Inspired by Women in Translation Month (#WIT) which is an annual monthlong reading event that happens every August, I looked through some books that I have been wanting to read but have put off due to length of the novel, the complexity of the writing, or that I frankly lack some of the needed contextual insights to understand the book. I found a few that fit that bill, so I opened a call for participation in some group read that I would host for the following books: Tomb of