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BarbaraBB
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I liked Zelu‘s story much more than the book-in-the-book, the SF novel. And I didn‘t get the ending of that SF novel. But it doesn‘t matter, this book is quite an experience and a perfect book to discuss around the fire during #CampLitsy25 in July!

#ReadTheWorld2025 book 18 #Nigeria

sarahbarnes Ooh, glad to see you liked it! 😀 1w
AmyG I am listening to it and enjoying it. I, too, liked her life story more. Good book. 1w
peaKnit What a gorgeous cover. Can‘t wait to read and discuss. 1w
squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 1w
Lesliereadsalot Started this one and really liking it. Pulled me in right from the start. 4h
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Kristy_K
Black and Female | Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Short book of essays focusing on Dangarembga‘s life experiences, race, and feminism in Zimbabwe and a little in England. I know little to nothing about Zimbabwe, so this was an interesting and enlightening first look.

#ReadtheWorld2025 #Zimbabwe

Ruthiella I loved her coming of age novel 2w
GatheringBooks Like @Ruthiella have read her nervous conditions, too, and bought the rest of the books in the series. Here‘s my review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-ors 2w
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BarbaraBB
The Tokyo Suite | Giovana Madalosso
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A nanny kidnaps the little girl she takes care of. It takes a while before their disappearance is noticed because the girl‘s mother has a career and much going on. In this story the intertwined stories of mother and nanny highlight the societal expectations placed on women and the consequences. A very surprising read! Thanks for the rec @Lesliereadsalot

#ReadTheWorld2025 book 17 #Brazil

? Last pic from the weekend in San Sebastián, Spain

Lesliereadsalot I knew you‘d like it. It‘s told so well I felt like I could identify with all the characters. Even that crazy mom! 2w
sarahbarnes This one is on my list! 2w
Suet624 I‘m so happy to see sunshine, even though it‘s only in a photo. Days of grey skies, rain, and political tragedies are trying to do me in. 2w
GatheringBooks And it‘s Europa Editions, too! Sounds exactly like my kind of book. 💕 2w
Cathythoughts I have this stacked. Sounds good 👍🏻❤️ 2w
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Kristy_K
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As with all short story compilations, I enjoyed some more than others, but each one was unique. Each took place 100 years after the US and British invasion and it was eye-opening and thought-provoking to see how each author processed this and chose to represent the future — some shining light on the after effects of the war through speculative fiction while others leaned heavily into science fiction.

3⭐️

#Iraq #ReadtheWorld2025

GatheringBooks Wow, scifi from Iraq - that is, indeed, a first at least for me. Perfect book for the #ReadTheWorld2025 challenge. 3w
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BarbaraBB
On a Woman's Madness | Astrid Roemer
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Bailedbailed

Just after @Graywacke ‘s review that should encourage me to continue, I do bail on this one. It reads like a fever dream, these memoirs of a Surinam-Dutch woman but I can‘t make head nor tail of it. #bookerinternational #ReadTheWorld2025 book 16 #Suriname

Hooked_on_books I applaud this choice. This one didn‘t work for me at all. 1mo
sarahbarnes I finished it, but really didn‘t like it and I had high hopes going in. 1mo
Graywacke I‘m glad you‘re not tormenting yourself with it. I liked a lot, but we‘re all different readers. 1mo
GatheringBooks I love that you‘re reading in dutch, too! 3w
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Kristy_K
By Night in Chile | Roberto Bolao
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I‘ve had this for years on my Kindle, bought during a sale, but don‘t remember why as it‘s not the type of book I‘d typically go for (novella, stream of conscious, literary fiction). However, I was swept away into the musings and confession of Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix and found this to be a fevered yet calculated novella that while I in no way fully understood, did fully enjoy.

#ReadtheWorld2025 #Chile

GatheringBooks Oooh! A Bolaño novel! And set in Chile. Awesome. ? 1mo
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BarbaraBB
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This is a hard book to read, especially considering what‘s happening now in Israel and Gaza and that it was written in 2014.
It‘s so complicated, Arabs and Jews living in and fighting for the land they feel it‘s theirs. What if all Palestinians vanished from Israel one day?
Ibtisam Azem tries to write from various pov‘s and that just shows how complicated it all is.
A poignant #InternationalBooker book.

Tamra So anxious to read! 1mo
BarbaraBB @Tamra it‘s an important read I think 1mo
GatheringBooks I don‘t think i have a copy of this one yet - and now i am wondering why in the world is that. I have to remedy that, stat! 3w
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Kristy_K
Afterlives | Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Mehso-so

I didn‘t appreciate this as much as I feel I should have. Historical fiction in war (WWI) and post-war Africa. Amazing writing, but not my typical read. Read for my country challenge.

#Tanzania #ReadtheWorld2025

GatheringBooks Oooh! You have a fantastic cover! I have a copy of this one but mine has a more boring cover which I haven‘t even cracked open yet. 1mo
Kristy_K @GatheringBooks I love this cover! Definitely bought b/c of it lol. 1mo
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BarbaraBB
Read the World | Pushpinder Khaneka
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#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!

mcctrish That‘s awesome 1mo
Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 1mo
Bookwormjillk Love that! 1mo
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Lesliereadsalot So cool! 1mo
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. 1mo
GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i will move it up my TBR stack, then. 💕 1mo
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