World Literature

[close] Dear readers, Recently, I saw an inspiring speech of the incredible Ann Morgan, a freelancer writer and editor from London, who accepted the challenge in 2012 of reading a book from every single country in the world. Why? Because she realized that she never really had read any books from any country than Britain and America she decided to stuff her discovered cultural “blindspot“. So, she spent 12 months exploring stories from other countries. Inspired by her brilliant idea, I decided to start a similar project. The idea is to read a book from every country in the world, but without any limit of time. I'll select any kind of books, from novels, fiction and crimes up to thrillers and sagas, some of them will be chosen from Morgan's suggestions. Mainly, my intention is getting to know a little better the world which for me is full of undiscovered knowledge. Now that I'm not able to travel all the year around, I can at least learn about other places by reading other people's stories. Books have an extraordinary power to take you out of yourself and into someone else way of thinking, you can look at the world through different eyes, with different values, cultures, diversity, complexity. Books have the power to connect people around the world, people with diverse religion, culture, mindset and composures. If anyone wants to join this project, you're welcome to dive with me into other worlds and discuss about chosen books and their contents. Everybody is welcome, I would be honoured! I'm so exited to start this project, I'm sure there are amazing stories out there!

[close] I'm hosting a readathon from August 1st- 31st. The aim is to read diversely across the world, with the aim to read at least one book by an author from each continent (or a book about that continent. I'm looking at you Antarctica). You can sign up via the link-up post on my blog : https://thebooktower92.wixsite.com/thebooktower/post/readathon-announcement-diverseathon You can sign up with any social media link, Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram, Blog etc... Wherever you talk about books! Be sure to use the #Diverseathon when you talk about the readathon on social media and follow me on Instagram for the most up to date info at the_book_tower.

[close] Hey Readers, i'm undertaking a bit of a reading journey- two books from every country in the world, one by a female author and one by a male, or books by transgender or gender fluid authors whenever I can find them. I am wondering if anyone else has done this and can share their thoughts and experiences. I'm currently also trying to put together a list and am only into the A's and realizing how difficult it is to source good reads/translations from certain countries (Andorra, anyone?) Would love recommendations, particularly from smaller countries. All genres considered, fiction or non fiction. Will read in spanish too, if the language is not too complex.

[close] A monthly book group that reads books from around the world and also authors of marginalized groups. We believe Fiction can be a powerful tool to understanding different perspectives and life experiences. I hope you join us on this voyage of discovery and learning.