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Rosemarie Frequent Flyer 2018
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Dec 30, 2017 07:26PM
I am going to try to reach Frequent Flyer Status this year.
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Thanks. I can't wait to get started.
You can totally do it! I think you read more than I do.
Thanks. I appreciate your support. It is going to be fun.
Wow -- that's a classic I have yet to read!
It was actually very entertaining, but also had a lot of battles. I enjoyed the translation I read, by Cecil Day-Lewis. I bought the book in 1992 so I thought maybe it was time to read it.
Interesting - I'll keep it in mind. Also, since I was curious, now I know that your edition's translator is the father of the award-winning actor!
He was the poet-laureate of England at one time. (The father)
Starting from my home country:Country 1 -Canada (North America)
Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
This book is wonderful.
Country 6 - Mexico (North America)Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
This book was certainly different. At times it reminded me of Spoon River Anthology but set in Mexico.
Country 17 - Hungary (Europe)Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal
Country 23 - Paraguay (Latin America)The Blue Mountains of China by Rudy Wiebe
This book has very little to do with China. It is a novel of the Mennonite diaspora throughout Europe and the Americas, and a major part deals with founding a colony in Paraguay.
Rosemarie wrote: "Country 25 - Palestine (Middle East)Palestine by Joe Sacco
" I'm reading this at the moment, what did you think?
I found it heavy-going at times, but I am glad I read it. The illustrations were effective at showing just how bleak the camps are.
Country 27 - Belarus (Europe)Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
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