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This challenge is awesome! I would like to start with 5 countries.
Jennifer wrote: "This sounds like quite a fun challenge! Please start me off with five, Diane. (And happy new year!!)"Happy New Year to you, too, Jennifer! Here are your 5 countries:
Tunisia
Ecuador
Bulgaria
Maldives
Mozambique
Karthika wrote: "This challenge is awesome! I would like to start with 5 countries."Karthika, here are your 5 countries:
Cameroon
Singapore
Japan
Gambia
Panama
Laurie wrote: "It's on mine too. There seems to be only one or two books, so I will be glad to read one and never need to revisit this place again. I would have probably traded it if I had already read a book from there."I found The Republic of San Marino online, but it wasn't exactly riveting. There are a few other choices available in the San Marino thread under the topic Books Set in Europe, though. Good luck!
I would like to start with 6 countries.
I love this idea! Let's start small with 5 books, please.
Count me in for 5 countries...thanks...
I love this challenge! I'd like to start with 5 countries please.
What a fabulous challenge! Please sign me up for 5 countries.
Bryseida wrote: "I would like to start with 6 countries."Bryseida, here are your 6 countries:
Portugal
Monaco
Congo (Republic)
Burundi
Luxembourg
Argentina
Greta wrote: "I love this idea! Let's start small with 5 books, please."Greta, here are your 5 countries:
Finland
Latvia
Ghana
Ukraine
Bahrain
Kathleen wrote: "Count me in for 5 countries...thanks..."Kathleen, here are your 5 countries:
Pakistan
Fiji
Philippines
Uganda
Palau
Shellie wrote: "I love this challenge! I'd like to start with 5 countries please."Shellie, here are your 5 countries:
Russia
Guatemala
Thailand
Honduras
Swaziland
Kathleen wrote: "What a fabulous challenge! Please sign me up for 5 countries."Kathleen, here are your 5 countries:
India
Laos
Cyprus
Mexico
Kiribati
I would like to start with 5 countries.
Monika wrote: "I would like to start with 5 countries."Monika, here are your 5 countries:
Vanuatu
Morocco
Brunei
Brazil
North Korea
I love this, I would like to start with 5 countries!
Diane wrote: "Nancy H wrote: "I would like 20 countries, please. Thank you!"Nancy, here are your 20 countries:
Vietnam
Austria
Somalia
Colombia
Argentina
Marshall Islands
Chile
Zimbabwe
Denmark
Russia
Ne..."
Thanks, Diane. I am eager to get started.
Thank you, Diane. I'm excited to get started.
But we find our own book?We're not trading actual book?
I'm willing to send out books written by Indonesian local writer, already translated to English, to anyone wants to send be a good read from their home country. Any challenge with that mechanism?
This sounds fun !! Please send me tickets to mmm... 8 countries. Is there any way I can specify countries to be excluded which I have already read. Or alternatively you select 20 countries for me out of which I will select first 8 countries which I havent visited yet.
Sounds Interesting, would like to try 5 countries
Diane wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "This sounds like quite a fun challenge! Please start me off with five, Diane. (And happy new year!!)"Happy New Year to you, too, Jennifer! Here are your 5 countries:
Tunisia
Ec..."
This is awesome! I'm excited to 'visit' some new countries this year. And one was set in a book I reviewed yesterday, so I'm already on my way. ;). Lovely members, I'll be searching your posts for suggestions. Happy reading everyone!
Diane wrote: "Mome_Rath wrote: "Now that I've finished my 2017 challenge, I can look forward to 2018. With slight trepidation (will I really have to find another book from San Marino?!?), I'll request twelve -- ..."Good luck! You've got some fascinating countries to visit. I was going to say 'check out Four Corners for PNG' but just realized you recommended it to me! ;) I also read The Lost Tribe set there but didn't enjoy the author's attitude so can't recommend it.
I would like to start with 7 countries.
I would like to start with 7 countries. My name is Phaedra
Evi wrote: "I love this, I would like to start with 5 countries!"Evi, here are your 5 countries:
Armenia
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Kyrgyzstan
Uruguay
Arpit wrote: "This sounds fun !! Please send me tickets to mmm... 8 countries. Is there any way I can specify countries to be excluded which I have already read. Or alternatively you select 20 countries for me ..."
Arpit, unfortunately, I can't change the rules that way. There is a really good chance that you will get books from countries you haven't read since there are so many countries and most people only tend to read just a few. You can always trade, too. Here is your list:
Somalia
Myanmar
Dominica
Senegal
Philippines
Ukraine
Latvia
Uruguay
Nayana wrote: "Sounds Interesting, would like to try 5 countries"Nayana, here are your 5 countries:
Ecuador
Fiji
Canada
Oman
South Sudan
Phaedra wrote: "I would like to start with 7 countries."Phaedra, here are your 7 countries:
Iceland
Belize
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Kiribati
Guatemala
South Africa
Grenada
Diane wrote: "Evi wrote: "I love this, I would like to start with 5 countries!"Evi, here are your 5 countries:
Armenia
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Kyrgyzstan
Uruguay"
Thank you! I'm really excited with those countries!
Diane wrote: "Arpit wrote: "This sounds fun !! Please send me tickets to mmm... 8 countries. Is there any way I can specify countries to be excluded which I have already read. Or alternatively you select 20 cou..."
You were right. I havent read books from these countries. Thanks for the list Diane. I hope to know a lot about these countries by year end.
Now I'll really appreciate if you guys suggest me good books set in these countries.
I’d like to start with 10 countries please! Thanks!
Jennifer wrote: "Good luck! You've got some fascinating countries to visit. I was going to say 'check out Four Corners for PNG' but just realized you recommended it to me! ;) I also read The Lost Tribe set there but didn't enjoy the author's attitude so can't recommend it."Four Corners was a great adventure, so hopefully I'll find something just as good when I get to PNG later this year. Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your other PNG read.
Also, I just realized how fortuitous it was that you received Bulgaria, since you just happen to be in the middle of a Bulgarian mystery series!
From books on your list, I read three books from Ecuador last year. My favorite was The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time, but it is a tale of scientific research, and may not appeal to everyone (it interested me particularly since I read it before visiting the Galapagos). Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle was a decent folk tale, as if it had been written from oral tradition. My least favorite was The Villagers, which was depressing in its portrayal of injustice by multiple parties during the construction of an Andean road.
I would like to start with 15 countries
This sounds like fun! Could I get 5 countries to start, please?
Denise wrote: "I’d like to start with 10 countries please! Thanks!"Denise, here are your 10 countries:
Marshall Islands
Thailand
South Africa
Israel
India
Kazakhstan
France
Mexico
Tanzania
Switzerland
Alicia wrote: "I would like 10 countries please!"Alicia, here are your 10 countries:
Antigua and Barbuda
Cape Verde
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
United Kingdom
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
Sierra Leone
Czech Republic
Croatia
Bahamas
India
Kelly wrote: "I'll go for 12. One for each month."Kelly, here are your 12 countries:
Austria
Germany
Gabon
Madagascar
Tunisia
Peru
Cameroon
Portugal
Trinidad and Tobago
Samoa
China
Cambodia
Caraina wrote: "I would like to start with 15 countries"Caraina, Here are your 15 countries:
Czech Republic
Jamaica
Cape Verde
Guyana
Turkmenistan
Myanmar (Burma)
Sweden
Serbia
Fiji
Uzbekistan
Finland)
Benin
Botswana
Pakistan
Niger
Caroline wrote: "This sounds like fun! Could I get 5 countries to start, please?"Caroline, here are your 5 countries:
Iraq
Equatorial Guinea
Slovakia
Honduras
Hungary
I would like to start with 6 countries.
Mome_Rath wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Good luck! You've got some fascinating countries to visit. I was going to say 'check out Four Corners for PNG' but just realized you recommended it to me! ;) I also read The Lost T..."Fabulous - thanks for the recommendations!! I'll check out your first two suggestions, but am intrigued already by Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle. Take care, Mome_Rath.
Sounds like fun :) I would like to start with 10 please.
I did not manage to finish the 80 countries last year (after 2 successful years), and am not even trying this year. But would like to do 10 countries please! That is something I can manage!
Lisa wrote: "I would like to start with 6 countries."Lisa, here are your 6 countries:
Russia
Eritrea
Iran
Scotland
Chad
Algeria
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It's on mine too. There seems to be only one or two books, so I will be glad to read one and never need to revisit this place again. I would have probably traded it if I had already read a book from there.