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Asia | Allan Fowler

Hello, #FictionalTraveler (s)! It‘s November and we‘re heading to #Asia ! What will everyone be reading?

Also - I‘m trying to decide whether to continue #FictionalTraveler for another year. Please comment below to let me know your thoughts. 🤔🤓🙂

This month, I‘ll be reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles.

DebinHawaii, BarkingMadRead, Cuilin, kspenmoll, Amiable, Gissy, OriginalCyn620, Deblovestoread, ferskner, thebacklistbook, DogMomIrene, majkia, Lauredhel, MatchlessMarie, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Read4life, Sace, BarbaraBB, TheEllieMo, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, Yuki_Onna, Zuhkeeyah, LiseWorks

thebacklistbook Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen will fit nicely.

as far as continuing, do what works for you best. (edited) 17h

Read4life I‘ve enjoyed this challenge. I‘ve noticed I‘ve been choosing books to fit all of the challenges I‘m involved with instead of reading more spontaneously. I‘ll be cutting back in 2026 but haven‘t decided which challenges/Buddy reads I‘m going to stay with. #ReadOrDonate works well with #Roll100 so if they continue I‘ll participate in them. 17h

Enchanted_Bibliophile I really enjoyed this challenge, but if my further studies are approved for next year I'll be cutting way down on all my reading.

Crazy Rich Asians

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TheAromaofBooks I've been using this challenge to pull a book from my shelves, but I haven't been super consistent in reading them!!! So I've enjoyed it, but between this, Read or Donate, and Monthly Nonfiction, this is the one I've been the least consistent with reading 😂 4h

Lauredhel Asia... I might go looking for a manga! 3h

Lauredhel I've enjoyed this and the nonfiction challenge as a nudge to look outside my default reading, but you do you, whatever works 3h

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squirrelbrain

Asia | Allan Fowler

Another 5 books added to #readingasia2021 in March, making 17 in total. I still seem to be reading all of the tiny countries so I‘m sure the map doesn‘t look any different to last month! 🤣

I have 9 #readingasia2021 books on my April #bookspinbingo board so hopefully get some more ticked off this month.

All of the books I read in March are tagged below.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain 🇮🇳 India

The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj

squirrelbrain 🇲🇲 Myanmar

The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A novel

squirrelbrain 🇧🇳 Brunei

Some Girls: My Life in a Harem

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squirrelbrain 🇲🇾 Malaysia

The Pearl of Penang

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squirrelbrain 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

KarenUK Yay! 17 sounds like brilliant progress in 3 months..... I‘d find this challenge pretty intimidating! 5y

rockpools It looks wonderfully colourful! Any faves from this month? 5y

Librarybelle Woohoo! Excellent progress! 5y

squirrelbrain @rockpools - hmm 🤔 I liked them all this month, but wouldn‘t say there was a ‘standout‘ favourite. 5y

squirrelbrain @KarenUK it‘s certainly tougher than the States or Europe challenges! 5y

BarbaraBB It does look extremely impressive!! 5y

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Texreader

Asia | Allan Fowler

Making my plans for #readingasia2021. Book title in pen I‘ve already read. In pencil (if you can make it out) means I‘m either counting a book more than once or I have the book already in my library. So now it‘s time to fill in some holes. Taking recommendations! 😁 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I‘ve a book lined up that can be used for all Stan countries:

Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kasakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

BarbaraBB If you want my recommendations, I do a monthly wrap up of the books I read for this challenge here:

Reading Asia: New Research in Asian Studies

Bookwormjillk I really loved

The Garden of Evening Mists: A Novel

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Librarybelle I love how organized you are with this! 5y

bnp I second The garden of evening mists, and recommend Anil's Ghosts by Michael Ondaatje for Sri Lanka. 5y

bnp I liked Tahmima Anam's books set in Bangladesh. (haven't figured out how to link titles in comments.) 5y

bnp Kamila Shamsie, Moshin Hamid, Nadeem Aslam for Pakistan. (Shamsie is the only one I've read so far ) 5y

Texreader @BarbaraBB Thanks a million! That really helps!! 5y

Texreader @Bookwormjillk I‘ve definitely put that one on my tbr. Thank you so much!! 5y

Texreader @Librarybelle 😁 5y

Texreader @bnp I‘m on the lookout for The Garden, and I got Anil‘s Ghosts today. Thank you so much!! 5y

Texreader @bnp I picked up The Good Muslim today. Thank you so much!! 5y

bnp @Texreader Hope you enjoy Karen. 5y

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squirrelbrain

Asia | Allan Fowler

7 books read in January for #readingasia2021.

This month I‘ve been transported to:

🇰🇭 Cambodia
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇮🇷 Iran
🇯🇵 Japan
🇲🇻 Maldives (not on the map - too tiny!)
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇰🇷 South Korea

My clear favourite was The Housekeeper and The Professor, for Japan.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

eraderneely Good reading! 5y

eraderneely I don‘t read quickly enough to join readingasia, but I would love a favorites list at the end of the year so I could dip into a few 5y

rockpools Fantastic going! Out of interest, what did you read for Indonesia? Any good? 5y

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BarbaraBB Such a good start! I am looking forward to continue, I am really enjoying this challenge! 5y

Cinfhen Awesome 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❣️❣️❣️ 5y

Cinfhen What did you read for Mongolia?? 5y

squirrelbrain Of course, a favourites list is a great idea @eraderneely ! 5y

squirrelbrain I read this one @rockpools - only reviewed a couple of days ago. V short but I wouldn‘t really recommend it....

Borneo, Celebes, Aru

squirrelbrain @Cinfhen - I read this one for Mongolia. I really liked it. I think it‘s going to be a ‘travelling‘ book if you want to put your name down! #mummysquirrel has just read it and when I get it back it‘s going to @Caroline2 first.

Hearing Birds Fly

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Cinfhen That‘s so sweet/ I‘ll add my name to the list and we‘ll see what happens❣️I read a different book 2 years ago set in #Mongolia which was very good

Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

Librarybelle Great progress! 5y

Soubhiville Wow! You‘re doing really well on this! 5y

Megabooks Fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Deblovestoread Well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

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Cinfhen

Asia | Allan Fowler

#ReadingAsia21 I‘ve visited #Iraq #Israel #Nepal #Pakistan #SaudiArabia #SouthKorea #SriLanka #Syria #Thailand #Vietnam #Yemen ♥️

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Kalalalatja Well done on your first month! 🙌 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @Kalalalatja but there are SO MANY MORE countries to go😂 (edited) 5y

Kalalalatja But knowing you, you‘ll probably be finished by June 😂😂 #ChallengeSlayer 5y

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squirrelbrain Well Done! 😁👍 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @squirrelbrain although I started strong with #ReadingEurope2020 and I NEVER finished 🙈 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen I never finished #readingeurope2020 either but am carrying it into this year. 5y

BarbaraBB Eleven countries already 🤩🤩 5y

rockpools Awesome! And I love your map. 🗺 5y

Librarybelle Amazing progress! 5y

Cinfhen I‘m hoping to make it through #Asia @jenniferw88 and then I‘ll return to #Europe 😁 5y

Megabooks #challengebeastmode!! 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB @rockpools @Librarybelle @Megabooks I‘m aiming for 4 countries a month🤞🏼 5y

Cinfhen Wow, China is massive in size!!! 5y

Cinfhen I accidentally colored in Lebanon and Palestine so I‘m gonna need to read those countries next😂😂 5y

BarbaraBB I‘m aiming for 4 a month too! 5y

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