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Around the World in Books Challenge - 2014
I've read 2 more books towards my goal.✔ East Asia
Part of this book happened in Tibet but not all of it. Hope it's still good for this challenge..?
✔ South Asia
This one I read in January but didn't remember to update status here :D Well, better late than never.
5/12 completed
Awesome Deedee! Love your visionary summary. Congratulations on completing your goal!
I'm at 11/12 with Kunzang Choden's Il viaggio di Tsomo, which is mostly set in India (and partly in Bhutan) -> South Asia.
11/12 completed. Only the Caribbean remains!
Added The Middle East: The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird. (Beirut, Lebanon & elsewhere)
Added The Middle East: The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird. (Beirut, Lebanon & elsewhere)
Just finished 8/12, for the Caribbean:Cat's Cradle, which takes place on an island in the Caribbean (a non-existing island).
I finished my Africa book. Most of the book takes place in Somalia. 8/5
West Europe: Animal Farm 01-01-14 ★★★★☆
South Asia: Life of Pi 03-01-14 ★★★★★
Middle East: Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution 22-01-14 ★★★★☆
North America:The Catcher in the Rye 27-01-14 ★★★★☆
Australia & South Pacific: The Rosie Project 16-02-2014 ★★★★★
East Europe and Former Soviet Union Cruel Beauty04-04-2014 ★★★☆☆
East Asia: Please Look After Mom11-05-2014 ★★★★☆
Africa A House in the Sky 23-06-2014 ★★★★★
Awesome job everyone! I've updated everyone so far (:
Hi Adriana,I've updated msg 352 after reading
, I'm now 5/12
Okay, Angelique. I've updated your progress (:
Just finished East Europe and Former Soviet Union by reading I, Robot from Isaac Asimov, Russian born author. 6/12 completed
Updated you Merja! Did you like I,Robot?
Updated post 245 (page 5) - 7 out of 10
Adriana wrote: "Updated you Merja! Did you like I,Robot?"Yeah, I liked it. It was so different, in a good way of course. Can't believe that it's published over 60 years ago.
Merja wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Updated you Merja! Did you like I,Robot?"Yeah, I liked it. It was so different, in a good way of course. Can't believe that it's published over 60 years ago."
Really? I would have thought it was written earlier since it's about robots and the timing of the movie.
#9 of 12 regions for me was from the Caribbean. It was The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James. Disturbing, as it was about slavery in Jamaica. But well worth the read. Resilient and heroic women, some boundaries being broken, very interesting and even funny dialect.
I've read two more books for the challenge so I'm down 6/12 right now. I've updated post #55
Hi,I've finished reading
, and I've updated msg 3526/12
I've updated you both Angelique and Merja! Hope you enjoyed your books :DWas Origin good Merja?
It was interesting and I really enjoyed reading it. Secrets and science spiced with adventures of a young girl. Or vice versa.
@Merja- Cool! I have Origin but haven't gotten around to it yet. Thanks for responding (:
Updated you Lilac!
Finished Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Fantastic! 5 Stars!) for Africa so now I'm at 8/12.
I've completed my challenge! :-)I've just finished V.S. Naipaul's Half a Life for the Caribbean (the author is from Trinidad and Tobago).
12/12
Hello! I've just finished Reading Lolita in Tehran for Middle East and I'm now at 8/12 (my goal's approaching! Whohoo!)I've updated post #55
Only one to read. Just updated post 245 with two more books.9 out of 10 books
Congrats on completing your challenge Marina!
I just realized I should have one post to keep track of my progress. 4/12 Complete
Central America
(It's ABOUT Central America...that counts, right?)Caribbean
South America
East Europe and Former Soviet Union
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australia & South Pacific
Updated you Lilac! You read some pretty books (:
I just finished for Eastern Europe and Russia: Frankenstein, because the first 4 chapters (letters) and the last take part in the cold north of Russia.
I've updated msg 352. I tried to read Out of Africa but found it rather hard going, so I switched to A Bend in the River, which was even harder to read.7/12
I've updated you both Elsbeth and Angelique!
Please update me to 4/4. Completed!!!I have completed Morality for Beautiful Girls Africa.
Pardonable Lies Western Europe
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore North America
A Thousand Splendid Suns South Asia
I read 41/60 - The Country Under My Skin, by Gioconda Belli. This is her story about Nicaragua as it slowly ground to a revolution. That's my Central America book. Two regions to go: South America and Middle East.
I read
for my east asia book. Updated msg 3529/12
Update! (message 240, page 5)I changed some and added some ^^
Only 3 more and I'm done!
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