Talisman Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Finished Season of Mist by McDonald Dixon for St Lucia this morning. My 33rd book this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Finished My Name is Salma by Fadia Faqir for Jordan - easily one of the best books I have read this year - about a Bedouin woman fleeing the threat of honour killing after she becomes pregnant outside of wedlock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 I didn't get much reading done during my summer holiday to Iceland, being far too busy walking, but did manage to finish another Japanese book on the subject of autism - The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida. I work with adults experiencing autism and this book certainly helped me to understand their behaviour. It was written by a young Japanese boy who is quite high on the spectrum about his own experiences of this, and comes highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 That sounds good, June. I might have to look that one up, thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 It's a very short book that you can read in a couple of hours, although given the subject matter, it is better to take it more slowly perhaps and dip in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Finished my first new country in a while yesterday - What is the What? by Dave Eggers for South Sudan. This is a remarkable tale where Dave narrates the story of a young South Sudanese man who during his country's civil war waked all the way to Ethiopia and ultimately Kenya, where he basically grew up in a refugee camp before finally being allowed entry to the US as one of the so-called "Lost Boys". Eggers has written a whole series of this type of book, and I get the feeling I shall be reading a few of them. Along with the book from Sao Tome, this is easily the best I have read this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 I finished what I thought would be my last Jason Smart book - Flashpacking through Africa this afternoon. This one covers no less than 17 countries - Morocco, Egypt, Senegal, The Gambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Seychelles, Comoros, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. Most of these countries I have already done, but 6 of them (the ones in italics) I hadn't. I thought I had now finished all of his books, but another one has just been published about his travels through the Indian subcontinent, which has been added to my wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Got What is the what? on TBR it resides on my crowded bookshelf right now. Sounds great tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 It is - although it is somewhat lengthy. Then again, the best books often are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 So true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Finished The Ring Tone and the Drum: Travels in the World's Poorest Countries by Mark Weston at lunchtime today. This is one man's account of his travels through three of West Africa's poorest nations - Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso and comes highly recommended. Edited August 7, 2014 by Talisman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Finished The Ring Tone and the Drum: Travels in the World's Poorest Countries by Mark Weston at lunchtime today. This is one man's account of his travels through three of West Africa's poorest nations - Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso and comes highly recommended. Just read the Amazon description, sounds really interesting- especially with what is going on in the world right now. Thanks- I have downloaded the Sample. I think your reading challenge is really cool How are the wedding plans going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Everything is well in hand - 2 weeks from now I shall be a married lady ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Everything is well in hand - 2 weeks from now I shall be a married lady ! That is so exciting! By the way you typed it, it sounds like you are excited and happy- have a very special day (I hope you post all about it!) It will be perfect. I'm sure you've read India in your book challenge, but I've been timid in telling you about Behind the Beautiful Forevers.. It's about one of the slums in the shadows of Mumbai (non fiction), by Katherine Boo. It was one of my favorites of last year and reads fast at 290 pages. If you liked the Ringtone and the Drum, I just thought you might like it too Edited August 8, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thanks. I will look it up. To be honest though (and I suspect this is another thread) I am knackered with the whole wedding thing. It has been a rough day at work (one of the clients who had been in the home an incredible 66 years died last night), and neither of us have been sleeping well, and to be honest, I think we have got to the point where we just want to get it over with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thanks. I will look it up. To be honest though (and I suspect this is another thread) I am knackered with the whole wedding thing. It has been a rough day at work (one of the clients who had been in the home an incredible 66 years died last night), and neither of us have been sleeping well, and to be honest, I think we have got to the point where we just want to get it over with. I am so so so sorry. I know you must get attached to your patients. And I know what you mean about just getting the wedding over with. I planned mine for 7 months! And it wasn't even THAT much to put together, just seemed tiring to get everything organized, ya know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 I know only too well - ours is really 2 events - a wedding and a blessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 I finished another African book at lunch time today - and it was another good one - Voodoo Slaves and White Man's Graves by Tim Coote. This one covered no less than five countries - Benin, Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Finished Singapore Sling by John Malathronas for Singapore at lunchtime today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) I have managed to complete a few more countries in the last few weeks - all African ones. Canoeing the Congo by Phil Harwood for Zambia and Congo and The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah for Tanzania. Both brilliant books but different in their own way. Edited September 27, 2014 by Talisman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 You're doing pretty well with your challenge, well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 I have been neglecting the challenge a bit of late while I concentrate on writing rather than reading, but have managed to get through a few more countries in the past few months: The Atlantis Gene by AG Riddle for Gibraltar Only God Can Make a Tree by Bertram Roach for Montserat/St Kitts (highly recommend this one) Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould for Marshall Islands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 I have managed to complete another couple of countries in the past few months: A Farm in the South Pacific Sea by Jan Walker for Tonga The Blue Hour by Alonso Cueto for Peru The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod for Suriname (highly recommend this one) Wake by Elizabeth Knox for New Zealand Andorra: A Novel by Peter Cameron for Andorra Mangrove Roots Chronicles by Wanjiru Uhuru for Belize (another great read) The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway for Bosnia I didn't realise there had been that many ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) I have managed to complete a few more countries in the last month: Crowds, Colours, Chaos: Travels in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh: Jason Smart Infidel: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Netherlands/Somalia) - strongly recommend this one, as one of the best books I have read this year The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island: Walter Jeffrey The list then continues to get shorter. Edited August 13, 2015 by Talisman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 I have completed a few more countries in the last few months: The Yacoubian Building by Alas al Aswany for Egypt Gabon by Marius Gabriel for Gabon Meeting the Middle East by Jason Smart for Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq Izas Ballad by Magda Szabo for Hungary Rapid Fire Europe by Jason Smart for Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, Luxembourg, Vatican City, San Marino, Austria Whispering Shadows by Jan-Philipp Sendker for Hong Kong The Fan Tan Players by Julian Lees for Macao Hiroshima by John Hersey for Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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