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The Passport
The Passport | Herta Mller
54 posts | 5 read | 7 to read
'Just as the father in the house in which we live is our father, so Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu is the father of our country. And just as the mother in the house in which we live is our mother, so Comrade Elena Ceausescu is the mother of our country. Comrade Nicolae Ceasescu is the father of our children. All the children love comrade Nicolae and comrade Elena, because they are their parents.' The Passport is a beautiful, haunting novel whose subject is a German village in Romania caught between the stifling hopelessness of Ceaucescu's dictatorship and the glittering temptations of the West. Stories from the past are woven together with the problems Windisch, the village miller, faces after he applies for permission to migrate to West Germany. Herta Mller describes with poetic attention the dreams and superstitions, conflicts and oppression of a forgotten region, the Banat, in the Danube Plain. In sparse, poetic language, Herta Mller captures the forlorn plight of a trapped people. Translated by Martin Chalmers. With a new foreword by Paul Bailey.
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emz711
Passport | Herta Mller
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Such nice gifts this year!

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The Passport | Herta Mller
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goodthinkrebel
The Passport | Herta Mller
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I adore this card from @RachelO !

rockpools Yay! That was (relatively) quick! Hope you're well x 5y
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rockpools
The Passport | Herta Mller
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I love this postcard @goodthinkrebel !

Your reply will be going in the post on Monday (at last 😉)

goodthinkrebel I‘m glad you like it! 5y
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peacegypsy
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I think I have a new favorite book! 🇮🇹 😃

Karkar Oh that looks like a lot of fun!!!! 6y
peacegypsy @Karkar I am so excited! 5 weeks! 6y
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AmyG
The Passport | Herta Mller
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#passportbook is on it‘s was to Group 2 ...New Mexico!

Enjoy! It‘s a wonderful book. I loved it.
Thanks @Kaye

Kaye So glad you liked it, Amy. One of my recent new favorites.. You guys are doing great sending the books along. ♥️ 6y
AmyG @Kaye Now I want to read more of his books. 6y
Kaye Yea I‘ve picked up a couple but haven‘t gotten to them yet. 6y
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Ingerella
The Passport | Herta Mller
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@Jerdencon @Kaye Look what came today!! And what fun treasures inside!!

Jerdencon Yay! I'm so glad it made it there! I had checked tracking this afternoon and still had no updates but I'm so happy you got it! 6y
Kaye Well, do you believe that ? What freaky mail. Did you see Misty finally got her postcards last night after what...3 or 4 weeks ? So glad it wasn‘t lost. Enjoy. 😁 6y
Ingerella @Jerdencon @Kaye It is freaky mail but at least everything arrived! I'll get this out to the @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks pretty quick because I already read the book. 6y
Kaye Sounds fine, thanks for letting me know. 😊 6y
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Jerdencon
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There here!!!! Yay!!
They are all great!
Hope everyone else got it today too! Thanks again @Kaye #passportbook

Kaye That is wonderful. Where in the world do you think they were all this time ? They didn‘t have that far to go. I could‘ve walked them to your house faster ! 🚶‍♀️ (edited) 6y
Kaye I‘m sure glad you got them. What a relief. 6y
Jerdencon @Kaye - I'm guessing they were sitting in my post office. The package wasn't damaged or anything. 6y
Kaye Well I‘m sure glad they came. I was just lining everyone up to ask if they could please resend cards to one if you. Misty still hasn‘t gotten hers. I‘m going to mail mine to her so everyone finally will have them. On my next swap I‘m doing the tracking thing. I‘ve never had post office problems before @jerdencon (edited) 6y
tammysue So happy you got them!!! 💜 6y
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Jerdencon
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Passport book is on its way too you @Ingerella
Going to the post office today!
#passportbook @Kaye

Kaye Thanks for letting me know. 👍🏼 6y
Ingerella Yay! Thanks for the heads up!! 6y
Jerdencon @Kaye no postcards yet 😫 but I'm hopeful for tomorrow! 😀 6y
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Kaye Gosh. This is getting ridiculous. Thank you for telling me. I‘m going to take my receipt over to the PO tomorrow to tell them what‘s going on. It‘ll probably do no good, but I‘ll take that step. I‘ll contact the other group members in the morning to see if we can get individual postcards sent to you guys. I‘ll be happy to give you mine and I have 3 extras that others sent so between doing all that, I‘ll see that you and Misty get them . @Jerdencon (edited) 6y
Jerdencon I will check today and let you know... @kaye 6y
Kaye @Jerdencon @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ok just left the PO. The items were all mailed Tuesday the 27th at 10:30 AM. Expected delivery was Fri the 30th. They said they are probably still out there somewhere (?) and should still arrive. It‘s been a week and 2 days includes Easter. Not sure that‘s a busy mailing time ?. They said not to consider them lost for another 2 weeks. Sounds a bit long to me. Let‘s give it til Tues 10th. 2 wks since 👇🏼 6y
Kaye They were mailed. If nothing by then , I‘ll contact those that were in the group and ask them to resend some. I‘ll use my set to send to one of you and I have 4 leftovers. So we will need 8 to resend you one postcard each. Let‘s hope they show before then. 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Kaye maybe they will come today!!! Thank you so much 😘💗 6y
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tammysue
The Passport | Herta Mller
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They‘ve arrived!! Thank you @Kaye for this fun idea #passportbook 👏🏻🤗🤗
Thanks y‘all so much, I love all the pretty postcards and notes!! ❤️ Such a beautiful collection - I‘m going to hang them front + center on my office memory board. I enjoy being part of this fabulous community!
@LazyDays @Ingerella @Chili @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @AmberAC @Jennick2004 @Jerdencon @AmyG @MuddyPuddle @MissAimz_55 @corycatelyn

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!!!! 🙌🏻🎉💕📚❤️ 6y
AmyG 💕 6y
LazyDays Yay 💜💞 this was so much fun! 6y
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Ingerella It was so fun! 6y
tammysue @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @AmyG @LazyDays It‘s been lots of fun!! 🎉📚❤️ 6y
tammysue @Ingerella Yes!! 👍🏻🎉❤️ 6y
Kaye So glad they finally arrived. Now I think we have one more person waiting then everyone has gotten them. You guys are doing great on the book, having the schedules and passing it along , so I trust that it will go smoothly. I‘m so lucky I had such a great group to work with. 6y
Jerdencon For some reason my haven't arrived yet :( hopefully by tomorrow @kaye (edited) 6y
tammysue @Jerdencon Mine just arrived today so hoping yours will tomorrow🤞🏻💕 @Kaye Is there anyone else not received theirs? 6y
Kaye Yes, I‘m sorry @Jerdencon .I thought you got yours. I must have gotten your name mixed up with jennick.The only other one is @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks . I will check in with you both the next day or so. These last ones only had to go 2 states away. I cannot figure out what the holdup is. I will get your postcards to you guys. Promise. 6y
Jerdencon @Kaye no worries... im sure it's sitting in a post office somewhere! 6y
Kaye @Jerdencon My return address was on it and it never came back here so it‘s gotta be out there someplace. I‘ll keep o top of it and make sure you and Misty get your postcards. I‘m keeping fingers crossed that they will surely get there this week. 🤞 6y
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AmyG
The Passport | Herta Mller
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#passportbook

Wow...these are great. I loved reading them from all over the country! Thanks @Kaye for doing this!!!

Kaye I‘m glad they finally arrived. They are interesting to see all the places the members are from. 😊 6y
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Jennick2004
The Passport | Herta Mller
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@Kaye they‘re here!!!! Thank you so much 💜📚
#passport #postcards #newbookmarks

Kaye So glad they arrived. Thanks for letting me know. ♥️ 6y
rather_be_reading postcards are new bookmarks 😂 6y
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Jennick2004
The Passport | Herta Mller

@AmberAC book was mailed today; you should receive it Monday!! @Kaye

Kaye Thank you @Jennick2004 👍 6y
AmberAC Awesome 😊 6y
AmberAC I got the book yesterday, seems interesting. 6y
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Jerdencon
The Passport | Herta Mller
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My #passport book arrived today! I am going to try to read it and this weekend so I can send it along
Thanks again for organizing @Kaye and I loved this mini magazine @MuddyPuddle - what an awesome idea and I am going to look through it for suggestions!
@corycatelyn the book arrived safely!
And I will let you know when I put it in the mail @Ingerella because you are up next!

Ingerella Yay! I can't wait! 6y
MuddyPuddle Hope you decide to read the book - I enjoyed it greatly. 6y
Kaye Thanks for letting us know @Jerdencon ♥️ 6y
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Jennick2004
The Passport | Herta Mller
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@AmberAC coming your way soon...I will mail it tomorrow!
@Kaye #passport

AmberAC Thank you! I'm excited 😊 6y
Jennick2004 @AmberAC it was so good!! 6y
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Jennick2004
The Passport | Herta Mller
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@Chili got it and about to start!! Did you put all these pretty floral guys in the book? 💜🌺🍃

AmyG Oh awesome. This is my group! 6y
Chili Kaye put them in. I‘m glad it arrived and I hope you enjoy it. Happy reading. 6y
Kaye Thanks for letting us know it arrived at stop # 2. Enjoy. 👍. #passportbook 6y
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LitLogophile
The Passport | Herta Mller
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I finally put together my list for #passportlitsy ! There‘s no rush really because I want to finish my #litsyclassics challenge first , but here it is: Honduras, The Philippines, Gabon, Portugal, Mauritania, Indonesia, Micronesia and Kiribati.
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I tried to choose books that it wouldn‘t be too difficult to find, as opposed to more obscure international titles. I hope that I learn a lot of new things 😊

tysephine I want to read Guantanamo Diary so bad but I know it's going to make me mad. 6y
LitLogophile Yeah, I know it‘s going to be tough ... I guess that most of it takes place in Cuba, not Mauritania, but it‘s listed under Mauritania on Passport Litsy‘s Goodreads page so I figured it counts 🤔 @tysephine 6y
EricaReads I LOVED The People in the Trees! 6y
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Chili
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I loved this book. It‘s now on its way to WI.

AmyG 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
Jennick2004 Yay!! 6y
Chili @Jennick2004 It should be there on Tuesday. I hope you like it, I did. 6y
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Chili
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Sqeee! Look what arrived today! I can‘t wait to see what book it is.

Kaye Oh boy ! Thanks for letting me know it arrived. Hope you love it as much as I did. I picked 2 odd choices, but give them a chance. Neither would have been a pick for me til I opened the books. 5 golden stars 🌟 6y
Chili I have never read this author before, but I have started reading the book. I‘m really enjoying it and I‘m only 20 pages in. 👍 6y
Kaye Sounds great. Enjoy. 6y
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Magpiegem
The Passport | Herta Mller

Help lovely littens- what is the passport challenge? Seen lots of mentions but can‘t find the answer. Trying to decide whether to do challenges this year or just try to dig myself out from under my TBR pile! #attackthestack

MinDea I believe @maximoffs created this challenege, but could be wrong. Looks like the sign up link is https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvA7GhJKyd6rjpuIwddNCOIYimmm697fy9ufKF... 6y
MinDea You pick authors from each assigned country... not sure if you are randomly assigned the countries or if you pick them. 6y
MinDea If you search #PassportLitsy you can find more info! 6y
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Magpiegem Thank you @MinDea 😊 6y
Natasha.C.Barnes If you're interested in this sort of thing there is also #readaroundtheworld which is hosted by @JenP and that's 1 country/month that she picks--2018's are already out there! 6y
Bookworm54 The passport Litsy one, you choose how many countries you want to be assigned using the google form, and get sent that number of countries. I went with 5 so I could participate but not over face myself. Some people have chosen a lot more! 6y
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jenniferw88
The Passport | Herta Mller
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If anyone is still stuck for ideas for #PassportLitsy I've found this website which maps the world out of books! @steverogers

https://www.mappit.net/bookmap/countries/all/

merelybookish Thanks! 6y
EllieDottie This is awesome!!! 6y
Laura317 That's fantastic! Thanks for sharing. 6y
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TheBookStacker Awesome this is so cool 6y
Andrew65 Thanks for this link. Likely to be half-term, first week in November, before I have time to finish my research. 6y
mariaku21 This very cool!thank you for sharing. 6y
batsy Thank you! This will be helpful. 6y
Velvetfur Thank you for the link! I've been struggling with how to find books for this, so I'm going to try out this link now 😊 6y
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Lwiesman
The Passport | Herta Mller

Where do you sign up for the #passportlitsy

jenniferw88 Go to @steverogers page - there's a sign up post further down. (Sorry to keep tagging you Rachel!) 6y
Jess7 @steverogers tagging the host so you can get the link. 6y
Lwiesman Found it! Thanks 6y
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Readingnomad1
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Super excited for my #passportlitsy challenge to begin next year! I think I have a few hard ones, but I'm up to the challenge 💪🏻 #passportlitsy2018

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StephBengtson
The Passport | Herta Mller
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Wool! Got my #PassportLitsy itinerary! Can't wait to put together a TBR. 🇧🇦 🇬🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇷 🇵🇭 🇨🇩

jenniferw88 I'm going to suggest you DON'T read this for Republic of the Congo (we share this country)! It's OK if you're interested in colonialism, but it's a #slowburn of a novel! @Cinfhen @Marchpane 7y
Marchpane @jenniferw88 it's so slow! I probably would have enjoyed dissecting it for a class, but as a recreational read it was deathly dull. 7y
Chelleo For the Philippines 7y
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StephBengtson @jenniferw88 @Marchpane We were forced to read that in school. Blech. Not going there again. 😂 7y
StephBengtson @Chelleo Ooh! That looks good! I might have to do two for the Philippines. I was also looking at 7y
Chelleo @Marchpane nice. Added to my TBR list. Another is 7y
StephBengtson @Chelleo That one also ended up on my TBR. 🙃 Thank you! 7y
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jenniferw88
Passport | Herta Mller
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#PassportLitsy final post - sorry for spamming everyone! @steverogers. Struggling with Tajikistan.

Wbabdullah @jenniferw88 I love your spam! This is a great way to display the countries AND titles at the same time! I was trying to think of creative ways to do so. This is your forewarning: I will be copying you. 😍 7y
tricours I just signed up as well, for 15 countries! I'll be copying this presentation too 😄 7y
Andrew65 Definitely a great way to present it! 😊 (edited) 7y
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Andrew65 What is the criteria? Does some of the book have to take place in that country or be written by someone from that country? 7y
jenniferw88 @Andrew65 Either, but I am focusing on location rather than authors at the moment. 7y
Andrew65 @jenniferw88 Thanks, Tajikistan is a tough location to find a book for. I must add I haven't read this book but The Disobedient Wife has a very high rating. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26256488-the-disobedient-wife?from_search=tr... (edited) 7y
StephanieMarie I'm jealous you got Tanzania!! Such a beautiful country! 7y
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jenniferw88
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MorbidAi Please let me know how The Bear and the Nightingale is ! 7y
Susanita I picked the Coelho for Slovenia too! 7y
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jenniferw88
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#PassportLitsy Part 3 @steverogers. Struggling with Lesotho!

MorbidAi You're doing so good! I'm slacking big time on mine. 😶😶😶 7y
Cortg If you do a search, books that take place in Lesotho, there is a Goodreads page that pops up with some books. I tried to copy/paste the page but it keeps taking me straight to the app. Good luck! 7y
jenniferw88 @Cortg thanks, I've actually checked Goodreads but couldn't find anything, so thought I would post on here to see if anyone knew of one! 7y
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Betty I really liked Rex Stout decades ago. I'll have to look him u again 7y
Andrea4 The Red Tent is one of my top faves for sure! I hope you enjoy!! 7y
Tove_Reads @jenniferw88 How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele for Lesotho! 7y
Cortg If you do a google search, it should pop up but it won't be the first link. Maybe 5 or 6 rows down. 7y
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jenniferw88
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Betty Have visited Faroe Islands and Dominica. These books look so tempting! 7y
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jenniferw88
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#PassportLitsy Part 1 @steverogers. Struggling to find one for Bahrain!

Tove_Reads I read Yummah by Sarah A. Al Shafei (Bahrain) for my #readingtheworld challenge. 7y
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ralexist
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My #passportlitsy list for 2018. Looking forward to putting a list of books together with these locations in mind. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

EchoLogical Also participating! I think we have 1, 2, 6, and 14 in common. 7y
EchoLogical I haven't started researching books yet 7y
ralexist @Susanita - Thanks for the suggestion! 6y
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kendrastephaniekaryn
The Passport | Herta Mller
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Just received my itinerary for #passportlitsy from @steverogers! It's going to be a huge challenge to find and purchase books for at least 2 of these nations, but I'm planning ahead and looking forward to the challenge next year. If anyone has suggestions for #4 and #7, please share!

1) Micronesia
2) Norway
3) Chad
4) Mauritius
5) El Salvador
6) Bahamas
7) Transnistria (Moldova)
8) Philippines
9) Brazil

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Yellowpigeon
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So excited for my #litsypassport. Anyone have any favs from these countries? My guidelines are (1) author from that country (2) book set in that country (3) enjoyed by its citizens (seems repetitive but I want to get a feel for the other countries and what they enjoy plays into that).

Yellowpigeon @hermyknee a reading challenge, @steverogers is running. Fill out a mini survey and she'll send you a list of countries to read. 7y
hermyknee Just signed up and I'm so excited!!! Thank you!!! 7y
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drokka For Greece you could tackle one of those ancient plays or a philosopher. The only Bosnian author I know of, is the one that wrote the book that Angelina Joli turned into a film. Unfortunately I'm horrible at remembering titles and names. 7y
TheBookStacker Only one I could really find about St Martin was 7y
TheBookStacker If you find a different one let me know because I have St Martin as well 7y
silentrequiem The Farming of Bones by Haitian author Edwidge Dandicat. 7y
ptkpepe98 Paulo Coehlo is Brazilian. He has written a lot. I cannot suggest just one. I loved A Manuscript Found in Accra, The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, The Witcher of Portobello...😀 7y
Yellowpigeon @ptkpepe98 & @silentrequiem thanks for the recs. Adding them to my list 7y
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