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Dandelion | Jamie Chai Yun Liew

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A decent read about an immigrant family in Canada. In order to learn the truth about her mother the main character travels to Brunei and Malaysia. #FoodAndLit (still) #ReadingAsia

Texreader, Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, Catsandbooks

Texreader I didn‘t finish Asia either!! 3mo

BarbaraBB So good you‘re still reading the world! 3mo

Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🇲🇾 3mo

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Librarybelle I did not finish Asia… #somanybookssolittletime ! 3mo

Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle I *might* finish this year? I have high hopes for Oceania too. Africa and the Americas on the other hand- maybe 2026. 3mo

Librarybelle 😁 3mo

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Bookwormjillk

Untitled | Unknown

I decided one of my challenges next year will be to fill in the countries I didn‘t get to for #ReadingAsia and #ReadingAfrica

I‘ve enjoyed these challenges so much and I really want to finish them!

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle What an awesome idea! 2y

EvieBee That‘s awesome! 2y

BarbaraBB Such a good idea! 2y

Cinfhen That‘s a brilliant idea!!! 2y

DivineDiana Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I believe that I will follow your lead! 2y

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Bookwormjillk

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

I‘m a big re-reader so I wanted to do a #Top21of21 for books that weren‘t new to me. Many of these are old friends, and some I returned to just to see if they would hold up. This is actually only 20 because that‘s what would fit in the collage, but I told myself I‘m saving space for whatever I read next week 😁

Cinfhen So GREAT!!! 3y

Cathythoughts Fab books❤️ 3y

TrishB Wow 😯 I hardly ever reread! 3y

Bookwormjillk @TrishB for me it‘s mostly comfort reading although some were inspired by #ReadingAsia this year 3y

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Bookwormjillk

Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese

My #Top21of21
Cutting For Stone was my favorite the rest are in no particular order. Looking at these I can see how all of the great challenges like #FoodAndLit #PemberLittens and #ReadingAsia have influenced my reading year. Honestly I just kind of want to hug the books on this list.
I rated a lot of re-reads 5 stars this year but I left them off this list
The last two weeks of the year are typically my best reading weeks so this list will change

Cinfhen, sprainedbrain, Texreader, Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger

Cinfhen Cutting For Stone is definitely on my all time favorite list and I also loved this year

We Begin at the End: Gripping. Heart-breaking. Unforgettable. Discover the most captivating crime read of 2020

Cinfhen I almost added this one too / sooo good

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

Cinfhen Agreed, the challenges on Litsy inspired some AMAZING books I probably would never have read 3y

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Butterfinger I will probably put Cutting for Stone on my favorite list too. 3y

Texreader 👏🏻👏🏻 3y

BarbaraBB Beautiful eclectic collection! I loved Cutting for Stone too. And I also want to hug my favorites! Thanks for sharing 🤍 3y

Catsandbooks Awesome list! ❤️ 3y

TrishB Cutting for Stone is wonderful ♥️ 3y

Centique Oh I‘m so glad you loved Salvage the Bones - I love it so much. And Pachinko too! I have to get to Cutting for Stone I can see 😍 3y

Chelsea.Poole Oh I have had Cutting for Stone on my TBR for so so long. Maybe I‘ll read it in the coming year 😊 thanks for sharing! 3y

Librarybelle Lots of amazing ones on this list! And I loved Pachinko! 3y

tenar It really made me smile to see Why I Wake Early on your list. What great collections, both Mary Oliver‘s poems and your favorites of the year! 3y

Ruthiella The Only Plane in the Sky was almost on my list too. So powerful. 3y

merelybookish I read Gone Crazy in Alabama this year too! I love that trilogy. And Brown Girl Dreaming is a masterpiece. What a great reading year! 3y

megnews I love Gone Crazy In Alabama, Brown Girl Dreaming, and The Only Plane in the Sky. Salvage the Bones is the only Ward I haven‘t read yet. I own it and really want to get to it. 3y

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Bookwormjillk

Brick Lane (Revised) | Monica Ali

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I enjoyed this book about Bangladeshi immigrants in London. It had some rough spots to be sure, but overall a good internal novel if you like that sort of thing (and I do.)

I alternated between print and audio and thought this worked well in both formats.

#ReadingAsia #WinterCosy #LittenListen #AVeryMerryReadathon #WrapItUpReadathon #WinterGames #MistletoeManiacs

Clwojick, Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, TheSpineView, keys_on_fire, PuddleJumper, aperfectmjk

BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one too! 3y

TheSpineView Great job! 3y

Librarybelle Sounds good! 3y

keys_on_fire 🎄❤️📕🤩✨ 3y

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Bookwormjillk

Along the Silk Road | Yo-Yo Ma, Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis

The last day of Nonfiction November. I can‘t believe it! I‘ve been coming across the Silk Road in my #ReadingAsia pursuits, and enjoyed flipping through this book. Next week I‘m going to take myself on a field trip to the Smithsonian to see some of this art for myself.

Today I learned a little about how the collection at the Sackler Gallery came to be.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, coffees, rsteve388

BarbaraBB That is so cool, that you‘re going to see it for yourself! 3y

Librarybelle What a great way to experience what you have read! 3y

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DGRachel

Africa | David Petersen

@BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Question on the challenge-is it “cheating” to use the same book for multiple countries? I have several that touch at least three countries.
#readingafrica2022

BarbaraBB I wouldn‘t think so. Africa is BIG and it takes all we can to finish this challenge 😉 3y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB It is a daunting challenge! 😅 3y

Texreader I was a stickler during #readingeurope and insisted on reading one book per country. Then there was #readingasia and that‘s pretty impossible partly because of the dearth of books for some countries but because there are so many countries. So I caved and now I‘m all for reading books that cover multiple countries. 😁 3y

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DGRachel @Texreader #readingasia was the first I participated and I did the one per country but it was hard and I forced my way through a lot of stuff I hated. Just looking at the #readingafrica list feel so overwhelming and I doubt I‘ll finish if I had to do one per country. I‘ll try, but if I don‘t HAVE to, there will be less stress. 3y

Librarybelle I think the beauty of this challenge is to do whatever works for you! Next year I think will be harder than this year in that not as many books and authors are represented exclusively for a specific country. There may be books that cover several countries that are really the only way to read about those countries! @BarbaraBB 3y

BarbaraBB @DGRachel @Texreader @Librarybelle I completely agree, we should make it as easy and fun as we can since it is going to be a tough challenge otherwise! 3y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Thank you!! 3y

bnp Thanks for the tag. I am not signing up this year, but may stop by when my travels take me this way. 3y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Permanently Booked | Lisa Q. Mathews

My tentative plans for #Booked2022 #WinterSeason . Of course, it‘s weeks away and I‘m sure I‘ll keep adjusting. Especially as I make decisions about other challenges.

1. Cultish
2. I Am I Am I Am
3. The Poppy War (alternative version of China)
4. The Rainbow Comes and Goes
5. My Vanishing Country (from Amistad / Harper Collins)
6. Prodigal Summer (eco-feminist)

Cinfhen, alisiakae

Cinfhen Awesomeness!!! I was thinking of using the Anderson Cooper for the prompt #ByAJournalist 🤓great idea for #WeatherTerm 🌈 3y

Cinfhen I own this one and wasn‘t aware it would work for #BlackOwnedPublishing - thanks for sharing

My Vanishing Country: A Memoir

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen Thanks! Of course I‘m also trying to pick thing from #MountTBR because I own sooooooo many unread books. Thinking of just doing our challenge and finishing #readingasia next year. I might just start at the top of my bookcases and read in order. LOL 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen This list of Black-centric Imprints of major publishing houses helps open the possibilities up really wide. https://aalbc.com/writers/publishers.php I just picked the first imprint on the list and looked at their offerings until I found one I already own. Simple! (edited) 3y

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mhillis

Book Report: Publishing Strategies, Writing Tips, and 101 Literary Ideas for Aspiring Authors and Poets | Mark Shaw

Two more books this week! Chatter was interesting and I finished it quickly. Ghost Month seemed to slog on forever. #ReadingAsia friends, don‘t be fooled by the blurb or cover, and trust the Litsy reviews—this book is not good!! #BookReport

Cinfhen

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