Around the World discussion

Plans for 2016

I have most of these books already -- either in hard copy or ebooks. A few will come from the library and a few will be purchased. I will likely switch out a few as the year goes on, but as much as possible I hope to stick to this list. I have not set order yet. Most likely I will read as the spirit moves me :)

Afghanistan: The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
Algeria: The Stranger
Antigua: Group Read
Australia: Oranges & Sunshine
Bangladesh: The Hungry Tide
Bhutan: A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon
Botswana: Don't Look Behind You!: A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos
Brazil: Lockdown: Inside Brazil's Most Dangerous Prison
Bulgaria: Group Read
Cape Verde: Group Read
Cambodia: The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine and/or Group Read
Columbia: Delirium
Congo (not sure which one until I read -- book is not specific): Swimming in the Congo and/or A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
Croatia: The Tiger's Wife
Chile: My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
China: Pavilion of Women: A Novel of Life in the Women's Quarters
Costa Rica: Group Read
Cuba: Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana
Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
England: Secrets of a Charmed Life
Egypt: Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924
El Salvador: Witness to War: An American Doctor in El Salvador
Ethiopia: The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope
France: Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
Germany: Man's Search for Meaning
Haiti: On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti
Iceland: My Soul to Take
India: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity and/or East of the Sun
Indonesia: An Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia
Iran: City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Tehran
Iraq: Group Read
Israel/Palestine: Mornings in Jenin
Japan: Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Kazkahstan: The Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
Kenya: Unbowed
Kiribati: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
Korea: The Drop Box: How 500 Abandoned Babies, an Act of Compassion, and a Movie Changed My Life Forever
Kyrgyzstan: Group Read
Laos: Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos
Latvia: TBD
Lebanon: Postcards from the Middle East: How Our Family Fell in Love with the Arab World
Liberia: Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
Malaysia: The Rice Mother
Mali: Group Read
Mauritania: Travels in Mauritania
Mexico: I Heard the Donkeys Bray: 30 Years in the Mission Field
Moldova: Stella's Sisters: Voices From Moldova
Mongolia: Invisible World
Morocco: The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco
Myanmar: Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Nepal: Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal
Netherlands: Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Nicaragua: The Ladies of Managua: A Novel
Nigeria: Americanah
North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
Norway: East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
Pakistan: Salt and Saffron
Palau: The Fish and Rice Chronicles: My Extraordinary Adventures in Palau and Micronesia
Peru: A Fish in the Water
Philippines: Dusk
Portugal: Night Train to Lisbon
Russia: War and Peace
Saudi Arabia: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
Samoa: Group Read
Spain: Golden Earrings
Somalia: Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival
South Africa: The Victoria Mxenge Housing Project: Women building communities through social activism and informal learning
Sudan: Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman's Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan
Suriname: Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
Switzerland: Group Read
Syria: The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith
Taiwan: Lucky Girl
Tanzania: Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa
Thailand: A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants
Turkey: Tales from the Expat Harem
Turkmenistan: Chai Budesh? Anyone for Tea?: A Peace Corps Memoir of Turkmenistan
Uganda: Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption
Ukraine: In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine
USA: Stars Over Sunset Boulevard
Uzbekistan: Taxi to Tashkent: Two Years with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan
Vietnam: Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Yemen: Behind the Veils of Yemen: How an American Woman Risked Her Life, Family, and Faith to Bring Jesus to Muslim Women
Zimbabwe: Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa

(I moved this to the Personal Lists 2016 folder. Carry on!)

Happy traveling around the world, Melissa!

1. USA: Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

2/80

1. USA :Stars Over Sunset Boulevard
2. Lebanon: Postcards from the Middle East: How Our Family Fell in Love with the Arab World

3/80
1. USA: Stars Over Sunset Boulevard
2. Lebanon: Postcards from the Middle East: How Our Family Fell in Love with the Arab World
3. Liberia: Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic

6/80

4. France: Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
5. Germany: Man's Search for Meaning
6. Yemen: Behind the Veils of Yemen: How an American Woman Risked Her Life, Family, and Faith to Bring Jesus to Muslim Women

7/80

7. India: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

A Thousand Sisters takes place in the Democratic Repulic of the Congo. I am not sure about the other book.

Amanda wrote: "A Thousand Sisters takes place in the Democratic Repulic of the Congo. I am not sure about the other book."

Thank you!

8/80

8. England: Secrets of a Charmed Life

Look at you go!

12/80

9. Myanmar:The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
10. Nicaragua: The Ladies of Managua: A Novel
11. Rwanda: Be You. Do Good.: Having the Guts to Pursue What Makes You Come Alive
12: North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

15/80

13. Mauritania: Travels in Mauritania
14. Zimbabwe: Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
15. Kenya: City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

So excited to see your list! Lots of memoirs and travel books. My TBR list is much longer now:)

Thanks Suzanne -- for some reason that is what I am drawn too. Probably because I really would love to travel around the world, but at this moment the only way that is happening is through reading other people's accounts.

I would like to read more fiction as well -- maybe that will be my goal for next year :)