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Smangela
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"One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world." Malala Yousafzai Real inspiration. Such a powerful story, I highly recommend it. You WILL learn something, I guarantee it. #Day10 #septPhotoChallenge #BooksSetInAsia

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Zelma
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I have quite a few #bookssetinasia that I could have highlighted. I am fascinated by book about and coming out of North Korea and this looks like it will be a good one.

#somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

BookishFeminist This looks really good! 8y
LeahBergen I've had a real thing for North Korean books lately. 8y
Zelma @BookishFeminist the cover certainly caught my eye too! @LeahBergen I'm sure you've already read, but if not, definitely make time for a Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick. It's outstanding! 8y
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LeahBergen Oh, that looks great! Stacked. 8y
MrBook Great cover! 8y
kp825 I just picked this one up today! I'm about 100 pages in and so far it's amazing! 7y
Zelma @kp825 great to hear. I am so behind on my TBR at home but I'll get to it eventually. 7y
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MrsV
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Along with these have Persepolis, The Joy Luck Club, and The Red Tent (didn't know how to put the 2 pictures together for one post. I realize I am seriously lacking in reading material in certain cultures, and it really needs to be remedied soon! #somethingforSeptember #septPhotochallenge #bookssetinAsia

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SoniaC
Burnt Shadows: A Novel | Kamila Shamsie
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#day10 #somethingforsept #bookssetinasia. Loved both of these. The stories were engaging and the writing was solid.

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Susanita
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#bookssetinasia #septphotochallenge I loved this book! The telling is so vivid, I thought it was a memoir for most of the book, but it's actually a novel.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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#bookssetinasia for #somethingforsept #bookphotochallenge looking at my collection of ones I've read or bought and need to read, I think I really need to start reading more books set in or from Asia, because I obviously haven't read very many.

shawnmooney I might suggest burning or otherwise destroying 3 Cups of Tea as it's been exposed as a complete fraud. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @shawnmooney darn it! And I didn't even read it yet! 8y
erzascarletbookgasm The Wild Swan, a must read for books set in Asia! Put that to the top of your pile :) 8y
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erzascarletbookgasm Yeah, heard about Three Cups of Tea. Not going to read it :( 8y
shawnmooney @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I read it years ago, and my Mom donated $$ to that charlatan (Obama gave his Nobel prize money to him too). I see red everytime I see or hear about that book! 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @shawnmooney That's horrible! No wonder I picked up the book at the book sale cheap, LOL. At least my money went to the library! 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @erzascarletbookgasm Wild Swans I have read! I read it years ago and it is excellent! 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @shawnmooney I guess that's one more off my to-read list.... Any others I should just ditch that you know of? 8y
BooksForEmpathy Cool collage! 8y
SiriGuruDevSingh Felt like such an idiot having gotten all inspired and choked-up over Three Cups of Tea. Not cool to lie like that...😡 8y
shawnmooney Thankfully, this kind of deceit is not common - so I don't have a long hate-list. :) 8y
ReadingOver50 The Great Zoo of China was awesome. I had forgotten about that one 8y
SiriGuruDevSingh I feel bad now after Googling and seeing that the author of Three Cups of Tea has actually done a lot for schools in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, apologized profusely for all exaggerations (claiming it was done in an attempt to stop at nothing to help the project)—and the co-author committed suicide. 8y
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DebinHawaii
A Breath of Fresh Air | Amulya Malladi
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#Day10 #SeptemberPhotoChallenge #bookssetinasia Part 2: Books set in India. Many of my India books have dual settings as I gravitate toward cultural & generational clashes, but I tried to do a quick cull (from memory/cover scan) & pull the ones that were set at least half or more in India. Mostly fiction, two memoirs & a travel/food. I threw in Monsoon Wedding because it's one of my favorite movies & it's set in India. #somethingforsept 🇮🇳📚❤️

DebinHawaii @kmdartist India per your request! 😀👍 8y
Soubhiville Nice! I've read a lot of these! 8y
BethFishReads Great stack 8y
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moranadatter @DebinHawaii Yay! Love this. A few books I haven't heard of. Thanks! 8y
DebinHawaii @Soubhiville Cool! There are some fave authors here. 👍😀 @BethFishReads Mahalo! 😀 @kmdartist Great to hear-cause we always need to add to those TBR lists, don't we?!?😉 8y
moranadatter @DebinHawaii They certainly don't need to get any longer. 8y
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Bookworm54
Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden
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Today's #somethingforsept is books set in Asia.
I have discovered that other than a couple of manga series I am slightly failing in this area, so if anyone has any good suggestions for books set anywhere other than America/Canada, or the UK let me know! ☺️

#septemberphotochallenge #day10 #bookssetinasia

Soubhiville Amy Tan is a great author to start with! 8y
readinginthedark Persepolis, The Alchemist, Life of Pi, and Siddhartha are some recent favorites of mine. 8y
Bookworm54 @Soubhiville @readinginthedark I will definitely keep an eye out for these next time I am book shopping (or window shopping, or online...) Thanks! 8y
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Bookworm54 @Soubhiville is there any particular novel you would recommend by Amy Tan? 8y
Soubhiville The Joy Luck Club is the one everyone has heard of, and there's a movie. I liked Saving Fish From Drowning, it was creepy and strange, which I tend to enjoy. 8y
Soubhiville Oh Siddhartha is wonderful too! Not Amy Tan 😊 I just saw @readinginthedark posted it. It's a quick read and really wonderful! 8y
Bookworm54 @Soubhiville thanks! :) I will move Siddhartha further up my tbr list too then! 8y
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