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Blog: For any of my book friends who are interested in following my travels as a teacher of English, my blog is at: http://www.paulahobbit.blogspot.com

Challenges: I have participated in, or am currently in, these.

Advent 2008 (didn't complete) Olympic Challenge (March 2006-Aug 2008) 100 Books Wild Release Challenge (June-Dec 2007) 2nd Annual Chef's Challenge (Apr-July 2007) Mini-Book Mini-Challenge (ongoing) 5-5-5 Challenge (2006) The Chef's Challenge (May-July 19, 2006) Hated book challenge (May 2006) Books to South Africa (May 2006, ongoing)) Race to 3 Million Registered (Start 248 Reg, End 428) - March/April 2006 "That their light may always shine", December 11, 2005 You're Such an Animal Release Challenge, Sept 2005 The City Country River Challenge, July 2005 Andre Norton -- In Memoriam, March-June 2005

Olympic Challenge: Here's a record of the books I read for the Olympic Challenge, where I read something (book, essay, short story, poem, ...) by an author from every country participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Olympic Challenge:

Total Read: 205


Continent of AFRICA:

ALG Algeria: essay in For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech, published by George Braziller (library)

ANG Angola: The Return of the Water Spirit by Pepetela

BEN Benin: Snares Without End by Olympe Bhely-Quenum

BOT Botswana: Maru by Bessie Head

BUR Burkina Faso: The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Somé (library)

BDI Burundi: This Voice in My Heart by Gilbert Tuhabonye

CMR Cameroon: Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono

CPV Cape Verde: Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo by Germano Almeida

CAF Central African Republic: African Tales: Folklore of the Central African Republic, ed. Polly Strong

CHA Chad: Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986 by Esaie Toingar

COM Comoros: Union of the Comoros Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper (World Bank Loan Application, online)

CGO Congo: Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala (library)

CIV Côte d'Ivoire: Grandma Nana by Véronique Tadjo

COD Democratic Republic of the Con: The Antipeople by Sony Labou Tansi

DJI Djibouti: The Land Without Shadows by Abdourahman A. Waberi

EGY Egypt: essay in For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech, published by George Braziller (library)

GEQ Equatorial Guinea: Ndowe Tales by Enenge A'Bodjedi

ERI Eritrea: Unjust Praise by Ghirmai Yohannes (online)

ETH Ethiopia: Notes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega Mezlekia (library)

GAB Gabon: Batouala by Rene Maran

GAM Gambia: Wolof by Tijan M. Sallah (library)

GHA Ghana: The Hypocrisy of the Christian Church in the Third World by Samuel Donkor (borrowed)

GUI Guinea: The Guardian of the Word by Camara Laye

GBS Guinea-Bissau: Island by Amilcar Cabral (online)

KEN Kenya: Owen & Mzee by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu

LES Lesotho: Blanket Boy by A. S. Mopeli-Paulus

LBR Liberia: Folk Tales of Liberia by J. Luke Creel with Bai Gai Kiahon (library)

LBA Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: The Right Course by Ibrahim al-Koni (online)

MAD Madagascar: poems by Jean-Joseph Rabearrivelo and Flavien Ranaivo in The Penguin Book of Modern Poetry (library)

MAW Malawi: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry. Poem by Jack Mapanje

MLI Mali: The fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ

MTN Mauritania: poetry by Oumar Ba in Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (library>

MRI Mauritius: poetry by Edouard Maunick in Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (library)

MAR Morocco: Racism Explained to My Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun (library)

MOZ Mozambique: We killed Mangy-Dog and other Stories by Luis Bernardo Honwana (library)

NAM Namibia: The Orphan Calf and the Magical Cheetah: Cheetah Poems, Essays, and Illustrations by Namibian People by Stephen De Vincent

NIG Niger: Bemba, an African Adventure by Andree Clair (library)

NGR Nigeria: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

RWA Rwanda: Left to tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza (library)

STP Sao Tome and Principe: Ossobo: Essays on the Literature of Sao Tome and
Principe by Donald Burness

SEN Senegal ring: Ambiguous Adventure

SEY Seychelles: Indian Ocean Folktales by Lee Haring (library)

SLE Sierra Leone: The Devil That Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna

SOM Somalia: Desert Flower by Waris Dirie (library)

RSA South Africa: Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer

SUD Sudan: Minaret by Leila Aboulela (library)

SWZ Swaziland: All the King's Animals by Cristina Kessler, foreword by Mswati III, King of Swaziland (library)

TOG Togo: An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie

TUN Tunisia: I Introduce Myself To The World by Amina Saïd (online) and The Colonizer and the Colonized by Abert Memmi (library)

UGA Uganda: Snakepit by Moses Isegawa (library)

TAN United Republic of Tanzania: The Princess Who Lost Her Hair by Tololwa Mollel

ZAM Zambia: Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens (library)

ZIM Zimbabwe: Zenzele by J. Nozipo Maraire



Continent of OCEANA:

ASA American Samoa: Alchemies of Distance by Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard

AUS Australia: The Children Must Dance by Tony Maniaty

COK Cook Islands: Cook Islands Legends by Jon Jonassen

FSM Federated States of Micronesia: Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood

FIJ Fiji: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers. Story by Raymond Pillai

GUM Guam: Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood, et. al.

KIR Kiribati: The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost

MHL Marshall Islands: Marshall Island Legends by Daniel A. Kelin

NRU Nauru: Stories from Nauru

NZL New Zealand: The Little Kowhai Tree

PLW Palau: Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood

PNG Papua New Guinea: Gutsini Posa by Regis Stella

SAM Samoa: The Birth and Death of the Miracle Man by Albert Wendt

SOL Solomon Islands: The Confession and Other Stories by Julian Maka'a

TGA Tonga: Langakali by Konai Helu Thaman

TUV Tuvalu: Songs of Tuvalu by Gerd Koch

VAN Vanuatu: Black Stone by Grace Mera Molisa



OCA Continent of ASIA:

AFG Afghanistan: Devil's Playground by Said Yassin Zia

BRN Bahrain: Quixotiq by Ali Al Saeed

BAN Bangladesh: Brick Lane by Monica Ali

BHU Bhutan: The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden

BRU Brunei Darussalam: 'Punched' Lines: Sit-Down Comedy from Southeast Asia ed. Helena Hon

CAM Cambodia: A Cambodian Odyssey by Haing Ngor

TPE Chinese Taipei: The Butchers Wife by Ang Li (library)

PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Second Encounter by Han Ung-bin (online)

HKG Hong-Kong: The Feng Shui Detective by Nury Vittachi (library)

IND India: The Tiger Ladies by Sudha Koul

INA Indonesia: The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (library)

IRQ Iraq: essay in For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech, published by George Braziller (library)

IRI Islamic Republic of Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

JPN Japan: Mon The Gate by Natsume Soseki

JOR Jordan: Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif

KAZ Kazakhstan: Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (library)

KOR Korea: Korea Unmasked by Won bok Rhie

KUW Kuwait: A Man's Staff by Fatima Yousef al-Ali (online)

KGZ Kyrgyzstan: The Place of the Skull by Chingiz Aitmatov (library)

LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic: Stories from Laos by Outhine Buunyauong (online)

LIB Lebanon: Beirut Blues by Hanan Al Shaykh

MAS Malaysia: Kadazan Folklore by Rita Lasimbang

MDV Maldives: Various (online)

MGL Mongolia: The Khan's Daughter by Laurence Yep (library)

MYA Myanmar: Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi

NEP Nepal: Arresting God in Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay

OMA Oman: Behind the Veil by Unni Wikan (library)

PAK Pakistan: Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidwa

PLE Palestine: Sharon and My Mother-in-law by Suad Amiry (library)

CHN People's Republic of China: The Good Women of China

PHI Philippines: Filipino Children's Favorite Stories by Liana Romulo (library)

QAT Qatar: Qatari Women: Past and Present by Abeer Abu Saud

KSA Saudi Arabia: Princess Sultana's Daughters by Jean Sasson

SIN Singapore: The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim

SRI Sri Lanka: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers by Shyam Selvadurai

SYR Syrian Arab Republic: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry. Poem by Adonis

TJK Tadjikistan: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry. Poem by Bozor Sabir and
A Love Poem by Iskandar Khatloni

THA Thailand: Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (library)

TLS Timor-Leste: Black & White Christmas by Afonso Busa Metan and
Maubere Poems (online poems)

TKM Turkmenistan: Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy by Jonathan Maslow (library)

UAE United Arab Emirates: The Wink of the Mona Lisa by Mohammad Al Murr

UZB Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan On the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century by Islam Karimov

VIE Viet Nam: The Tapestries by Kien Nguyen (library)

YEM Yemen: Sold: Story of Modern-day Slavery (ring)



EOC Continent of EUROPE:

ALB Albania: The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare

AND Andorra: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Michele Gazier)

ARM Armenia: The Buddha by David Kherdian

AUT Austria: Wittgensteins Nephew by Thomas Bernhard

AZE Azerbaijan: The Girl From the Golden Horn by Kurban Said, aka Lev Nussimbaum

BLR Belarus: Pack of Wolves by Vasil Bykov

BEL Belgium: In The Shadow of the Ark by Anne Provoost (library)

BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic

BUL Bulgaria: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Blaga Dimitrova) and works of Elena Alexieva

CRO Croatia: Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic (library)

CYP Cyprus: online poems and prose by Nora Nadjarian

CZE Czech Republic: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

DEN Denmark: I am David by Anne Holm

EST Estonia: ray A Selection of Hyperboles by E. Spriit

FIN Finland: The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson

MKD Former Yugoslav Republic of Ma: Hourglass by Danilo Kis (library)

FRA France: Stairway C by Elvire Murail

GEO Georgia: The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (library)

GER Germany: Laura's Star by Klaus Baumgart

GBR Great Britain: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

GRE Greece: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (library)

HUN Hungary: In Praise of Older Women by Stephen Vizinczey

ISL Iceland: Absolution by Olaf Olafsson

IRL Ireland: The Horse Goddess by Morgan Llywelyn

ISR Israel: My Michael by Amos Oz

ITA Italy: A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo

LAT Latvia: online Latvian Poetry

LIE Liechtenstein poem Free as a Bird by Elisabeth Buchel (online)

LTU Lithuania: Poetry from Lithuania (online)

LUX Luxembourg: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Guy Rewenig)

MLT Malta: The Fixer by Joe Sacco (library)

MNE Montenegro A Stranger's Supper: an Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro by Zorka Milich

MON Monaco: But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen by Anthony Burgess (library)

NED Netherlands: The Assault by Harry Mulisch

NOR Norway: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

POL Poland: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski

POR Portugal: Blindness by Jose Saramago

MDA Republic of Moldova: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Vitalie Ciobanu)

ROM Romania: A Bar in Brooklyn by Andrei Codrescu

RUS Russian Federation: A Week Like Any Other by Natalya Baranskaya

SMR San Marino: library How To Travel With A Salmon & Other Essays by Umberto Eco

SRB Serbia: The Days of the Consuls by Ivo Andric and St Sava and the Devil (online)

SVK Slovakia: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Martin Simecka)

SLO Slovenia: Poems by Lucija Stupica (online)

ESP Spain: Abel Sanchez and other stories by Miguel De Unamuno

SWE Sweden: April Witch by Majgull Axelsson (library)

SUI Switzerland: The White Masai (ring)

TUR Turkey: Snow by Orhan Pamuk

UKR Ukraine: Two Lands, New Visions: Stories from Canada and Ukraine



PASO Continent of AMERICAs:

ANT Antigua and Barbuda: The Man Who Loved Attending Funerals by Frank Collymore

ARG Argentina: Pubis Angelical by Manuel Puig

ARU Aruba: Poetry by Rosabelle Maria Illes (online)

BAH Bahamas: Poems by Nicolette Bethel and Christian Campbell in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16

BAR Barbados: Flickering Shadows by Kwadwo Agymah Kamau

BIZ Belize: Stories by Julie Babcock in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16

BER Bermuda: Mesoamerican Mythology by Graham Faiella (library)

BOL Bolivia: Turing's Delirium by Edmundo Paz Soldan

BRA Brazil: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

IVB British Virgin Islands: The Answer by Jennie N Wheatley (online)

CAN Canada: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

CAY Cayman Islands: So, You Want to Live on an Island by Gay Morse

CHI Chile: Paula by Isabel Allende

COL Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

CRC Costa Rica: And We Sold the Rain. Stories by Samuel Rovinski, Carmen Naranjo

CUB Cuba: The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier

DMA Dominica: ray Rhythm & Revolt - Tales of the Antilles

DOM Dominican Republic: Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (library)

ECU Ecuador: The Galapagos Phat Guide by Antonio Adrian

ESA El Salvador: One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta

GRN Grenada: tide running by Oonya Kempadoo

GUA Guatemala: El Señor Presidente by Miguel Asturias (library)

GUY Guyana: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers. Story by Rooplall Monar

HAI Haiti: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

HON Honduras: And We Sold the Rain. Stories by Roberto Castillo, Julio Escoto, et al

JAM Jamaica: Summer Lightning and Other Stories by Olive Senior

MEX Mexico: The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel

AHO Netherlands Antilles: The Sign of Jonah by Boeli Van Leeuwen

NCA Nicaragua: The Inhabited Woman by Giaconda Belli (library)

PAN Panama: And We Sold the Rain. Stories by Pedro Rivera, Bertalicia Peralta

PAR Paraguay: excerpt from Hijo de hombre by Augusto Roa Bastos in Latin American Literature Today

PER Peru: story by Ciro Alegria in Latin American Literature Today

PUR Puerto Rico: Perez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale (library)

SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis: A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips (library)

LCA Saint Lucia: Collected Poems 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott (library)

VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Story by Cecil A Williams in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16

SUR Suriname: ray Rhythm & Revolt - Tales of the Antilles

TRI Trinidad and Tobago: Stories by Winston Hackett and others in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16

USA United States of America: Bad Habits by Dave Barry

URU Uruguay: The House on the Dunes by Roberto Viola

VEN Venezuela: story by Arturo Uslar Pietri in Latin American Literature Today

ISV Virgin Islands: Seasoning for the Mortar; Virgin Islanders Writing in The Caribbean Writer

Book Rings & Rays that I've started. Those marked Active or New are usually open to new participants.

Stalled Ring: African Tales: Folklore of the Central African Republic Completed Ray: Blanket Boy Completed Ray: Cook Islands Legends Stalled Ring - Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers Completed Ray: QuixotiQ by Ali Al Saeed Completed Ray: Stories from Nauru Completed Ray: The House on the Dunes by Roberto Viola Completed Ray: The Land Without Shadows by Abdourahman A. Waberi Completed Ring (2 books): Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo, Return of the Water Spirit Completed Ray: The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim Completed Ray: The wink of the Mona Lisa, and other stories from the Gulf by Muhammad Murr Lost Ray: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry Completed Ring: Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic Completed Ray: The Birth and Death of the Miracle Man: A Collection of Short Stories by Albert Wendt

Given my username and my decades-long love for JRR Tolkien's books, I couldn't resist sharing my results from this quiz. (No, I didn't fudge my answers to get this result.):




You're The Fellowship of the Ring!

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Facing great adversity, you have decided that your only choice is to unite with your friends and neighbors. You have been subject to a ton of squabbling and ultimately decided that someone humble is your best candidate for a dangerous mission. You're quite good with languages and convinced that not all who wander are lost. If you see anyone in black robes on horseback, just run. That's just common sense.

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