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MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
[[ARGENTINA : Tales From Silver Lands, by Charles J. Finger]]
this looks good!
MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
[[Hmmm, I'm wondering whether Easter Island could count in its geographic location of Oceana/Pacifica rather than for South America. I know it's owned by Chile but perhaps it's the same logic as Hawaii? Ultimately, it's …
MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
That sounds awesome, I'm going to check it out!
MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
I think a post on your local facebook group would be a great way to start one. We have done all kinds of book choice methods, all have pros and cons. I used to do 'beach read' meetings in the summer, where we just discus…
MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda
A mystery presented in bits and pieces, almost out of order. Very interesting! Originally written in Japanese.
Africa (1): Nigeria
Asia (1): Japan
Europe (1): UK, Poland
Pacific…
MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
That's so quick!
MrsPeel
2 yrs ago
Have wanted to try this for a while and finally gave it a go! Have only managed a couple of lopsided coasters so far but having fun with it.
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya
A mystical coming of age story set in 1940's New Mexico. Ultima, a traditional healer comes to live with the family of 6year old Antonio. Unfortunately some of the neighbors think sh…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
It is about a girl from a poor village who has to quit school to support her family, and finds herself in a string of terrible situations. But she never looses hope of getti…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
The rambling astrology obsessed main character is convinced that the recent mysterious deaths are nature's revenge, but n…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
We have been getting a lot this year! Usually we just get one or two dustings, the rest is rain. Yesterday my son went sledding with his friends just a few blocks away.
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
It starts out on Barbados, on a typically brutal sugar plantation. A young boy (Washington Black) has the opportunity to work for the owner's eccentric brother instead of in the fields…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
A supernatural detective series set in London, its just the right kind of distraction for a rainy January. We read the fist one in our book club this month, and most if us are up to book three or four now!
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
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[[seriously deranged people, mentally deranged, who believe that garbage. tRump, QAnon, all that. It's terrifying and I truly feel for the sane people who have to live near them and be bombarded with their insane ranting…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Probably the worst two were read to finish up the 666 challenge- Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey and Lost & Waiting by Amanda Read. Blech! Chosen for their setting and finished no matter how terrible. Otherwise I'm muc…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly
For the US, the one I still remember after a few months is Hidden Figures, about the many women who worked for NASA as human calculators. My only criticism is that I would have…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Transcription
by Kate Atkinson
I read quite a few from the UK last year, easily my most read country. Transcription was probably the best of the bunch. It's about a young woman who transcribes conversations for an MI5…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
The Famished Road
(The Famished Road Trilogy #1)
by Ben Okri
I just couldn't get into this one, and skimmed quite a bit TBH. I'll let the publisher describe it, I wouldn't know where to start!
"The narrator, Az…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Learning German Through Storytelling: Mord Am Morgen
by André Klein
A book in basic German written for beginners who enjoy detective fiction.
Africa (5) - South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Madagascar, Botswana
A…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Ways to Disappear
by Idra Novey
An Author in Brazil disappears, last seen climbing up a tree with a suitcase. Her American translator rushes to Brazil to help find her, and gets involved in family squabbles, ends up on…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
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First I have to figure out a temperature/color scheme that wouldn’t end up looking mostly the same! :p
I’m thinking very small temperature ranges and maybe charting the high and low each day-that’s the only way …
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
The Double Comfort Safari Club
(No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #11)
by Alexander McCall Smith
The series is a Double Comfort Safari Club for my brain.
Africa (4) - South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Madagascar, Bo…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
The Same Earth
by Kei Miller
A woman returns to her village in Jamaica after a few years in London. Does she still fit in here? Will her neighbors ever stop gossiping ? It's pretty good but I thought it needed a few…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
Frangipani
by Célestine Hitiura Vaite
A sweet story of a woman's relationship with her daughter as they both grow and follow their dreams.
I had counted Tahiti already with a different book, but luckily the other…
MrsPeel
3 yrs ago
[[ [[The Voyage of the Morning Light ]]
Thanks for recommending this and The Voyage of the Morning Light. They sound great and my libraries have them, so happy I get two of Pacifica taken care of already, that's alway…