What can be better than diving into a book--holding an adventure of the written word in your hand?
What can take the place of traveling as you turn the pages?
Whether you visit incredible new places, walking strange streets, feeling the dust of the traveler on your shoes.
Or you find yourself returning home--in one way or another.
Or even find yourself traveling within…
What is more beautiful than the exciting and surprising stack of new books waiting for you?
Only one thing I can think of tops the delicious flavor of solitary hours spent in words...and worlds:
Knowing that people who understand you--and your book--are reading alongside you.
These are the kind of people who help you see the story in an entirely different light, as they turn the globe a bit to one side, and another with their perspectives.
They’ve wandered different corners of the earth, grown up with different languages, adopted other cultures...and yet.
They are your fellow Vagabonds. Readers, writers, creators--who don’t stop for borders, boundaries or languages, but travel across them.
And another thing about reading in our community that I wouldn’t miss for all the world?
The books your fellow travelers recommend!
Here is what our community has come up with for Spring/Summer of 2021.
What does this new season have in store?
Don’t tell me you don’t know.
Don’t tell me the times are uncertain.
One thing is sure.
There will be books!
There will be adventures,
inspiration,
and great conversations...
Book Club Picks for Spring/Summer 2021:
May 11th: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)
June: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
July: The Polyglot Lovers by Lina Wolff, Saskia Vogel (Translator)
**August: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
**September: Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)
** These books are slightly longer reads so we may allow more time to complete them, pushing back the dates of the book chat.
Our book club and writing group meets to discuss a book each month and we find new inspiration in each book we read for our writing and our lives.
Have you read any of these books? Are you adding any of them to your 'To-Read’ list?
I’d love to hear what you think about these books, other books…or any of your adventures of the written word. Let me know in the comments!
Read and Write to Connect with Others…
If you think a group of multilingual readers, writers and creatives sounds like home to your Vagabond soul, sign up here to be the first to know when we’re accepting new members and to get a free creative journaling challenge.
And if you’ve signed up for the newsletter, you can join us for one book chat—just because you’re a part of our community!
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