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1SassyLassy
It's the start of a new year, the start of new reading, welcome to, and back to Reading Globally.
The quarterly readings for this year are:
Quarter 1: works by writers from the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg) led by .Monkey.
Quarter 2: travel writing by non European and non North American authors led by southernbooklady
Quarter 3: works by writers who write in what are considered minority languages within their own country led by spiphany
Quarter 4: writers from the Nordic countries and associated territories: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Aland Islands led by Andrew_MC
The home page for Reading Globally is here: http://www.librarything.com/groups/readinggloballyficti
Please browse earlier quarterly topics for writing from other parts of the world of interest to you and please add your reading comments to the regional threads, even if a particular book is already there.
The quarterly readings for this year are:
Quarter 1: works by writers from the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg) led by .Monkey.
Quarter 2: travel writing by non European and non North American authors led by southernbooklady
Quarter 3: works by writers who write in what are considered minority languages within their own country led by spiphany
Quarter 4: writers from the Nordic countries and associated territories: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Aland Islands led by Andrew_MC
The home page for Reading Globally is here: http://www.librarything.com/groups/readinggloballyficti
Please browse earlier quarterly topics for writing from other parts of the world of interest to you and please add your reading comments to the regional threads, even if a particular book is already there.
2SassyLassy
The thread for Quarter 1 of 2017, Works by writers from the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg) is now up. Thanks .Monkey.
Visit it here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/245366
Visit it here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/245366
3avaland
Just an FYI, as of December 2017, RG can celebrate 10 years as a group. It was the 7th of December, I think. The date used to show above until we created the RGAdmin. I'm pleased it still continues!
4SassyLassy
Ten years -- that's amazing. I need a history lesson here as I wasn't on LT then, but as I understand it, despite what it says on the home page, you were the creator and first administrator, followed by Rebecca. It was the first group that attracted me on LT.
5chlorine
>3 avaland:
I still see the date, on the right of the group page, below the Activity level. It was december 1st, 2006.
I love the fact that this group has been active for so long, and I'm glad I found it! Thanks to everyone who contributed to maintaining the group for this. :)
I still see the date, on the right of the group page, below the Activity level. It was december 1st, 2006.
I love the fact that this group has been active for so long, and I'm glad I found it! Thanks to everyone who contributed to maintaining the group for this. :)
6SassyLassy
Well it's April 1 already and the first quarter of the year is over, although not necessarily the reading it inspired. Thanks to .Monkey. for putting Works by Writers from the Benelux Countries together so quickly and leading us to a group of authors largely unknown outside their region.
April 1 marks the start of the second quarter, another kind of theme altogether, Travel Writing by non European and non North American Authors, found here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/254046
Southernbooklady is leading this quarter and I already have some book bullets from it. There are some thought provoking questions there too. Have a look.
April 1 marks the start of the second quarter, another kind of theme altogether, Travel Writing by non European and non North American Authors, found here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/254046
Southernbooklady is leading this quarter and I already have some book bullets from it. There are some thought provoking questions there too. Have a look.
7spiphany
I've started a thread for the third quarter read: Literature by authors writing in a language that is not the majority language of their country. I still have a few reflections to add, but you all are welcome to start posting. I hope it is useful and not too scattered, as the theme turned out to be rather tricky to research. Because the theme covers such a broad range, I plan to post links to interesting articles or short discussions of specific groups of writers throughout the quarter.
8SassyLassy
I've been without a computer since June 22nd until today, so a belated big thank-you to Southernbooklady for leading the second quarter Travel Writing by non European and non North American Authors, http://www.librarything.com/topic/254046 and another big thank-you to >7 spiphany: for her third quarter post Literature by Authors Writing in a Language that is not the Majority Language of Their Country http://www.librarything.com/topic/260611
If you haven't had a chance to look at these topics, now is the chance to find some excellent introductions to book suggestions for these themes for which it can be difficult to find material.
If you haven't had a chance to look at these topics, now is the chance to find some excellent introductions to book suggestions for these themes for which it can be difficult to find material.
9SassyLassy
Very sad news. rebeccanyc, http://www.librarything.com/profile/rebeccanyc has died. Avaland and rebecca were instrumental in this group, with avaland setting it up and rebecca taking it over. Her reading was prodigious and wide ranging and her reviews were excellent. Read some whenever you are looking for a new reading path. Here is a link to her obituary, provided by avaland: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=186390507. Her name is Sibyl Golden.
Here is a link to a thread set up by avaland to leave any thoughts about her and her influence on your own reading: http://www.librarything.com/topic/270019
Here is a link to a thread set up by avaland to leave any thoughts about her and her influence on your own reading: http://www.librarything.com/topic/270019
10LolaWalser
Oh no. Thank you for telling us. I was thinking about her just this morning.
11southernbooklady
I am so sorry to hear about rebeccanyc -- when I first joined LT hers was one of the voices that really stood out for me. I was alternately in awe and green with envy for her ability to review so many books, so thoughtfully and well. It was she who first put me on to Tete-Michel Kpomassie's An African in Greenland, and I subsequently paid close attention to whatever she had to say about a book.
I hope her account stays live on LT. It would be a real loss to the site to have all her contributions disappear.
I hope her account stays live on LT. It would be a real loss to the site to have all her contributions disappear.
12SassyLassy
The fourth quarter of 2017's Reading Globally is now in progress: Writers from the Nordic Countries and Associated Territories: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Aland Islands. Andrew_MC is leading it and has some topics lined up specific to the region, with something for everyone. Find the thread here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/270651
A big thank-you to spiphany for all her work on the third quarter: Literature by Authors Writing in a Language that is not the Majority Language of their Country
A big thank-you to spiphany for all her work on the third quarter: Literature by Authors Writing in a Language that is not the Majority Language of their Country
13southernbooklady
Would it be possible to update the group home page with the 2017 quarterly reads? Right now the "current" one is still showing the Jan-March topic.
14SassyLassy
The suggestion thread for 2018 themes is set up here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/275628
Give some thought to next year's reading and make your suggestions.
Give some thought to next year's reading and make your suggestions.
15SassyLassy
Still a couple of days to suggest ideas for next year's Reading Globally here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/275628
There are great suggestions but not many, so add your thoughts. The voting thread will be set up this weekend.
There are great suggestions but not many, so add your thoughts. The voting thread will be set up this weekend.
16SassyLassy
The Voting Thread for 2018 is now up. Find it here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/276799
Voting is open until the end of December 8th and results will be posted December 9th.
Voting is open until the end of December 8th and results will be posted December 9th.
17spiphany
>16 SassyLassy: Thanks for doing a great job turning our chit-chat into coherent topic ideas. Although I feel like a few of us are disproportionately represented in the list of ideas...
It occurs to me that my suggestion of central Asia ("Between Giants") might be a bit narrower in terms of reading options than I had thought, and I hope this doesn't turn out to be an issue if it's selected as a quarterly read.
It occurs to me that my suggestion of central Asia ("Between Giants") might be a bit narrower in terms of reading options than I had thought, and I hope this doesn't turn out to be an issue if it's selected as a quarterly read.
18SassyLassy
>17 spiphany: I feel like a few of us are disproportionately represented in the list of ideas...
Unfortunately, 'twas ever so, but the ideas are still good.
Regarding the central Asia theme, RG readers have always been amazing at suggesting additional reading material for a given theme, so with luck it would be the same for this one.
Unfortunately, 'twas ever so, but the ideas are still good.
Regarding the central Asia theme, RG readers have always been amazing at suggesting additional reading material for a given theme, so with luck it would be the same for this one.
19SassyLassy
Voting is now closed for the 2018 quarterly reads. The results are as follows:
Themes by Region was close this year between the topics, but the yes votes were clearly in the majority. The two themes with the most votes are:
Japan and the Koreas and
Between Giants: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Themes by Topic had more varied responses, some of them almost split, but the winners are:
Losing the Past and Facing the Future: Tradition and Change in Society and
Travelling the TBR: Catching up on Previous Quarters
I am going to suggest incorporating Rejecting Tradition: Outsiders in Their Own Land into the Tradition and Change theme, as it had almost identical votes and fits into the overall theme.
__________
Given the short time until the new year, I would be happy to set up the Travelling the TBR for January, as it won't involve any of us having to find books in the next three weeks.
Now for the tricky part. Leading a topic seems daunting if you haven't done it before, but it is actually a great way to find out things about the theme and its authors that you may never have discovered otherwise. Post here or PM me if you would be interested in leading a topic for the first time or the nth time. Let me know which quarter you would prefer. If the first quarter is the only time that would work for you and your theme, I can easily move the TBR theme to another quarter.
Themes by Region was close this year between the topics, but the yes votes were clearly in the majority. The two themes with the most votes are:
Japan and the Koreas and
Between Giants: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Themes by Topic had more varied responses, some of them almost split, but the winners are:
Losing the Past and Facing the Future: Tradition and Change in Society and
Travelling the TBR: Catching up on Previous Quarters
I am going to suggest incorporating Rejecting Tradition: Outsiders in Their Own Land into the Tradition and Change theme, as it had almost identical votes and fits into the overall theme.
__________
Given the short time until the new year, I would be happy to set up the Travelling the TBR for January, as it won't involve any of us having to find books in the next three weeks.
Now for the tricky part. Leading a topic seems daunting if you haven't done it before, but it is actually a great way to find out things about the theme and its authors that you may never have discovered otherwise. Post here or PM me if you would be interested in leading a topic for the first time or the nth time. Let me know which quarter you would prefer. If the first quarter is the only time that would work for you and your theme, I can easily move the TBR theme to another quarter.
20lilisin
I would love to lead the Japan/Korea thread! I hosted the Japan thread 9 years ago and would love to lead us through how our ideas have changed over time with more experience. 2nd or 3rd quarter would work. If no one else wants to lead of course.
21cindydavid4
sorry I think Im in the wrong thread..
22SassyLassy
>20 lilisin: Thanks so much lilisin! The idea of ...how our ideas have changed over time... sounds like a great approach.
23SassyLassy
Well we have three quarters covered so far.
lilisin as you can see above will do the Japan and the Koreas thread.
spiphany has volunteered to lead the Between Giants thread.
SassyLassy will set up a Travelling the TBR thread.
That leaves the Tradition and Change quarter in need of a leader. Let me know if you are interested. The calendar quarter appears to be flexible if that is a concern.
lilisin as you can see above will do the Japan and the Koreas thread.
spiphany has volunteered to lead the Between Giants thread.
SassyLassy will set up a Travelling the TBR thread.
That leaves the Tradition and Change quarter in need of a leader. Let me know if you are interested. The calendar quarter appears to be flexible if that is a concern.
24SassyLassy
All quarters are now covered! southernbooklady has volunteered to moderate the Tradition and Change quarter. More to come with the order of the quarters, but we will be starting with Travelling the TBR.
25thorold
Oops! I somehow managed to miss the whole voting cycle for this - obviously not paying proper attention. Apologies for failing in my democratic duty, and many thanks to the rest of you for coming up with what looks like another very interesting year’s reading!
26SassyLassy
As promised here is the quarterly schedule for 2018:
1. Travelling the TBR SassyLassy
2. Japan and the Koreas lilisin
3. Between Giants: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
spiphany
4. Tradition and Change southernbooklady
as >25 thorold: says ...another very interesting year's reading!
In the meantime, keep reading the Nordic Countries
1. Travelling the TBR SassyLassy
2. Japan and the Koreas lilisin
3. Between Giants: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
spiphany
4. Tradition and Change southernbooklady
as >25 thorold: says ...another very interesting year's reading!
In the meantime, keep reading the Nordic Countries
27SassyLassy
It's hard to believe another year is over. Many thanks to Andrew MC for the last quarter, The Nordic Countries, and thanks again to .Monkey., southernbooklady and spiphany for leading the earlier quarters.
The first quarter for 2018 is now up: Travelling the TBR Road. Find it here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/279680
As you can see, it is a catchup, so no need to stop reading from this year's great topics.
Happy New Year and Happy Reading to all.
The first quarter for 2018 is now up: Travelling the TBR Road. Find it here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/279680
As you can see, it is a catchup, so no need to stop reading from this year's great topics.
Happy New Year and Happy Reading to all.