Rules of the Challenge

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Diane L wrote: "I just found this and would like to get 5 to start with."

Diane, here are your 5 countries:

South Sudan
Portugal
Singapore
Maldives
Iceland

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Wayne wrote: "This looks like a fun way to start my travels! I'd like 10 please"

Wayne, here are your 10 countries:

austria
Comoros
Burundi
Antigua
Latvia
Brazil
Greece
China
Ivory coast
Australia

[Sportyrod]

Hi Diane,

I’ve just joined the group. I love the challenge. Could I please have 5 countries?

Thanks,

Sportyrod

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Sportyrod wrote: "Hi Diane,

I’ve just joined the group. I love the challenge. Could I please have 5 countries?

Thanks,

Sportyrod"

Sportyrod, here are your 5 countries:

Thailand
Slovenia
Malta
Greece
Jamaica

[Sherrie]

Hi,
Would love to join in. Give me 5 books please.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Sherrie wrote: "Hi,
Would love to join in. Give me 5 books please."

Sherrie, here are your 5 countries:
Tuvalu
Ecuador
India
Gabon
Tunisia

[Betty]

I love this! May I have five?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Betty wrote: "I love this! May I have five?"

Betty, here are your 5 countries:

Netherlands
Guinea-Bissau
Iran
Saint Lucia
Belize

[Ruth]

Hi Diane, please could I have two more countries - that'll give me 12, one for each month of the challenge. It's been interesting to go to countries I probably wouldn't have chosen for myself.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ruth, sorry it took me so long to respond. Here are your two countries:

Equatorial Guinea
Philippines

[Peggy]

I know it’s late in the year for this challenge, but I’d like to give it a try. Please send me two countries. Thanks so much!

[Critterbee❇]

I have finished 10, so I would like two more as well, please. I like Peggy's idea of one read per month.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Peggy wrote: "I know it’s late in the year for this challenge, but I’d like to give it a try. Please send me two countries. Thanks so much!"

Peggy, here are your countries:

Israel
Republic of the Congo

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Critterbee❇ wrote: "I have finished 10, so I would like two more as well, please. I like Peggy's idea of one read per month."

Critterbee, here are your new countries. Let me know if you have already read one or both of them and I will swap them out:

South Korea
Swaziland

[Critterbee❇]

Thanks Diane, they are both new-to-me.

[Peggy]

Thanks Diane, perfect! I’ll let you know my selection.

[Shaikha]

Sounds like a fun challenge that I totally missed this year!

[Linda]

Will there be a challenge like this for 2019 aswell? I am new, but this sounds great.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Lin wrote: "Will there be a challenge like this for 2019 aswell? I am new, but this sounds great."

Yes

[[deleted user]]

Diane,

When will you post the 2019 challenges? I would like to join this one for sure, and probably a few others.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Tina wrote: "Diane,

When will you post the 2019 challenges? I would like to join this one for sure, and probably a few others."

I am hoping to have everything posted by this coming weekend.

[[deleted user]]

Diane wrote: "Tina wrote: "Diane,

When will you post the 2019 challenges? I would like to join this one for sure, and probably a few others."

I am hoping to have everything posted by this coming weekend."

Thanks!

[Sherri]

I would like 10 countries please.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Sherri wrote: "I would like 10 countries please."

Sherri, here are your 10 countries:

Suriname
South Korea
Colombia
Mauritania
Chile
Philippines
Argentina
Estonia
Thailand
Cote d'Ivoire

[[deleted user]]

I'll take 5 random countries!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Rae wrote: "I'll take 5 random countries!"

You had two requests, so I posted your countries in the other topic.

[Adina]

Hi, this sounds really exciting!! I'd like to start with 10 countries, hopefully will add more later.

[Michelle]

Hi! my fist time! I will like to join the challenge. I would like to start with 6 countries!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Adina wrote: "Hi, this sounds really exciting!! I'd like to start with 10 countries, hopefully will add more later."

Adina, I posted yours on the other thread.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Michelle wrote: "Hi! my fist time! I will like to join the challenge. I would like to start with 6 countries!"

Michelle, here are your 6 countries:

Mozambique
Jamaica
Poland
Nigeria
Serbia
North Korea

[Elza]

give me plz 11 countries ?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Elza wrote: "give me plz 11 countries ?"

Elza, here are your 11 countries:

Burkina Faso
Monaco
Iran
Mauritius
Guatemala
Myanmar
Tajikistan
Madagascar
Zimbabwe
Costa Rica
Barnados

[Cheri]

I'm new to the group, but I hope it's not too late to join the challenge! Please give me 5 countries. Thank you!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Cheri wrote: "I'm new to the group, but I hope it's not too late to join the challenge! Please give me 5 countries. Thank you!"

Cheri, I posted your list on the other thread, too. Your countries are:

Ghana
Ethiopia
Brazil
Mexico
Iraq

[Raegan]

If this is still going I’ll take five. Thanks!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Raegan wrote: "If this is still going I’ll take five. Thanks!"

Raegan,
Here are your five countries:

Canada
China
Oman
Nepal
Nicaragua

[Rona]

I would like to join this challenge with 10 countries please?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Rona, here are your 10 countries:

Bolivia
Equatorial Guinea
Mauritius
Switzerland
Liberia
Somalia
Egypt
Laos
Georgia
Poland

[Stacy]

I would like 50 countries

[Jovan]

I would try with 23, thanks Diane

[Ed]

It only took me 8 years... but I finished....


*****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