Wednesday, August 5, 2009

August Reviews!!

Hey international traveler peeps!
So this is our 6th month, and so you should be working on your 6th book in August.

To add in a little excitement I have a great book to giveaway this month. It is one of my favourite reads, so stay in touch.

Post your reviews in the comments, Mr Linky is still down, I think I will give up on it.

Be sure to include the nation of origin (or where he/she resides or resided or if you are choosing to go with where the author was born) of the author, as well as the title of the book. For example: (Absent by Khedairi- Iraq)or (Half of a Yellow Sun - Nigeria)

Make sure you head over to each other's reviews to comment! We all love comments :)

Enjoy your reading travels.

EDIT: Mister Linky is BACK!! Just when I had given up! :)

21 comments:

Tea said...

I'm still here. As confused as ever I'm trying to organize my wanderlust challenge. I am really enjoying it. I'm just a confused person.:(

teakettle58@yahoo.com

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Hedgeguard said...

August book Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch, China, is here:

http://compost-hedgie.blogspot.com/2009/07/otc-6-mr-muos-travelling-couch-china.html

tea said...

Is it alright if we use cross overs from other challenges? Thank you.

teakettle58@yahoo.com

tea said...

My sixth book is "Ill Met By Moonlight" by Sarah Hoyt. Sarah Hoyt was born in Portugal.

erin sheely said...

I read In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta Ahmed who is a Palestinian woman who was born in the UK.

http://erinsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-land-of-invisible-women-o-t-5-of-10.html

tea said...

I would like to read that one.

email

teakettle58@yahoo.com

Emily said...

I just finished and reviewed Kenzaburo Oe's A Quiet Life. Oe is Japanese.

S. Krishna said...

For August, I have Morning and Evening Talk by Naguib Mahfouz, who is from Egypt.

http://www.skrishnasbooks.com/2009/08/morning-and-evening-talk-naguib-mahfouz.html

S. Krishna said...

For August, I also have Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea who is from Mexico.

http://www.skrishnasbooks.com/2009/08/into-beautiful-north-luis-alberto-urrea.html

This brings my grand total up to 10! Do you have anywhere we can post wrap-up posts?

Gavin said...

Here is my August review for This Earth Of Mankind- Indonesia.

Richard said...

My August read is Hanan al-Shaykh's 1980 The Story of Zahra, which represents Lebanon:

http://caravanaderecuerdos.blogspot.com/2009/08/story-of-zahra.html

The Reading Momster said...

I just read Mosaic by Soheir Kashoggi. The author is from Egypt. But the book is set in New York and Jordan.

I liked it. :)

Lahni said...

I just finished Sea of Poppies from India. I'm still undecided about this book and I've explained why in my review!

Rehab said...

Hi have left a link to the review of 'Two Minutes Over Baghdad'

the link is here again, in case it doesnt appear well on the site

http://biblioworm.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-minutes-over-baghdad-by-amos.html

Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said...

Yay! Glad you got Mister Linky back up. Wish I had learned about that months ago when it was actually fixed--what a pain!

Just finished A Golden Age about Pakistan-Bangladesh War. Interesting book, wonderful writing, but not a favorite of mine. Everyone else loves it, though! Definitely worth at least trying...

The Reading Momster said...

Veens( Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) - England! -http://nidhiveens-loveforbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/harry-potter-and-deathly-hallows-harry.html
Loved the 7th installment completely!

The Reading Momster said...

I recently read The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson. The book is written and based in SWeden!

The Reading Momster said...

Also read Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
This one is by an US Author but is set in Ancient Egypt! Loved this one!
My 5th Book! YAY!

Eva @ One Swede Read said...

Vietnam was my 10th book in the overall Orbis Terrarum Challenge this year - I have a few left in the Bilingual Challenge, though!

Scribacchina said...

Hello there, sorry for posting everything in a row, but I just realized I had never posted my links...