Random Challenge Requests for 2019

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Pam wrote: "I would like to participate in this challenge with 6 countries, please."

Pam, here are your 6 countries:

Netherlands
Colombia
Kyrgyzstan
Sweden
Guatemala
Trinidad and Tobago

[Pam]

Thank you!

[Daina]

Dianne,
Could you give me 9 countries for 2019 Random Travels, please.

Thank you! It will be fun!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Daina wrote: "Dianne,
Could you give me 9 countries for 2019 Random Travels, please.

Thank you! It will be fun!"

Daina, here are your 9 countries:

Algeria
Republic of the Congo
Tonga
Slovakia
Ireland
Honduras
Iran
Cyprus
Macedonia

[Daina]

Thank you, Diane.

[Madeleine]

Hi, I’d like to start with 50 countries please! Also if it works out that I’ve already read books from the countries assigned this year can I count them or do I just start counting from now?

[Madeleine]

Actually can I make that 80 countries as it is around the world in 80 days!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Madeleine wrote: "Actually can I make that 80 countries as it is around the world in 80 days!"

Awesome! Here are your 80 countries:

Guinea
Argentina
Iceland
Indonesia
Guyana
Paraguay
Guinea-Bissau
Oman
Singapore
Spain
Iran
Samoa
Yemen
Thailand
Honduras
Djibouti
Kazakhstan
Colombia
Ghana
Japan
Cameroon
Croatia
Slovakia
Ethiopia
Bahrain
Cuba
Fiji
Georgia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mexico
Germany
Bolivia
Brunei
Tajikistan
Morocco
Belgium
Armenia
Turkey
Malaysia
Greece
Australia
Serbia
Mali
Luxembourg
Mozambique
Trinidad and Tobago
Haiti
Tuvalu
Swaziland
Israel
Philippines
Brazil
Ecuador
Panama
Monaco
Liberia
Maldives
Russia
Afghanistan
Tanzania
India
East Timor
Slovenia
Bahamas
Belize
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Belarus
Italy
Jamaica
Togo
Grenada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
Egypt
Antigua and Barbuda
Rwanda

[Critterbee❇]

Madeleine wrote: "Actually can I make that 80 countries as it is around the world in 80 days!"

Wooo!! Go Madeleine!!

[Madeleine]

Thank you! Is it ok if I make the United Kingdom need a book from all the countries in the UK to count as one? I read a lot of books set in England so want to challenge myself a bit more!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Madeleine wrote: "Thank you! Is it ok if I make the United Kingdom need a book from all the countries in the UK to count as one? I read a lot of books set in England so want to challenge myself a bit more!"

You can change it as you see fit.

[Angela]

Hello!

I'd like to try this challenge. Can I start with 5 countries?

[Trish L]

Hello, I asked for and was allocated 4 books - message 92 - but I am really, really having trouble with 3 of them. Would it be possible to scrap these and re-draw 4 more. Hopefully the new ones will be a bit less obscure. Thanks!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Angela wrote: "Hello!

I'd like to try this challenge. Can I start with 5 countries?"

Angela, here are your 5 countries:

Nigeria
Romania
Latvia
Dominica
Montenegro

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Trish L wrote: "Hello, I asked for and was allocated 4 books - message 92 - but I am really, really having trouble with 3 of them. Would it be possible to scrap these and re-draw 4 more. Hopefully the new ones wil..."

Trish, you can scrap the 3 books, but each trade will generate 5 new books, bringing your total to 15. Let me know what you decide.

[Madeleine]

Can non-fiction books that have several sections on different countries/cultures count for one of the countries covered?

[Mome_Rath]

Trish — I understand some countries are harder than others to find books for. There are a couple of resources Diane has in these forums to help find ideas for books. The first is the link to the bookshelf for this forum (see Bookshelf in the list on the upper right). Here you can find potential books listed for each country. A second resource is the “Where We’ve Been (Master List)” link under the ATW in 80 Books World Challenge section of the Discussion forum. Books on this list that have been read by multiple readers may be more available (though admittedly sometimes it is because they are the book of the month, and are still not widely available).

As for your countries, I’m assuming Belgium is the easiest one for you to find books for. For Georgia, I enjoyed A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, while for Kazakhstan, I found One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn a good, if grim, short read. I’m afraid I haven’t read anything yet from Chad, so I have no personal recommendations for that country.

[Trish L]

Diane wrote: "Trish L wrote: "Hello, I asked for and was allocated 4 books - message 92 - but I am really, really having trouble with 3 of them. Would it be possible to scrap these and re-draw 4 more. Hopefully ..."

I will check out the Bookshelf lists in this forum. I did not know about them. 15 may be a bit much for me!

[Trish L]

Mome_Rath wrote: "Trish — I understand some countries are harder than others to find books for. There are a couple of resources Diane has in these forums to help find ideas for books. The first is the link to the bo..."

Thank you for the suggestions and the advice on the Bookshelf. I will have a browse there.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Madeleine wrote: "Can non-fiction books that have several sections on different countries/cultures count for one of the countries covered?"

Yes

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Mome_Rath wrote: "Trish — I understand some countries are harder than others to find books for. There are a couple of resources Diane has in these forums to help find ideas for books. The first is the link to the bo..."

Great recommendations, Mome_Rath! A somewhat easy to find and excellent book for Chad is The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary.

[Critterbee❇]

Mome_Rath wrote: "Trish — I understand some countries are harder than others to find books for. There are a couple of resources Diane has in these forums to help find ideas for books. The first is the link to the bo..."

Great reco of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - such an excellent book, and I never knew it was set in Kazakhstan until you mentioned it.

[Mome_Rath]

The labor camp in the book is based on the camp Solzhenitsyn served time in, which was Ekibastuz, in what is now Kazakhstan. I didn’t realize it took place in Kazakhstan either until I looked it up after re-reading the book a couple years ago.

[Eden]

Hi Diane,
Could I have a list of 10 countries please.
Eden

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Eden wrote: "Hi Diane,
Could I have a list of 10 countries please.
Eden"

Eden, here are your 10 countries:

Romania
Brazil
Tuvalu
Gambia
Australia
North Korea
Colombia
South Korea
Lesotho
Thailand

[Esther]

Hi Diane.
Could I have 5 countries?

[Magdalena]

Hi Diane.
Could I also have 5 countries?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Esther wrote: "Hi Diane.
Could I have 5 countries?"

Esther, here are your 5 countries:

Algeria
Mozambique
Tonga
Norway
Germany

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Magdalena wrote: "Hi Diane.
Could I also have 5 countries?"

Magdalena, here are your 5 countries:

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovenia
Madagascar
Gabon
Kuwait

[Laura]

Madeleine wrote: "Actually can I make that 80 countries as it is around the world in 80 days!"

Way to go! Have fun.

[Laura]

Hi Diane, could I please have 10 countries? Thanks!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Laura wrote: "Hi Diane, could I please have 10 countries? Thanks!"

Laura, here are your 10 countries:

Netherlands
Maldives
Burundi
Angola
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Ireland
Comoros
Libya
Guatemala

[Ivana]

Hi Diana !!
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gambia
Niger
Marshall Islands
I can not find books about these countries, so please other countries
thank you !

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ivana wrote: "Hi Diana !!
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gambia
Niger
Marshall Islands
I can not find books about these countries, so please other countries
thank you !"

Each country you trade in will generate 5 more, giving you 25 more countries instead of 5. Do you still want to swap them?

[[deleted user]]

Here's some ideas for you. All are available at my libraries and might be at yours.
United Arab Emirates: Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson
St. Kitts & Nevis
Captive of My Desires, Johanna Lindsey
Quitting America, Randall Robinson
Romancing the Pirate, Michelle Beattie
Gambia
Our Grandmothers' Drums, Mark Hudson
Niger
Harmattan, Gavin Weston
Nomads of Niger, Carol Beckwith
Marshall Islands
Surviving Paradise, Peter Rudiak-gould

[Ivana]

Diane wrote: "Ivana wrote: "Hi Diana !!
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gambia
Niger
Marshall Islands
I can not find books about these countries, so please other countries
thank you !"

Each country y..."

Yeas, give me 25 more :)

[Ivana]

Carla wrote: "Here's some ideas for you. All are available at my libraries and might be at yours.
United Arab Emirates: Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson
St. Kitts & Nevis
Captive of My Desires, Johanna Lindsey
..."

Thanks for the help but there is no translation in my country and there are no books in the library in my town so many states are not represented ... I was looking for but no....

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ivana wrote: "Diane wrote: "Ivana wrote: "Hi Diana !!
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gambia
Niger
Marshall Islands
I can not find books about these countries, so please other countries
thank you !"

..."

If I have already given any of these to you previously, let me know:

Malaysia
United Kingdom
Japan
Mongolia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany
Cuba
Slovenia
Iran
Antigua and Barbuda
Austria
Denmark
Ecuador
North Korea
Namibia
Mexico
Uzbekistan
Barbados
Slovakia
Cyprus
Somalia
Sierra Leone
Philippines
Sweden
Saint Lucia

[Ivana]

Diane wrote: "Ivana wrote: "Diane wrote: "Ivana wrote: "Hi Diana !!
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gambia
Niger
Marshall Islands
I can not find books about these countries, so please other countries
..."

I have already S.Lucia

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Ivana wrote: "Diane wrote: "Ivana wrote: "Diane wrote: "Ivana wrote: "Hi Diana !!
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gambia
Niger
Marshall Islands
I can not find books about these countries, so please ot..."

Swap St. Lucia for Portugal

[Shirley]

Please give me 5 countries, Diane.

[Rusalka]

Shirley wrote: "Please give me 5 countries, Diane."

Go Shirley!!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Shirley wrote: "Please give me 5 countries, Diane."

Shirley, here are your 5 countries:

Sierra Leone
Georgia
Saudi Arabia
St. Lucia
Canada

[Cheri]

Hi! I would like to have 5 random countries, please. Thank you!
(I thought I posted this earlier but don't see it -- sorry if this ends up a double post.)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Cheri wrote: "Hi! I would like to have 5 random countries, please. Thank you!
(I thought I posted this earlier but don't see it -- sorry if this ends up a double post.)"


Cheri, here are your 5 countries:

Ghana
Ethiopia
Brazil
Mexico
Iraq

[Cheri]

Diane wrote: "Cheri, here are your 5 co..."

Thank you!! Excited to get started.

[Lizzy]

May I have 5 countries please?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Lizzy wrote: "May I have 5 countries please?"

Lizzy, here are your 5 countries:

Mauritius
Jordan
Fiji
Greece
Saint Kitts and Nevis

[Shirley]

Diane wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Please give me 5 countries, Diane."

Shirley, here are your 5 countries:

Sierra Leone
Georgia
Saudi Arabia
St. Lucia
Canada"
Thanks Diane. Lucky me getting Canada!

[SandyC]

Hello! May I have 10 countries please (at your convenience)?