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Wow, I am totally in for this! My university exams surely help me: this year I am taking Italian literature, Chinese literature and Post-Colonial English Literature hehe :lol:.

 

red: books I plan reading

green: books I have already read (since December)

pink: books I am currently reading

 

* Afghanistan

* Albania

* Algeria

* American Samoa

* Andorra

* Angola

* Antigua and Barbuda

* Argentina --> Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges

* Armenia

* Aruba

* Australia

* Austria

* Azerbaijan

* Bahamas

* Bahrain

* Bangladesh

* Barbados

* Belarus

* Belgium

* Belize

* Benin

* Bermuda

* Bhutan

* Bolivia

* Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Botswana

* Brazil

* British Virgin Islands

* Brunei

* Bulgaria

* Burkina Faso

* Burundi

* Cambodia

* Cameroon

* Canada --> Away, Jane Urquhart

* Cape Verde

* Cayman Islands

* Central African Republic

* Chad

* Chile

* China (PRC) --> Disillusion, Mao Dun

* Chinese Taipei (TPE) --> Crystal Boys, Bai Xianyong

* Colombia

* Comoros

* Congo DR

* Congo Republic

* Cook Islands

* Costa Rica

* Côte d'Ivoire

* Croatia

* Cuba

* Cyprus

* Czech Republic

* Denmark

* Djibouti

* Dominica --> Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

* Dominican Republic

* Ecuador

* Egypt

* El Salvador

* Equatorial Guinea

* Eritrea

* Estonia

* Ethiopia

* Fiji

* Finland

* France --> L'élégance du herisson, Muriel Barbery

* Gabon

* The Gambia

* Georgia

* Germany --> A Clown's Opinions, Heinrich Boll

* Ghana

* Great Britain --> Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

* Greece

* Grenada

* Guam

* Guatemala

* Guinea

* Guinea-Bissau

* Guyana

* Haiti

* Honduras

* Hong Kong, China --> Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, Jin Yong

* Hungary

* Iceland

* India --> The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie

* Indonesia

* Iran

* Iraq

* Ireland

* Israel

* Italy --> Kin dei Monti, Piero Burzio

* Jamaica

* Japan --> I Am a Cat, Soseki Natsume

* Jordan

* Kazakhstan

* Kenya --> A Grain of Wheat, Ngugi wa Thiong'o

* Kiribati

* Korea, South --> Our twisted hero, Yi Munyol

* Korea, North

* Kuwait

* Kyrgyzstan

* Laos

* Latvia

* Lebanon

* Lesotho --> Chaka, Thomas Mofolo

* Liberia

* Libya

* Liechtenstein

* Lithuania

* Luxembourg

* FYROM

* Madagascar

* Malawi

* Malaysia

* Maldives

* Mali

* Malta

* Marshall Islands

* Mauritania

* Mauritius

* Mexico

* Micronesia

* Moldova

* Monaco

* Mongolia

* Montenegro

* Morocco

* Mozambique

* Myanmar

* Namibia

* Nauru

* Nepal

* Netherlands

* Netherlands Antilles

* New Zealand

* Nicaragua

* Niger

* Nigeria --> Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe

* Norway

* Oman

* Pakistan

* Palau

* Palestine

* Panama

* Papua New Guinea

* Paraguay

* Peru

* Philippines

* Poland

* Portugal

* Puerto Rico

* Qatar

* Romania

* Russia --> Master and Margarita, Bulgakov

* Rwanda

* Saint Kitts and Nevis

* Saint Lucia --> Omeros, Derek Walcott

* Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines

* São Tomé and Príncipe

* Samoa

* San Marino

* Saudi Arabia

* Senegal

* Serbia

* Seychelles

* Sierra Leone

* Singapore

* Slovakia

* Slovenia

* Solomon Islands

* Somalia

* South Africa --> Foe, Coetzee; Imaginings of Sand, André Brink

* Spain --> Tomorrow in the Battle Think of Me, Javier Marias

* Sri Lanka

* Sudan

* Suriname

* Swaziland

* Sweden

* Switzerland

* Syria

* Tajikistan

* Tanzania

* Thailand

* Timor-Leste

* Togo

* Tonga

* Trinidad and Tobago

* Tunisia

* Turkey

* Turkmenistan

* Tuvalu

* Uganda

* Ukraine

* United Arab Emirates

* United States

* Uruguay

* Uzbekistan

* Vanuatu

* Venezuela

* Vietnam

* Virgin Islands, US

* Yemen

* Zambia

* Zimbabwe

 

Updates coming soon :lol:

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Hi Valentina, perhaps you would like to read "A Leap of Love by Catherine Lim." It is made into a film called The Leap Years. It has been showing in the cinemas here since 29 February. I hope to watch it soon.

 

Catherine Lim resides in Singapore but she was born in Malaysia so if you decide to read this book, you maybe categorize it in both countries?

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Thanks for the advice March, I don't know any Malaysian nor Singaporean writers so I would definitely take it into consideration. I haven't found any book entitled A leap of love on Amazon, but the other titles by Lim seem pretty interesting. Have you read any other of her books?

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I've read one of her books when I was in primary school... that would be at least 20 years ago!! I cannot recall the title but it was a short story.

 

I watched the trailer of "The Leap Years" (its a local movie production & I don't think it will be showing in Italy or too far from Singapore) and thought it looked promising (almost like P.S. I Love You). Its about a girl and guy promising to meet each other every February 29th. There are also scenes of where this girl, in tears, ran in the rain, with her wedding dress. And it asks... will you wait 12 years for your love?

 

Btw, P.S. I Love You is by an Irish author, Cecilia Ahern. This book is made into a movie as well. I enjoyed the movie but I like the book better.

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I don't know any Malaysian nor Singaporean writers so I would definitely take it into consideration.

 

Using one person for two countries is a bit of a swizzle, isn't it? There's a Malaysian writer called Tan Twan Eng who wrote 'The Gift Of Rain', which astounded many by making the Booker longlist last year. Also, there's 'The Harmony Silk Factory' by Tash Aw. They are quite enjoyable. Nothing too deep.

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