Yesterday it was International Cat Day and today it’s BookLovers Day, well any day will do to celebrate reading, so since it’s summer and I’m not going away this year, here are some easy travelling locations to visit by book, all great reads. Click on the title to read my review
10 Books That Transport You Around the World
Snowy Alaska – The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
Northern England – The Drowning of Arthur Braxton by Caroline Smailes
Coastal Italy – The Enchanted April by Elisabeth von Arnim
Spanish Pyrenees – The Yellow Rain by Julio Llamazares tr. by Margaret Jull Costa
France – The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain
Turkey – Portrait of a Turkish Family by Irfan Orga
Afghanistan – The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari (as narrated to Robert Hillman)
Ethiopia – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Cuba – Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
Vietnam – Ru by Kim Thuy
New Zealand – Hummingbird by James George
And since I’ve already read all of these, today I’m choosing to go to Guadeloupe and will begin reading The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart,
“A masterpiece of Caribbean literature – an intoxicating tale of love and wonder, mothers and daughters, spiritual values and the grim legacy of slavery on the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe.”
Happy Reading!
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