April Armchair Travel Plans

I have alot of international travel planned for next month. I will be returning to Japan for Kylie Lee Baker's Japanese Gothic and Asako Yuzuki's Hooked. Yuzuki is the author of Butter which I reviewed last year. Butter was one of my top books in 2025. India is also a nice trip I will take for Sharon Maas' Girl in a Red Silk Sari. I am then traveling to medieval Italy with Gregory Maguire's Mirror Mirror. It was originally published in 2004 but was republished in February 2026. The story is about the Medicis. Another big trip will be to ancient Egypt. I will be reading I Am Cleopatra by  Natasha Solomons and Marie Benedict's Daughter of Egypt. I am also going to Korea for Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han. This novel is about Koreans under Japanese Occupation. One final trip will be to 16th century England with The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton. Jennifer Brown wrote this novel about the Boleyn family. 

If I don't run out of reading time, I might be reading T.N. Daigle's Cypress Run, Amy Prescott's Fatal Foliage and Murder at a Firefly Tea by Laura Childs. I have many other books on my nightstand that I recently purchased but cannot be sure I will have time to read them. American Han, Bad Asians, Nowhere Burning, The Girl in the Attic and White River Crossing are possibilities for April. I believe the settings for all of these novels are in the United States. 

April should be a month of heavy reading for me. If it's not too cold I will walk to a nearby beach with my coffee mug and begin my reads. Sooooo, where are you traveling in April?

March Armchair Travel Plans

I am excited to start off my reading this month in Japan. Shiokari Pass takes place here and it will have to suffice because my real life travel plans to Kyoto this month had to be canceled. I am having too many back problems right now and can't travel. Shiokari Pass was written in 1968 by Ayako Miura and was translated into English in 1989 by the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. It is based on the true story of Nagano Masao, a Christian railway employee who sacrificed his life to save passengers in Hokkaido. Next, I will be in Shanghai with Janie Chang's The Fourth Princess and then in Afghanistan for The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. Finally, I will be in Calcutta in the 1920s with Sujatta Massey's Star of Calcutta. This is the newest Perveen Mistry historical mystery.

As usual, I will be reading some mysteries. Laura Childs has a new book coming out on March 10. Her Indigo Teashop  Mystery series takes place in Charleston and the new book is Death at a Firefly Tea. Emily Bain Murphy's The Ivory City takes place at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. With five of my favorite authors publishing their 2026 novels and reading challenge requirements to comply with, March is going to be a month of heavy reading for me.

Where are you traveling this month?

February Armchair Travel Plans

I am only traveling to three international countries this month. Thailand, Singapore and Russia are on my list. Ann Bennett's Bamboo Island: The Planter's Wife takes place in Malaysia and Singapore. It is a WWII historical fiction novel.

Also set in Singapore is Ovidia Yu's Aunty Lee's Delights. This novel has been on my tbr list for quite awhile. Juhea Kim's City of Night Birds takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia. It rounds out my armchair travel in February. I had intended to read the book last month but fell short of the goal. This story is about a ballerina. The rest of my armchair travels are in the U. S. for several mysteries. I am definitely visiting Boston and Amish country in Shipshewana, IN and Arthur, IL. 

Where are you traveling this month?

October Armchair Travel Plans

Next month I will be traveling via the armchair to six countries. With my supersonic mind I will be flying to Israel, Iran, Spain, Italy, Burma and China with books written by Rachel Kadish, Guy Gavriel Kay, Marjan Kamali, Charmaine Craig, Ken Tentarelli, and Maxine Hong Kingston.  I will be transported to the 1930s as well as the medieval era. The books from my bookshelf that I will be reading can be seen in the below book covers.