Around the World in Books Challenge - 2016

[Cassandra]

Nice job, Claire and Sharon!

[Fr. Andrew]

Cassandra wrote: "Andrew, I meant to ask earlier, but what did you think of Hark! A Vagrant?"

Oh my, I love it! I was an English major (and also have taken tons of history & philosophy classes) so Kate Beaton just speaks my language! I just got the second book (Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection) from the library, so I intend to dive into that tonight. I'm binging on comedy books big-time right now.

[Cassandra]

Glad to hear that, Andrew! I'll have to try to fit it in.

[Maria]

2/10

Must have missed this one.

1.USA: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 1-26-16

[Maria]

4/10

10.Greece: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 2-11-16
8. London: A Very Corporate Affair #2 by D.A. Latham 2-11-16

[Marina]

France: Contes du jour et de la nuit by Guy de Maupassant

6/20

[Lynn]

Updated message 62 with two new countries this week

-- 10/15

✔Sweden--Håkan Nesser: Borkmann's Point--02/10/16
✔Zimbabwe--NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New Names--02/13/16

[Laurie]

Updated message 20

7/24

Added:
6. Mauritania - Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
7. Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[Susan C]

Updated message 79

3/10

[Emmie]

I'm in on 10!

1. Sweden -
2. USA -
3. UK -
4. Canada -
5. Australia -
6. Finland -
7. Austria -
8. Japan -
9. Mexico -
10.

[Ecem]

Update for the message 303:

3. Japan - The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa -- Read

5/16

[Amanda]

Updated #181

3. Algeria L'étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus Completed 10/02/16

3/10

[Cassandra]

Welcome to Elizabeth and Emmie!

[Katzi]

Read The Complete Persepolis (Iran) so my count is now 1/8

[Laurie]

Update #341: 6/15

[Claire]

Message #54 now shows 2/10 books read.

[Marina]

Zimbabwe: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith

7/20

[Marie Claude]

3 done!


1. US - Ghost in the Wind (read 01-16)
2. Canada - Et je te demanderai la mer (read 01-21)
3. Wales - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (read 02-17)

[Clare]

Updated message 114

3 / 10 countries completed

[Cassandra]

Updated to here.

[Marina]

Cyprus: The Experiment by Myrto Azina Chronides

8/20

[Laurie]

Update #341: 7/15

[Cinnie]

Hello Cassandra, 4th book added - message 169

[Marina]

Luxembourg: Il paradiso brucia e altre poesie by Anise Koltz (no English edition)

9/20

[GailW]

I now have 7 of 10. Link to details https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Amanda]

Updated #181
4 & 5

4. Scotland Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin Completed 19/02/16 Rating 3 stars
5. England Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Completed 20/02/16 Rating 3 stars


5/10

[Cinnie]

Hi Cassandra, 5th book added (message 169)

[Alison]

Count me out of this challenge please. I keep forgetting about it.

[Cassandra]

Congratulations on hitting your goal, Cinnie! Do you want to set a new goal or just move onto a different challenge?

No problem, Alison! Good luck with the rest of your challenges. :)

[Yvonne]

Updated Message 241
7/20 completed

7. New Zealand - Paul Cleave - The Cleaner

[Aurora]

Updated message 348:

4. Scotland: The Accidental
5. Norway: Undis Brekke
6. Denmark: Stigninger og fald
7.France: Reveries of the Solitary Walker
8. Spain: The Prince of Mist

8/15

[Marina]

Mexico - The Pearl

New total 6/15. Updated in message #24

[Erika]

So far this year I have completed 5:

Canada: Sweet Tooth, Vol. 2: In Captivity by Jeff Lemire
France: Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann
United Kingdom: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
South Korea: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang
United States: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

[Laurie]

Updated message 19

8/24 complete

Added 8. Chile - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

[Winter, Group Reads]

Winter: 1/10 :)

[Geri]

Updated message 270
Progress 4/10

[Yvonne]

Update message 241

8 of 20 read

8. Italy - Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose 2/26/2016 3 Stars

[Patricia]

finished 7 of 15 -- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (UK)

[Lynn]

Updated message 62 with 3 new countries this week
-- 14/15 --

✔Canada--L.M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables--02/25/16
✔Japan--Marie Kondō: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up--02/27/16
✔Norway--Jo Nesbø: Midnight Sun--02/26/16

[Angelique]

Only 1 more this month:

Japan - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

6/15

[Merja]

Update to message #22

UK Terry Pratchett: Equal Rites


2/6

[Laurie]

Updated message 20

9/24

Added:
8. Chile - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
9. England - The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy

[Cassandra]

Updated to here.

[Nik]

[5/12] (OM 74)

01. US. Cathrynne M. Valente, author of The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For a Little While (★★★★)
02. Canada. Shannon Mayer, author of Elementally Priceless (★★★)
03. UK. Charles Dickens, author of A Tale of Two Cities (★★★)
04. Sweden. Art Spiegelman, author of Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (★★★★)
05. France. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of Le Petit Prince (★★)

/NN

[Ilona]

Updated message 108

Brazil: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

5/10

[Amanda]

updated #181

6. The Netherlands The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber Completed 29/02/16 Rating 4 stars

6/10

[Susan C]

Updated message 79

5/10

[Fr. Andrew]

Updated msg 163...

8 books done

Thanks!

[Cassandra]

Happy March! :)

[Amanda]

Updated #181

7. Czech Republic Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka Completed 2/03/16 Rating 4 stars

7/10