Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Monthly group books:

January
Leaves of the Banyan Tree (Islands Theme: Oceania)
Mexican Gothic (Minority Authors Theme: Hispanic/Latinx)
We Need New Names (World Tour: Zimbabwe)

February
A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth (Comoros)
A Girl Called Eel (Comoros)
Texaco (Islands Theme: Caribbean)
When the Emperor Was Divine (Minority Authors: East Asian)

March
The Gift of Rain (Islands Theme: Malaysia)
When Elephants Fight (South Sudan)
House Made of Dawn (Minority Authors: Indigenous)

April
The Famished Road (Minority Authors: African)
The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai (World Tour: UAE)
Zorba the Greek (Islands: Southern Europe)

May
Crazy Rich Asians (World Tour: Singapore)
Papillon (Islands: French Guiana)
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir (Minority Authors: Muslim)

June
The Circle of Karma (World Tour: Bhutan)
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page (Islands: Channel Islands)
Sharks in the Time of Saviors (Minority Authors: Pacific Islander)

July
The Chosen (Minority authors: US: New York)
The Dragonfly Sea (Islands: Kenya)
The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific (World Tour: Tuvalu)
Tuvalu: A History (World Tour: Tuvalu)

August/September
The Ghost Bride (Islands: Malaysia)
Infidel (Minority authors: Somalia)
Norte (World Tour: Bolivian author)

October
The Heart's Invisible Furies (Islands:Ireland)
My Left Foot (Minority authors: Disability: Ireland)
Patsy (World Tour: Jamaica)

November
Between the Orange Groves (Islands: Cyrpus)
Catherine the Great and the Small (World Tour: Montenegro)
The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Minority authors: Japan)

Liz wrote: "Does anyone know an audiobook set in the Comoros? I have a visual impairment and that's the only way I can only consume books. Both of the books picked, I can't find in audio format. I'm sorry if I..."

Unfortunately, there are few books set in Comoros. I don't know of any audiobooks, but I will look. Another option if you have a Kindle is to listen to a digital book on text-to-speech. You can also do this with books on Open Library. While the voice inflection isn't as good as an Audiobook, its not that bad. Open Library also has special Daisy recordings for the visually impaired.

It's my first time joining a group read, despite being here for 3 years. I liked When Elephants Fight.

Are we having a September Group Read? I haven't seen anything posted for nominations.

Megan wrote: "Are we having a September Group Read? I haven't seen anything posted for nominations."

Unfortunately, no. Its been a crazy month.

Understood. Thanks!

Diane wrote: "Unfortunately, no. Its been a crazy month."

Thanks for the update; hope these next months are better for you!

Take care, Diane. I hope things settle down for you. Thanks for all you do in managing this group.

I hope things improve for you,Diane.

Can I add myself for the October group?

This is a great selection; How does the group read discussion work? Are there separate threads for each book, or what?

There are threads for each book, and there are a lot of great books there.