Comments on: Global Voices Book Challenge - Read Your Way Around the World!

By: islandhopper

islandhopper — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:38:07 +0000

*sheepishly looking around the room* I am so sorry I’m late. I didn’t find out about this challenge until it was very close to the deadline, which I missed. But I continued reading just the same.

I tried out my first Peruvian author, Mario Vargas Llosa. I read his novel, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. I enjoyed it immensely. Here are my thoughts on the piece: http://tinyurl .com/o53f7z

Thank you to this challenge for enabling me to discover a wonderful author and an interesting culture.

By: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck « The Armenian Odar Reads

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck « The Armenian Odar Reads — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:30:47 +0000

[...] 13, 2009 This is the book I was reading for the Global Voices Challenge, but I only finished it last Saturday. This 360 page book took me more than a month to read. Need I [...]

By: Global Voices Book Challenge - #gvbook09 « Sylwia Presley

Global Voices Book Challenge - #gvbook09 « Sylwia Presley — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:09:54 +0000

[...] am shamelessly late with this one, because the challenge was planned for last week. However I do not want to keep it for myself due to my laziness last [...]

By: NaPoWriMo #26: let’s get metaphysical

NaPoWriMo #26: let’s get metaphysical — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:47:43 +0000

[...] things collided here. I wanted to do a book review of The Hakawati which I am reading for Global Voices Book Challenge. Then there was the metaphysical prompt from Read Write Poem plus their random writing tip of five [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Read Your Way Around the World: Book Challenge Roundup

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:18:14 +0000

[...] our loyalty to traditional forms of writing, at the end of March the Global Voices team proposed a challenge around UNESCO Word Book Day. We have asked our contributors and readers to pick and read a book [...]

By: The Original Gossip Girl « (Mis)readings

The Original Gossip Girl « (Mis)readings — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:10:25 +0000

[...] be having two entries (the other is Torgny Lindgren’s The Way of a Serpent) for the Global Voices Book Challenge, the condition of which is to read a book from a country whose literature one haven’t read [...]

By: Lova Rakotomalala

Lova Rakotomalala — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:21:09 +0000

Here is my contribution. Thnaks for the idea, I had a lot of fun discovering the author and the book:

http://rakotomalala.blogspot.com/2009/04/world-book-day-review-book-of-sand-by.html

can’t wait to read other people’s reviews.

By: In My Flesh Shall I See God « (Mis)readings

In My Flesh Shall I See God « (Mis)readings — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:01:54 +0000

[...] book, read as part of the Global Voices Book Challenge in commemoration of UNESCO’s World Book Day, in its brief and simple yet gripping rendition [...]

By: Read Your Way Around the World Challenge: Iceland « BROWN PAPER

Read Your Way Around the World Challenge: Iceland « BROWN PAPER — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:34:22 +0000

[...] Voices is conducting a book challenge titled “Read your way around the world” to mark the [...]

By: Jad’s Thoughts » World Book Day: The Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya

Jad’s Thoughts » World Book Day: The Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:36:39 +0000

[...] at Global Voices are doing a reading challenge where bloggers are challenged to read a book from a country whose [...]

By: mauie

mauie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:08:46 +0000

going for Botswana, Yemen or Smyrna instead of Brazil or Portugal..couldn’t find any Saramago in time for the challenge. ^_^

By: Ayesha Saldanha

Ayesha Saldanha — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:58:15 +0000

Here’s my contribution to the book challenge:

http://battutabahrain.blogspot.com/2009/04/memories-of-meltdown.html

I read Memories of a Meltdown by Mohamed Makhzangi. It’s a wonderful book!

By: Read Your Way Around the World « Pachuvachuva

Read Your Way Around the World « Pachuvachuva — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:22:56 +0000

[...] 20, 2009 by pachuvachuva This is a re-post of the original content on Gobal Voices Online. [...]

By: mauie

mauie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:45:56 +0000

would like to read fiction books that are set in Brazil, Portugal or Egypt. will welcome suggestions. ^_^

By: Sylwia Presley

Sylwia Presley — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:24:12 +0000

Posted on my first impressions of ‘Persepolis’ (Iran)…more to come soon, but I love Marjane Satrapi already;)