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I thoroughly enjoyed this travelogue describing a Norwegian journalist‘s travels through #Turkmenistan, #Kazakhstan, #Tajikistan, #Kyrgyzstan, and #Uzbekistan. She describes some of the travel itself, basic history, political aspects, culture, and personal stories of people she met.

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I listened to the section of this book about Kazakhstan and part of the Tajikistan section this weekend on my walks and continue to find it incredibly interesting. Additionally, I needed an excuse to share this fun up close photo of Luthien enjoying her walk.

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This book has been on my TBR since I first saw it reviewed here and in my Audible library for a bit. I finally started listening on a beautiful fall walk with Luthien today and enjoyed the first section on Turkmenistan.

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#readaroundtheworld #turkmemistan Not badly done graphically and it did have some insights but I was put off by the author gently mocking the Turkmenistans for their assumptions about Americans. It was humorous and I am sure that they did believe all Americans were rich and routinely got into gun fights but nevertheless…

#readaroundtheworld #turkmenistan I found this graphic novel for Turkmenistan. It looks interesting.

It was really interesting read about part of the world no one is really talking about. I've made some notes and I'm keen to learn more.

Slightly disappointing. I couldn't empathise with the narrator (a good part of the novel is taken with descriptions of past and present “romantic“ encounters with women who are never fully characterised, which was rather unpleasant), and the translation was awkward.

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#SavvySettings Day 20: perfect for #Skyscraper

Erika Fatland traveled through the Central Asian former Soviet Stans and relates here her travels, some history, and current events in the area. I thought this was fascinating. She did a good job of varying the information so it didn‘t get bogged down. This was a great book to wrap up #ReadingAsia2021. #Tajikistan