Here’s what I read in October.
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The books were:
- 3 nonfiction
- Â 1 audio book and 1 short story
- Set in England, India, Egypt, and the U.S.
The authors were:
- 6 unique white women, 2 South Asian women, 1 Afro-Caribbean person, and 2 white men
Which ones would I totally recommend?
I made a gallery here but it was almost all the books. I didn’t read a lot but what I did I really enjoyed. If I really, really forced myself to pick one I’d say:
What books have I been nibbling at?
So, if I haven’t been reading much what have I been doing? Well, I started watching a lot of photography videos on YouTube. That takes up some former reading time. I’m also being a very bad person and watching pirated versions of A Discovery of Witches online. It is only available in England so far.
*Hangs head in shame but pops back up to watch next episode*
Reading All Around the World challenge from Howling Frog Books
- Read a nonfiction book about the country – or
- Read fiction written by a native of the country or someone living for a long time in the country.
So I totally have a book for Argentina. I got it from interlibrary loan and just keep renewing it over and over. I haven’t even read the first chapter. Â
Castle Hangnail has an adorable cover and title, so it already has a lot going for it without even knowing much else. Glad the actual story was just as good! I’m really looking forward to watching A Discovery of Witches.
Interesting list of books! I haven’t read nay of these, but Mariam Sharma Hits the Road is on my TBR. Happy reading!
Castle Hangnaul looks cute. Check out what I read at Girl Who Reads
I love the art on the cover of of Castle Hangnail!
The Good Neighbor is on my Christmas list/birthday list (it’s one since they are so close) as this man is inspirational. I love Ursula Vernon’s books–the humor told both in words and in the illustrations is laugh out loud for me. I’ve read every one of the Hamster Princess books.
I like your Read Around The World challenge! It’s similar to my WorldReads where I am attempting to read books by authors from every country. I haven’t got a nifty map though!
The Good Neighbor is high on my wishlist!! You did great for books! Happy November!
Interesting endeavor to map the location of the authors and sources of the books you read! I particularly like to read mystery and detective fiction set in a variety of places and written by the people who live there. I think there must be at least a few good authors writing about every continent (except Antarctica, and there was some sort of knock-down drag-out fight between two scientists there last week so maybe we’ll get there!)
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I haven’t been reading much, either. I don’t even know what I’ve been doing with my time. Watching trashy TV, mostly. I hope you have a good November!
Some great books here! Storyteller’s Secret is on my list but don’t know when I will get to it. Happy Halloween!