I thought it’d be fun, this time around, to do a mini-carnival every week for the duration of the challenge, highlighting the reviews I’d read that week.

And, I also thought, it’d be nice to start off my round-ups with a taste from the books we’re reading. So, from A Year in the World:

“[S]ometimes travel just unlocks Pandora’s box. What I’ve put off considering in my quotidian life rushes forward when the body and mind achieve a quiet level of receptivity. What has been lost comes looking.”

If you have any quotes from your reading that you’d like me to include in my weekly (while the challenge is running) roundups, leave them in the comments, or email me at mmfbooksATgmailDOTcom.

It’s been a slow starting week… Amira, amazingly, has up and finished the challenge already. I think out of her three books, Near a Thousand Tables sounds the most interesting, even if she ” felt as if I was just getting bits and pieces of everything”.

J.C. started with Can You Trust a Tomato in January, which also sounds good. Since I couldn’t leave a comment on her blog, I’ll leave it here: J.C. what do graham crackers have to do with sex? And you should read Michael Pollan’s books if you liked this one.

Nicole gets the “most unique travel book experience” by reading Brave New World, which does, in fact, have a place name in the title. She says, “The fun thing about this book is that there are different main characters throughout. One person’s story seamlessly becomes another’s, all coming together to show us what a Brave New World would be like. I recommend it.”

Here’s to more good reading!

ETA: (I’m sorry about this… I left it off the post. Eek. I’ll be better next week.) Post all — and take the time to browse a few — reviews at the review site, here.