Rules of the Challenge

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Salixj wrote: "Please give me five more, thank you Diane!"

Salixj,

Here are 5 more. Let me know if any of these are repeats and I will swap them out.

Marshall Islands
Dominican Republic
Suriname
Dominica
Malaysia

[Ed]

*****COMPLETED 3/21/25*****

20/20

✔Argentina- Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
✔Thailand - Bangkok 8 by John Burdett -7/23/20
✔Ivory Coast - Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet-3/24/21
✔ Palau- The Palauan Arts by David Ramarui-8/27/23-
✔Congo- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
✔Ecuador- Beyond the Islands by Alicia Yánez Cossío
✔Algeria - Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar- 1/5/18
✔Peru- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
✔Qatar - No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
✔ Libya- Tea in Tripoli by Bernadette Nason-5/30/24
✔Zambia- Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman -6/14/21
Laos- Lao Folktales by Steven Jay Epstein-10/6/23
✔Tuvalu- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
Nigeria- Restless City and Christmas Gold, with Other Stories by Cyprian Ekwensi
✔ Cambodia- Battambang by Ron Poulton-3/21/25
✔ Haiti- All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell- 8/26/24-
✔ Sri Lanka- Trouble in Nuala by Harriet Steel- 3/20/23
✔Australia- Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19
✔Ukraine - Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19
✔ Antigua and Barbuda- Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid-11/20/23

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ed wrote: "Sign me up for twenty please."

Ed, here are your 20 countries:

Argentina
Thailand
Ivory Coast
Palau
Congo
Ecuador
Algeria
Peru
Qatar
Libya
Zambia
Laos
Tuvalu
Nigeria
Cambodia
Haiti
Sri Lanka
Australia
Ukraine
Antigua and Barbuda

[Brittany]

I would like 10 please.

[Karen]

Hi. I'd like to visit 4 countries in 2018.

[Binta]

Hi, I would like 10 please.

[Jeannette]

Hi, great challenge. I thought I left a message already, but don't see it anymore. So here again: love to participate. Can I have 5 countries please?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Brittany wrote: "I would like 10 please."

Brittany, here are your 10 countries:

Suriname
Namibia
Tajikistan
Sweden
Brazil
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Timor-Leste
New Zealand
Tanzania

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Karen wrote: "Hi. I'd like to visit 4 countries in 2018."

Karen, here are your 4 countries:

Macedonia
Australia
Bhutan
Paraguay

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Binta wrote: "Hi, I would like 10 please."

Binta, here are your 10 countries:

Bolivia
Japan
Jamaica
Ireland
Mauritania
Cyprus
Syria
Kenya
Indonesia
Bulgaria

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Jeannette wrote: "Hi, great challenge. I thought I left a message already, but don't see it anymore. So here again: love to participate. Can I have 5 countries please?"

Jeannette, here are your 5 countries:

Mexico
Liechtenstein
Bolivia
Portugal
Norway

[Viv]

Slightly late to the party, but I'd like to join this challenge please!

Please could I have 11 countries (one for each remaining month of the year :-))

Thanks!

[Aishah]

May I have 10 countries, please?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Viv wrote: "Slightly late to the party, but I'd like to join this challenge please!

Please could I have 11 countries (one for each remaining month of the year :-))

Thanks!"

Viv, here are your 11 countries:

Australia
Zimbabwe
Syria
Cameroon
Samoa
Nepal
Laos
Honduras
Pakistan
Cambodia
Paraguay

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Aishah wrote: "May I have 10 countries, please?"

Aishah, here are your 10 countries:

Palau
Israel
Afghanistan
Chad
Thailand
Barbados
Hungary
Sweden
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Guyana

[Viv]

Viv, here are your 1..."

Thanks Diane! Three of those I already have books planned for this year. The others will require some thought and planning (the fun part!!)

[Amel EA]

Hey.
Great challenge :)
Give me 5 plz

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Amel wrote: "Hey.
Great challenge :)
Give me 5 plz"

Amel, here are your 5 countries:

Lesotho
Papua New Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Haiti
Morocco

[Hinda Rochel]

Hi Diane,

I'll take 5 more please.

Thank you

[Pepita]

I'm keen to give this a go, need a bit of a push to move away from my big USA read from last year!...can I please try 10 countries?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Salixj wrote: "Hi Diane,

I'll take 5 more please.

Thank you"

Salixj, here are 5 more:

Barbados
Palau
Bangladesh
Vietnam
North Korea

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Pepita wrote: "I'm keen to give this a go, need a bit of a push to move away from my big USA read from last year!...can I please try 10 countries?"

Pepita, here are your 10 countries:

Uganda
Fiji
Panama
Togo
Tunisia
Philippines
Mongolia
Serbia
Ghana
Angola

[Shirley]

I would like to start this challenge with 10 countries please.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Shirley wrote: "I would like to start this challenge with 10 countries please."

Shirley, here are your 10 countries:

Bahamas
Slovakia
Senegal
Marshall Islands
Taiwan
Malaysia
Benin
Brazil
Argentina
Angola

[Amaka]

Hi! I would like to read 30! Please and Thank You!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Amaka wrote: "Hi! I would like to read 30! Please and Thank You!"

Amaka, here are your 30 countries:

China
France
Solomon Islands
Swaziland
Germany
Trinidad and Tobago
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Bolivia
Dominica
Belize
Togo
Ethiopia
Mali
Australia
Nepal
Netherlands
Lesotho
Malaysia
Somalia
Haiti
Iran
New Zealand
Brazil
Bulgaria
Austria
Lithuania
Jordan
Serbia
Chile

[Amy J.]

I'll start with 15 Please

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Amy J. wrote: "I'll start with 15 Please"

Amy, here are your 15 countries:

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bahamas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sierra Leone
Oman
Bulgaria
Poland
Israel
Argentina
Togo
Brazil
Cuba
Honduras
Solomon Islands
Saint Kitts and Nevis

[David]

Ooh, this sounds fun. Hit me with 5 please.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

David wrote: "Ooh, this sounds fun. Hit me with 5 please."

David, here are your 5 countries:

Kenya
Armenia
Micronesia
Nigeria
Peru

[Anna]

I just joined the group today so I think this challenge is a fun one to begin with!
Please give me five countries:)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Anna wrote: "I just joined the group today so I think this challenge is a fun one to begin with!
Please give me five countries:)"

Anna,

Welcome to the group! Here are your 5 countries:

Timor-Leste
Netherlands
Albania
Cambodia
Switzerland

[Critterbee❇]

All right, I am ready to try! Hit me with 5, please!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

❇Critterbee (aka Vivian Darcy) wrote: "All right, I am ready to try! Hit me with 5, please!"

Critterbee, here are your 5 countries:

Bangladesh
Estonia
Jamaica
Guatemala
Morocco

[Critterbee❇]

Thank you!

[Vera]

for me?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Vera wrote: "for me?"

Vera, how many would you like to start with?

[Vera]

3

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Vera wrote: "3"

Vera, here are your 3 countries:

Croatia
Israel
Yemen

[Ana MG]

Am I still on time to join this challenge?

I would like to start with 5 countries!!!


Thanks! :)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ana MG wrote: "Am I still on time to join this challenge?

I would like to start with 5 countries!!!


Thanks! :)"

Ana, here are your 5 countries:

Iraq
Somalia
Portugal
Uganda
Lithuania

[Julia]

May I have 5 please?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Julia wrote: "May I have 5 please?"

Julia, here are your 5 countries:

Latvia
Afghanistan
Estonia
Dominican Republic
Congo (republic)

[Julia]

Julia wrote: "May I have 5 please?"

Thanks!

[Gemma]

can I have 5 please?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Gemma wrote: "can I have 5 please?"

Gemma, here are your 5 countries:

Andorra
Moldova
Hungary
Madagascar
Ethiopia

[Hélène]

Just finished my first random challenge. Diane, may I have 10 more countries, please ? Thank you!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Hélène wrote: "Just finished my first random challenge. Diane, may I have 10 more countries, please ? Thank you!"

Helene, here are 10 more:

China
Belize
Malta
Bolivia
Guatemala
Tanzania
Greece
Slovakia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Burundi

[Rusalka]

Diane, I am sorry if you have answered this already, but I have a question.

If I finish my first 10 books say in June, and ask you maybe for another 5 to keep on going with the challenge for the rest of the year. If say one of my new countries was Nigeria, and I in Jan have read Half of a Yellow Sun, could I count it for this challenge as it's been read in 2018? Or do I need to read a new book after the country has been assigned to me?

I'm also having a bit of deja vu, so sorry if I have already asked this!!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Rusalka wrote: "Diane, I am sorry if you have answered this already, but I have a question.

If I finish my first 10 books say in June, and ask you maybe for another 5 to keep on going with the challenge for the ..."

You can count any applicable books you read in 2018, even if they are read before you receive the list.