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Reading Globally

Description: "There is no frigate like a book/
To take us lands away... " - Emily Dickinson

This group is for readers who, for whatever reason, endeavor to explore the world through great fiction. We don't exclude nonfiction discussion entirely, but we are primarily a fiction group.

If you are a compulsive literary traveler, you've come to the right place!

Current picture: Countries of the former Yugoslavia - our theme read this month.

UPCOMING THEME READS:

May - Countries of the Former Yugoslavia
June - Voluntary Immigration
July - Nigeria
August - Myths told & retold
September - Iceland/Greenland
(see similarly named thread for further info)

previous theme reads include: March = Haiti, April = The Many Faces of Muslim Women.

Most recent members: MidnightRain, ChaimKalman, bxuereb, booksforkids, Medellia12, kleahey, Jodyreadseverything, tropics, Genna76, dharmabox, Reet17, recalcitrantreader, littleredpooh01, Jibrailis, SanctiSpiritus, jusen, katrinasreads, BGP, readabook1381, inverness, button, sigridsmith, greenchair, BridieKnight, Samantha_kathy, ArmyAngel1986, miss_chievous, misselainey, cjethughes, SmithSJ01506 total

Member library: 382,946 books

Most commonly shared books (weighted): Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (82), The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood (148), Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan (138), The god of small things by Arundhati Roy (128), Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (147), Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (167), The Yacoubian building : a novel by Alaa Al Aswany (53), Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (154), The poisonwood Bible : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver (130), To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee (162)

Created: Dec 1, 2006 by avaland; Language: English

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READING GLOBALLY MESSAGE BOARD 41avaland, Today 8:53pmignore
Group Read: May - The Former Yugoslavia 64depressaholic, Today 4:47pmignore
Group Read: August: Myths Told and Retold 13avaland, Today 11:53amignore
Where in the world are you now? May 2008 39hemlokgang, Today 8:13amignore
Group Read - September - Iceland (and Greenland?) 16avaland, Today 7:19amignore
Eastern and Central Europe! 59aluvalibri, Yesterday 8:14amignore
Group Read: April - the Many Faces of Muslim Women 144cestovatela, Tuesday 2:29pmignore
Group read - July - Nigeria 8Medellia12, Monday 5:27pmignore
Looking for pre-1950 novels by Central or South American writers 12TallyDi, Monday 2:51pmignore
Future Theme Reads 146avaland, Sunday 8:55pmignore
Jodyreadseverything around the world 4SmithSJ01, Sunday 9:42amignore
THEME READ MESSAGE BOARD 1avaland, Friday 3:33pmignore
Avaland on Global Safari 39Nickelini, Friday 1:09pmignore
An Epic Journey 62A_musing, Friday 10:23amignore
Nickelini's Read Around the World Challenge 11Nickelini, Thursday 1:50pmignore
New Australian Literature 74amandameale, Thursday 9:21amignore
rachbxl reads around the world 34avaland, May 7ignore
France - fiction 12urania1, May 5ignore
Pacific Islands 18sigridsmith, April 30ignore
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin 4avaland, April 30ignore
Urana1 on Global Safari: Searching for Interstices 9A_musing, April 30ignore
Group Theme Read: June-Voluntary Immigration 17inverness, April 29ignore
Cestovatela reads around the world 69urania1, April 27ignore
The Yacoubian Building 18vpfluke, April 23ignore
Who regularly reviews their books? 41senjmito, April 22ignore
Around the world in 192 books - Depressaholic's Challenge Part 2 57LolaWalser, April 21ignore
Irish Travels Around the World 45Irisheyz77, April 21ignore
Central & South American Literature 37ManuelaK, April 19ignore
Artero Perez-Reverte 15jagmuse, April 17ignore
Best Translated Book (into English) You Read 2007 43JoseBuendia, April 16ignore
Middle Eastern Literature - Classic & Contemporary 24iansales, April 16ignore
New Member 4teelgee, April 15ignore
new to translation 1Eramirez156, April 15ignore
The Flanders Panel 5Joycepa, April 14ignore
Litfan Reads Around the World 30Litfan, April 12ignore
Hearing Islamic Voices 20Fullmoonblue, April 11ignore
Global visitors 8teelgee, April 2ignore
Where in the World Are You Now? March 2008 124teelgee, April 2ignore
Share a particularly insightful or interesting passage from what you are reading... 4depressaholic, March 31ignore
lindsacl reads around the world 34lindsacl, March 30ignore
Describe your reading year 26almigwin, March 30ignore
Asian Literature 9aluvalibri, March 30ignore
Harold Bloom: The Western Canon 2hinsdaledog, March 28ignore
What the World Reads Now 10teelgee, March 27ignore
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (China) - Potential Spoilers 21A_musing, March 26ignore
Juliette reads around the world 25juliette07, March 24ignore
fannyprice Reads Around the World 43fannyprice, March 22ignore
Multicultural Reads 11Irisheyz77, March 22ignore
Norwegian literature 12MarianV, March 21ignore
FionaCat Around the World 2FionaCat, March 12ignore
Aruba 2LolaWalser, March 11ignore
Elbakerone Around the World 5Irisheyz77, March 11ignore
Marjea reads around the world -challenge 23Marjea, March 10ignore
Recommend a book from your country of origin/residence 44MsNikki, March 8ignore
Where in the World are You Now? February 2008 134CEP, March 1ignore
Contemporary Canadian Literature 17betterthanchocolate, February 29ignore
Welcome & Group information 47rebeccanyc, February 27ignore
On Poetry 16avaland, February 21ignore
Indonesian Literature 14moomin, February 19ignore
War and Peace 15teelgee, February 16ignore
Native American Literature 16senjmito, February 16ignore
The Commonwealth Awards 12rebeccanyc, February 15ignore
The Commonwealth Awards 1NativeRoses, February 14ignore
Dormant: BOOK DISCUSSION: My Place by Sally Morgan 5aluvalibri, February 12ignore
Dormant: A_Musing A_Round A World 10avaland, January 22ignore
Dormant: African literature 146almigwin, January 21ignore
Dormant: Send a Thank You Postcard to LT Campaign 2avaland, January 15ignore
Dormant: Nicaraguan Literature 6marietherese, January 6ignore
Dormant: Where in the World Are You Now? December 2007 85juliette07, January 3ignore
Dormant: Where to discover international literature... 20Litfan, December 2007ignore
Dormant: Aboriginal Australian literature 36aarti, December 2007ignore
Dormant: Most interesting place (and time) you visited via a book in 2007? 20avaland, December 2007ignore
Dormant: Why read world fiction? 13vpfluke, November 2007ignore
Dormant: Trouble remembering characters and names? 15SqueakyChu, November 2007ignore
Dormant: Most intriguing place you've been 17betterthanchocolate, November 2007ignore
Dormant: World Maps 29janeajones, November 2007ignore
Dormant: The cultural impact of the french colonialism on the Moroccan identity 8avaland, November 2007ignore
Dormant: Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad..The way you see it. 3knightkrm, November 2007ignore
Dormant: October Group Read - Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa (Uganda) - Potential Spoilers 23vpfluke, November 2007ignore
Dormant: Where in the World Are You Now? October 2007 108aluvalibri, November 2007ignore
Dormant: Poland 21SqueakyChu, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Big List(s) 22depressaholic, October 2007ignore
Dormant: The view from outside - ex-patriate authors 17Nickelini, October 2007ignore
Dormant: cross-cultural stories 9Cariola, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Favorite Contemporary Global Fiction 2berthirsch, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Neustadt International Prize for Literature 9avaland, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Pakistan 9kambrogi, October 2007ignore
Dormant: National parables and morality tales 31avaland, October 2007ignore
Dormant: USA: Contemporary Western regional writers 6laytonwoman3rd, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Teaching a world literature class 13berthirsch, October 2007ignore
Dormant: US Literature 46avaland, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Where in the World Are You Now? September 2007 154digifish_books, October 2007ignore
Dormant: USA: Contemporary Southern regional writers 16MarianV, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Contemporary Southwest writers 4berthirsch, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Contemporary Northwest writers 6laytonwoman3rd, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Am I the only teacher here? 3emaestra, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Flippancy 11prezzey, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Boats, Trains & Planes... 14A_musing, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Contemporary French fiction 15citizenkelly, September 2007ignore
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