Q2 - Who Runs the World?

[Alyana]

Update to message 13
Progress: 4/6

Countries Around the World:
✔1. Beach Read by Emily Henry (Michigan, US) - read on 04/05/21
✔2. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Scotland) - read on 04/12/21
✔3. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (London, UK) - read on 04/18/21
✔4. The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan (Scotland/England) - read on 04/22/21

[Carmen]

Update to message #34

PROGRESS: 20/42🌐♀️

The Bargain by Mary Jo Putney (Wales)✔
The Rake by Mary Jo Putney (England)✔
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich (USA-New Jersey)✔
Sold by Patricia McCormick (Nepal)✔
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie (England)✔

[Raimondo]

Who Runs the World?

Progress: 0 / 5 Books

Women Authors

1. Australia - Tim by Colleen McCullough - June th
2. England - Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic by Daisy Butcher - May 10th
3. Philippines - Twice Blessed by Ninotchka Rosca - June th
4. United States - Stiff Things: The Splatterporn Anthology by Cheryl Mullenax - May 13th

Transgender Author

5. Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite - May 16th

[Melissa]

10/9, completed!

Completed:
1. US: A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot
2. Mexico: What Would Frida Do? A Guide to Living Boldly
3. Canada: Anne of Green Gables
4. Canada: House of Dreams
5. Canada: Anne of Avonlea
6. UK: The Rose Code
7. China: Where the Past Begins
8. S. Korea: Crying in H Mart
9: Transgender Author: Redefining Realness
10: UK: Gentleman Jack

[Jenn]

Update to message #43- 8/25

6. Kilmeny of the Orchard(Canada)
7. Heidi (Switzerland)
8. Under A Different Sky: passion, adventure and a few broken rules. (Mongolia)

Thanks🙂

[Carol]

Update to mssg 59 progress made 4/10 😊

[Brittany]

Updated post 50

6/20

[Margie]

Update message #23:

Progress: 12/21

[Allie]

Update message #30
Progress 2/6
Italy The Temptation of Forgiveness

[Allie]

Update message #30
Progress 3/6
India The Widows of Malabar Hill

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to message 29.
10/20

1. A woman author. Participants can only read one book set in their country of residence and the remainder must be from different places.
🌍 Yellow Wife USA
🌍 On the Jellicoe Road Australia
🌍 The Tiger's Wife Balkans
🌍 White Teeth England
🌍 Conviction Italy (plus France and Scotland)
🌍 I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World Pakistan
🌍 The Yellow Bird Sings Poland
🌍 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Scotland
🌍 After We Fall Wales

2. A trans or non-binary author.
🌍 Over the Top NB

[Alison]

update to message #24

6/10 books read

Asia
The Library of Legends - China
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line - India

Europe
The Trespasser - Ireland
The Anatomist's Wife - England
The Wall - Austria

Oceania
Crimson Lake - Australia

[Megan]

Updated msg 26

Just completed a book set in Molinov, Russia - Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly. The book is well-researched and interesting. However, I did not feel the connection to the characters that I felt in her first book. It just seems to have missed the same quality as the first book. Still worth reading. 4 stars

3/10

[Navya]

Update to msg 19: 5/10 books read :)

[Diane]

Raimondo wrote: "Who Runs the World?

Progress: 0 / 5 ..."

Melissa wrote: "Please sign me up for nine ..."

Hello Raimondo and Melissa! Welcome to the challenge. 🙂

[Diane]

Hello fellow challengers! We just finished the first month of the challenge and I wanted to give you an update on where we stand.

38 people signed up to participate in the challenge and more than half of us (23) have started it. We committed to 454 books over the course of the quarter and have read 114 (25%) towards meeting that goal.

We’ve visited 45!!!! unique country/area locations in our reading (including all 7 continents!), and have read three books by a trans/non-binary authors.

I am having a ton of fun with this challenge and am getting introduced, by all of you, to a lot of interesting new books. Thanks to all of you who are participating in this diversity challenge! I hope you are excited and having fun too.

[Megan]

Updated msg 26

Just completed a book set in Paris, France - The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers. Overall, I enjoyed this fantastical, macabre tale. It was a nice escape from a day of chores. And I really appreciated the exploration of the relationship between the related women. However, there were bits missing and a few parts that were a bit too long for the overall story. I received this book as a free giveaway in exchange for my honest review. Worth reading! 4 stars

4/10

[Carmen]

Update to message #34

PROGRESS: 25/42🌐♀️

A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady (USA - Louisiana)✔
Thunder & Roses by Mary Jo Putney (Wales)✔
Crimson Shore by Gillian Hamer (Wales)✔
Dancing on the Wind by Mary Jo Putney (England)✔
Night At The Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh (England)✔

[Allie]

Update to Message #30
Progress 4/6
Canada Cold Mourning

[Rebecca]

Update Message #22

Progress: 7/20

7. Home Remedies (China)

[Jenn]

Update to message #43--16/25

9. The Cabinet of Wonders (Czech Republic)
10. Copenhagen Cozenage (Denmark)
11. The Housemaid's Daughter (South Africa)
12 A Ceiling Made of Eggshells (Spain)
13. The Red Pencil (Sudan)
14. Larger Than Life (Botswana)
15. Girl Gone Greek (Greece)
16. Girl with a Pearl Earring (The Netherlands)

Thanks 🙂

[Brittany]

Updated post 50

8/20

[Janine]

Update to message 20: 6/9 books

1. Love, Creekwood
2. Between Perfect and Real
3. Grown
4. Ruin and Rising
5. Bridge of Souls
6. Reputation

[Diane]

Janine wrote: "Update to message 20: 6/9 books

1. Love, Creekwood
2. Between Perfect and Real
3. Grown
4. Ruin and Rising
5. [book:Bridge of Souls|..."

Hi Janine. You're making good progress! If you want to, please let me know what countries these books were set in so I can add them to all of the places we're visiting in this challenge. 🌎

[Mikaela]

Update msg #51

3/5 Completed

United States- Maine
Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake by Sarah Graves

[Karin]

Updated message #16
6/20 and read a book by an author from Vietnam, and that's where the book is set. She's living in Malaysia, but I don't see that I need to include the country she's living in (I think it's for her work as a journalist.)

[Carmen]

Update to message #34

PROGRESS: 30/42🌐♀️

Petals in the Storm by Mary Jo Putney (France)✔
Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (USA - Colorado)✔
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)✔
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Japan)✔
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (USA - California)✔

[Diane]

Karin wrote: "Updated message #16
6/20 and read a book by an author from Vietnam, and that's where the book is set. She's living in Malaysia, but I don't see that I need to include the country she's living in (I..."

You're totally right Karin. It's about what country the book is set in.

[Karin]

Updated message #67

7/20

(book set in Cuba)

[Megan]

Updated msg 26

Just completed a book set in Mallorca, Spain - Under Almond Blossoms by Anja Saskia Beyer, translated by Annette Charpentier. I appreciated learning about Mallorca and the history of their Jewish families. However, most of the rest of the book was annoying. I didn’t like the main character. Her inner monologue was repetitive and should have been edited down. Overall, just so-so. 2.5 stars

5/10

[Karin]

Updated message 69

8/20

[Jenn]

Update to message #43-- 23/50

17. Oslo Overtures (Norway)
18. The Lily Pond (Sweden)
19. The House in the Trees (Samoa)
20. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine (Haiti)
21. Santiago Sol (Chile)
22. The Girl in the Tree (Turkey)
23. Words on Fire (Lithuania)

since I'm having alot of fun with this challenge with still a month and a half to go, I'm going to up my goal to 50 books 🙂
Thanks!!!

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 46
Read 6/5

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Megan]

Updated msg 26

Just completed a book set in Victoria, Australia - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth. This book was ok. The writing is clear and straight-forward, and I liked the characters. I figured out the twist almost immediately. And there is harm to an animal that I found to be unnecessary. I would have appreciated knowing the research the author did in sensory-processing issues, as that is definitely something that can be misconstrued or stereotyped without personal experience or proper research. Entertaining overall. 3.5 stars

6/10

[Karin]

Updated message 69

9/20

[Allie]

Update Message #30
Progress 5/6
US If We Were Villains

[Michelle]

Update message 63

4 out of 4 books

1. When We Believed in Mermaids - New Zealand
2. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story - Sudan
3. This Is How It Always Is - United States
4. Rick - Non-binary Author

[Margie]

Update to message #23: 16/21

Since last update:

Americas - Bermuda: Resort to Murder
Americas - Canada: Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo
Asia - Saudi Arabia: Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas
Europe - UK/England: A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas

[Diane]

Michelle wrote: "Update message 63

4 out of 4 books

1. When We Believed in Mermaids - New Zealand
2. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story - Sudan
3. [book:This Is How It Alwa..."

Gretchen wrote: "Edit Msg 46
Read 6/5

CHALLENGE COMPLETE"

Congratulations on finishing the challenge, Gretchen & Michelle! 👸

[Diane]

Jennifer wrote: "Update to message #43-- 23/50

17. Oslo Overtures (Norway)
18. The Lily Pond (Sweden)
19. The House in the Trees (Samoa)
20. [book:Dear Haiti, Love A..."

I'm so glad you are having fun with the challenge Jennifer! I updated your goal to 50 books. Thank you.

[Karin]

Edit message 69
10/20

new-to-me (for this challenge, not ever ;) ) country - Chile

[Carmen]

Update to message #34

PROGRESS: 35/42🌐♀️

The Vegetarian by Han Kang (South Korea)✔
Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman by Mpho M'Atsepo Nthunya (Lesotho)✔
Si Me Permiten Hablar. Testimonio de Domitila, Una Mujer de Las Minas de Bolivia by Moema Viezzer & Domitila B. De Chungara (Bolivia)✔
All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke (USA - Florida)✔
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner (England)✔

[Rebecca]

Update to message #22

Progress: 10/20

8. Still Life (Canada)
9. Aunt Dimity's Death (England)
10. In the Country (Philippines/Bahrain)

[Anissa]

Who Runs the World?
Duration: April 1, 2021-June 30, 2021

Please sign me up for 2 books. This sounds like a very interesting challenge but, since it seems like I want to try every challenge (LOL!), I have to work on being a little more conservative with some. I will shoot for one book in each category.

Goal: 2 ; Progress: 0/2

Women Authors-Global Settings
1.

Trans and Nonbinary Authors
1.

[Megan]

Updated msg 26

Just completed a book set in Lagos, Nigeria - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare. This is a beautiful story full of hope and determination. I loved the way the author used language to convey the journey of her main character. “We all be speaking different because we all are having different growing-up life, but we can all be understanding each other if we just take the time to listen well.” Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

7/10

[Jenn]

Update to message #43-- 28/50

24. Peony (China)
25. Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts (Scotland)
26. Hearts at the Holy See (Vatican City) it's actually a independent country
27. Radiant Girl (Ukraine)
28. Parisian Surprise (France)

Thanks 🙂

[Carmen]

Update to message #34

PROGRESS: 40/42🌐♀️

The Botanist's Daughter by Kayte Nunn (Chile)✔
Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins (Scotland)✔
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (Syria)✔
Chocolat by Joanne Harris (France)✔
Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels (USA - Washington DC)✔

[Diane]

Anissa wrote: "Who Runs the World?
Duration: April 1, 2021-June 30, 2021

Please sign me up for 2 books. This sounds like a very interesting challenge but, since it seems like I want to try every challenge (LOL!)..."

Welcome to the challenge Anissa! It's always good to set attainable goals. 😄 🏆

[Diane]

Megan wrote: "Updated msg 26

Just completed a book set in Lagos, Nigeria - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare. This is a beautiful story full of hope and determination. I loved the way ..."

Megan... I just wanted to tell you how much I have been enjoying the impressions you've shared about what you're reading. It's been fun, and I've added some books to my TBR pile based on your reviews. Thank you!

[Brittany]

Updated post 50

12/20