Welcome to Round 2 of the Passport to the World VBB!

The Rules:

(1) I will post a list of books and the order of the box participants on the first of every other month.

(2) Each person may take as many books out of the box as they want; however, you must put in the same number of books. This means that you may be responsible for shipping the number of books that you have put in. You control how many books you are willing to ship by only taking out/putting in that number of books.

(3) Play may continue perpetually. You can choose to skip your turn by not taking any books out of the box and passing the turn on to the next person.

(4) Books that qualify for this bookbox are fiction, biographies, memoirs and travelogues set in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East or based on the experiences of immigrants from those locations. In essence, this vbb is meant to open doors to new cultural experiences. :D

(5) When this vbb was based in bookcrossing, I did not allow play with TBRs. I will now allow play with TBRs but the books should be mailed out within two months of being chosen (i.e. if a book is chosen September 15th, the book should be mailed out by November 15th).

(6) Any books not taken after 2 rounds will be replaced by the person who put the book in. (Asterisks are used to indicate how many rounds a book has been in the bookbox.)

(7) You have 48 hours from the time the person before you posts their move in the thread to make your move. If you haven't made your move in that amount of time, you will be skipped once. If you don't show up within 48 hours when your turn comes up again, you will be moved to the end of the list. If you don't show up at all for a round, you will be removed from the list for the next round. However, if you want to rejoin at any time, you will be free to do so.

(7) New participants are welcome and can join at any time! If we are in the middle of a round, they will be added to the end of the list. If we are between rounds, they will be randomized into the list like everyone else.

(8) The list of participants will be randomized at the end of each round.

(9) Once you have chosen your books, please PM your address to the person whose books you have chosen.

(10) Once you've taken your turn, please PM the next person to let them know it's their turn. If you can't PM them for some reason, please say so when you post your move, so someone else can!

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
4. teachie
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
7. msjoanna
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
11. morsecode
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit

Ladiibbug - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves



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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

Latin America and the Caribbean
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round

:pm: to ladiibbug

I'm skipping ... trying to catch up on books I already have! *throws body against front door as mailman approaches *

PM'ing Ri

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
4. teachie
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
7. msjoanna
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
11. morsecode
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit

Hendertuckian - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

Latin America and the Caribbean
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round

Sorry, I am going to skip too. I feel a little overwhelmed with books right now!! :wacko:

Could I please join this bookbox? Thanks - there are some good books here. :)

Sure!

I'll add you to the end.

Hi all!

I've been lazy about getting this bookbox moving this round.....things have been quite hectic at home (I found a PT job and have been sorting out the details of that!) So, good things but very busy.

Today, I'll go ahead and send PMs to everyone involved saying that we've started up again. And, I'm adding a couple of books that I've received since the last round to sweeten the box! :lol:

I'm looking forward to watching lots of great books swap hands!

ETA: I'm not going to be able to use the computer much tonight so will likely get the PMs out to folks in the next day or two instead.

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
4. teachie
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
7. msjoanna
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
11. morsecode
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit
20. veganmedusa

Hendertuckian - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

Latin America and the Caribbean
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round

Hendertuckian is going to pass. Catch me on the next round.

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
4. teachie
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
7. msjoanna
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
11. morsecode
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit
20. veganmedusa

Teachie - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

Latin America and the Caribbean
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round

Can I be moved down please. I am just off to Barcelona for the weekend.

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
4. teachie (away until October 8th, keep bumping until that date)
7. msjoanna
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
11. morsecode
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit
20. veganmedusa

Bibliotreker - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

Latin America and the Caribbean
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round

:pm: to bibliotreker

Hgh? Everybody staying put at home sweet home and locking away her passport??

Woo hoo! We're going again. And I'm all caught up in this box, so I feel okay about offering a TBR here....

OK, Im ready. Just got a load of books at a flea market.

Choosing: Ursula Under by Ingrid Hill

Adding: Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
7. msjoanna
4. teachie (away until October 8th, keep bumping until that date)
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
11. morsecode
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit
20. veganmedusa

msjoanna - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips

bibliotreker takes out:
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)

bibliotreker puts in:
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR


sudokugirl takes out:
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

sudokugirl puts in:
Transmission by Hari Kunzru (immigrant experiences, India)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
Transmission by Hari Kunzru [India] (sudokugirl)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord [China] (bibliotreker) - no link

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl)

Latin America and the Caribbean
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes TBR (bibliotreker) - no link
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames ---> bibliotreker)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug ---> sudokugirl)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin ---> sudokugirl)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit ---> sudokugirl)

:pm: to msjoanna

I'm on my way to the airport -- out of town until Oct. 9. Please either skip me or bump me down as I don't have time to take a turn right now.

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
4. teachie (away until October 8th, keep bumping until that date)
11. morsecode
7. msjoanna (away until October 9th, keep bumping until that date)
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit
20. veganmedusa

rebeccaljames - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips

bibliotreker takes out:
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)

bibliotreker puts in:
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR


sudokugirl takes out:
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

sudokugirl puts in:
Transmission by Hari Kunzru (immigrant experiences, India)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
Transmission by Hari Kunzru [India] (sudokugirl)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord [China] (bibliotreker) - no link

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl)

Latin America and the Caribbean
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes TBR (bibliotreker) - no link
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames ---> bibliotreker)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug ---> sudokugirl)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin ---> sudokugirl)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit ---> sudokugirl)

:pm: to rebeccaljames

opps! In my haste to get my new addions on I forgot to register them. I just got them and haven't had time to do that. I'll do that tonight.

No problem! I have a few piles :blush: around the house that I need to register..... I wonder where all those books keep coming from?? :whistle:

I would like to skip this time. I will pm next in line.

Spring Moon and The Campaign now are registered

Wow, we're moving very quickly through the list!

I'm leaving early tomorrow morning as a chaperone for a bunch of teenagers on a 3-day bus trip, so I will probably be unable to check in until Tuesday, 10/9 (although if I'm back early enough Monday evening, I'll try to stop in).

I would still like to play, so please bump me down until I get back.

Thanks. :wave:

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
4. teachie (away until October 8th, keep bumping until that date)
11. morsecode
7. msjoanna (away until October 9th, keep bumping until that date)
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit (out of town until 10/9)
20. veganmedusa

dancing-dog - where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips

bibliotreker takes out:
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)

bibliotreker puts in:
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR


sudokugirl takes out:
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

sudokugirl puts in:
Transmission by Hari Kunzru (immigrant experiences, India)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)


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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
Transmission by Hari Kunzru [India] (sudokugirl)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord [China] (bibliotreker)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl)

Latin America and the Caribbean
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes TBR (bibliotreker)
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames ---> bibliotreker)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug ---> sudokugirl)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin ---> sudokugirl)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit ---> sudokugirl)

Book gremlins. Has to be the book gremlins...

Sorry to hold this up - I was unexpectedly unavailable this weekend. Will decide what I want to do in a little while :P

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
4. teachie (away until October 8th, keep bumping until that date)
11. morsecode
7. msjoanna (away until October 9th, keep bumping until that date)
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit (out of town until 10/9)
20. veganmedusa

azuki- where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips

bibliotreker takes out:
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)

bibliotreker puts in:
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR

sudokugirl takes out:
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

sudokugirl puts in:
Transmission by Hari Kunzru (immigrant experiences, India)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)

dancing-dog takes out:
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl)

dancing-dog puts in:
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan [India] (dancing-dog)
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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
Transmission by Hari Kunzru [India] (sudokugirl)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)

Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye)
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan [India] (dancing-dog)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord [China] (bibliotreker)

Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl)

Latin America and the Caribbean
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes TBR (bibliotreker)
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames ---> bibliotreker)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug ---> sudokugirl)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin ---> sudokugirl)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit ---> sudokugirl)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl --> dancing-dog)

:pm: to azuki

I am off to bed now, I will be back in the morning.

Thanks for the pm, dancing-dog.
Wow, looks like there are a lot of cancelled and postponed flights but happily it's my turn!

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
4. teachie (away until October 8th, keep bumping until that date)
11. morsecode
7. msjoanna (away until October 9th, keep bumping until that date)
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards
14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit (out of town until 10/9)
20. veganmedusa

Teachie - It's your turn. Where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips

bibliotreker takes out:
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)

bibliotreker puts in:
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR

sudokugirl takes out:
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

sudokugirl puts in:
Transmission by Hari Kunzru (immigrant experiences, India)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)

dancing-dog takes out:
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl)

dancing-dog puts in:
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan [India] (dancing-dog)

Azuki takes out:
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye -> azuki)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl -> azuki )

Azuki puts in:
The Barbarians are Coming by David Wong Louie [Immigration Experience] TBR (azuki)
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min [China] TBR (azuki)
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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
The Barbarians are Coming by David Wong Louie [China] (azuki)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
Transmission by Hari Kunzru [India] (sudokugirl)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)


Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min [China] (azuki)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan [India] (dancing-dog)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord [China] (bibliotreker)


Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)

Latin America and the Caribbean
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes TBR (bibliotreker)
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)


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Books Out Of Play This Round
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames ---> bibliotreker)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug ---> sudokugirl)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin ---> sudokugirl)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit ---> sudokugirl)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl --> dancing-dog)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye -> azuki)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl -> azuki )

Passport to the World VBB - Round 2

Participant List

1. ladiibbug
2. ri
3. hendertuckian
5. bibliotreker
6. sudokugirl
8. rebeccaljames
9. dancing-dog
10. azuki
4. teachie
11. morsecode
7. msjoanna (away until October 9th, keep bumping until that date)
12. geishabird
13. shnedwards 14. luckaye
15. eicuthbertson
16. rootmartin
17. bartonz
18. zzz
19. hobbit (out of town until 10/9)
20. veganmedusa

morsecode - It's your turn. Where do you want your passport stamped?


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Moves
Ladiibug skips
Ri skips
Hendertuckian skips

bibliotreker takes out:
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames)

bibliotreker puts in:
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (China)
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (Latin America) TBR

sudokugirl takes out:
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit)

sudokugirl puts in:
Transmission by Hari Kunzru (immigrant experiences, India)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)

dancing-dog takes out:
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl)

dancing-dog puts in:
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan [India] (dancing-dog)

Azuki takes out:
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye -> azuki)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl -> azuki )

Azuki puts in:
The Barbarians are Coming by David Wong Louie [Immigration Experience] TBR (azuki)
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min [China] TBR (azuki)

Teachie takes out:
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird)

Teachie puts in:
Not without my daughter by Betty Mahmoody [Iran] (teachie)




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Books Currently In the Box

Books from the last round have an asterisk

Immigrant Experiences
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau Badami (eicuthbertson)
*Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros [Mexico/America] (Bartonz)
*Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite [Poet from Barbados writing about African roots] (Bartonz)
The Barbarians are Coming by David Wong Louie [China] (azuki)
*The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan [China] (sudokogirl)
Transmission by Hari Kunzru [India] (sudokugirl)
*Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston [China] (rootmartin)


Asia/Oceania
*China Cry: The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider [China] (Tribefan)
*Chinese Stories from the fifties by E.Guijun [China] (teachie)
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min [China] (azuki)
*Namma: A Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko [Tibet] (rootmartin)
*Tenko by Anthony Masters [Japan] (luckaye)
*The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy [India] (geishabird)
*The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason [Myanmar (Burma)] (zzz)
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan [India] (dancing-dog)
*Red Azalea by Anchee Min (dancing-dog)
*Report from a Chinese Village by Jan Myrdal [China] (Bibliotreker)
*Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw (rootmartin)
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord [China] (bibliotreker)


Africa
*Almost Adam: A Novel by Petru Popescu [Kenya] (rebeccaljames)
*Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (eicuthbertson)
*Congo by Michael Crichton (rootmartin)
*Elegy for a Revolutionary by CJ Driver (rootmartin)
*Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (geishabird)
*Scatterlings of Africa by Peter Davies [Zimbabwe] (morsecode)
*Tsotsi: a novel by Athol Fugard (rootmartin)

Latin America and the Caribbean
The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes TBR (bibliotreker)
*Gabriela Mistral: a reader by Isabel Allende (rootmartin)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig [Argentina] (zzz)
*The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (hendertuckian)
Running the Amazon by Joe Kane [Brazil] (rootmartin)
* The Brave Bulls by Tom Lea (rootmartin)
*The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela [Mexico] (rootmartin)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Columbia] (hobbit)

The Middle East and North Africa
*A Traveler on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell (rootmartin)
*The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma (rootmartin)
*The Liberated Bride by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua (rootmartin)
*Quarantine by Jim Crace (shnedwards)
*Whirlwind by James Clavell (hendertuckian)
Not without my daughter by Betty Mahmoody [Iran] (teachie)

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Books Out Of Play This Round
*Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill [Immigrant Experience] (rebeccaljames ---> bibliotreker)
*Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [India] (ladiibbug ---> sudokugirl)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel by Dai Sijie [China] (rootmartin ---> sudokugirl)
*Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer [South Africa] (hobbit ---> sudokugirl)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah [China] (sudokugirl --> dancing-dog)
*The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble [Korea] TBR (luckaye -> azuki)
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire [Zimbabwe] (sudokugirl -> azuki )
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe [Nigeria] (geishabird --> teachie)

Azuki! :whip: :whip: :whip:

Those were the two books that I had my eye on. How could you! :cry:

Hopefully, you'll see fit to put them back in the box down the road at least. :wink: :giggle:

Teachie - that's one of my all time favorite books! I hope that you like it.

And that's one of MY all-time favorite books. My copy has a post-it note in it with a list of 4 non-bookcrossing friends that I've recommended it to, and who will be passing it around in an informal bookring.

I'll take my move as soon as I can