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message 1: by Carol (last edited Nov 18, 2019 09:01PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2019 06:24PM

I’ll see what I read and then determine the “level” in December. Right now the whole year is open to me for reading adventuring and I’ve no desire to predict the outcome. ...

Nov 11: Interpreter it is.

Tally 12 languages.

Korean
German
French
Urdu
Japanese
Icelandic
Finnish
Dutch
Hungarian
Spanish
Swedish
Hebrew
Italian

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message 2: by Viv (new)

Jan 01, 2019 11:16PM

I'm doing the same - I'll read as many as I feel like and then work out what level I'm at :-)

Look forward to seeing what you read, as always!

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message 3: by Carol (new)

Jan 02, 2019 04:55AM

Viv wrote: "I'm doing the same - I'll read as many as I feel like and then work out what level I'm at :-)

Look forward to seeing what you read, as always!"

Viv - the mystery is more fun than chasing a “goal” :) I hope 2019 treats you well!

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message 4: by Carol (last edited Jan 11, 2019 08:21AM) (new)

Jan 06, 2019 07:46PM

1. The Plotters by Un-su Kim. Translated from Korean. Finished January 6.

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message 5: by Carol (new)

Jan 16, 2019 07:30PM

2. Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser. Translated from German. Finished 16January.

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message 6: by Carol (new)

Jan 17, 2019 08:36PM

3. The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza. Translated from French. Finished 17January.

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message 7: by Carol (new)

Feb 08, 2019 07:14PM

4. Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug. Translated from German. Finished 8February.

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message 8: by Carol (new)

Feb 14, 2019 07:57PM

5. House of Fear by Ibn-e-Safi. Translated from Urdu. Finished 14February.

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message 9: by Carol (last edited Apr 02, 2019 07:21PM) (new)

Feb 22, 2019 08:32PM

6. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa. Translated from Japanese. Finished 22February.

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message 10: by Carol (new)

Mar 09, 2019 09:39PM

7. The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Translated from the Icelandic. Finished 10March.

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message 11: by Carol (new)

Apr 02, 2019 07:22PM

8. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata. Translated from
Japanese. Finished 2April.

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message 12: by Carol (new)

Apr 02, 2019 09:41PM

9. Bullfight by Yasushi Inoue. Translated from Japanese. Finished 3April.

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message 13: by Carol (new)

Apr 05, 2019 07:08PM

10. The Mine by Antti Tuomainen. Translated from Finnish. Finished 5April.

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message 14: by Carol (last edited Apr 17, 2019 05:34PM) (new)

Apr 17, 2019 08:03AM

11. Purgatory: A Thriller by Guido Eekhaut. Translated from the Dutch. Finished 17april.

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message 15: by Carol (new)

Apr 21, 2019 06:59PM

12. Zagreb Noir by Ivan Sršen. Translated from various Serbs-Croat languages and idioms. Finished 21April.

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message 16: by Carol (new)

Apr 28, 2019 07:56PM

13. Oliver VII by Antal Szerb. Translated from Hungarian. Finished 28 April.

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message 17: by Carol (new)

May 07, 2019 08:05PM

14. The Train by Georges Simenon. Translated from French. Finished 7March.

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message 18: by Carol (new)

May 13, 2019 08:38PM

15. Grab a Snake by the Tail: A Murder in Havana's Chinatown by Leonardo Padura. Translated from Spanish. Finished 13 May.

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message 19: by Carol (new)

May 25, 2019 03:24PM

16. Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen. Translated from Finnish. Finished 25 May.

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message 20: by Carol (new)

May 28, 2019 08:15PM

17. Saigon Calling: London 1963-75 by Marcelino Truong. Translated from French. Finished 28 May.

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message 21: by Carol (new)

Jun 18, 2019 07:09PM

18. So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ. Translated from French. Finished 18June.

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message 22: by Carol (new)

Jun 28, 2019 10:17PM

19. The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach. Translated from German. Finished 27 June 2019.

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message 23: by Carol (new)

Jul 06, 2019 03:07PM

20. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang. Translated from Korean. Finished 6July.

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message 24: by Carol (new)

Jul 12, 2019 05:53PM

21. A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson. Translated from Swedish. Finished 12July.

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message 25: by Carol (new)

Jul 20, 2019 10:08AM

22. Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson. Translated from Icelandic. Finished 20 July.

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message 26: by Carol (new)

Jul 23, 2019 07:56PM

23. Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito. Translated from Swedish. Finished 23 July.

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message 27: by Carol (new)

Aug 08, 2019 09:43PM

24. Murder in the Crooked House by Sōji Shimada. Translated from Japanese. Finished August 8.

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message 28: by Carol (new)

Aug 14, 2019 01:43PM

25. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle. Translated from the French. Finished August 14.

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message 29: by Carol (new)

Aug 27, 2019 09:03PM

26. Dark As My Heart by Antti Tuomainen. Translated from the Finnish. Finished August 28.

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message 30: by Carol (new)

Aug 31, 2019 12:37AM

27. The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun. Translated from Korean. August 31.

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message 31: by Carol (new)

Sep 09, 2019 07:43PM

28. Life of a Counterfeiter by Yasushi Inoue. Translated from Japanese. September 9.

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message 32: by Carol (new)

Sep 13, 2019 05:52PM

29. And the Bride Closed the Door by Ronit Matalon. Translated from Hebrew. September 13.

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message 33: by Carol (new)

Sep 14, 2019 08:50PM

30. An Untouched House by Willem Frederik Hermans. Translated from Dutch. September 14.

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message 34: by Carol (last edited Oct 10, 2019 08:33PM) (new)

Sep 18, 2019 08:08PM

31. The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa. Translated from Japanese. October10.

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message 35: by Carol (new)

Nov 11, 2019 07:49PM

32. Points and Lines by Seichō Matsumoto. Translated from Japanese. Nov 11.

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message 36: by Carol (last edited Nov 12, 2019 08:57PM) (new)

Nov 12, 2019 08:57PM

33. The Arab of the Future 4: A Graphic Memoir of a Childhood in the Middle East, 1987-1992 by Riad Sattouf. Translated from French. Nov 12.

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message 37: by Carol (new)

Nov 18, 2019 09:02PM

34. Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti. Translated from Italian. Nov 18.

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message 38: by Carol (new)

Dec 01, 2019 10:48PM

35. Villain by Shūichi Yoshida. Translated from Japanese. Dec 2.

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message 39: by Carol (new)

Dec 18, 2019 08:37PM

36. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino. Translated from Italian. Dec 18.

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