Round the World 2021 Reading Challenge

[Renata]

Do you catch yourself daydreaming about exciting adventures in faraway lands? If you're suffering from wanderlust, then a world reading trip might just be the cure.

Imagine you have won an airplane ticket for a round-the-world flight, with as many stops as you desire. At each stop you will read a book set in that country.

Your challenge is to plan your reading trip by identifying the countries you wish to visit. The airline insists that your travel must be in one direction only, either heading west-bound or east-bound around the world. So, you can travel from Canada>England>Greece>China>Canada, but not Canada>China>England>Greece>Canada.

In this non-competitive challenge, you start by planning your trip and identifying the countries you will visit with your special ticket. You can visit any number of places, always heading in one direction with north/south zig-zags allowed (e.g. UK, Spain, France). Remember to finish your list back at the start. Then add the book you will read in each country. Once it has been read, mark the date. The world map will be updated when books are finished (see Message 3).

Your route can change as the year progresses. Books can be added anytime to your country list. Read the books in any order. Just keep editing your post as you progress.

Passport Control Bonus - depending on where you travel as you go around the world you can get visa stamps. Total up how many continents you have visited at the end of your trip to see what category of traveler you fall under.
(the seven major continents counted are: Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia)
Wayfarer: 0-3 visa stamps
Voyager: 4-6 visa stamps
Globetrotter: 7 visa stamps

Bon Voyage World Readers!

[Renata]

FAQ's
Question: I do not have a plan for what books I will read so I don’t yet know where I will go. Can I participate with no plan and just add my countries as I go?
Answer: Sure, you can build your route as you read throughout the year. Just edit your post as you progress, keeping the route in one direction and ending at the starting country.

Question: What if my book is set in several countries?
Answer: If possible, pick the most prevalent country. It's your call.

Question: What if my book has a fantasy country or outer space setting?
Answer: We are earth-bound this year. Just countries that actually do exist, please.

Question: How do I add the bright blue checkmark to indicate completion of my book?
Answer: It's quite simple. Just copy the symbol here ☑️ and paste it into your post.

[Renata]

We have visited 164 countries (72.9%): Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo*, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

* Partially recognized country does not appear on the map

[Renata]

I am travelling east-bound. Progress 15/17.

☑️CANADA: The Brutal Telling (Jan.21) - 1 visa stamp North America
☑️USA: The Nickel Boys (Jan.11)
☑️MEXICO: Mexican Gothic (Feb.1)
COLOMBIA: Love in the Time of Cholera - 1 visa stamp South America
☑️ENGLAND: The Night Circus (Feb.12) - 1 visa stamp Europe
☑️SCOTLAND: Perfect Kill (July 2)
☑️SPAIN: The Shadow of the Wind (May 4)
☑️ITALY: The Talented Mr. Ripley (Apr.19)
☑️GHANA: Homegoing (Apr.14) - 1 visa stamp Africa
☑️NETHERLANDS: Girl with a Pearl Earring (Jan.26)
☑️SWEDEN: Anxious People (Jan.7)
LATVIA: A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile
☑️POLAND: The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Mar.29)
☑️AFGHANISTAN: The Kite Runner (July 6)
☑️NEPAL: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (Feb.20) - 1 visa stamp Asia
☑️AUSTRALIA: The Lost Man (Feb.17) - 1 visa stamp Australia
☑️CANADA: Bury Your Dead (Mar.20)

Visa stamp total: 6 - Voyager

[Satrina]

Visa Stamps: 4 - North America, Africa, Asia, Europe
Progress 9/17

☑️1. México - Gótico - October 12

SOUTH AMERICA
☐2. Guatemala - El Vaso de Miel
☐3. Perú - La Tía Julia y el Escribidor

AFRICA
☐4. Somalia - Infidel
☑️5. Botswana - The Kalahari Typing School for Men - March 21
☐6. Kenya - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

EUROPE
☑️7. United Kingdom - La colina de Watership - June 9
☐8. Spain - El Club Dumas
☑️9. Italy - Una habitación con vistas - September 15
☑️10. Denmark - Espejo, hombro, intermitente - August 18
☐11. Norway - El Petirrojo

ASIA
☐12. Iran - Rooftops of Tehran
☑️13. Afghanistan - Cartas a mis hijas. La historia de la parlamentaria afgana que ha desafiado a los talibanes - April 17
☑️14. Japan - Around the World in Eighty Days - December 19

NORTH AMERICA
☑️15. Canada - Colmillo Blanco - August 11
☑️16. USA - Yo sé por qué canta el pájaro enjaulado - January 17
☐17. México - Una Historia Verdadera Basada en Mentiras
/Persona Normal

What I've got so far...

[Theresa]

West-bound!

North America - 1 visa stamp
✔United States - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1/13
✔Canada - The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life 1/22
✔Costa Rica - The Adventurer's Son 8/2

Australia - 1 visa stamp
✔Australia - Paper & Blood 8/21

Antarctica - 1 visa stamp
✔Antarctica - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 9/29

Asia - 1 visa stamp
✔Japan - Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World 8/17
✔Korea - Crying in H Mart 10/26
✔Philippines - Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur's Revenge on Japan 7/20
✔India - The Jungle Book 3/24
✔Pakistan - State of Terror 10/30
✔Afghanistan - Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors 12/2
✔Russia - Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism 1/3
✔Iraq - Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA 1/2
✔Syria - The Dragon and The Djinn 4/6

Africa - 1 visa stamp
✔Zimbabwe - I Am a Girl from Africa 6/7

Europe - 1 visa stamp
✔Turkey - The Song of Achilles 9/7
✔Greece - The Olympics' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the Olympics' Gold Medal Gaffes, Improbable Triumphs, and Other Oddities 6/10
✔Romania - Castle Shade 7/24
✔Slovakia - Three Sisters 10/14
✔Italy - The Venice Sketchbook 10/27
✔Poland - The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 10/31
✔Germany - Lord John and the Hand of Devils 4/22
✔Switzerland - Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 9/29
✔Norway - Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World 6/26
✔France - Dragonfly in Amber 4/2
✔Spain - The Princess Spy 3/28
✔England - Vesper Flights 1/7
✔Scotland - Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other 9/7
✔Ireland - The Scottish Prisoner 4/28

South America - 1 visa stamp
✔Peru - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 6/30

Back to North America
✔Haiti - Voyager 4/13
✔Mexico - Mexican Gothic 10/8
✔United States - Concrete Rose 1/30

Total visa stamps: 7 - Globetrotter

[Daniella]

✓ 1. AUSTRALIA: Dark Roots 9 Jan- 1 visa stamp Australia
✓ 2. JAPAN: Before the Coffee Gets Cold 18 March
☐ 3. VIETNAM: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
✓ 4. CHINA: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 22 Jan- 1 visa stamp Asia
☐ 5. NIGERIA: Akata Witch - 1 visa stamp Africa
✓ 6. SWITZERLAND: Heidi 22 June- 1 visa stamp Europe
☐ 7. ITALY: The Name of the Rose
☐ 8. FRANCE: The Little Prince
☐ 9: COLOMBIA: No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories - 1 visa stamp South America
✓ 10: AUSTRALIA: Picnic at Hanging Rock 5 July

Visa stamp total: 5 - Voyager

[Carla]

I would like to participate too :)


☑ * PERU: El susurro de la mujer ballena [25 Mar]
☑ * BRAZIL: Mi Planta de Naranja-Lima [9 Mar - 1 visa stamp South America]
☑ * DENMARK: Kvinden i buret [7 Mar]
☑ * FRANCE: The Murder on the Links [13 Jan - 1 visa stamp Europe]
☑ * SPAIN: Don Quijote de la Mancha [18 Feb]
☑ * MOROCCO: Anacronía de una Marquesa [31 Jan]
☑ * IRELAND: The Guest List [7 Feb]
☐ * NORWAY: En lykkelig slutning
☑ * NIGERIA: My Sister, the Serial Killer [9 Jan - 1 visa stamp Africa]
☑ * MONACO: The Mystery of the Blue Train [30 Jan]
☑ * SOUTH AFRICA: Disgrace [25 Feb]
☑ * RUSSIA: Anna Karenina [15 Mar]
☐ * ROMANIA: The Appointment
☑ * IRAQ: They Came to Baghdad [17 Jan - 1 visa stamp Asia]
☐ * CHINA: The Dark Forest
☑ * JAPAN: 1Q84 [24 Mar]
☑ * UNITED STATES: The Naturalist [24 Jan]
☑ * CANADA: In the Dark [20 Jan - 1 visa stamp North America]
☑ * ENGLAND: The Test [14 Jan]
☐ * PERU: Un mundo para Julius

[Armin]

JAPAN: Hell Screen ("Jigoku Hen"): And Other Stories- 1 Jan - 1 visa stamp Asia
AUSTRALIA: The Island of Doctor Moreau - 2 Jan - 1 visa stamp Australia
CANADA: Roadside Picnic - 4 Jan - 1 visa stamp North America
USA: Total Recall - 09 Jan
COSTA RICA: Jurassic Park - 19 Jul
ARGENTINA: The Aleph and Other Stories - 1 visa stamp South America - 23 Jan
PORTUGAL: Baltasar and Blimunda - 29 Oct
UK: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1 visa stamp Europe - 31 Jan
FRANCE: Against Nature - 12 Feb
NETHERLANDS: The Fall - 22 Oct
ALGIERS: The Stranger - 1 visa stamp Africa - 22 Jan
DENMARK: Beowulf - 24 Jan
NORWAY; A Doll's House - 12 Sep
ITALY: Catch-22- 09 May
GERMANY: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text - 29 Jan
POLAND: The Complete Maus - Dec 19
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Nosač Samuel - 01 Mar
SERBIA: Dripačka Rapsodija - 15 Aug
MONTENEGRO: Mimezis - 30 May
GREECE: Prometheus Bound - 3 Jan
TURKEY: The Iliad - 29 Apr
SOUTH AFRICA: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Apr 01
EGYPT: Midaq Alley - Apr 08
RUSSIA: Crime and Punishment - 21 Mar
AFGHANISTAN: The Kite Runner - 22 Jul
TANZANIA: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories - 26 Jul
SOMALIA: Desert Flower - 27 Mar
ANTARCTICA: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - 1 visa stamp Antarctica - 15 Feb
JAPAN: The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Maiden - 23 Oct(



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[Carla]

I hope I got it right
Wikipedia is my friend :)

[Ana-Maria]

☐ 1. AUSTRALIA: The Dictionary of Lost Words - 1 visa stamp Australia
☑ 2. KOREA: Pachinko 26 Aug
☑ 3. VIETNAM: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 18 Jan - 1 visa stamp Asia
☑ 4. SOUTH AFRICA: Another Woman's Daughter 20 Jan - 1 visa stamp Africa
☐ 4. SPAIN: The Shadow of the Wind - 1 visa stamp Europe
☐ 5. SWEDEN: A Man Called Ove
☑ 6. ICELAND: Burial Rites 25 Jan - 1 visa stamp Europe
☐ 7. ENGLAND: Pride and Prejudice
☑ 8. COLOMBIA: Maria - 27 Feb - 1 visa stamp South America
☐ 9. AUSTRALIA: The Tree of Man

[Zece]

I'm not currently sure about my route but just reserving this spot.
Travelling west to east
1. USA: The Diviners 1 stamp for North America
2. MEXICO: Mexican Gothic 1 stamp for South America
3. UK: The Woman in Black/Dracula 1 stamp for Europe
4. GERMANY: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
5. SWEDEN: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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.RUSSIA: The Bear and the Nightingale
.
. CHINA: The Poppy War 1 stamp for Aisa

[Rachel]

EUROPE

🇮🇪 Ireland (Jan 11) — The Guest List

[Anu]

Trying to stay east-bound but the route may change..

Progress 11/11.

1. USA: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Completed 02/11)
2. JAMAICA: Wide Sargasso Sea (Completed 11/27)
3. ARGENTINA: What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding (Completed 03/27)
4. CONGO: Heart of Darkness (Completed 12/15)
5. UK: A Room with a View (Completed 05/19)
6. SAUDI ARABIA: The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11 (Completed 01/25)
7. INDIA: THE IDOL THIEF (Completed 06/08)
8. VIETNAM: The Sorrow Of War (Completed 04/26)
9. SOUTH KOREA: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Completed 03/17)
10. CANADA: Road Ends (Completed 05/31)
11. USA: The Scarlet Letter (Completed 03/24)

[Christy]

Carla wrote: "I hope I got it right
Wikipedia is my friend :)"

Thanks Carla! Most helpful.

[Christy]

Starting itinerary:

I am travelling east-bound. Progress 14/14.

✔1. USA: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1/22) (Visa Stamp for North America)
✔2. MEXICO: Malinche (1/9)
✔3. VENEZUELA: The Caiman (Visa Stamp for South America)
✔4. SCOTLAND: Outlander (2/25) (Visa Stamp for Europe)
✔5. ENGLAND: Rebecca (2/10)
✔6. GHANA: Homegoing (9/27) (Visa Stamp for Africa)
✔7. GERMANY: The Tatooist of Auschwitz (4/3)
✔8. GREECE: Song of Achilles (8/24)
✔9. RUSSIA: The Master and Margarita (6/15)
✔10. INDIA: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (7/21) (Visa Stamp for Asia)
✔11. AUSTRALIA: Rosie Project 10/25 (Visa Stamp for Australia)
✔12. SOUTH POLE AREA: Antartica 12/31 (Visa Stamp for Antarctica)
✔14. USA: When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry 12/31 North America (return home)

Visa stamp total: 7 - Globetrotter

[Carla]

Christy wrote: "Carla wrote: "I hope I got it right
Wikipedia is my friend :)"
Thanks Carla! Most helpful."

You're welcome Christy :)
There's also this list in listopia. Found some good titles to add to my list:
Around_the_World_One_Book_from_Each_Country

[Laura]

This is fun! I am going west-bound

- Netherlands - Drie vrienden, een huis en een klusjesman 29/1
- Belgium Ik ben er niet 5/6
- England - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper 5/1
- Scotland Outlander 10/2
- United States - Whiskey Island 3/1 -> 1 visa stamp (North - America)
- Costa Rica - Los ojos de Abril 10/5 -> 1 visa stamp (South- America)
- Peru - The Bedlam Stacks
- Russia - The Bear and the Nightingale 23/4 -> 1 visa stamp (europe)
- Poland - The Tattooist of Auschwitz 5/2
- Sweden - Anxious People 25/1
- Netherlands - Zomerburen 5/5

Total: 3 visa stamps (Wayfarer)

Bonus points: books where the characters travel around the world.
- Less
- Cinnamon and Gunpowder

[Betsy]

Renata wrote:
"Question: What if my book has a fantasy country or outer space setting?
Answer: We are earth-bound this year. Just countries that actually do exist, please."

Favourite FAQ of this year so far.

[Cynthia]

I'll be traveling Eastbound


Countries Visited: 134/203

North America (21/23)
☑️United States: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail January 18
☑️Canada: Anne of Green Gables February 17
☑️Mexico: Mexican Gothic March 2
☑️Guatemala: Red Midnight March 6
☑️Belize: Wanderlove March 9
☑️El Salvador: My Shoes and I March 9
☑️Honduras: Hurricane March 10
☑️Nicaragua: El sombrero del tío Nacho / Uncle Nacho's Hat March 10
☑️Costa Rica: Jurassic Park March 12
☑️Cuba: The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist March 12
☑️Panama: Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal March 15
☑️The Bahamas: Learning to Breathe April 7
☑️Jamaica: Gone to Drift May 6
☑️Haiti: In Darkness December 29
☑️Dominican Republic: Clap When You Land March 19
☑️Saint Kitts and Nevis: The Reef November 26
☑️Antigua and Barbuda: Girl December 30
Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea
☑️Saint Lucia: White Egrets April 2
☑️Barbados: The Polished Hoe March 22
☑️Saint Vincent: Night Diver March 30
☑️Grenada: Sugar Money October 8
Trinidad and Tobago: The Old Songs in progress

South America (11/14)
☑️Colombia: Love in the Time of Cholera April 17
☑️Ecuador: Tuki and Moka: A Tale of Two Tamarins April 16
Peru: Not Even Bones
☑️Chile: The Dreamer November 1
☑️Argentina: Furia October 3
☑️Uruguay: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors June 19
☑️Paraguay: Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay April 28
☑️Bolivia: An Uninterrupted View of the Sky November 2
☑️Brazil: Where We Go From Here July 25
☑️Venezuela: One Day in the Tropical Rainforest October 4
Guyana: The Sly Company of People Who Care
☑️Suriname: Oroonoko July 11
☑️French Guiana: Papillon August 21
Falkland Islands: Little Black Lies

✅ Antarctica (1/1)
☑️Antarctica: Where'd You Go, Bernadette May 28

Europe (35/50)
Iceland: The Blue Fox
☑️Ireland: The Guest List June 3
☑️Portugal: The Miracle Dogs of Portugal December 30
☑️Spain: The Story of Ferdinand November 23
Andorra: If You Dare
☑️United Kingdom: The Black Flamingo June 23
☑️France: Code Name Verity October 1
Luxembourg: The Length of a String
Belgium: Water Song: A Retelling of The Frog Prince
☑️Netherlands: Just One Day November 3
☑️Norway: Almost Autumn May 21
☑️Denmark: Number the Stars November 5
☑️Germany: Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began August 3
☑️Liechtenstein: Harry's Mountain Walks in Liechtenstein November 4
☑️Austria: Leviathan April 28
☑️Switzerland: Frankenstein October 2
Monaco: Wanderlost
☑️Italy: Da Vinci's Tiger October 2
☑️Vatican City: Wayfarer May 30
San Marino: The Gladiator
Malta: The Body Electric
☑️Sweden: A Man Called Ove June 6
☑️Poland: Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History June 30
☑️Czech Republic: The Librarian of Auschwitz December 31
Slovenia: The Wild Cats of Piran
Croatia: Girl at War
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Pretty Birds
☑️Montenegro: Wicked Like a Wildfire September 2
☑️Albania: Negative Space August 1
☑️Greece: The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky April 28
☑️North Macedonia: Legacy of Kings May 10
☑️Kosovo: Girl of Kosovo April 29
☑️Serbia: Murder on the Orient Express May 25
☑️Hungary: Blood Countess December 31
☑️Slovakia: The Tattooist of Auschwitz November 11
☑️Finland: The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland December 30
Estonia: The Man Who Spoke Snakish
☑️Latvia: The Dream Mouse: A Lullaby Tale from Old Latvia May 1
☑️Lithuania: Words on Fire August 12
Belarus: Down Among the Fishes
Ukraine: Everything Is Illuminated
☑️Moldova: The Power December 28
☑️Romania: And I Darken July 15
Bulgaria: The Same Night Awaits Us All
☑️Turkey: The Lady Rogue August 9
☑️Cyprus: Othello June 27
☑️Russia: Blood Promise May 28
☑️Georgia: Georgian Folk Tales July 20
☑️Armenia: The Golden Carpet August 5
Azerbaijan: Nowhere, a Story of Exile

Breaking up my posts into 2 parts because I'm an over-achiever.
Travel itenerary continued in Message #39

Visa Stamps Collected:

North America:


South America:


Antarctica:


Europe:


Africa:


Asia:


Oceania:

[Christy]

Carla wrote: "Christy wrote: "Carla wrote: "I hope I got it right
Wikipedia is my friend :)"
Thanks Carla! Most helpful."

You're welcome Christy :)
There's also this list in listopia. Found some good titles to ..."

Oh...this is fantastic! I've not made much use of Lists section before and am seeing how helpful it is. Definitely adding some to my (already too long) TBR.

[Satrina]

I have one question, this challenge is about setting of the book not nationality of the author right?

I ask because I'm choosing a book by an author from Zimbabwe but the book takes place in Botswana

[Renata]

Satrina wrote: "I have one question, this challenge is about setting of the book not nationality of the author right?

I ask because I'm choosing a book by an author from Zimbabwe but the book takes place in Botswana"

Yes, it's settings only this year.

[Satrina]

Renata wrote: "Yes, it's settings only this year."

Noted, thank you!

[Betty]

Eastbound around the world 10/10 FINISHED


1.World's FairUSA 1/21

2. Warlight ENGLAND 1/26

3. The Women in the Castle GERMANY 2/1

4. The Light in the Ruins ITALY 2/5

5. Girls Burn Brighter INDIA 2/8

6. The Snow Leopard NEPAL 2/19

7. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle JAPAN 3/17

8. The Exiles AUSTRALIA 2/28

9. Like Water for Chocolate MEXICO 3/21

10. The Children's Crusade USA 2/1

[Renata]

Cynthia wrote: "I'll be traveling East to West


Countries Visited: 0


North America
(0/23)
United States: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Canada: [book:Anne of Green Gables..."

That's some great research, Cynthia!

[Nancy]

Round the World 2021
9/14

1. United States - Winter Stroll - January 5
2. Cuba -
3. Columbia - Infinite Country - August 4
4. Scotland -
5. England - The Duke and I - February 15
6. France - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - April 15
7. Sweden - Anxious People - Sept 16
8. Italy -
9. Africa -
10. India - The Henna Artist - February 5
11. Australia - The Lost Man - May 16
12. Japan -
13. Mexico - American Dirt - April 27
14. United States - Heartbreak Bay - April 30

[Saar The Book owl]

I'm a bit lost, but what is meant with east - bound and west - bound?

[Renata]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I'm a bit lost, but what is meant with east - bound and west - bound?"

Eastbound means travelling in an eastern direction.

[Anu]

Updated message 14. Completed 1.

[Monique]

What an interesting challenge!

I'm starting with:
1. England - The Patrick Melrose Novels (4 Mar)
2. France - The Count of Monte Cristo (25 Jan)
3. Nigeria - Purple Hibiscus (26 Dec)
4. Austria/Germany - Das doppelte Lottchen (13 April)
5. Sweden - Beartown (31 Mar)
6. Greece (sort of) - The Song of Achilles (7 Sep)
7. India - The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (25 Aug)
8. US (sort of) - The Handmaid's Tale (7 May)

[Megan]

Going East to West...

1. New Zealand Mark of the Lion: The Story of Capt. Charles Upham, V.C. and Bar
☑️ 2. Samoa Afakasi Woman
3. Australia The Life to Come
☑️ 4. Japan The Memory Police
☑️ 5. Myanmar The Glass Palace (5 April)
☑️ 6. Poland Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead
☑️ 7. Italy Call Me By Your Name
☑️ 8. Nigeria Half of a Yellow Sun
☑️ 9. USA Becoming
10. New Zealand

Visa stamps for: Asia, Europe, North America, Africa

[Kyra]

☑️1. USA (Maine) Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden
☑️2. Ireland In the Woods
☑️. United Kingdom The Midnight Library
☑️4. France Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
☑️5. Spain The Shadow of the Wind
6. Morocco Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
7. Italy Pinocchio
8. Greece The Seventh Garment
9. Russia I Was Anastasia
10. Egypt Death on the Nile
11. Australia The Light Between Oceans
12. New Zealand The Luminaries
13. Mexico Like Water for Chocolate
14. Jamaica Pirate Latitudes
15. Antigua and Barbuda Annie John
16. USA (North Carolina) Two By Two

[aJENtD]

This should be interesting:


☑️ 1: USA: (Washington) Where'd You Go, Bernadette Mar 3
☑️ 2: Mexico: The Murmur of Bees March 20
3: Chile: The Private Lives of Trees Visa Stamp-South America
4: Antarctica: Our Lady of the Ice Visa Stamp- Antarctica
5: Cote d'Ivoire: Allah is Not Obliged Visa Stamp-Africa
6: Botswana: The Lion Children
7: Egypt: Stories by Egyptian Women: My Grandmother's Cactus
8: Ukraine: Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka Visa Stamp-Europe
9: Thailand: The Beach Visa Stamp-Asia
10: Australia: Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback Visa Stamp-Australia
11: New Zealand: The Bone People
12: Canada: Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves Visa Stamp-North America
13: USA (Colorado): The Shining

[Tessa]

East Bound: 44
☑️United States: The New Jim Crow (Feb 18th) - 1 Visa Stamp North America
☑️Canada: Ayesha at Last (Oct 3rd)
☑️Mexico: Mexican Gothic (Feb 21st)
☑️Peru: The Last Days of the Incas (May 7th) - 1 Visa Stamp South America
☑️Antigua (and Barbuda): Annie John (Feb 26th)
☑️St Lucia: White Egrets (June 1st)
☑️Cape Verde: The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo - 1 Visa Stamp Africa (July 12th)
☑️Ireland: The Guest List - 1 Visa Stamp Europe
☑️Côte d'Ivoire: The Bitter Side of Sweet (Feb 24th)
☑️Morocco: The Alchemist (Jan 3rd)
☑️Andorra: Andorra Revealed (April 1st)
☑️Burkina Faso: Of Water and the Spirit (March 18th)
☑️England: Good Omens (Jan 9th)
☑️France: The Da Vinci Code (Jan 7th)
☑️Togo: An African in Greenland (May 5th)
☑️Benin: The Viceroy of Ouidah (April 1st)
☑️Tunisia: The Ardent Swarm (Feb 10th)
☑️Sweden: The Book of Eels (July 5th)
☑️Angola: Good Morning Comrades (Jan 11th)
☑️Greece: A Thousand Ships (Aug 25th)
☑️Finland: The Summer Book (Aug 19th)
☑️Belarus: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans (Sept 24th)
☑️Egypt: A Dead Djinn in Cairo (April 14th) - 1 Visa Stamp Asia
☑️Ukraine: Midnight in Chernobyl (Aug 2nd)
☑️Palestine: I Found Myself in Palestine (July 19th)
☑️Mayotte (Territory of France): Tropic of Violence (May 20th)
☑️Russia: City of Thieves (Aug 9th)
☑️Madagascar: Red Island House (Aug 19th)
☑️Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (July 1st)
☑️Azerbaijan: Ali and Nino (March 2nd)
☑️Mauritius: Eve out of Her Ruins (April 19th)
☑️Kyrgyzstan: Jamila (July 12th)
☑️Nepal: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (Jan 13th)
☑️The Philippines: Patron Saints of Nothing (July 29th)
☑️North Korea: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea (March 23rd)
☑️Japan: Geisha, a Life (May 26th)
☑️Palau: Palau (Aug 17th)
☑️Papua New Guinea: Mister Pip (March 10th) - 1 Visa Stamp Australia (Oceania)
☑️Vanuatu: Getting Stoned with Savages (July 4th)
☑️Marshall Islands: Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster (May 24th)
☑️Kiribati: The Sex Lives of Cannibals (March 12th)
☑️United States: Ring Shout (March 21st)

Visa Stamps: 6

[Vian]

*East Bound*
- Visa Stamps - 3/7

☑️ - United States: The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne
- Mexico:
☑️ - Nigeria: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
☑️ - Ireland: The Witch Elm by Tana French
☑️ - Scotland: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
☑️ - England: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Norway: The Bat - by Jo Nesbø
☑️ - South Korea: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
☑️ - Japan: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Australia:
☑️ - Canada: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
☑️ - United States: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

[Saar The Book owl]

Okay, not sure if I understand it correctly, but I'm going to give it a try. I'm heading east - bound:

Visa stamps: 4 - voyager

North America
☑️- United States (Sidewinder): De Shining March 8

Europe
☑️ - Spain: De schaduw van de wind 03/20/21
- France:
☑️- Scotland: Dagboek van een natuurjongen 08/14/21
☑️- England (Chatsworth): The Lending Library Feb 20
- Belgium:
☑️- Holland: De kraamhulp 08/07/21
☑️ - Germany: Der Tastenficker - An was ich mich so erinnern kann 10/30/'21
☑️ - Iceland: Paradise Reclaimed 05/18/21

Africa
☑️ - Africa: De dood van koning Tsongor 09/07/'21

Asia
☑️- South Korea: Kim Jiyoung, geboren in 1982 Feb 16
☑️ - Japan: The Guest Cat 04/09/21

North America

☑️- United States:

[Nati]

I am travelling east bound. 0/10

- Peru:
- Brazil:
- Iceland:
- Italy:
- Egypt:
- Russia:
- India:
- Thailand:
- New Zealand:
- Peru:

Visa Stamp total:

[Cynthia]

Part 1 can be found in Message #20

Countries Visited: 134/203

Africa (37/54)
☑️Cape Verde: Seaside Dream August 7
☑️Morocco: Days of Blood & Starlight December 12
☑️Mauritania: Deep in the Sahara July 11
☑️Senegal: So Long a Letter November 11
The Gambia: Reading the Ceiling
Guinea-Bissau: The Ultimate Tragedy
☑️Guinea: The Guinea Voyage: A Poem August 7
☑️Sierra Leone: Teen Titans: Beast Boy July 17
Liberia: She Would Be King
☑️The Ivory Coast: Aya May 21
☑️Ghana: Remote Control June 2
Togo: The Village of Waiting
☑️Benin: It Takes a Village May 7
☑️Burkina Faso: The Water Princess May 11
☑️Mali: Mansa Musa: Emperor of The Wealthy Mali Empire October 15
☑️Algeria: The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy May 5
☑️Tunisia: The Ardent Swarm December 29
☑️Niger: Illegal May 10
☑️Nigeria: My Sister, the Serial Killer October 23
Sao Tome and Principe: Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa
☑️Libya: Notes from Hell December 29
☑️Chad: Rain School May 5
☑️C.A.R.: Central African Republic Governance and Political Conflict December 16
☑️Cameroon: Snow Flower and the Panther July 11
Equatorial Guinea: By Night the Mountain Burns
Gabon: A Dancer's Guide to Africa
☑️Republic of the Congo: Heart of Darkness December 15
☑️DRC: The Hotel Between October 13
Angola: The Book of Chameleons
Namibia: Ndura: Son of the forest
South Africa: We Kiss Them With Rain
☑️Lesotho: One Round Moon and a Star for Me May 16
Eswatini: When the Ground Is Hard
☑️Botswana: The Great Cake Mystery October 3
☑️Zimbabwe: Hope Is Our Only Wing October 4
Mozambique: A Girl Named Disaster
☑️Malawi: Galimoto May 16
☑️Zambia: Travel Light, Move Fast November 6
☑️Tanzania: Babu's Song June 30
☑️Burundi: Small Country December 30
☑️Rwanda: Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk April 29
☑️Kenya: When Stars Are Scattered June 25
☑️Uganda: This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World December 23
South Sudan: Beneath the Darkening Sky
☑️Ethiopia: The Shadow King December 20
☑️Somalia: The Lion's Binding Oath and Other Stories December 23
Djibouti: Djibouti
Ertirea: Black Mamba Boy
☑️Sudan: The Red Pencil December 20
☑️Egypt: The Alchemist October 24
☑️Seychelles: An Only Child's Diary: A New Life November 30
☑️Comoros: Country Jumper in Comoros July 7
Madagascar: Red Island House
Mauritius: Love Apples

Asia (27/46)
Israel: How to Ruin a Summer Vacation
☑️Palestine: Code Name: Butterfly October 5
Jordan: Mother of All Pigs
☑️Lebanon: From Far Away July 7
Syria: Other Words for Home
☑️Iraq: The Yellow Birds June 13
Kuwait: Salt Houses
Saudi Arabia: Driving by Starlight
☑️Bahrain: Life as a Unicorn June 9
Qatar: The Girl Who Fell to Earth
UAE: Temporary People
Oman: The Turtle of Oman
☑️Yemen: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced August 21
☑️Iran: If You Could Be Mine June 20
Turkmenistan: The Tale of Aypi
☑️Uzbekistan: Sit December 18
☑️Kazakhstan: Half a World Away October 6
☑️Kyrgyzstan: Jamila October 9
Tajikistan: Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
Afghanistan: The Secret Sky
Pakistan: Written in the Stars
☑️India: The Night Diary June 26
☑️Sri Lanka: When the Rain Comes May 2
Maldives: Cake
☑️Nepal: Sold April 9
☑️Bhutan: Crane Boy August 6
☑️Bangladesh I Remember Abbu October 4
☑️Mongolia: The Ten Thousand Doors of January October 14
☑️China: China Rich Girlfriend October 20
Hong Kong: Somewhere Only We Know
☑️Macao: Crazy Rich Asians October 1
Myanmar: Crossing the Farak River
Laos: The Merit Birds
☑️Thailand: Bliss October 1
☑️Cambodia: The Clay Marble December 19
☑️Vietnam: The Best We Could Do November 19
Malaysia: The Weight of Our Sky
☑️Singapore: The Moonlight Palace November 27
Brunei: Written in Black
Indonesia: Where I Found You
☑️Timor-Leste: The Boy and the Crocodile August 17
☑️Philippines: Rich People Problems December 17
☑️Taiwan: Loveboat, Taipei October 6
☑️North Korea: Brother's Keeper September 8
☑️South Korea: XOXO August 24
☑️Japan: Animus October 6

Oceania (3/14)
☑️Australia: The Rosie Project December 2
Papau New Guinea: Mister Pip
New Zealand: Guardian of the Dead
Fiji: The Night Guest
☑️Solomon Islands: State of Fear July 27
Vanuatu: Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Samoa: Teine Sāmoa
Kiribati: Worst. Person. Ever.
Micronesia: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
Tonga: One Long Thread
☑️Marshall Islands: Island of the Invisible Being May 7
Palau: Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
Tuvalu: The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
Nauru: Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru

Return Home: (0/1)
USA: TBD

[Victoria]

Traveling east-bound in a highly ambitious attempt to also get through lots of books that have been collecting dust on my TBR.

North America
Canada: Oryx and Crake
☑️ USA: The Underground Railroad
Mexico: Like Water For Chocolate
Cuba: Of Women and Salt

South America:
☑️ Brazil: Hour of the Star
Colombia: Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Chile: The House of Spirits
☑️ Argentina: Things We Lost in the Fire

Europe:
Ireland: Circle of Friends
☑️ UK: Hamnet
Portugal: The Book of Disquiet
☑️ Spain: Learning to Talk to Plants
☑️ France: Chanson douce
☑️ Germany: The Book Thief
☑️ Italy: Le parfum des fleurs la nuit: Ma nuit au musée
☑️ The Netherlands: Intimacies
Sweden: Beartown
Turkey: Elif Shafak
☑️ Georgia: The Eighth Life
☑️ Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Russia: Anna Karenina/The Romanovs

Africa:
☑️ Morocco: Sexe et mensonges: La vie sexuelle au Maroc
☑️ Senegal: Frère d'âme
Ghana: Homegoing
Nigeria: Half A Yellow Sun
Democratic Republic of Congo: The Poisonwood Bible
Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
☑️ South Africa: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Asia:
☑️ Iran: The Stationery Shop
India: Ministry of the Utmost Happiness
☑️ Sri Lanka: A Passage North
Tibet: Love in No Man's Land
Mongolia: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
☑️ China: Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise
☑️ South Korea: Untold Night and Day
☑️ Japan: Lonely Castle in the Mirror
☑️ Taiwan: Taipei, Histoires au coin de la rue
Cambodia: First They Killed My Father
☑️ Vietnam: The Mountains Sing
☑️ Thailand: Bangkok Wakes to Rain
Malaysia: The Sum of Our Follies
☑️ Singapore: Last Tang Standing

Australia & Oceania:
Australia: Oscar and Lucinda
[New Zealand: The Luminaries]

[Gunit Kaur]

Travelling east with the hope of reading books from around the world.

Asia
India- The Henna Artist
China- Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
Vietnam
Russia- A Gentleman in Moscow
Japan- Malice

Oceania
New Zealand
Australia- The Mother-in-Law

Antarctica

North America
Canada- Picture Imperfect
United States- Educated
Mexico- Mexican Gothic

South America
Brazil
Argentina
Peru

Europe
Ireland
England- The Rose Code
Scotland
Spain
France- The Book of Lost Names
Germany- The Book Thief
Italy- Eternal
Norway
Sweden- The Lost Village

Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
South Africa

Asia (Back Home)
India- Sacred Waters

[superawesomekt]

Traveling East...

19/35 (54%) completed (about 5 books / month)
6/7 VISA stamps (Voyager)
⭐ - on target for this month
🚌 - +2 Target SEPT - 21/35 = 60%
🎃 - +4 Target OCT - 25/34 = 74%
🦃 - +5 Target NOV - 30/34 = 88%
🌲 - +4 Target DEC - 34/34 = 💯

North America - 3/3 complete - VISA(view spoiler)[
☑️1. United States: People We Meet on Vacation
☑️2. Mexico: The Hummingbird's Daughter
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to South America*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
☑️35. United States: Our Town (hide spoiler)]

South America - 0/2 complete - 1 in progress
🎃 3. Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude
🎃 4. Brazil: Robinson Crusoe (Physical TBR) - in progress
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Antarctica*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Antarctica - 1/1 complete - VISA(view spoiler)[
☑️5. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Europe*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (hide spoiler)]

Europe - 7/12 complete - VISA - 3 in progress(view spoiler)[
☑️6. Iceland: Miss Iceland (hide spoiler)]
7. Ireland: The Heart's Invisible Furies🌲 (view spoiler)[
☑️8. England: Far From the Madding Crowd
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Africa*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (hide spoiler)]
10. Spain: Don Quixote (Physical TBR) - in progress🌲
11. France: The Three Musketeers (Physical TBR) - in progress 🌲
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Africa*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
🎃 14. Belgium: Villette (Physical TBR)
15. Switzerland: Heidi (Physical TBR) - in progress🌲 (view spoiler)[
☑️16. Italy: The Winter's Tale
☑️17. Denmark: Beowulf: A New Translation
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Africa*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
☑️19. Germany: Dark Moon, Lost Lady
☑️20. Poland: Night
☑️21. Romania: Dracula
☑️22. Greece: Heroes
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Africa*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (hide spoiler)]

Africa - 2/5 complete - VISA - 1 in progress(view spoiler)[
☑️9. Algeria: The Stranger
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Europe*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
☑️12. Ghana: Transcendent Kingdom (hide spoiler)]
13. Nigeria: Americanah 🌲
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Europe*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
🚌 18. Libya: Wind, Sand and Stars (Physical TBR) - in progress
23. Egypt: Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria (physical TBR) 🦃
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Asia*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Asia - 4/10 complete - VISA - 1 in progress
(view spoiler)[☑️24. Russia: War and Peace (hide spoiler)]
25. Iraq: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Physical TBR)🦃(view spoiler)[
☑️26. Iran: The Mismatch (hide spoiler)]
🚌27. Afghanistan: The Photographer - in progress
28. India: Interpreter of Maladies 🦃
🎃 29. China: The Monkey King: Journey to the West (IP) (view spoiler)[
☑️30. Singapore: Crazy Rich Asians (hide spoiler)]
31. Korea: Pachinko (Physical TBR) 🦃
32. Philippines: TBD🦃(view spoiler)[
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Australia*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
☑️34. Japan: Tokyo Ueno Station
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to North America*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (hide spoiler)]

Australia - 1/1 complete - VISA(view spoiler)[
☑️33. Australia: The Lost Love Song
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✈️to Asia*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (hide spoiler)]

[Melissa]

Visa Stamps collected 7/7 (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Antarctica)

✔North America
USA
Dark Matter
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Water for Elephants
The Bell Jar
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
The Help
Mexico
American Dirt
Mexican Gothic

✔South America
Columbia
Infinite Country
Bolivia/Brazil
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

✔Antarctica
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

✔Africa
Nigeria
My Sister, the Serial Killer
The Girl with the Louding Voice
North Africa/Spain
The Alchemist

✔Europe
Ireland
The Searcher
England
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Norway
The Woman in Cabin 10
Denmark
The Butterfly House
Sweden
Anxious People
Germany/Poland/Prussia
Salt to the Sea
Italy
Romeo and Juliet
Greece
Circe

✔Asia
Turkey (Troy)
The Song of Achilles
Syria
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Afghanistan/Pakistan
The Kite Runner
Russia
The Queen's Gambit

✔Oceania
Australia
The Rosie Project

North America return
USA
The Unhoneymooners
Into the Wild
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Greenlights
Layla
Winter Counts

[Dipanwita]

Flying East

Visa stamps collected: 7/7 (Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Australia) - Globetrotter

❇️ ASIA
•India:
-The Good, the Bad and the Unknown: Deep, Dark and Captivating Crime Stories from India - 5 Jan
-The Jungle Book - 31 July
-परीक्षा - 1 October
-Stories from Tagore - 3 October
-Jhansi Ki Rani - 26 December
•Japan:
-Sputnik Sweetheart - 27 May
-The Devotion of Suspect X - 4 June

❇️ NORTH AMERICA
•Canada:
-Anne of Green Gables - 12 September
•USA:
-Red, White & Royal Blue - 6 Apr
-The Bride Test - 10 June
-Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - 15 June
-The Great Gatsby - July 4
-People We Meet on Vacation - August 19
-Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - 19 October
-Gone Girl - 29 October
-Unaccustomed Earth - 23 November
•Mexico:
-Mexican Gothic - 16 October

❇️ SOUTH AMERICA
•Ecuador: Shipped - 22 Feb
•Argentina: Judge & Jury - 26 July

❇️ EUROPE
•Iceland: Norse Mythology - 18 Nov
•Ireland: The Guest List - 16 Apr
•United Kingdom:
-Rebecca - 20 Jan
-The Midnight Library - 08 June
-Animal Farm - 20 August
-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 2 October
-The Maidens - 1 October
-Black Coffee - 9 October
-Coraline -3 November
-Rock Paper Scissors - 5 December
•France: Casino Royale - 16 Mar
•Switzerland: Frankenstien - 3 May
•Poland: The Tattooist of Auschwitz - 2 June
•Greece:
-Circe - 7 Feb
-The Song of Achilles - 16 May
-Heracles' Bow - 15 July
-Galatea - 15 July

❇️ AFRICA
•Ghana: Homegoing - 9 July
•Nigeria: Hello, Moto - 31 October

❇️ ANTARCTICA
-Where'd You Go, Bernadette - 21 July

❇️ AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
•Australia: The Lost Man - 4 September

ASIA (Back Home)
•Afghanistan:
-The Kite Runner - 14 July
-A Thousand Splendid Suns - 1 October
•India:
-कफ़न - 31 October
-बूढी काकी - 31 October

[Tamie-lee]

Round the World 2021

Travelling West

Australia/Oceania:
1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. Papua New Guinea

Asia:

Africa:

Europe:

South America:

North America:

Anarctica:

[Marissa]

i've started my reading journey around the world a bit late but i'll update as i travel/edit my route.

Traveling east-bound!
☑️ HOME - USA: The Tradition

NORTH AMERICA:
☑️ Antigua and Barbuda: Annie John
☑️ Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea
☑️ Dominican Republic: In the Time of the Butterflies
☑️ Grenada: Lady in a Boat
☑️ Haiti: Breath, Eyes, Memory
☑️ Jamaica: Supplying Salt and Light
☑️ Mexico: The Murmur of Bees
☑️ Saint Lucia: White Egrets
☑️ Trinidad and Tobago: Valmiki's Daughter

SOUTH AMERICA:
☑️ Argentina: Shantytown
☑️ Chile: Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Columbia: Love in the Time of Cholera
☑️ Guyana: The Sly Company of People Who Care
☑️ El Salvador: Small Hours of the Night: Selected Poems
☑️ Panama: Come Together, Fall Apart
Uruguay: The Invisible Mountain
☑️ Venezuela: Black Sugar

EUROPE:
☑️ Albania: The Three-Arched Bridge
☑️ Belarus: Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future
Belgium: King Leopold's Ghost
☑️ Czech Republic: The Metamorphosis
☑️ France: The Phantom of the Opera
☑️ Greece: Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments
☑️ Greenland (Denmark): Last Night in Nuuk
Georgia: The Eighth Life
Germany: The Book Thief
Ireland: Thirteen Ways of Looking
Netherlands: The Discomfort of Evening
☑️ Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
☑️ Russia: The Master and Margarita
☑️ Spain: The Bird King
Sweden: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
☑️ Ukraine: Everything Is Illuminated
☑️ United Kingdom: Jane Eyre

AFRICA:
☑️ Algeria: The Stranger
Angola: The Book of Chameleons
Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
☑️ Burundi: Baho!
☑️ Cape Verde: Cape Verdean Blues
☑️ Egypt: Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales
☑️ Ethiopia: The Shadow King
☑️ Ghana: Homegoing
☑️ Nigeria: Binti
Senegal: So Long a Letter
☑️ South Africa: Disgrace
Tunisia: The Ardent Swarm
Zimbabwe: Nervous Conditions

ASIA:
☑️ Afghanistan: The Kite Runner
Azerbaijan: Ali and Nino
Bangladesh: A Golden Age
Burma (Myanmar): The Glass Palace
Cambodia: In the Shadow of the Banyan
China: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
☑️ India: The Windfall
☑️ Israel: Soumchi
☑️ Lebanon: Beirut Hellfire Society
☑️ North Korea: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
☑️ South Korea: The Cabinet
Sri Lanka: Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Taiwan: Green Island
Turkey: My Name Is Red
☑️ Vietnam: Night Sky with Exit Wounds

OCEANIA:
Australia: Kisses of the Enemy
☑️ New Zealand: The Bone People

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[Anu]

Updated message 14.

Progress: 5/11

[Summer]

West-bound

☑️-UK - Vanity Fair
☑️ -USA - Remembrance
☑️ - Russia - The Master and Margarita
- China/India/Nepal (Unsure as of yet which counts?) - The Snow Leopard
☑️ - Antartica - The Frozen Deep
☑️ - Japan - An Incurable Case of Love, Vol. 1
☑️ - Italy - Apology for a Murder
☑️ - France - The Stranger
☑️ - UK - Animal Farm

VISA Stamps - 4 - Europe, North America, Antarctica, Asia

[Adrienne]

East bound from the USA:

☑️ USA Where the Red Fern Grows Feb 22
☑️ France The Phantom of the Opera May 27
☑️ South Sudan Sooley Jun 7
☑️ Antarctica Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance Aug 25
☑️ Cambodia The Rent Collector Sep 15
☑️ Japan Silence Nov 26
☑️ Canada Delay of Game Dec 16
☑️ USA Skipping Christmas Dec 16


Visa Stamps: 5/7

[Armin]

I finished all stamps few days ago, but I'm gonna continue until the end of the year. Let's see how much more countries I can cover :)