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This book shows some famous, impressive places in the world. I've been to 7 of them myself and would love to visit the other 11.

This book is traveling with an "Around the World" bookbox featuring a collection of books from different places, and will act as the journal for the bookbox. Here's the thread where the bookbox rules and signups are.

This is a replacement for a previously stalled version of the bookbox. Here's a link to the previous journal.

The bookbox begins with these 12 books (and, of course, the journal book):
Africa:
. Nigeria - Songs of Enchantment
. (many countries) - The African Lookbook
Asia:
. Iran - The Sky of Red Poppies
. Vietnam - The Best We Could Do
Europe:
. France - The Lady and the Unicorn
. England - Guenevere Queen of the Summer Country
North America:
. Guatemala - 01-01-00
. several (could be used for NA, SA, Africa, Asia, Europe) - 100 Women Who Shaped World History
Pacifica / Oceana:
. New Zealand - The Eel That Slept
. Samoa - Ola
South America:
. Columbia - Love in the Time of Cholera
. several (could be used for SA or NA) - Three Weeks with My Brother

I note that some of these may be used for other countries also, depending on whether you count where the action takes place (and some move from country to country), where the author was born, or where the author lived / lives. Like life, books don't always fall easily into one slot.

Anyway, here goes - may the box travel safely and may all of the participants find something they enjoy!

Sending to the next recipient

This box is full of wonderful choices!

I looked through The African Lookbook and then put it back in the box for others to enjoy.

I selected:
Guatemala - 01-01-00
Iran - The Sky of Red Poppies
England - Guenevere Queen of the Summer Country
Samoa - Ola

I put in:
(Pacific) Hawaii - The Girl from Everywhere
(Europe) Greece - The Song of Achilles
(Asia) Singapore - The Bondmaid
and a wildcard--Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits. Although it emphasizes Mount Everest, the two climbed the highest peaks on all seven continents.

I've been looking forward to the "Around the World" Bookbox. Happily it arrived today!

I've made my choices:
Love in the Time of Cholera (SA: Columbia))
The Girl from Everywhere (Pacifica: Hawaii)
The Song of Achilles (Europe: Greece)
The Best We Could Do (Asia: Vietnam)

Into the box I shall put:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (NA: Native American Tribal Nations)
One Italian Summer (Europe: Italy)
The Hills is Lonely (Europe: Scotland and the Hebrides)
Arabia: A Journey Through the Labyrinth (Asia: Saudia Arabia)

Thank you for this lovely box!

I received this bookbox on 3/7. I will make my selections and contact the next person in line for their address.

I selected “One Italian Summer” (Europe-Italy)

I replaced it with “Lilac Girls” (Europe-Germany, France, Poland or North America-NYC)

On its way to the next recipient today.

Got this as the journal book for the "Around the World" Book Box. How clever! I will make my selections this week and send the box on to the next person.

EDIT
I removed the following:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown (North America - Native tribal nations)
The Hills is Lonely by Lillian Beckwith (Europe - Scotland and the Hebrides)
100 Women Who Shaped World History by Gail Meyer Rolka (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia)
The African Look Book by Catherine E. McKinley (Africa - various nations)

And added these:
A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind (North America - USA)
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton (North America - USA or Europe - England)
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi (Africa - Ghana, Nigeria or Europe - England or North America - New York)
Conspiracy 365: Revenge by Gabrielle Lord (Pacific - Australia)

And on this little journal goes, accompanying all the other books "Around the World."

A book in the Around the World Bookbox

I'll be moving this box on within the week. As I pack the box up, it contains the following books:

Africa
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Asia
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Seeing Beauty, Sensing Race by L. Ayu Saraswati
Arabia: A Journey Through the Labyrinth by Jonathan Raban

Europe
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier

Oceania
Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord
A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper

North America
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Pawley's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank

South America
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Wildcard
Together on Top of the World by Phil and Susan Ershler