Continental Challenge

[Barbara]

Stephen wrote: "My Review of Batavia by Peter FitzSimons
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Wow, I never heard of this. Interesting stuff!

[Sara]

When we get to Europe, I know all of us won't have any trouble...but I'm personally going to try to read outside of my comfort zone of British and Irish reads. What I have listed on my challenge shelf is The Secret History of Moscow. I'm also currently listening to Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing for one of the tasks for the Book Riot 2016 Read Harder Challenge. The task, "Read a Food Memoir" is definitely out of my comfort zone, but I'm finding this one intriguing.

[Paul]

I agree Sara. I'm going for a translated book for Europe.

[Margo]

Sara wrote: "When we get to Europe, I know all of us won't have any trouble...but I'm personally going to try to read outside of my comfort zone of British and Irish reads. What I have listed on my challenge sh..."

sara, you're a masochist ;-)

[Trelawn]

I'm also going for a translation just to add another dimension to the challenge.

[Kevin]

Sara, reading a book about food is a great idea for the challenge. I might try to fit one in for my reads on asia and europe as well. Always curious about new food.
Food and reading were made to be put together after all :)

[Paul]

I'm thinking the same for North America. I'll be reading a tonne of American and Canadian books anyway

[Barbara]

Agree with the sentiments of reading translated works. As for North America, I don't read much from Canada but there is also the work of Native American/First Nation (Canadian writers).

20 Native American Authors You Need to Read
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/20-native-...

List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Canada indigenous writers
http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/2009/...

Important 'New' Adult Fiction by First Nations Authors
https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/list/sh...

List from U of Saskatchewan
http://library.usask.ca/indigenous/ho...

[Margo]

Emma wrote: "Same. Its not a challenge if I read Irish or English work. I read that all the time. That's just normal reading."

I an also trying to read outside of my normal comfort zone for this one - for me that's not difficult as my comfort zone has been tiny in recent years lol

My European book is The Shadow of the Wind which at the time of choosing I had never heard of but now seems to be everywhere. I only hope I can hold out til Europe comes up as else I will have to choose again. I also have a copy of The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault set aside for a rainy day, but I was going to read that anyway so maybe I shouldn't count it.

[Barbara]

Margo wrote: "Emma wrote: "Same. Its not a challenge if I read Irish or English work. I read that all the time. That's just normal reading."

I an also trying to read outside of my normal comfort zone for this o..."

Margo - The Shadow of the Wind is a favorite of mine and other GRI readers. I noticed that Phillip Pullman's book Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version is a book I've had lingering on my shelves and could include as a second book after I read one of the novels I'm determined to read.

[Paul]

The commentary in Pullmans book is very good.

[Barbara]

Paul wrote: "The commentary in Pullmans book is very good."

Good to know. Being a fan of the TV show Grimm (not my usual fare but I've watched it from the beginning, it makes sense for me to finally read this book.

[Paul]

Not sure how close the tv series will be to the original tales but still an interesting background.

[Barbara]

Paul wrote: "Not sure how close the tv series will be to the original tales but still an interesting background."

I don't think at all but I like the German connection, the old books with pictures of the "wesen" (pronounced vesen) and Grimms are protectors of humans who the wesen are afraid of. Portland Oregon is overrun with Wesen who looked human but transform into various monsters.

[Marcia]

That list of Australian books is really good. Thanks Barbara.

[Andy]

very late to the party - guessing I should try to read in the sequence - looking forward to it...