Journal Entry 1 by Ftarazu from Ovar, Aveiro Portugal on Monday, November 13, 2006

Its my first at a challenge and I hope I’ll succeed… This 5 Books, 5 Countries, 5 Continents Challenge seems like a good one for starting…Looking forward to it.

Here's my list of countries, authors and books. It may be subject to changes as the year progresses. Also, Im still missing some books but I’ll try to get them meanwhile…

EUROPE
1) Portugal: Pessoas como nós - Margarida Rebelo Pinto (DONE)
2) Germany: : Morte em Veneza -Thomas Mann (DONE)
3) England: The Colour of Magic (A Discworld Novel) - Terry Pratchett (DONE)
4) Italy: O Cheiro da Noite - Andrea Camilleri (DONE)
5) Austria: A história de um sonho - Arthur Schnitzler(DONE)

AMERICA
1) Colombia: Memoria de mis putas tristes -Gabriel Garcia Marquez (DONE)
2) Canada: The way the crown flies - Ann-Marie MacDonald (DONE)
3) Chile: - O bosque dos pigmeus - Isabel Allende (DONE)
4) Peru: Lituma nos Andes - Mario Vargas Llosa (DONE)
5) USA: Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman (DONE)

ASIA
1) Japan: Nunca Me Deixes - Kazuo Ishiguro (DONE)
2) China: - Uma cana de pesca para o meu avô - Gao Xingjian (DONE)
3) India: O Deus das pequenas coisas – Arundhati Roy (reading...)
4) Russia: O pavilhão dos cancerosos - Alexandre Soljenitsine (reading)
5)

AFRICA
1) Mozambique: O último voo do flamingo - Mia Couto (DONE)
2) Zimbabwe: The no. 1 ladies’s detective agency - Alexander McCall Smith (DONE)
3) Angola: Um estranho em Goa - José Eduardo Agualusa (DONE)
4) South Africa: Chora terra bem amada - Alan Paton (DONE)
5)

AUSTRALIA and OCEANIA
1) Australia: Holy Cow! An indian adventure - Sarah MacDonald (DONE)
2) Samoa: They Who Do Not Grieve - Sia Figiel (Boreal)(DONE)
3) Thaiti: Tão longe do mundo - Tavae Raioaoa & Lionel Duroy (Arvores)(DONE)
4) New Zealand: Holy Smoke - Anne Campion (BruxinhaBoa) (DONE)
5)


For those interested:
Book from Zimbabwe The no. 1 ladies’s detective agency - Alexander McCall Smith avaiable for bookring. Those interested please PM me