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You guys!!!! I am so amazed at this incredible progress on our group project! Go Team 👏
Post 224:The Disobedient Wife by Annika Milisic-Stanley
With the exception of 3 pages, this takes place in Tajikistan and moves that country from blue to orange/rust.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 224:The Disobedient Wife by Annika Milisic-Stanley
With the exception of 3 pages, this takes place in Tajikistan and moves that country from blue to orange..."
Got it!
Post 263Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast by Marjoleine Kars
This takes place about 95% in Guyana and turns this country from blue to orange/rust.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 263Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast by Marjoleine Kars
This takes place about 95% in Guyana and turns this country fro..."
Got it! ✅
Post 308:The Fisherman King by Kathrina Mohd Daud
Set 100% in Brunei Darussalam and turns that country green. This was a treasure that I never would have read had it not been for our countries of the world challenge.
Post 310:The Clunies-Ross Cocos Chronicle by John C Clunies-Ross tells the history of the Cocos Islands by the current Clunies-Ross family member who still lives there. The Clunies-Ross family turned the island into a mixture of Scottish and Malay culture with their coconut "empire," though from what I can discern, the "empire" is mostly in their own limited worldview.
This turns Cocos (Keeling) Islands green. Since I'm doing a "Reading Globally" Sub-Challenge this summer,I am trying to help out here as best I can.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 308:The Fisherman King by Kathrina Mohd Daud
Set 100% in Brunei Darussalam and turns that country green. This was a treasure that I never would have read h..."
Another one: done!
Nick wrote: "Post 310:The Clunies-Ross Cocos Chronicle by John C Clunies-Ross tells the history of the Cocos Islands by the current Clunies-Ross family member who still lives..."
Woo hoo! Look at us go!
Moldova just turned green with Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks, in case it impacts anyone's reading plans :-)
Post 354Zama by Antonio di Benedetto
Set 100% in Paraguay and this turns that country green.
(And if it weren't for that green, I probably would have chucked it. 😠)
Post 405:The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey by Salman Rushdie
This takes place entirely in Nicaragua and turns that country green.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 405:The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey by Salman Rushdie
This takes place entirely in Nicaragua and turns that country green."
Sweet! (I knew this one sounded familiar! I read this back in 2022 and forgot to post about it in the Group Challenge thread *face palm*). Another country turned green! Nice reading!!
Be sure to get my post above for Paraguay too.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 354Zama by Antonio di Benedetto
Set 100% in Paraguay and this turns that country green.
(And if it weren't for that green, I probably would have chucked it. 😠)"
OMG I'm so glad you finished Paraguay! There was a book I was reading for it and it was *killing* me--now I can DNF it with a clear conscience LOL
LOL - I didn't much like the one I read either. Yes, hurray for putting Paraguay behind us!
Post 469:Off-White by Astrid H. Roemer
This book is set about 75% in Suriname and turns this country green.
I'll note also that both of the books I read for Suriname this season were 5-stars for me. They were very different books set in completely different time periods, but I loved them both. Without this RwS challenge, I would not have found myself in front either of them.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 469:Off-White by Astrid H. Roemer
This book is set about 75% in Suriname and turns this country green.
I'll note also that both of the books I read for Su..."
Got it! (Sorry that took a minute, I've been away from my computer since Thursday)
And I'm so happy to hear they've been 5-star reads! I've read a fair amount of stinkers for this challenge, but the good ones are so memorable that I don't mind suffering through the stinkers to find the gold ;-)
I figured you'd get to it when you had time.
Summer 2025, Post 515:15.21 SP 24 How Does Your Garden Grow
I am not going to be able to complete another subchallenge, but I am starting this one to help out with the Countries of the World game. My book takes place in the Marshall Islands, turning it Brown. I read:
Radiation Sounds: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences by Jessica A. Schwartz,
Nick wrote: "Summer 2025, Post 515:15.21 SP 24 How Does Your Garden Grow
I am not going to be able to complete another subchallenge, but I am starting this one to help out with the Countries of the World gam..."
Well done, you! I’ve had a heck of a time trying to find a book to fit Marshall Islands…so glad you got us one step closer!
Post 518Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao
This takes place 100% in Western Sahara and turns that country green.
As I say in my review, I wouldn't want to visit this country, but I'm glad to have been an armchair traveler.
Post 523Last of the Pirates: The Search for Bob Denard by Samantha Weinberg
This takes place about 65%-70% in Comoros and turns that country orange/rust.
Elizabeth! you are on a roll, lady! Got everything posted/updated (finally) :-)Go, team!!
Yes, go team!I think that's the last of it for Summer for me. I've started a thriller that doesn't apply. We'll see if I have time for one here before September 1, but I sort of doubt it.
I've posted the list for task 30.1 for Fall, and we won't take any more countries off that list now even if more books are read before the 31st, so everyone can start planning :)
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 540:Black Shack Alley by Joseph Zobel
Set 100% in Martinique and turns that country green."
Ha ha!
I had a Martinique set up to read for BINGO as a tropical country book. I will probably replace it with one set in Djibouti.
I'm glad you can move it around, Nick. I don't have this book, but have it marked on my worksheet as Djibouti:
Passage of Tears by Abdourahman A. Waberi
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'm glad you can move it around, Nick. I don't have this book, but have it marked on my worksheet as Djibouti:
Passage of Tears by Abdourahman A. Waberi"
I recently slated this one for fall!
Great, Karen. I'll cross it off my list. I do note that 30.1 isn't a first to post task, so more than one can read a specific book for it.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Great, Karen. I'll cross it off my list. I do note that 30.1 isn't a first to post task, so more than one can read a specific book for it."It's so nice that it's that way. I'm also reading one from Micronesia, Federated States of, The People in the Trees
Falklands (Malvinas)Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin
Mary wrote: "Falklands (Malvinas)Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin"
Read 30 August 2025
Mary wrote: "Mary wrote: "Falklands (Malvinas)Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin"
Read 30 August 2025"
Excellent! So excited to see the country spreadsheet turning green!
St. Barts Breakdown: A Mick Sever Mystery by Don Bruns read for Sweet Sixteen BINGO.Saint Barthelemy.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'm glad you can move it around, Nick. I don't have this book, but have it marked on my worksheet as Djibouti:
Passage of Tears by Abdourahman A. Waberi"
I have another book by the same author scheduled, but it has not come in through InterLibrary Loan yet. I found a mystery set inSt. Barthelemy to use for BINGO. If the Waberi ever comes in, I'll post a 30.1.
Post #12Finding Napoleon by Margaret Rodenberg
Set about 52-53% in St. Helena. I had to keep notes, hoping the segments set in France wouldn't be too much. I heaved a sigh of relief!
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