Around the World in Books Challenge - 2016

[Patricia]

just finished book #4-- the clockwork prince. author is from Iran.

[Yvonne]

Update to message 241

4/20 completed

Afghanistan - Khaled Hosseini - And the Mountains Echoed

[Willemijn]

Update: 6/15

Ireland: De jongen in de gestreepte pyjama (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) - John Boyne

[Lynn]

Updated message 62 -- 7/15

a couple of new countries for this week....

✔Finland--Johanna Sinisalo: Troll: A Love Story--01/20/16
✔Iran--Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran--01/18/16

[Yvonne]

updated message 241

5/20

Kuwait - Aline Ohanesian - Orhan's Inheritance

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Tonks!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated my Around the World Challenge. 5/20

[Cinnie]

hi Cassandra,
I've updated my original post (message 169) with books #1 and #2

[Clare]

Message 114 updated with my first book set in Australia and written by an Australian author Nicole Trope

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 13 with South Africa - Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

4/15

[Fr. Andrew]

Edited Message 163 - 4/15

[Ilona]

Updated message 108

USA: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

2/5

[Cassandra]

Updated to here.

[Tara]

I finished my first book!
The Devil Delivered and Other Tales
Mr. Erikson is from Canada

[Paul]

Just read a thought provoking book on an alternative to the war on drugs. Chasing The Scream, by Johann Hari. He's from the UK. So that's 4/12 for me.

[Ecem]

Finished one: 12. Turkey - Kediler Güzel Uyanır by Yekta Kopan
So it's 1/16 for me :)

[Susan C]

Updated message 79


1. Croatia - Girl at War by Sara Nović read 1/16/2016

1/10

[Cassandra]

Congratulations Tara, Ecem, and Susan for finishing your first books of the challenge!

[Susan]

3/20

3. Austria- Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

[[deleted user]]

Completed 1/5 books.

Canada: Through Black Spruce - 4 stars

[Ronja]

Updated message #86

8. Finland: Hertta

2/10

[Yvonne]

Updated message #241
6/20 completed

6. Ireland - Adrian McKinty for The Cold Cold Ground - 4 stars

[Marja]

Updated message #80.

1/12

1. USA: The Grownup

[Chloé]

2/10
France: Mauprat ⭐⭐⭐
Canada: Je serai un territoire fier et tu déposeras tes meubles⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Eva]

Inspired by Ecem's great list I just added two books to my list (message 299).
So, now it's 12 books for me instead of 10!
Can't add any "read" books yet as I'm still my working my way through "The Woman in White"....

[Rowizyx]

Updated #119

1/30

Macedonia: Freud's Sister ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Cassandra]

Eva, I updated your goal! You'll have to let me know what you think of The Woman in White - I think I'll try to tackle that one this year.

[Gretchen]

Edit Message #10
read 4/10

[Eva]

Cassandra, sure I'll let you know! I'm not that far in, but I hope you don't mind long descriptions of fragile people who need to compose themselves before carrying on speaking....;-)

[Annie]

Hello everybody!
I aim for 13 books in "Around the world" challenge, and this my list :

1/ Algeria : Yasmina Khadra : "L'équation africaine"
2/ Brazil : Paulo Coelho "La sorcière de Portobello"
3/ France : Claude Izner "La disparue du Père Lachaise" or "Le carrefour des écrasés"
4/ Germany : Otto Steiger : "Einen Dieb fangen"
5/ India : Vikas Swarup : "Meurtre dans un jardin indien"
6/ Ireland : Maeve Binchy : "Tout changera cette année"
7/ Italy : Giovanni Boccaccio : "Andreuccio da Perugia"
8/ Lebanon : Amin Maalouf : "Le premier siècle après Béatrice"
9/ México : Francisco Rojas González : "El Diosero"
10/ Spain : Manuel Vázquez Montalbán : "Los mares del Sur"
11/ Syria : Abdel-Salam Al-Ujayli : "Médecin de campagne en Syrie"
12/ United Kingdom : Colin Dexter : "Mort d'une garce"
13/ USA : Lilian Jackson Braun : "Qwilleran's Short And Tall Tales"
I already read the Italian book, so 1/13!

[Maria]

1/10

Mexico: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 1-28-16

[Victoria]

January update I would like to increase my goal to 7

4/7

Finland - The Listener Tove Jansson
Australia - I Am Pilgrim Terry Hayes
USA - The Yard Alex Grecian
UK - The Poppy Factory Liz Trenow

[Sam F]

Updated Message 60

6 read so far

[Laurie]

I would like to join! My goal will be 15 countries.

So far this year I have read these books by authors born in the following countries:

1. Canada: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
2. Ireland: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
3. Sweden: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
4. Wales: Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
5. USA: Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard
6. Indonesia: This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
7. United Kingdom (England): Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope by Wendy Holden
8. Spain: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
9. Norway: Hunger by Knut Hamsun
10. Brazil: Perfect Days by Raphael Montes
11. Netherlands: Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint
12. Germany: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
13. India: No Country: A Novel by Kalyan Ray
14. Poland: The Last Wish
15. Afghanistan: The Kite Runner

15/15 complete

[Patricia]

finished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Canada)

[Kelly]

Updated #95.

Slovakia - The Girl In The Ice by Robert Bryndza ✔

Robert currently lives in Slovakia with his husband.

6/12 completed.

[Patricia]

Finished "The Invisible" by Mats Wahl. (Sweden) -- that should make #6/15... thinking of upping my goal to 20!

[Alex]

Update msg 94 - 6/14

[Cassandra]

Patricia, that's awesome! It's easy to change your goal, just let me know. :)

Welcome Annie and Laurie!

Victoria, I increased your goal. You're doing great. :)

[Stephanie (Chinchillita)]

Update Message 56
2. Soulless - England 1/20/2016
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - Chicago, IL, USA
3/10

[Aurora]

I'd like to join and do 15 countries.


1. USA Citizen: An American Lyric ✔
2. Canada The Penelopiad ✔
3. UK The Year ✔
4. Ireland A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing ✔
5. Scotland The Accidental ✔
6. Turkey Ağrıdağı Efsanesi ✔
7. Norway Undis Brekke ✔
8. Sweden Pippi Longstocking ✔
9. Denmark Stigninger og fald ✔
10. France Reveries of the Solitary Walker ✔
11. Italy Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
12. Spain The Prince of Mist ✔
13. Russia The Idiot ✔
14. Greece The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone✔
15. Nigeria Americanah ✔

[Sharon]

I've completed 2 so far! -- Sharon [sqin]

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 50:

1. The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain - France

[Victoria]

I have found a book from one more country so could I increase my goal to 8 please

[Angelique]

Hi,

I've made a good start this month:
United States - The Fault in Our Stars
Brazil - The French Gardener
India - The Jungle Book
Switzerland - The Little Prince
England - Notes from a Small Island

5/15

[Lynn]

Updated message 62 with one new country this week

-- 8/15 --

✔Belgium--Georges Simenon: The Blue Room--01/31/16

[Gretchen]

Edit Message #10
Read 5/10

[Caro]

So for this challenge I decide not to count authors from US, UK and Ireland since most of my readings come from there.... Here is my progress so far...

1. De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr - Japan
2.¡Muuu! - Germany
3.The Bollywood Bride - India
4.The Handmaid's Tale - Canada
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[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Aurora!

Victoria, I've updated your goal. :)

[Haley]

USA - The Godfather
Ireland - The Picture of Dorian Gray

2/12 :)