Random Challenge Requests for 2019

[Pepita]

Hi Diane,
Enjoyed the books I read last year for this challenge and would like to go again, maybe one a month? So 12 please.
Many thanks for your work on this site...don't know how you manage to read books as well as monitor everyone else's reading!!

[Keli]

Diane wrote: "Keli wrote: "I'd like to start with 5. Fingers crossed I'll get through these."

Keli, here are your 5 countries:

Guatemala
Russia
Guyana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Switzerland"

Thanks Diane.

[Diana]

Hi Diane, I am also eager to try the 5 countries challenge. Cheers

[Kala]

Hello Diane,
I would like 5 countries please.
Thanks!

[Carrie]

I’m hoping to do 15 countries. I just signed up today so still working through how to find the appropriate books!

[Lori]

Hi Diane,

I would like 12 countries please.

Thank you!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Mome_Rath wrote: "I think I’ll go for another round of 12 for 2019. Here’s hoping for no whammies with small countries I’ve mostly read through!"

Mome-Rath, I have the same problem with those countries. Here are you 12:

Honduras
Poland
Taiwan
Romania
Mozambique
Seychelles
Spain
Costa Rica
Botswana
United Arab Emirates
Argentina
Turkmenistan

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Pepita wrote: "Hi Diane,
Enjoyed the books I read last year for this challenge and would like to go again, maybe one a month? So 12 please.
Many thanks for your work on this site...don't know how you manage to re..."

Thanks for your kind words, Pepita! Here are your 12 countries:

Micronesia
Singapore
Mauritius
Ukraine
Panama
Jordan
Oman
Malawi
Belarus
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Belize

[Mome_Rath]

Awesome — some of these are countries I’d hoped/planned to visit by books in 2019 as it is. Thanks for the list, and I hope you have a fantastic start to the new year! Thanks so much for all you do with curating this forum!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Diana wrote: "Hi Diane, I am also eager to try the 5 countries challenge. Cheers"

Diana, here are your 5 countries:

Uganda
Thailand
Nicaragua
Benin
Slovakia

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Sonja wrote: "Hello Diane,
I would like 5 countries please.
Thanks!"

Sonja, here are your 5 countries:

United Kingdom
Egypt
East Timor
Andorra
Burundi

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Carrie wrote: "I’m hoping to do 15 countries. I just signed up today so still working through how to find the appropriate books!"

Carrie, here are your 15 countries:

Azerbaijan
Guinea
Austria
Yemen
Canada
Maldives
Jamaica
Dominica
Sao Tome and Principe
Tunisia
Dominican Republic
Vatican City
Malaysia
Tajikistan
Denmark

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Lori wrote: "Hi Diane,

I would like 12 countries please.

Thank you!"

Lori, here are your 12 countries:

El Salvador
Portugal
Rwanda
Moldova
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Colombia
Estonia
Bolivia
Cambodia
Lesotho
Swaziland
Croatia

[Diana]

Thank you, Happy New Year! Diane wrote: "Diana wrote: "Hi Diane, I am also eager to try the 5 countries challenge. Cheers"

Diana, here are your 5 countries:

Uganda
Thailand
Nicaragua
Benin
Slovakia"

[Nancy H]

Hi Diane,
I only got to 8/20 countries here last year, but I would like to have 20 again. I am going to try harder this year to visit all of them.
Thanks.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Nancy H wrote: "Hi Diane,
I only got to 8/20 countries here last year, but I would like to have 20 again. I am going to try harder this year to visit all of them.
Thanks."

I didn't get all of mine finished, either. I was too busy reading countries that weren't on my list. Here is your list for 2019:

South Korea
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
Cuba
Lithuania
Somalia
Brazil
Mauritania
Bahrain
Cameroon
China
Czech Republic
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
Bhutan
Tonga
Norway
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Cape Verde

[Amy]

Oh fun! I just joined the group! I’ll take 5, too!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Amy wrote: "Oh fun! I just joined the group! I’ll take 5, too!"

Amy, here are your 5 countries:

Fiji
Germany
Mozambique
Niger
Yemen

[Muhammed]

Hey, really excited, please give me 5.

[Marie]

Hi, and happy new year. I'm excited for this challenge. May I have 10 countries, please. Thank you!

[Story]

What a great idea! I'd like 5 countries please.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Muhammed wrote: "Hey, really excited, please give me 5."

Muhammed, here are your 5 countries:

Maldives
Austria
South Africa
Iraq
Nigeria

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Marie wrote: "Hi, and happy new year. I'm excited for this challenge. May I have 10 countries, please. Thank you!"

Marie, here are your 10 countries:

Serbia
Hungary
Burundi
Syria
Malawi
Haiti
Kuwait
Thailand
Swaziland (Eswatini)
Bahrain

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Storyheart wrote: "What a great idea! I'd like 5 countries please."

Story, here are your 5 countries:

Rwanda
Guatemala
Ireland
Paraguay
Somalia

[Shelby]

I would like to start with 3 countries please! I know it isn’t a lot but just to begin with

[Story]

Diane wrote: "Storyheart wrote: "What a great idea! I'd like 5 countries please."

Story, here are your 5 countries:

Rwanda
Guatemala
Ireland
Paraguay
Somalia"

Super! Thank you, Diane.

[Rochu]

Hey, happy new year! oh wow i'm really excited about this. Could I get 10 countries please?

[Lucc]

Hello, Diane!

I'd like to get 7 countries, please
Thank you, and a happy new year!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Shelby wrote: "I would like to start with 3 countries please! I know it isn’t a lot but just to begin with"

Shelby, here are your 3 countries:

Morocco
Benin
Australia

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Merveilleuse wrote: "Hey, happy new year! oh wow i'm really excited about this. Could I get 10 countries please?"

Merveilleuse, happy new year to you, too! Here are your 10 countries:

Nauru
Algeria
Sri Lanka
Venezuela
Monaco
Czech Republic
Angola
Tonga
United Kingdom
Uruguay

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Lucc wrote: "Hello, Diane!

I'd like to get 7 countries, please
Thank you, and a happy new year!"

Lucc, Happy new year! Here are your 7 countries:

Luxembourg
Saint Lucia
Azerbaijan
Oman
Kazakhstan
Tunisia
Mali

[Shelby]

Diane wrote: "Shelby wrote: "I would like to start with 3 countries please! I know it isn’t a lot but just to begin with"

Shelby, here are your 3 countries:

Morocco
Benin
Australia"

Thank you so much! Happy New Year!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Shelby wrote: "Diane wrote: "Shelby wrote: "I would like to start with 3 countries please! I know it isn’t a lot but just to begin with"

Shelby, here are your 3 countries:

Morocco
Benin
Australia"

Thank you so..."

Happy New Year, to you, too!

[Nicola]

Hi, Could I have 6 countries please. Thank you.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Nicola wrote: "Hi, Could I have 6 countries please. Thank you."

Nicola, here are your 6 countries:

Vatican City
Eritrea
Georgia
Spain
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis

[Hayley]

7 countries please

[Fliss]

Hi I'd like 12 countries please.

[Adina]

Hi, can I have 10 countries please?

[Nancy H]

Diane wrote: "Nancy H wrote: "Hi Diane,
I only got to 8/20 countries here last year, but I would like to have 20 again. I am going to try harder this year to visit all of them.
Thanks."

I didn't get all of min..."

Thanks, Diane, I am eagerly looking forward to starting this list!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Hayley wrote: "7 countries please"

Hayley, here are your 7 countries:

Senegal
Papua New Guinea
Suriname
Israel
Tanzania
Comoros
Egypt

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Fliss wrote: "Hi I'd like 12 countries please."

Fliss, here are your 12 countries:

Cambodia
Guinea-Bissau
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ukraine
Finland
Oman
Benin
Italy
Singapore
Brazil
Hungary
Malta

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Adina wrote: "Hi, can I have 10 countries please?"

Adina, here are your 10 countries:

Mexico
Greece
Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia
Romania
Gambia
Brunei
Uruguay
Vatican City
Togo

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Abbi wrote: "Hi! I just joined, I love the concept of this group. So much of the world to read about! May I please have five countries please? I am doing a bit of a reading challenge this year and would like to..."

Thanks Abbi! Here are your 5 countries:

Cyprus
Lebanon
Chile
Australia
Tajikistan

[Adina]

Diane wrote: "Adina wrote: "Hi, can I have 10 countries please?"

Adina, here are your 10 countries:

Mexico
Greece
Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia
Romania
Gambia
Brunei
Uruguay
Vatican City
Togo"

Great, thank you Diane! Looking forward to it :)

[Theresa]

I would like 4 countries please!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Theresa wrote: "I would like 4 countries please!"

Theresa, here are your 4 countries:

Mozambique
Jamaica
Poland
Nigeria

[Fliss]

Diane wrote: "Fliss wrote: "Hi I'd like 12 countries please."

Fliss, here are your 12 countries:

Cambodia
Guinea-Bissau
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ukraine
Finland
Oman
Benin
Italy
Singapore
Brazil
Hungar..."

Thank you so much. Now to find the books...

[Kitkat]

Hi!

I would like 5 countries (and I will try to read only mystery/detective novels for this challenge!).

Thank you :)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Kitkat wrote: "Hi!

I would like 5 countries (and I will try to read only mystery/detective novels for this challenge!).

Thank you :)"

Kitkat, here are your 5 countries:

Russia
Azerbaijan
South Africa
Canada
Bahrain

[Pam]

I would like to participate in this challenge with 6 countries, please.