Latin America Bookbox

With Soffitta1's 4th Bookbox (Latin America Theme), I hope to be introduced to new writers and also to share some of my favourite books with other readers. Latin America is a term which is argued over. The definition that I have gone with is any country in the Americas which speaks a Latin language or has historical connections with Latin countries. Examples include Mexico, French speaking Canada, the Chilean special territory of Easter Island and Cuba.

Bel Canto (Fictional Latin American country)
The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto (Peru)
The News from Paraguay
Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico)
The Penalty (taster) (South American Football)
City of the Beasts (set in the Amazon)
The Discovery of Chocolate: A Novel (Mexico)
Easter Island
Alive (Uruguayan rugby team)
The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession (Brazilian writer)
The Aguero Sisters (Cuba)
Dead Man in Paradise (Dominican Republic)
The Tortilla Curtain (diff. cover) (Mexican/American border)
The General in His Labyrinth (Penguin International Writers) (Bolivar)
The Power and the Glory (Mexico)
The Mermaid and the Drunks (Chile)
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel

Africa Bookbox

As my Asia-themed bookbox has done so well and introduced me to new authors, so thought I'd try and follow this with Soffitta1's 3rd Bookbox (Africa Theme) . Bit of a challenge at first as most of my books are set in South Africa, luckily http://www.bookmooch.com/, Mum and the local charity shops came to the rescue! One of the biggest problems has been finding books written by African authors, there seem to be a lot by journalists or travel writers.

East Africa: Last Orders at Harrods: An African Tale
Uganda: The Last King of Scotland
South Africa: Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
Zanzibar: Trade Wind
German East Africa: Ghosts of Africa
South Africa: Bitter Fruit
Cape Town to Cairo: Swahili for the Broken-hearted
South East Africa: The Caliban Shore: The Fate of the Grosvenor Castaways
Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus (The Perennial Collection)
Kenya: Out of Africa (Essential Penguin)
Egypt: The Map of Love

Asia-themed Bookbox - round 4

Getting ready to send Soffitta1's 2nd U.K. Bookbox (Asia Theme) again, it has done well the last few times. This time there has been an added rule: no more than half the box from the big 3 - China, Japan and India. has started an interesting thread, to try and look for more books from more countries. I have managed to find a few good ones on http://www.bookmooch.com/ . This is also to stop the same authors doing the rounds, will see how it works. Another nice thing is that there are some newbies taking part.

For Tibet, with Love: A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World (caught)
Burma - Siam railway: The Railway Man (caught)
China: Peony in Love
Korea / Japan: A Gesture Life
Burmese Days
Singapore / Malaya: Tanamera (Coronet Books)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Thailand: The Beach
The Philippines: Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard
Iran: Reading "Lolita" in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Stranger Than...) (caught)
Mongolia: In the Empire of Genghis Khan: A Journey Among Nomads
China:Waiting (Vintage East)
Siddhartha (Picador Books): Buddhism
Sri Lanka: Anil's Ghost (caught)

Ipswich Meetup

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Great to see so many familiar faces and a new one, zzy .

Took quite a few with me, as am trying to clear out my room.
Moral Disorder: And Other Stories
Death to the Landlords (Inspector Felse Mystery)
Empress Orchid caught by fellow sinophile candy-is-dandy
Melted Into Air

Picked up:
Father Ted: The Craggy Island Parish Magazine