2016 - BOOKS SET ON EACH OF THE 7 CONTINENTS

[Stephanie]

This is another new category and should be fun!

Read a book that is set on one of the seven continents.

To complete this challenge, you must read one book for EACH of the seven continents. Only one continent per book, please state which continent.

[Melki]

I know I'll be needing this list - books set in Antarctica:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

https://www.goodreads.com/places/112-...

[Connie]

BOOKS SET ON 7 CONTINENTS:
1) North America: Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese (Canada) 01/03/16
2)Asia: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan) 01/25/16
3) Europe: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Denmark) 05/27/16
4) Australia: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 07/10/16
5) South America: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (Peru) 10/30/16

[Rebecca]

Okay, so North America is easy:
Grub-And-Stakers Pinch a Poke

And I have Europe half-read now, with a mystery set in 1920s England.

[Melki]

1. Africa - Scribbling the Cat
2. Antarctica - Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey
3. Asia - The Oddfits
4. Australia - Billarooby
5. Europe - Out of Sorts by Aurélie Valognes
6. North America- Home Land
7. South America- Route Number 11: Argentina, Angels & Alcohol

[Melki]

Okay, one done with a book set in France - Out of Sorts.

[Rebecca]

Okay, there's #2, Europe: Murder Most Malicious

[Rebecca]

I'm going to do Asia with a book from Mongolia, The Blue Sky

I just have to buy a copy, because for some reason none of our libraries have it.

[Patty]

North America - A Single Man - 1/8/16
South America - The House of the Spirits - 2/13/16
Europe - The Red Queen - 1/24/16
Asia - The Orphan Master's Son - 1/20/16
Antarctica -
Africa - Half of a Yellow Sun - 3/22/16
Australia - True History of the Kelly Gang - 4/15/16

[Kristen]

I like this one!

South America -
North America- Point of Retreat
Europe-
Asia-
Antarctica-
Africa-
Australia- The Slap

[Melki]

I guess I'll count Home Land as my North America book. It was set somewhere on the east coast of the US. I think.

[Sam]

And all 7 continents are done!

1. Africa - The Lost Pharaohs
2. Antarctica - The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
3. Asia - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
4. Australia - The Light Between Oceans
5. Europe - A Very British Murder: The Story of a National Obsession by Lucy Worsley
6. North America - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
7. South America - Insects by John Koloen

[Rhonda]

1. Asia - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (1/17/16)
2. Africa - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/11/16)
3. Antarctica -
4. Australia -
5. Europe - The Likeness by Tana French (3/16/16)
6. North America - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (9/19/16)
7. South America -

[Patty]

Just finished The Orphan Master's Son, can't really decide how I feel about it. At least I can check it off my list!

[Melki]

I haven't written the review yet, but I did finish The Oddfits today. A fun fantasy, this one is set in Singapore.

[Stephanie]

For the record, Rebecca has read Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood for the Australia bok.

[Rhonda]

I've seen Where'd You Go, Bernadette listed as taking place in Antarctica, but from the book description, I'm not sure. If anybody has read it, let me know if it could count for that continent.

[Rebecca]

I guess I jumped ahead with Asia with I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

[Stephanie]

Rhonda wrote: "I've seen Where'd You Go, Bernadette listed as taking place in Antarctica, but from the book description, I'm not sure. If anybody has read it, let me know if it could count for tha..."

Actually, yes, I would count it because some of it does take place in Antarctica! I forgot about that!

[Rhonda]

Stephanie wrote: "Rhonda wrote: "I've seen Where'd You Go, Bernadette listed as taking place in Antarctica, but from the book description, I'm not sure. If anybody has read it, let me know if it coul..."

Awesome! Thanks!

[Susan]

Australia: Murder on the Ballarat Train
Europe: A Nice Class of Corpse
North America: In the Last Analysis
Asia: Cross Bones
Africa: Tomb of the Golden Bird
South America: Crucible of Gold

This is funny because I've hardly ever read books set in Australia, but I've already read four this year!

[Martha]

Asia - Norwegian Wood - 11/03/16
Europe - Trains and Lovers - 20/03/16
North America - Live And Let Die - 14/02/16
South America
Africa
Australia - Big Little Lies - 20/09/16
Antarctica - Where'd You Go, Bernadette - 28/09/16

[Stephanie]

First one for this challenge:

North America - The Library at Mount Char

[Cathy]

First book in this topic

Europe- Fairytale Come Alive By Kristen Ashley

[Stephanie]

Forgot to put this one, finished a few weeks ago:

Antarctica: The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean

[Melki]

Stephanie wrote: "Forgot to put this one, finished a few weeks ago:

Antarctica: The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean"

That one looks pretty good.

I can cross Australia off the list with Billarooby.

[Stephanie]

Europe: Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty

Set in Ireland during "The Troubles" of the 1980's

[Cathy]

North America - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

[Melki]

Visited South America in Route Number 11: Argentina, Angels & Alcohol. Only Africa remains . . .

[Rebecca]

Australia: Dead Man's Chest

Three to go. I have a book from Africa sitting on my nightstand, so I just need to read it.

[Rebecca]

Oh, wait--I just finished some non-fiction about Africa:
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

So that leaves South America and Antarctica.

[Stephanie]

Rebecca wrote: "Australia: Dead Man's Chest

Three to go. I have a book from Africa sitting on my nightstand, so I just need to read it."

Hi Rebecca, you already had Australia, Death Before Wicket.

[Rebecca]

Well, it's a great series, so I have Aussie well covered!

[Sam]

Sam wrote: "And all 7 continents are done!

1. Africa - The Lost Pharaohs
2. Antarctica - The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
3. Asia - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan ..."

Finally got around to visiting all 7 continents and managed to leap from Africa to Australia in one go :-)

[Melki]

Finished up with a good one that takes place in Africa - Scribbling the Cat.

[Cathy]

I have two more for this topic

Africa - Unrestrained by S.E. Lund book takes place in Kenya

Asia - Chasing Fireflies by Taylor Dean takes place in China. Not technically finished this one yet but will be by the weekend!