Around the World discussion

Here's a start for my 2016 passport pursuits - no other reason than some have been on my TBR list for a long time, some I have laying around the house or on my Kindle and I need to read them so I can justify purchasing more and some I have on my library list and need to get them off the deactivate list!

The Last Brother - Mauritius - read 5 stars
The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers - various/Australia - read 3 stars
Tea & Bee's Milk: Our Year in a Turkish Village - Turkey - read 5 stars
The Gift of Rain - Malaysia - read 5 stars
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood - Morocco - read 4 stars
A Very Long Engagement - France
Palace Walk - Egypt - read 3 stars
The Map of Love - Egypt - read 4 stars
The Queen of Water - Ecuador
Train to Pakistan - India, Pakistan - read 4 stars
Palace of Desire - Egypt
Of Marriageable Age - Guyana, India, U.S. - 4 stars
Sugar Street - Egypt
The Rhythm of Memory - Chile
'Til the Well Runs Dry - Trinidad
The Feast of the Goat - Dominican Republic - read 3 stars
Reply to a Letter From Helga - Iceland - read 2 stars
The Things They Carried - Vietnam
Bliss - Turkey - read 3 stars

For some reason Goodreads is not letting me add any more books - guess my part 2 will have to come later.

Part 2:
Small Island - Antigua - read 3 stars
Leaves of the Banyan Tree - Samoa - read 2 stars
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name - Lapland, Finland
Bitter Lemons - Cyprus - read 3 stars
A Thread of Grace - Italy - read 4 stars
The Bone People - New Zealand - read 3 stars

I highly recommend Palace Walk and its sequels, The Last Brother, The Things They Carried, Small Island, and Bitter Lemons of Cyprus.

Reply to a Letter From Helga is okay, could be better.

I was not able to finish The Bone People. I plan to try again some time.

Thanks Diane - I'm hoping to start out with The Last Brother - only been on my list for a few years - :-)

Part 3:

The Korean Word For Butterfly - South Korea - read 2 stars
The Two Sisters of Borneo - Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Canada - read 4 stars
The Book of Unknown Americans - U.S. - read 3 stars
Land of Love and Drowning - Virgin Islands - read 2 stars

Nice list Lilisa! I borrowed a few for my own TBR list:)

Borrow away Suzanne - I've done my fair share of the same!