Having never 'done' a reading challenge (both in participation nor creation ways) I have decided to set myself a challenge for next year.

Having seen this challenge kicking around, I have decided to give it a go myself.

Starting at midnight of January 1st 2011, and finishing at 11:59pm on December 31st 2011, I shall be challenging myself to the 6 books, 6 countries, 6 continents - Reading Challenge.

The challenge consists of:

You have to read 6 books which are set in OR are written by an author from 6 different countries in each of the 6 continents within the 12 month period of the 1st day of 2001 and the last.

The 6 continents are:
AFRICA
ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
OCEANIA
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)
SOUTH AMERICA

So...for example:
ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
Book 1.Japan, Book 2.Saudi Arabia, Book 3.China, Book 4.India, Book 5.Afghanistan

*NB You cannot count books of the same country twice

It'd be nice to have others join me in this challenge, however (my game = my rules!), there can be no book / author / title mentioned in the thread until it has actually been read by you for this challenge. This will give people some help if they are struggling for ideas, but only once another participant has read the book (otherwise I fear there will be countless title / author ideas thrown around in the next month and a half prior to the challenge starting, which will consume the thread). This can be done by 'ticking' your countries off, and keeping everyone up to date with your progress on the challenge.

Another 'rule' is that books CANNOT be offered up to nor asked of other participants in the thread, however they CAN be sent as surprise RABCKs should the owner of the book so wish.

And last but not least....THIS IS NOT A RACE, NOR A COMPETITION !!!


So who's with me??!!

I have seen other BCers mention this on their pages and thought it might be fun to try. I will look through my TBRs right now to set aside some to start the new year off right.

I've done - and failed this challenge before, will be good to hive it another go

I'm in on this. It will be a good excuse to read some world fiction. Is non-fiction included in the challenge? Here's a link to a list of countries in each continent which might be helpful:

http://www.worldatlas.com/cntycont.htm

The link has changed somehow to: http://www.worldatlas.com / cntycont.htm

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Sounds like a great way to diversify my reading choices!

A good site to use to disover where an author is from is http://www.fantasticfiction.com
9/10 it states the authors birth place, and / or shows a flag
Great site, I use it alot

So if I read a book by a German author which is set in France I can either count it for Germany or for France (if I've already got a book for Germany for example), right?

That's right. A book can only be counted the once

For example, the book The Kite Runner was set in Kabul, but was written by Khaled Hosseini who was born in America.

Personally I am going to attempt the challenge going by author's birth places, and see how I go

I tried two years ago, and didn't quite make it, so have continued tracking my countries this year too. Europe and Asia are easy, but the others are much more difficult. I found South America was the most difficult to find books for, and even North America was awkward, when you can only count the USA once. I'm glad you're taking up the organisation this year, as it's much more motivating when you can see what other people are reading.

You can find the old thread under book talk "6 books, 6 countries, 6 continents" if you need suggestions.

Some of us did maps on our profiles to show which countries we'd done.

Good luck to all participants. :)

I'm up for a reading challenge next year, this might be it!

Just a question/suggestion. Maybe instead of counting the U.S as one country, we could do states instead?

Nope...thats cheating!

..Only six books? This will give me motivation to read some of the World Fiction languishing on Mt. TBR. I'm in!

..Only six books?

It will be 6 books from 6 differnet countires, within the 6 differnt continents = 36 books

It was just a suggestion. Since a lot of american states are as big or in most cases bigger as a lot of african or european countries.

off Mt TBR!

Ok - I'm a list-a-holic and a book addict.

So....here is a "subject to change" list on google docs: http://tinyurl.com/3wuv4o6
of what I MAY read in 2011 for this challenge. What I PLAN to read Jan-March will be posted in the 15th SIY challenge. And if you're a mooch for books, KEEP YOUR WISHLIST UP TO DATE. I plan to continuing rabck'g (although not EVERY week) through 2011, so these books move on out!

Other links:
World Atlas: http://www.worldatlas.com/cntycont.htm - so you can see what continent your country is in
Authors: www.fantasticfiction.com. Only going to help you out for a fiction author.
Here's the 2008 thread: http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/376918/
And for marsala - hyphen8 did states in 2009. I'm still slogging through my last three! Here's that link: http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/379938
And for making the maps that can go on your profile:
http://www.world66.com/---/visitedCountries

Nancy

This should be fun! An excuse to read some recommended ones I've been hoarding!

Found some good folks from interesting places in the list of Nobel winners, but some of them are primarily poets... Will poetry collections count?

That's up to you. I spoke to someone the other week who did all of their books as non fiction whilst their friend did all of theirs as fiction.
You might want to do all of yours as poets...?
However, I'm not setting this as a 'rule'. Of course you can mix it up if you wish. Everyone I;m sure will set their own challenge and just use the 666 as their framework :)

I'll probably be mixing up fiction, non-fiction and poetry especially for some of the more difficult places.

I've been looking for a new reading challenge for 2011 so I think I might give this one a go. Did I understand correctly that you're not meant to repeat books that others have read in this challenge? If so, where do you find out what others have read - am new to the site, so haven't explored everything that's on here yet.

Did I understand correctly that you're not meant to repeat books that others have read in this challenge?

No no no....you can read the same books as others, all I ask is that you don't mention a book here until you have finished reading it.

Oh and welcome to bookcrossing...I see you joined yesterday and that this was your 1st forum post :)

Did I understand correctly that you're not meant to repeat books that others have read in this challenge?

No no no....you can read the same books as others, all I ask is that you don't mention a book here until you have finished reading it.

Oh and welcome to bookcrossing...I see you joined yesterday and that this was your 1st forum post :)

Thanks! And yes, you're right it was my first post! I reckon the Oceania part of this challenge is going to be the most difficult.... Can you include the Antarctic??

On Satuday it will be exactly 3 weeks until this challenge begins.
I just wanted to check that you are all still in!?

I am! I'm excited! I'm glad I've been saving my PaperbackSwap credits because I've been able to collect some African and Oceanian literature, neither of which were at all represented on my shelves.

Have gone through Mt. TBR and found some promising selections. I have at least one book for each of the 6 continents and I think I may have all 6 selected for Asia and at least 4 for Europe. I even have 2 for Oceania (the easiest 2 countries: Australia and New Zealand).

I'm in. Need to cut down my Mount TBR (as it's ever possible thanks to BC and book stores).

Oceania is NOT a continent. :)

Oceania is NOT a continent

True, but tomatoes are fruit.....
But for this challenge, my chosen 6 'continents' are AFRICA, ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA), OCEANIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN), SOUTH AMERICA

For guidleines of these continents and their countries please see: http://www.worldatlas.com/cntycont.htm


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How many Continents are there in the world?
5 continents
We have been taught in school (way back in the 60's in Europe) that there are five continents, Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe, for instance symbolised in the five rings of the Olympic Games.

6 continents
However, there is no standard definition for the number of continents. In Europe, many students are taught about six continents, where North and South America is combined to form a single America.
These six continents are Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Europe.

7 continents
By most standards, there are a maximum of seven continents - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. Many geographers and scientists now refer to six continents, where Europe and Asia are combined (because they're one solid landmass).
These six continents are then Africa, Antarctica, Australia/Oceania, Eurasia, North America, and South America.

Oceania a continent?
Actually, by the definition of a continent as a large continuous area of land, the Pacific Islands of Oceania aren't a continent, but one could say they belong to a continent, e.g. Oceania is sometimes associated with the continent of Australia.

Just out of curiousity, does the book "Yeats is Dead!" (a mystery written by 15 Irish writers) count? Is it possible to tick off Ireland with this book?

http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4452739/

I'd say so....but its up to you :)

Nancy Pearl's latest: Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers.

Nancy Pearl's latest: Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers.

Hmm....please refer to my original post for this thread:
"It'd be nice to have others join me in this challenge, however (my game = my rules!), there can be no book / author / title mentioned in the thread until it has actually been read by you for this challenge."

Even though it seems I broke this rule myself!

V. Sorry - I didn't think it would be a prob as the Challenge hadn't started yet, and I was just saying it as a resource a la an atlas.
Doesn't it figure that the first book I'm reading is going to get my US book done and dusted? Glad to get some of the World Lit on Mt. TBR going finally...

Please use this thread to keep us up to date with your progress throughout the year

I'd love to try this. Don't think I'll be able to come close to the numbers, but it will certainly diversify my reading material!

CONTINENT: North America
1. Country: Canada
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7414562/

2. Country: USA
Anthem by Ayn Rand
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6393445/
3. Country: Jamaica
The Duppy by Anthony C Winkler
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8565176/

Book 1
CONTINENT: North America
COUNTRY: USA
AUTHOR: Anita Shreve
BOOK: Where or When
YEAR: 1993
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4751538

if it's not too late. Great way to diversify my readings

Greenland? I don't see it listed on the countries by continent list

how about Scotland - is that considered part of the UK (therefore counts as UK?)

Nancy

Greenland

It belongs to North America (even though it belongs to Denmark) because, like Russia and Turkey, it is a country that goes across two continents.


As for Scotland, it is up to you, you can include it as UK, or you can separate the British Isles into England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales...personally I'd class a Scottish author as being counted as the UK for this challenge, but its ultimately up to your own interpretation.

Greenland

It belongs to North America (even though it belongs to Denmark) because, like Russia and Turkey, it is a country that goes across two continents.


As for Scotland, it is up to you, you can include it as UK, or you can separate the British Isles into England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales...personally I'd class a Scottish author as being counted as the UK for this challenge, but its ultimately up to your own interpretation.

Thank you! I couldn't figure out why it was on the MAP for North America - but that's actually better.

Europe - oodles of books, and this book really is set in 3 countries: England, Scotland AND the Netherlands - so I think I go with the AUTHOR's country :-)

A little rearranging of the 666 spreadsheet to do, but that was expected as some settings can't really be ascertained until you read the book.

Nancy

I think Oceania will be the hardest to fulfill.

Will probably release this one in a bit when it fits with a release challenge, but I want to strongly recommend for North America (The Dominican Republic) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508/
Blew through it in the last couple days and it is quite a ride.

I doubt if I'll complete the challenge, I tried it a couple of years ago and I found it quite difficult finding books from some areas of the world.

AFRICA
1) Nairobi - Moon by Jeremy Gavron http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8548455
2) Botswana - Maru by Bessie Head http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7319420/
3) Nigeria - The Other Hand by Chris Cleave http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7349244/

ASIA
1) India - East of the Sun by Julia Gregson http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7306438
2) China - Miss Chopsticks by Xinran http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6127363/
3) Japan - Now You're One of Us by Asa Nonami http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9727043/
4) Afghanistan - Swallows of Kabul http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8288300/
5) Pakistan - In Other Rooms, Other Wonders http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8420705/
6) Sri Lanka - The Swimmer http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8597071/

EUROPE
1) Ireland - In The Woods by Tana French http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8061636
2) United Kingdon (England) - Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8586330
3) Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8329878
4) Germany - The Luminious life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8347486/
5) Austria - The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9949223

NORTH AMERICA
1) USA - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8306416
2) Jamacia - The Long Song by Andrea Leve http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10154007/

SOUTH AMERICA

PACIFICA
1) Australia - Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7888293
2) New Zealand - The Cleaner by Paul Cleave http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6890851/
3) Bikini Atoll - The Bomb by Theodore Taylor
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9897852

No. 1.
CONTINENT : Europe
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

CONTINENT: North America
COUNTRY: USA (South Dakota)
AUTHOR: Susan Gilbert-Collins
BOOK #1: Starting from Scratch
YEAR: 2010

http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8540389/

CONTINENT: Europe
COUNTRY: England
AUTHOR: Hari Kunzru
BOOK #1: My Revolutions
YEAR: 2007

http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8553810


CONTINENT: Asia
COUNTRY: Malaysia
AUTHOR: Shamini Flint
Book #1: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
YEAR: 2008

http://www.goodreads.com/---/6483054-a-most-peculiar-malaysian-murder


CONTINENT: Asia
COUNTRY: Iran
AUTHOR: Laura Fitzgerald
Book #2: Veil of Roses
YEAR: 2007

http://www.goodreads.com/---/139392506

CONTINENT: Asia
COUNTRY: Japan
AUTHOR: John Burham Schwartz
Book #3: The Commoner
YEAR: 2008

http://www.goodreads.com/---/144373415

CONTINENT: Asia
COUNTRY; Brunei
AUTHOR: Jillian Lauren
BOOK #4: Some Girls
YEAR:2010

http://www.goodreads.com/---/156634602

CONTINENT: Africa
COUNTRY: Morocco
Author: Laila Lalami
Book #1: Secret Son
Year: 2009

http://www.goodreads.com/---/4654809-secret-son

CONTINENT: Africa
COUNTRY: Kenya
Author: Nicholas Drayson
Book #2: A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
Year: 2008

http://www.goodreads.com/---/3476509.A_Guide_to_the_Birds_of_East_Africa

CONTINENT: Africa
COUNTRY: Ivory Coast
Author: Susi Wyss
Book #3: The Civilized World

http://www.goodreads.com/---/244134397

12/26/11 - just realized I haven't been keeping up on goodreads at all, so I'm going to do the abbreviated please-just-trust-me version that I completed the following books in addition to the ones above ;-)

CONTINENT: Europe
COUNTRY: Ireland
Author: Roisin Meaney
Book #2 : Semi-Sweet

CONTINENT: Asia
COUNTRY: Turkey
Author: Alan Drew
Book #5 : Gardens of Water

CONTINENT: North America (Central America)
COUNTRY: Nicaragua
Author: Deb Olin Unferth
Book#1: Revolution

CONTINENT: Asia
COUNTRY: India
Author: Chetan Bhegat
Book #6 : Two States

CONTINENT: Europe
COUNTRY: France
Author: Alison Lurie
Book #3: Foreign Affairs

CONTINENT: Africa
COUNTRY: Ghana
Author: Kwei Quartey
Book #4 : Children of the Night

CONTINENT: South America
COUNTRY:Peru
Author: Carl Hoffman
Book #1: The Lunatic Express (this book took place all over the world, so I'm counting it for South America so I at least have one book representing the continent!

UPDATED 28TH S2011 EUROPE:
1. NETHERLANDS: De dochter [The Daughter] - Jessica Durlacher, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/3117167
2. GERMANY: The Reader - Bernhard Schlink, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7807887
3. SWEDEN: Ik mis je, ik mis je [I Miss You, I Miss You] - Peter Pohl, Kinna Gieth, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7014451
4. BELGIUM: De liefdesbook [The Tree of Love] - Jos Vandeloo, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8656738
5. AUSTRIA: Natascha Kampusch: het meisje in de kelder [Natascha Kampusch: The Girl in the Cellar] - Allan Hall, Michael Leidig, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5994740
6. ENGLAND: Mr Rosenblum's List: or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman - Natasha Solomons, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10071345

2011 AFRICA:
1. MOZAMBIQUE, all over Africa: Niemand weet waar ik ben [Nobody Knows Where I Am] - Julia Samuël, Elise G. Lengkeek, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7611148
2. CAPE VERDE: The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo - Germano Almeida, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7416296
3. LIBYA: Niemandsland [In the Country of Men] - Hisham Matar, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6943123

2011 ASIA:
1. INDIA: White Cargo - Felicity Kendal, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6066470
4. CHINA: News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir - Peter Fleming, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7927633
5. BANGLADESH: Sisyphus in de delta? Ontwikkelingssamenwerking in Bangladesh [Sisyphus in the Delta? Development Cooperation in Bangladesh] - Kees Schaepman, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7265736
6. BHUTAN: Koninkrijk in de wolken: mijn jaar in Bhutan [Kingdom in the Clouds: My Year in Bhutan] - Britta Das, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9748029
7. PAKISTAN: The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9526171
8. NEPAL: Tilled Earth - Manjushree Thapa, www.bookcrossing.com/journal/???
9. CHINA: Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10151889
10. JAPAN: Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami.
11. IRAN: Het huis van de moskee - Kader Abdolah (library book).

2011 AUSTRALASIA/OCEANIA:
1. TASMANIA: Het andere kind [The Other Child] - Tom Gilling, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6126686
2. NEW GUINEA: Naar het sneeuwgebergte [To the Snow Mountain] - Bart Vos, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7265725
3. NEW ZEALAND: The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera, www.bookcrossing.com/journal/??????

2011 NORTH AMERICAS & CARIBBEAN:
1. USA: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9722471
2. CANADA: Stanley Park - Timothy Taylor, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6365990
3. CUBA: The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

2011 SOUTH AMERICA
1. BRAZIL: Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson, http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8348562
2. PERU: Het neusje van Peru - Martine Salomé
3. VENEZUELA: Tussen Orinoco en Amazone (In Trouble Again) - Redmond O'Hanlon

Useful link for checking countries: http://www.worldatlas.com/cntycont.htm

CONTINENT: Europe
1. England - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

CONTINENT: North America
1. USA - Willard and His Bowling Trophies by Richard Brautigan (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7271965/)

CONTINENT: Asia

1. JAPAN: Inspector Imanishi Investigates -- Seicho Matsumoto(313 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8478613

CONTINENT: Europe
1. IRELAND: Green Shadows, White Whale -- Ray Bradbury (266 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8420918/

The new year has only just begun. I'm on my way.

AFRICA:
1. ALGERIA – Rachid Mimouni: Der Fluss nahm einen anderen Lauf (Le fleuve détourné); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9713248/
2. NIGERIA - Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
3. SOUTH AFRICA - J. M. Coetzee: Disgrace
4. MAROCCO - Tahar Ben Jelloun: Das Schweigen des Lichts (The Blinding Absence of Light)
5. EGYPT - Alaa-al-Aswany: The Yacoubian Building; http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8333584/

ASIA:
1. JAPAN - Banana Yoshimoto: Amrita
2. TURKEY - Feridun Zaimoglu: Leyla; http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7539172/
3. SYRIA - Rafik Schami: Erzähler der Nacht (Damascus Nights); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7014351/
4. INDIA - Amitav Ghosh: The Glass Palace
5. IRAN - Fattaneh Haj Seyed Javadi: Der Morgen der Trunkenheit; http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9875467/
6. SOUTH KOREA - Die Geschichte des Herrn Han (The Chronicle of a Man Named Han); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5824405

EUROPE:
1. SPAIN - Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Das Spiel des Engels (The Angel's Game); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6854070/
2. CZECH REPUBLIC - Leo Perutz: Wohin rollst du, Äpfelchen... (Little Apple); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8145684/
3. AUSTRIA - Wolf Haas: Der Knochenmann
4. UK - Philippa Gregory: The White Queen
5. IRELAND - Flann O'Brien: The Third Policeman; http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8371703/
6. GERMANY - Martin Mosebach: Was davor geschah

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA:
1. USA - Paul Auster: The Music of Chance; http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7704510/
2. MEXICO - Laura Esquivel: Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate)
3. CANADA - Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
4. DOMINICA - Jean Rhys: Wide Sargasso Sea; http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5746786/
5. NICARAGUA - Gioconda Belli: Bewohnte Frau (The Inhabited Woman); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8504088/
6. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - V.S. Naipaul: An der Biegung des großen Flusses (A Bend in the River); http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5239497/

OCEANIA:
1. AUSTRALIA - Peter Carey: True History of the Kelly Gang

SOUTH AMERICA:
1. COLOMBIA - Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
2. ARGENTINA - Jorge Luis Borges: El Aleph (The Aleph and Other Stories)
3. CHILE - Roberto Bolaño: Chilenisches Nachtstück (By Night in Chile)
4. URUGUAY - Eduardo Galeano: Erinnerung an das Feuer (Memory of Fire)
5. PARAGUAY - Augusto Roa Bastos: Ich der Allmächtige (I, the Supreme)
6. PERU - Mario Vargas Llosa: Tod in den Anden (Death in the Andes)

4. UK - Philippa Gregory: The White Queen

Thanks to this challenge I discovered that Philippa Gregory was actually born in Kenya. But as she's English and the book is firmly set in England I thought it was best to count the book for the UK.

Good to know! I would have never guessed that.

AFRICA:

EUROPE:

ASIA:
Book 1
COUNTRY: China
AUTHOR: Mian Mian
BOOK: Candy
YEAR: 2003
Pages: 279
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8553131

NORTH AMERICA:
Book 1
COUNTRY: USA
AUTHOR: Anita Shreve
BOOK: Where or When
YEAR: 1993
Pages: 237
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4751538


SOUTH AMERICA:

OCEANIA:

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

CONTINENT: Europe
1. England - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

CONTINENT: North America
1. USA - Willard and His Bowling Trophies by Richard Brautigan http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7271965/

CONTINENT: Asia
1. Vietnam - The Lover by Marguerite Duras
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8039688/

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

CONTINENT: North America
1. Country: Canada
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7414562/

2. Country: USA
Anthem by Ayn Rand
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6393445/
3. Country: Jamaica
The Duppy by Anthony C Winkler
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8565176/

CONTINENT: Africa
1. South Africa
Youth by J.M Coetzee
http://www.bookcrossing.com/401-6410307

CONTINENT: Europe
1. England, Quartet In Autumn by Barbara Pym
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8568502/
2. Italy, The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5245749/

. . . but apparently not. So count this as me opting in. I plan on going by the author's birth country, as that also helps with my Olympic Challenge (with which I'm nowhere near finished!). I'll list my reads in a separate post.

*Books read as of 8/25/11*

Africa
Book 1: Assia Djebar, Algerian White (Algeria)
Book 2: Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love (Egypt)
Book 3: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions (Zimbabwe)
Book 4: Philippa Gregory, A Respectable Trade (Kenya)
Book 5: Thomas Mofolo, Chaka (Lesotho)
Book 6: Nathacha Appanah, The Last Brother (Mauritius)

Asia
Book 1: Chang-Rae Lee, The Surrendered (South Korea)
Book 2: Xiaolu Guo, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (China)
Book 3: lê thi diem thúy, The Gangster We Are All Looking For (Vietnam)
Book 4: Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory (Chinese Taipei)
Book 5: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, A Tiger in the Kitchen (Singapore)
Book 6:

Europe
Book 1: Charles Dickens, Bleak House (England/UK)
Book 2: Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa (Denmark)
Book 3: Jenny Erpenbeck, Visitation (Germany)
Book 4: Tove Jansson, The True Deceiver (Finland)
Book 5: Tea Obreht, The Tiger's Wife (Serbia)
Book 6: Per Petterson, I Curse the River of Time (Norway)

North America
Book 1: Chuck Klosterman, Eating the Dinosaur (USA)
Book 2: Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz (Panama)
Book 3: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (Canada)
Book 4: Laura Esquivel, Like Water For Chocolate (Mexico)
Book 5: Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John (Antigua and Barbuda)
Book 6: Nalo Hopkinson, The Salt Roads (Jamaica)

Oceania
Book 1: Markus Zusak, I am the Messenger (Australia)
Book 2: Albert Maori Kiki, Kiki: Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime (Papua New Guinea)
Book 3: Emelihter Kihleng, My Urohs (Guam)
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

South America
Book 1: Jorge Amada, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Brazil)
Book 2: Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune (Peru)
Book 3: Ana María Shua, Microfictions (Argentina)
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

CONTINENT: Asia

1. JAPAN: Inspector Imanishi Investigates -- Seicho Matsumoto(313 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8478613

CONTINENT: Europe
1. IRELAND: Green Shadows, White Whale -- Ray Bradbury (266 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8420918

CONTINENT: Africa
1. GABON: On the Edge of the Primeval Forest & More From the Primeval Forest -- Albert Schweitzer (127 pages each, 254 total)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8511310/
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8511312/

So far I have completed:

AFRICA

Rhodesia: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264521/

ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
OCEANIA
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)

Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508/
SOUTH AMERICA

North America
1. USA, A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7521350/

Europe
1. England, Quartet In Autumn by Barbara Pym
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8568502/
2. Italy, The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5245749/

Oceania
1. French Polynesia, Call It Courage by Armstrong Perry
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8557565/

NOTE: The way that I plan to keep track of these reads is to add books as I read them but to also display my previous reads for this challenge.

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

*DONE** Oceania
1. New Zealand Undercover Affair by Lilian Peake http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8343589/ (Setting mostly New Zealand)
2. No Gentle Seduction by Helen Bianchin (setting all over SE Australia) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8343584/
3. Polynesia Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8516599/
4. Bikini Atoll The Bomb by Theodore Taylor http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9897852/
5. New Guinea Zaibatsu by John Brown http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9692936
6. Fiji Tales of the Tikongs by Epeli Hau'ofahttp://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9693003

** DONE ** Europe
1. UK Heaven is Gentle by Betty Neels http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8456566
(Author is from the UK)
2. France Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7642101/
3. Bosnia The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7535288/
4. Italy Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8297909/
5. Ireland: Room by Emma Donoghue http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10016826
6. Denmark: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8569173/


**DONE** North America
1. Canada With Strings Attached by Vanessa Grant http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8343592/
(Setting is mostly British Columbia, with a little Ottowa thrown in)
2. USA Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8305463/
excellent book set in Vermont about dowsers during a drought
3. DAngerous Stunts by Mary Lyons - book about a movie shoot set in Mexico
4. Walking with Wolf: REflections on Life Prtecting the Costa Rican Wilderness http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7650827. The title says it all
5. The Thrall's Tale by Judith Lindbergh http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7693722/ Setting in Greenland about 1000 AD. And it has a new home - wonderful book!
6. Haiti: Breath, Eyes and Memory by Edwidge Dandicat http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7352942/



***DONE***** Asia (inc middle East)
1. Israel Sotah by Naomi Ragen http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6180817/
2. Vietnam The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7549859/
3. Japan Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/3491594
4. Indonesia Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7405452/
5. Pearl of China by Achee Min http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9764221/
6. Into Thin Air: A Personal Story of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9713605/


** DONE ** Africa
1. Nigeria Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7069866/
2. Zaire Ebola by William Close http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7764111/
very good about one of the first outbreaks of this epidemic
3. Terms of Engagement by Kathryn Ross - author was born in Zambia
4. Kenya A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve (library)
5. The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (author born in Zimbabwe)
6. I Am Happier to Know You by Jeanne M. Eck (borrowed book)

** Done ** South America
1. Brazil The Girl at Goldenhawk by Violet Winspear - pure camp pulled out of the TBRs for Plum's reading challenge and to give to another bookcrosser for the animal challenge - and found the setting was Brazil. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7618353/
2. Chile Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende (library)
3. Argentina Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borge, part of the Labryinths collection (library)
4. Uruguay: The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron (library)
5. Guyana: Wild Coast by John Gimlette (library)
6. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6909144/

CONTINENT: North America
1. Country: Canada
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7414562

2. Country: USA
Anthem by Ayn Rand
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6393445
3. Country: Jamaica
The Duppy by Anthony C Winkler
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8565176

CONTINENT: Africa
1. South Africa
Youth by J.M Coetzee
http://www.bookcrossing.com

CONTINENT: Europe
1. UK
Island Madness by Tim Binding, (set on the British island of Guernsey)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8095407

So far I have completed:

AFRICA

Rhodesia: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264521

ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)

OCEANIA
NZ: Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264542/


EUROPE
England: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (e-book, no BCID)


NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)
Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508

SOUTH AMERICA

Glad to see you liked Nervous Conditions, that's on my list too thanks to Tabby-Cat-Owner!

CONTINENT: Europe
1. England - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
2. France - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo

CONTINENT: North America
1. USA - Willard and His Bowling Trophies by Richard Brautigan http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7271965
2. Dominica - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8584577/

CONTINENT: Asia
1. Vietnam - The Lover by Marguerite Duras
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8039688

So far I have completed:

AFRICA

Rhodesia: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264521

ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
Israel: Start-up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer

OCEANIA
NZ: Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264542


EUROPE
England: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (e-book, no BCID)


NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)
Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508

SOUTH AMERICA

I have not been onto the challenges thread for a while and just saw this. What a wonderful challenge. I am sure that I will not get to all the countries, but it is a good way to ensure that I am reading more widely.

So I will be taking part. Thanks for starting this, it looks fun.

As virtually any book I read (apart from Sci Fi or fantasy) can be counted towards the challenge. It's only later in the year that my biased reading habits become an issue, as I seem to mainly read books set in the UK, Ireland, America or New Zealand...

Another one bites the dust!

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Canada
BOOK : Anne of Green Gables
AUTHOR : L.M. Montgomery
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/anne-of-green-gables.html

So far I have completed:

AFRICA

1. Rhodesia: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264521

ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
1. Israel: Start-up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer (non BC book)
2. Vietnam: No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264506/

OCEANIA
1. NZ: Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264542


EUROPE
1. England: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (e-book, no BCID)


NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)
1. Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508

SOUTH AMERICA

Africa - 2 out of 6 as 4th March
Book 1: Morocco - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8362586 - The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
Book 2: Tunisia - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8268109 - The Immoralist by Andre Gide
Book 3:
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

Asia - 2 out of 6 as at 4th March
Book 1: Cyprus - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4628917 - The Mother-in-Law by Eve Makis
Book 2: Laos - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7766388 - The Thirty-three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
Book 3:
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

Europe 4 out of 6 as at 4th March
Book 1: Turkey - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7875884
- Petrified by Barbara Nadel
Book 2: UK - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7802752 - The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams
Book 3: Czechoslovakia - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6381910 - I Served the King of England by Bohumbil Hrabral
Book 4: Austria - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6053571 - The Fig Eater by Jody Shields
Book 5:
Book 6:

North America - 2 out of 6 as at 4th March
Book 1: USA - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7208091 - Mucho Mojo by Joe R Lansdale
Book 2: Mexico - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8408043 - The Night Buffalo by Guillermo Arriaga
Book 3:
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

Oceania - 0 out of 6 as at 1st Feb
Book 1:
Book 2:
Book 3:
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

South America
Book 1:
Book 2:
Book 3:
Book 4:
Book 5:
Book 6:

Mine are a mixture of author's nationality and/or where (all or some of) the action takes place.

Africa - 3 out of 6 as 21st March

Book 1: Tunisia - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8268109 - The Immoralist
[action]
Book 2: Sudan - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/3991956 - One Hit Wonderland [action]
Book 3: Nigeria - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8144114 - Things Fall Apart
[action & author]
Book 4:

Book 5:

Book 6:

Asia - 2 out of 6 as at 21st March

Book 1: Cyprus - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4628917 - The Mother-in-Law [action]

Book 2: Laos - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7766388 - Thirty-three
Teeth [action]

Book 3:

Book 4:

Book 5:

Book 6:

Europe 6 out of 6 as at 21st March

Book 1: Switzerland - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8362586 - The Gun Seller [action]

Book 2: Turkey - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7875884
- Petrified [action]

Book 3: United Kingdom - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7802752 - The Behaviour of Moths [action & author]

Book 4: Czechoslovakia - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6381910 - I Served the King of England [action & author]

Book 5: Austria - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6053571 - The Fig Eater [action]

Book 6: Poland/Germany (then) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7455169 - Cat and Mouse [action & author]

North America - 2 out of 6 as at 21st March

Book 1: USA - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7208091 - Mucho Mojo [action & author]

Book 2: Mexico - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8408043 - The Night Buffalo [action & author]

Book 3:

Book 4:

Book 5:

Book 6:

Oceania - 1 out of 6 as at 21st March

Book 1: New Zealand - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8109830
-the book of fame [author]

Book 2:

Book 3:

Book 4:

Book 5:

Book 6:

South America 1 out of 6 as at 21st March

Book 1: Brzail - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8516079
- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept [author]
Book 2:

Book 3:

Book 4:

Book 5:

Book 6:

I just noticed you'd completed a continent. (I know, it's been awhile). Congrats!

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Norway
BOOK : We'll meet in England
AUTHOR : Kitty Barne
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/meeting-in-england.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Canada
BOOK : Anne of Green Gables
AUTHOR : L.M. Montgomery
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/anne-of-green-gables.html

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Norway
BOOK : We'll meet in England
AUTHOR : Kitty Barne
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/meeting-in-england.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Canada
BOOK : Anne of Green Gables
AUTHOR : L.M. Montgomery
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/anne-of-green-gables.html

AFRICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Sudan
BOOK : The four feathers
AUTHOR : A.E.W. Mason
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/very-british-adventure.html

I have my first book read. And discovered that I have quite a lot of countries already covered in my TBR pile.

NORTH AMERICA:
1 - USA Alison Lurie - Only Children http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5475402/

AFRICA:
1) SOUTH AFRICA: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8572734
2) TANZANIA (Zanzibar): Les girofliers de Zanzibar by Adam Shafi Adam
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9695736
3) RHODESIA: Nervous conditions by Tsitsi Dangaremba
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7583846/
4) EGYPT: Equipe de nuit by Ibrahim Aslân
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9858498
5) SENEGAL: Le ventre de l'Atlantique by Fatou Diome
6) IVORY COAST: Allah n'est pas obligé by Ahmadou Kourouma

ASIA:
1) SRI LANKA: Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7160001
2) LEBANON: Le jour où Nina Simone a cessé de chanter by Darina Al-Joundi and Mohamed Kacimi (The day Nina Simone stopped singing)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8621787
3) CHINA: The noodle maker by Ma Jian
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8551165
4) JAPAN: The Housekeeper + the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/810981
5) IRAN: Reading "Lolita" in Teheran by Azar Nafisi
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5675213
6) AFGHANISTAN: A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8146394

EUROPE:
1) NORWAY: The ice palace by Tarjei Vesaas
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8411660
2) ENGLAND: The bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8551884
3) IRELAND: Round Ireland with a fridge by Tony Hawks
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8561542
4) SWEDEN: The summer book by Tove Jansson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6350806
5) SPAIN: Le mystère de la crypte ensorcelée (the mystery of the enchanted crypt) by Eduardo Mendoza
6) NETHERLANDS Cheese by Willem Elsschot
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8640368?...

NORTH AMERICA:
1) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9724023
2) USA: The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8428145/
3) CANADA: The edible woman by Margaret Atwood
4) MEXICO: Amuleto by Roberto Boleano
5) HONDURAS Le bal des vipères by Horacio Castellanos Moya

SOUTH AMERICA:
1) COLOMBIA: Mémoire de mes putains tristes (Memories of My Melancholy Whores) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8531459
2) ARGENTINA: Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9673540
3) CHILE: Ma femme de ta vie by Carla Guelfenbein
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8652149/


OCEANIA:
1) VANUATU: Getting stoned with savages by J. Maarten Troost
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9794676
2) NEW ZEALAND: The whale rider by Witi Ihimaera
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9870366
3) SOLOMON ISLANDS: Solomon time by Will Randall
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10263633
4) MARSHALL ISLANDS: The bomb by Theodore Taylor
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/9897852/
5) AUSTRALIA La vengeance du wombat de Kenneth Cook

So far I have completed:

AFRICA

1. Rhodesia: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264521

ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
1. Israel: Start-up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer (non BC book)
2. Vietnam: No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264506

OCEANIA
1. NZ: Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264542


EUROPE
1. England: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (e-book, no BCID)
2. Germany: Crabwalk by Gunter Grass http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264512/

NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)
1. Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508

SOUTH AMERICA

CONTINENT: Asia

1. JAPAN: Inspector Imanishi Investigates -- Seicho Matsumoto(313 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8478613

CONTINENT: Europe
1. IRELAND: Green Shadows, White Whale -- Ray Bradbury (266 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8420918

CONTINENT: Africa
1. GABON: On the Edge of the Primeval Forest & More From the Primeval Forest -- Albert Schweitzer (127 pages each, 254 total)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8511310
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8511312

CONTINENT: Oceania
1. AUSTRALIA: Lost in Rooville -- Ray Blackston (298 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8465144/

I just came across this and knew I had several that I've read since January 1st and several more in mt. TBR. I'm going by author's nationality unless otherwise stated.

AFRICA:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
ASIA:
1) JAPAN: HARUKI MURAKAMI: WILD SHEEP CHASE (currently reading)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8416806/
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
OCEANIA:
1) AUSTRALIA : SHAUN TAN : THE ARRIVAL
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8348745/
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
EUROPE:
1) UK: CHRISTINE MORTON-SHAW :THE HUNT FOR THE SEVENTH
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8502736/
2) germany: Hermann Hesse :Demian (library book, Nobel list)
3)
4)
5)
6)
NORTH AMERICA
1) CANADA: BARBRA GOWDY: HELPLESS
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8291814/
2) USA: SARAH SCHMELLING: OPHELIA JOINED THE GROUP MAIDEN’S WHO DON’T FLOAT
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8229408/
3)
4)
5)
6)
SOUTH AMERICA:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

Europe:
3: Ireland: Cecelia Ahern: Thanks for the memories http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8261861/

AFRICA:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
ASIA:
1) JAPAN: HARUKI MURAKAMI: WILD SHEEP CHASE (currently reading)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8416806
2)Iran: Marjane Satrapi - Embroideries
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8289398
3)
4)
5)
6)
OCEANIA:
1) AUSTRALIA : SHAUN TAN : THE ARRIVAL
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8348745
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
EUROPE:
1) UK: CHRISTINE MORTON-SHAW :THE HUNT FOR THE SEVENTH
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8502736
2) germany: Hermann Hesse :Demian (library book, Nobel list)
3)Ireland: Cecelia Ahern: Thanks for the memories http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8261861
4)
5)
6)
NORTH AMERICA
1) CANADA: BARBRA GOWDY: HELPLESS
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8291814
2) USA: SARAH SCHMELLING: OPHELIA JOINED THE GROUP MAIDEN’S WHO DON’T FLOAT
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8229408
3) Mexico: Sylvia Lopez-Medina - Cantora
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8417361
4)
5)
6)
SOUTH AMERICA:
1)Brazil: Paulo Coelho - the Witch of Portobello
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8117385/
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

So far I have completed:

AFRICA

1. Rhodesia: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264521

ASIA (INCL. MIDDLE EAST & S.E. ASIA)
1. Israel: Start-up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer (non BC book)
2. Vietnam: No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264506

OCEANIA
1. NZ: Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264542


EUROPE
1. England: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (e-book, no BCID)
2. Germany: Crabwalk by Gunter Grass http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264512

NORTH AMERICA (INCL. CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN)
1. Dominican Republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8264508

SOUTH AMERICA
1. 100 Years of Solitude by Gabrielle Garcia Marquez
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8157650/

CONTINENT: Asia
1. JAPAN: Inspector Imanishi Investigates -- Seicho Matsumoto(313 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8478613
2. LAOS: Thirty-three Teeth by Colin Cotterill (298 pages)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8489398/


CONTINENT: Europe
1. IRELAND: Green Shadows, White Whale -- Ray Bradbury (266 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8420918

CONTINENT: Africa
1. GABON: On the Edge of the Primeval Forest & More From the Primeval Forest -- Albert Schweitzer (127 pages each, 254 total)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8511310
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8511312

CONTINENT: Oceania
1. AUSTRALIA: Lost in Rooville -- Ray Blackston (298 pages) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8465144

CONTINENT: Europe
1. England - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
2. France - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo

CONTINENT: North America
1. USA - Willard and His Bowling Trophies by Richard Brautigan http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7271965
2. Dominica - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8584577

CONTINENT: Asia
1. Vietnam - The Lover by Marguerite Duras
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8039688

CONTINENT: Africa
1. Egypt - The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8613691/

6/36

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Norway
BOOK : We'll meet in England
AUTHOR : Kitty Barne
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/meeting-in-england.html

Book 4
COUNTRY : Iceland
BOOK : Last rituals
AUTHOR : Yrsa Sigurdardottir
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/icelandic-gloom.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Canada
BOOK : Anne of Green Gables
AUTHOR : L.M. Montgomery
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/anne-of-green-gables.html

AFRICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Sudan
BOOK : The four feathers
AUTHOR : A.E.W. Mason
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/very-british-adventure.html

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Norway
BOOK : We'll meet in England
AUTHOR : Kitty Barne
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/meeting-in-england.html

Book 4
COUNTRY : Iceland
BOOK : Last rituals
AUTHOR : Yrsa Sigurdardottir
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/icelandic-gloom.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Syria
BOOK : Last Act in Palmyra
AUTHOR : Lindsey Davis
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/syria-or-bust.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Canada
BOOK : Anne of Green Gables
AUTHOR : L.M. Montgomery
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/anne-of-green-gables.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Jamaica
BOOK : Wide Sargasso Sea
AUTHOR : Jean Rhys
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/wide-sargasso-sea.html

AFRICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Sudan
BOOK : The four feathers
AUTHOR : A.E.W. Mason
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/very-british-adventure.html

Benregis, you know you can edit a thread and therefore not have to post your list every time you want to update it but merely add your recently read book to an existing list.

Benregis, you know you can edit a thread and therefore not have to post your list every time you want to update it but merely add your recently read book to an existing list.

Apologies Kiwi for ignoring this comment earlier, with my singing-dancing laptop I didn't see it, said laptop is now sick and I'm reduced to using my "what is a browser" and "I didn't know broadband had been invented" old laptop, but for some odd reason I spotted your message on that one.
I was having problems with the edit function at the time but that now seems to be working ok. Yippee! :)

EUROPE
Book 1
COUNTRY : England
BOOK : The nine tailors
AUTHOR : Dorothy L. Sayers
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/nine-tailors.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Italy
BOOK : Back to Bologna
AUTHOR : Michael Dibdin
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/back-to-bologna.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Norway
BOOK : We'll meet in England
AUTHOR : Kitty Barne
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/meeting-in-england.html

Book 4
COUNTRY : Iceland
BOOK : Last rituals
AUTHOR : Yrsa Sigurdardottir
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/icelandic-gloom.html

ASIA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Iran
BOOK : Reading Lolita in Tehran
AUTHOR : Azar Nafisi
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/republic-of-imagination.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Syria
BOOK : Last Act in Palmyra
AUTHOR : Lindsey Davis
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/syria-or-bust.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Korea
BOOK : The Red Queen
AUTHOR : Margaret Drabble
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/red-queen.html

N. AMERICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : United States of America
BOOK : The Manchurian Candidate (mainly set in the USA in spite of the title!)
AUTHOR : Richard Condon
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/manchurian-candidate.html

Book 2
COUNTRY : Canada
BOOK : Anne of Green Gables
AUTHOR : L.M. Montgomery
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/anne-of-green-gables.html

Book 3
COUNTRY : Jamaica
BOOK : Wide Sargasso Sea
AUTHOR : Jean Rhys
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/wide-sargasso-sea.html

AFRICA
Book 1
COUNTRY : Sudan
BOOK : The four feathers
AUTHOR : A.E.W. Mason
For review see http://the-bookhound.blogspot.com/---/very-british-adventure.html

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