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SP 2015 How to play "Reading Globally"
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AFRICA Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morroco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
ASIA (EASTERN)Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Laos
Macao
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar (ex-Burma)
Phillipines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Timor Leste (West)
Timor (East)
Vietnam
ASIA (WESTERN)Afganistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Georgia
India
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka (ex-Ceilan)
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
THE CARIBBEANAnguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Monserrat
Puerto Rico
Saint-Barthélemy
St. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands (US)
CENTRAL AMERICABelize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
EUROPEAlbania
Andorra
Belarus
Bosnia
Croatia
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Guerney and Alderney
Iceland
Jersey
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Macedonia
Man, Island of
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Norway
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Vatican City State (Holy See)
EUROPEAN UNIONAustria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
MIDDLE EASTBahrain
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
NORTHERN AMERICABermuda
Canada
Greenland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
OCEANIAAustralia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Samoa, American
Solomon, Islands
Tonga
Vanuatu
SOUTH AMERICAArgentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Remains of the Day (other topics)An Artist of the Floating World (other topics)
A Pale View of Hills (other topics)
Africa
Asia - Eastern
Asia - Western
The Caribbean
Central America
Europe
European Union
Middle East
North America
Oceania
South America
A book qualifies for a specific country if two of the following criteria are met:
A) Author is born in the country
B) Author's nationality is of the country
C) Book takes place primarily in the country (at least 75%) and the entire book takes place within the region.
For example: Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day can be read for the UK (Ishiguro is a UK citizen & the book takes place in England) while An Artist of the Floating World qualifies for Japan (Ishiguro was born in Japan and the book takes place there). His book A Pale View of Hills, which takes place in both the UK and Japan, does not qualify for either.
Each task is worth 15 points. However, you can receive bonus points in three different ways:
1) Read a book published prior to 1990, receive 5 bonus points.
2) Read a book with more than 499 pages, receive 5 bonus points.
3) Read a non-fiction book, receive 5 bonus points.
A bonus of 150 points will be rewarded for anyone who completes all of the tasks.
A few notes:
I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Reading Globally (nor do the RG tasks count as combo style points for Reading with Style's 10 and 20 point tasks).
II. All books read for this sub-challenge must be at least 100 pages, based on the most popular English-language print edition.
III. Please be aware that cookbooks, illustrated guides, and graphic novels are not allowed for the sub-challenge. Also, books designated as "YA", "Assignment", or "Juv" by the Brooklyn Public Library with a Lexile score less than 800 are not allowed.
IV. You can complete RG three times, but cannot repeat a country.