Joy D's 2021 TBR Takedown

[Joy D]

Challenge Completed 12/20/21
List of Selections:

✅1. They Were Counted by Miklós Bánffy - completed 1/29/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Romania - selected for January
✅2. Grace by Paul Lynch - completed 6/18/21 - 3 stars - My Review - Ireland - selected for June
✅3. A Man by Keiichirō Hirano - completed 9/15/21 - 5 stars - My Review- Japan - selected for September
✅4. Insurrecto by Gina Apostol - completed 11/19/21 - 3 stars - My Review - Philippines - selected for November
5. The Boy Between Worlds - Annejet van der Zijl - Netherlands
✅6. The Widow and Her Hero by Thomas Keneally - completed 2/6/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Australia - selected for February
7. The Masterpiece - Émile Zola - France
8. Invitation to a Bonfire - Adrienne Celt - Russia
9. Brazil - Errol Lincoln Uys - Brazil
✅10. The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna - completed 3/13/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Sierra Leone - selected for March
11. The Way Back to Florence - Glenn Haybittle - Italy
✅12. The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami - completed 8/25/21 - 5 stars - My Review - Morocco, Spain, US, Mexico - selected for August
13. Baltasar and Blimunda - José Saramago - Portugal
✅14. The Train by Georges Simenon - completed 12/20/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Belgium - selected for December
✅15. Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik - completed 7/20/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Iran - selected for July
16. The Stories of Eva Luna - Isabel Allende - Chile
17. Waterland - Graham Swift - UK
✅18. River Thieves by Michael Crummey - completed 4/17/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Canada - selected for April
19. Flights - Olga Tokarczuk - Poland
20. Sepharad - Antonio Muñoz Molina - Spain
21.The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak - Turkey
✅22. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan - completed 10/28/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Israel - selected for October
23. Absolution - Patrick Flanery - South Africa
✅24. The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith - completed 5/9/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Tunisia - selected for May

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Great list!

[Joy D]

Thanks, Diane!

Finished the book selected for January: (#1) - Romania

They Were Counted by Miklós Bánffy - completed 1/29/21 - 4 stars - My Review

[Maria]

I'm interested in a few of these (3, 19, 21) so I'm looking forward to reading your reviews!

[Joy D]

Finished the selection for February: (#6) - Australia

The Widow and Her Hero by Thomas Keneally - completed 2/6/21 - 4 stars - My Review

[Joy D]

Finished #10 for March - set in Sierra Leone:

The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna - completed 3/13/21 - 4 stars - My Review

[Joy D]

Finished #18 for April - set in Canada:

River Thieves by Michael Crummey - completed 4/17/21 - 4 stars - My Review

[Joy D]

Finished #24 for May:
The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith - completed 5/9/21 - 4 stars - My Review

Finished #2 for June:
Grace by Paul Lynch - completed 6/18/21 - 3 stars - My Review

[Joy D]

Finished July - Oct and forgot to post progress:

July #15:
Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik - completed 7/20/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Iran - selected for July

Aug #12:
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami - completed 8/25/21 - 5 stars - My Review - Morocco, Spain, US, Mexico - selected for August

Sept #3:
A Man by Keiichirō Hirano - completed 9/15/21 - 5 stars - My Review- Japan - selected for September

Oct #22:
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan - completed 10/28/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Israel - selected for October

[Joy D]

Nov #4:
Insurrecto by Gina Apostol - completed 11/19/21 - 3 stars - My Review - Philippines - selected for November

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Dec #14:
The Train by Georges Simenon - completed 12/20/21 - 4 stars - My Review - Belgium - selected for December

Challenge Completed 12/20/21