Reading Globally

Description: "Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere." ---Jean Rhys

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 Map of India courtesy of the US State Dept.

This isn't all that we're about, but here are our . . .
Current Theme Reads

November - India
December - Translation; translated literature
January 2010 Sweden
February 2010 Jungle/Rainforest
March 2010 The Caribbean
April 2010 The Ottoman Empire

For more information as to how we work our theme reads see the current theme read thread or the themes you are interested in as the threads become available (as those months get closer).

Previous theme reads include:

2009:
October = Ghouls & Ghosties * September = Portugal * August = Aboriginal/first peoples literature * July = the Polar Regions * June = The Arts * May = Poland * April = Slavery * March = Argentina * February = Africa * January = Japan

2008: December - None * November - Australian Literature * October - Ocean Adventures * September - Iceland/Greenland * August - Myths told & retold * July = Nigeria * June = Voluntary Immigration * May = Countries of the Former Yugoslavia * April = The Many Faces of Muslim Women * March = Haiti

Comments can be still posted to any of these threads.

Most recent members: qforce, TheNewUser, Ani_Na, the_bastard, rashtastic, theni, mike2099, starsmending, soffitta1, bridgitshearth, Rise, Singout, tlpeacock, Sandydog1, menglidong, bonniebooks, beebeereads, MirandaEscobedo, ktho, twogerbils, nikkalinowski, deeyes, simplicimus, WishingStar, varielle, Dragonfly310, tourist14, shoshanapnw, about50ayear, stephmo915 total

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

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Where in the World Are You Now? November 2009 71SqueakyChu, Today 3:20pmignore
Publishers and setting 12avaland, Today 2:53pmignore
Hemlokgang's Global Reading Tour 2009 30hemlokgang, Tuesday 8:46pmignore
November: INDIA! Discussion Thread! 45LisaCurcio, Tuesday 12:03pmignore
Russian Fiction, 20th Century (September 2010 Read!) 16tros, Monday 2:55pmignore
Avaland's 2009 Global Safari 26avaland, Monday 8:16amignore
akeela reads around the world 80bonniebooks, Sunday 8:26pmignore
December 09 Group Read: Translation or Translations 4avaland, Saturday 8:03pmignore
HERTA MÜLLER Discussion (2009 Nobel Laureate) 12avaland, Friday 1:42pmignore
Lilisin's literary airline miles. 10lilisin, November 17ignore
Where in the World Are You Now? October 2009 153rebeccanyc, November 16ignore
October Group Read - ghoulies and ghosties - recommendations 81bfertig, November 10ignore
VOTE FOR 2010 Jan-Jun THEMES! 180wandering_star, November 10ignore
nannybebette's global reads 21nannybebette, November 9ignore
Swedish Writers 94urania1, November 5ignore
November: INDIA! 90rebeccanyc, November 2ignore
Around the world in 192 books - Depressaholic's Challenge Part 2 139rebeccanyc, November 2ignore
Searching for books set in San Marino 4Selliers, October 31ignore
The Future Home of VOTE NORWAY!!! 60avaland, October 28ignore
Norway & Dalmatia, sitting in a tree: LW's forays into the Fantastic 21aluvalibri, October 26ignore
rachbxl reads around the world 150avaland, October 26ignore
Cait86's Round the World Journey 17Cait86, October 24ignore
SqueakyChu's Global Author Challenge 11SqueakyChu, October 22ignore
Dianestm Global Reading 8dianestm, October 22ignore
Wolfy's world tour challenge 17AHS-Wolfy, October 21ignore
Nickelini's Read Around the World Challenge 29A_musing, October 16ignore
Great talk by Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie 1shawnd, October 14ignore
remusly's journey around the world 16remusly, October 14ignore
Any Republic of Niger authors in English (not Nigeria) 6shoshanapnw, October 10ignore
Any Burundi authors translated to English? 3shoshanapnw, October 10ignore
Sao Tome & Principe Factoid for Reading Globally Challenge 8shawnd, October 9ignore
World Literature Weekend, 19-21 June, London 9gucci01bags, October 9ignore
Sierra Leone fiction? 4gucci01bags, October 9ignore
Tracy's Global Challenge 31gucci01bags, October 9ignore
Sanddancer's Reading Globally List 38sanddancer, October 8ignore
Where in the world are you now? September 2009 162twitham, October 6ignore
September 2009 Theme Read: PORTUGAL 37A_musing, October 4ignore
Zero's 2009 World Tour 5zanix, October 4ignore
2010 Ideas for theme reads 97shawnd, September 29ignore
Bookoholic13' World Tour 46bookoholic13, September 18ignore
Aruba Around the World 19arubabookwoman, September 15ignore
Group Read - February, 2009 - Africa - Discussion Thread 159SqueakyChu, September 11ignore
IDEAS for Theme Reads for 2009 108avaland, September 11ignore
Group Read - March 2009 - Argentina 157englishrose60, September 10ignore
Where in the World Are You Now? September 2009 4avaland, September 6ignore
Where in the World Are You Now? August 2009 119teelgee, September 3ignore
lindsacl reads around the world 82lindsacl, September 1ignore
Annie's "Around the world in 1234 days" challenge 9cmt, August 31ignore
Charbutton's African summer 96bfertig, August 31ignore
AUGUST DISCUSSION thread - Aboriginal Peoples 16streamsong, August 29ignore
vikitty reads around the world... 3vikitty, August 23ignore
Recommendations for India 22monarchi, August 19ignore
Where in the World Are You Know? July 2009 107grelobe, August 13ignore
oliversspots reads around the world 3avaland, August 8ignore
August THEME read - Aboriginal Peoples 15janeajones, August 8ignore
Recommendations: short Arabic language fiction? 17amaranthic, August 7ignore
Italian Authors 30lriley, August 6ignore
July 2009 Theme Read: Polar Regions - Discussion 28muddy21, August 4ignore
JUNE 2009 Theme Read: The Arts -- Discussion 15streamsong, August 3ignore
Recommendations for British Women Writers 22Luder, August 1ignore
Samantha's world travel by books 14Samantha_kathy, July 27ignore
July 2009 Theme Read: Polar Regions 68catarina1, July 26ignore
19th c. non-U.S./non-European fiction 14aguntherc, July 25ignore
Finding Hitherto Unknown Places in Your Library 9wookiebender, July 18ignore
Guinea-Bissau novel? 5shawnd, July 13ignore
Where in the World Are You Now - June 2009 99cmt, July 1ignore
Hong Kong Lit 2kidzdoc, June 26ignore
timjones reads around the ICC 26timjones, June 25ignore
Swaziland Books 1shawnd, June 16ignore
JUNE 2009 Theme Read: The Arts -- sugestions 27streamsong, June 13ignore
Recommendations for Asian/Russian Writers 23augustau, June 9ignore
January theme read - JAPAN discussion thread 169keigu, June 5ignore
April 2009 Theme Read - Slavery - Discussion 14PaperbackPirate, May 30ignore
BiblioTravel 3janeajones, May 27ignore
The Library Nook 'Year Around the World' challenge 14KellReader, May 25ignore
My reading around the world challenge 20ceinwenn, May 13ignore
poplin attempts to read around the world 2bfertig, May 6ignore
Umkaaaa reads around the world 12umkaaaa, May 6ignore
Just read my book for Eritrea 2twitham, April 27ignore
Gonna have to find a new book for Portugal 11kidzdoc, April 27ignore
anyone know how to get English translations of Muhsin Khalid? 4amckie, April 26ignore
My own around the world challenge 6meggyweg, April 17ignore
New Australian Literature 78Thrin, April 14ignore
Avaland on Global Safari 105avaland, March 28ignore
Jodyreadseverything around the world 5Jodyreadseverything, March 24ignore
From Charm City to .... 1catarina1, March 18ignore
kleahey Reads Around the World 6kleahey, March 18ignore
amckie goes travelling 11amckie, March 7ignore
VOTE! on future themes! 45LizT, March 5ignore
Group Read - February, 2009 - Africa - A Fun Quiz... 5Nickelini, March 2ignore
Nancy's Slow Journey Around the World 12nancyewhite, February 25ignore
Group Read - February, 2009 - Africa 36avaland, February 22ignore
A litte off topic, but looking for suggestions 8ziziaaurea, February 17ignore
Recommend a book from your country of origin/residence 82CarlosMcRey, February 12ignore
April 2009 1whymaggiemay, February 11ignore
Where in the World Are You Now - January 2009 173MrAndrew, February 9ignore
Marjea reads around the world -challenge 24Marjea, February 6ignore
A_Musing A_Round A World 16urania1, February 6ignore
Albania? 7DieFledermaus, February 4ignore
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