost today! Do share! #BookGiveaway! #PayingItForward! #FreeBooks

Thank you @GatheringBooks #litworld2018gb

I think I‘ve “visited” 21 countries in my reading, excluding the St Mary‘s series. They travel through both space and time, and they go everywhere!

I would choose #5.