Globetrotting with Books: The Series & Link Up

{2016 Target: 12 Countries Explored, 0 more to go!}

History used to be this utterly boring subject in school. Pages and pages of statistics and uninspiring narration of which country plundered which. But when I read Without You there is No Us, which is a Korean’s account of the split between North & South Korea, I could not read it without having goose bumps. Like any subject, history became exciting as ever once told in form of  a story. 

A good story is what distinguishes a good book from a boring one and a good movie from a bad one. Unsurprisingly, it is a key ingredient to any TED talk, have you heard one that didn’t include a story? So here I am, opening myself to historical fiction & cultures around the world. While Ann Morgan covered a book from *every* country in only a year, I figured how hard can say, 12 books a year be?

Here’s a list of books I’ve read. Click on the ones highlighted in blue to read individual reviews & thoughts!

Clicking on images will take you to the Amazon links 

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USA

 Small Great Things,  Jodi Picoult (*new*) 

Colombia

 The Sound of Things Falling,  Juan Gabriel Vásquez 

Pakistan

 A Season of Martyrs, Bina Shah 

 The Wandering Falcon, Jamil Ahmad  

 

Dominican Republic

 This Is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz 

Iran
 It Ain't So Awful, Falafel, Firoozeh Dumas 



Bulgaria
 What Belongs to You, Garth Greenwell 



Indonesia

 Beauty is a Wound, Eka Kurniawan  

North Korea
 Without You There is No Us, Suki Kim  

Turkey

 Portrait of a Turkish Family, Irfan Orga 
 The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak 

          

France

The President’s Hat, Antoine Laurain 
The Red Notebook, Antoine Laurain

   

Italy

My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

England

The House at Riverton, Kate Morton

Link Up Rules

This linky is only for posts on books that explore a country, culture or have a backdrop of a country. It could be a book review or how a place or experience reminded you of such a book. No other topic!

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