I bought 2 books that had been on my list for a while, both for US$4.60 on kindle: The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles and Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones. The former is set in Brazil. The author is Brazilian, but I think has lived in the US for most of her life and writes in English (though I bought the translation.) The latter is a story that revolves around the construction of the cathedral of Santa María del Mar in Barcelona and the dramas of the people involved in it. Some people on goodreads are saying it's a rip-off of Pillars of the Earth. I hope it is!
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Oh, and I think I've given up on The World According to Garp. Too weird and not gripping enough (I could embrace the weirdness if it were more gripping.)