Welcome to another month of the Monthly Motif Reading Challenge! If you haven’t yet- make sure you add your February {One Word} book reviews to the Link Up. Now, on to March {Travel The World} …
Travel The World
“Read a book set in a different country than your own, written by an author from another country than your own, or a book in which the characters travel.”
This is really one of my favorite prompts because I love learning about other countries and other cultures through fiction. I typically like to listen to my book choice on audio because then I get to hear the narrators awesome accent!
To get you started, check out…
✤ Reading The Continents {A Bookish Fave Set In Each of The Continents of the World}
Our Choices
❧ Tanya … My choice this month is coming from one of the Major Book Award Winners from last year – The Moon in the Palace, Weina Dai Randel.
RITA Award Winner – Best Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance
“A concubine at the palace learns quickly that there are many ways to capture the Emperor’s attention. Many paint their faces white and style their hair attractively, hoping to lure in the One Above All with their beauty. Some present him with fantastic gifts, such as jade pendants and scrolls of calligraphy, while others rely on their knowledge of seduction to draw his interest. But young Mei knows nothing of these womanly arts, yet she will give the Emperor a gift he can never forget.”
❧ Kim … My choice this month is The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye, David Lagercrantz.
This is the 5th books in the Millenium Series (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and I’ve been on hold for it through my library for a couple of months.
“Lisbeth Salander is an unstoppable force: Sentenced to two months in Flodberga women’s prison for saving a young boy’s life by any means necessary, Salander refuses to say anything in her own defence. She has more important things on her mind.”
Remember to use the linky below to link up to your reads for this month and make sure to check out the other links as well!
// Comments //
Darlene
I always forget to come back to link up each month!
I read Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz.
https://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2018/03/book-review-3-out-of-5-stars-for-fear.html
Dana Huff
I missed the link-up, but I read Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist, set in the Netherlands.
Dorothy Dickerson
Took long enough to finish. Been such a busy couple of months but I finally finished The Two Towers by Tolkien https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2313017549
Reese
I read Ben Lerner’s Leaving The Atocha Station (set in Spain). I liked it but had some doubts.
The linky thing says it closed for this one. [Sad face]
Reese
Kimberly
It’s fixed now. Sorry!
Tina Culbertson
Oops, I didn’t use the linky for the February read. I will go back anbd see if I can link up. For the March book I am going to read The Dry by Jane Harper, I will “visit” Australia.
Kimberly
I just read that book and really liked it!
Tina Culbertson
I finished it and liked it quite a bit. Looking forward from more by Jane Harper. The linkup states it’s closed so I will put my March link here in the comment .
https://novelmeals.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/the-dry-by-jane-harper/
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