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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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At just under 150 pages, this book was short but still so powerful!

The book is separated into 2 parts. The first part focuses on the main character, Takako, and her life working at the bookshop, which I found very charming and cute. If you‘re a bookworm and a bibliophile, this part will definitely resonate with you!

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2023/08/30/review-days-at-the-morisaki-books...

This is another book that I can completely appreciate, but that doesn‘t mean I thoroughly enjoyed it. I started it on #SerialReader over a week ago, but I‘ve been tired at the end of the day and even attempting to read it put me to sleep. Today, I switched to listening to audio as I worked. There are some great quotes and thoughts to ponder, but I prefer interesting stories over philosophical journeys.

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Well, that was rather depressing. I also think Goethe is a bit too philosophical for me to truly enjoy. I appreciated this story of love gone wrong, but I can‘t say I enjoyed it. Additionally, the narrator read clearly but also had the perfect voice to put me to sleep, so I headed out for a walk to finish it.

📷: Here‘s a picture of a very happy beagle to go with the unhappy ending to Werther‘s story.

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I listened to this book over the course of a few days, usually listening to one woman‘s story and then taking a break before listening to the next. I found some stories more interesting than others, but I don‘t know that any of them will really stay with me. I liked that it shared experiences from a variety of women in Chile.

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I‘ve finished this audiobook, but I listened to it too quickly and really should revisit it again (but not right now). It‘s a long story with several perspectives, and I did not keep close enough track of everyone‘s details. Even so, it was quite a look at life inside a Soviet shurashka, a prison for academics and scientists, in 1949.

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This book had a slow start, but once I became familiar with all of the family, I was fully invested in their story. I thoroughly enjoyed the magical realism in this story that included a boy always accompanied by bees and able to sense the future.

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This was a quick listen, just under 5 1/2 hours at original speed. It describes physical aspects of the survival of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes, but it‘s even more about the mental and spiritual experiences of the author. This includes the brotherhood of the survivors and how the experience impacted the rest of his life.

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#ReadingTheAmericas2023 set in #Argentina & author from #Uruguay

This was a great historical fiction, but it was also sometimes a very difficult listen. It alternates between 1961 at the end of Trujillo‘s regime in the Dominican Republic when Urania is a teenager and the early 2000s when Urania returns to visit her family for the first time since. The 1961 timeline focuses on the assassination of Trujillo and immediate repercussions. The 2000s timeline focuses on Urania‘s reason for leaving.

I spent a few hours continuing to listen to this book today, and I‘m really enjoying the way it‘s told from different perspectives. I also made chivo guisado, or braised goat, served with rice. It turned out well and I‘ve got a few meals made for this coming week.

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