SP 2015 Global Conquest

[Liz M]

Post your reading ideas for Reading Globally (RG) here!

You do not need to post your plan prior to the start of the challenge, nor do you need to adhere to a posted plan.

[Liz M]

My Spot! Books TBD...


Africa: The River Between (Kenya A/B/C), The Grass Is Singing, Down Second Avenue (South Africa A/B/C)
Asia (Eastern): Confessions of a Mask (Japan A/B/C), The Woman in the Dunes (Japan A/B/C), Black Rain (Japan A/B/C), Half of Man is Woman (China A/B/C), Leaden Wings (China A/B/C)
Asia (Western): The Triple Mirror of the Self, The Satanic Verses
The Caribbean: Dirty Havana Trilogy (Cuba A/B/C)
Central America: Men of Maize or The President (Guatemala A/B), Beka Lamb (Belize A/B/C), Here's to You, Jesusa! (Mexico B/C)
Europe: Broken April (Albania A/B/C), Garden, Ashes (Serbia A/B), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page (Guernsey A/C), The Return of Philip Latinowicz (Croatia A/B/C), Independent People (Iceland A/B/C)
European Union: Professor Martens' Departure (Estonia, A/B) The History of the Siege of Lisbon* (Portugal A/B/C), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (Portugal A/B/C), Fado Alexandrino*, Baltasar and Blimunda* (Portugal A/B/C), The Book of Disquiet+ (Portugal A/B), The Crime of Father Amaro* (Portugal A/B/C), All Souls* (Spain A/B), The Back Room (Spain A/B/C), Your Face Tomorrow* (Spain A/B)
Middle East: Black Box (Israel A/B/C)
North America: The Making of Americans (A/B/C)
Oceania: Voss (B/C), The Tree Of Man (B/C), The Whispering Wall (A/B/C)
South America: Epitaph of a Small Winner, Trafalgar, Money to Burn, The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, A World for Julius,

[Kazen]

I love this challenge!

Africa:
Asia - Eastern: At Least We Can Apologize
Asia - Western:
The Caribbean:
Central America:
Europe: Night Watch, The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am
European Union: Devil's Cub(oldie), Midnight Riot
Middle East
North America: (most anything)
15.1 - Oceania: Hot Island Nights
South America:

[Karen Michele]

Can't wait to get started!


Africa: Nigeria

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Asia - Eastern

Asia - Western: India

Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories by R.K. Narayan (pre 1990)

The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

Central America
Europe
European Union
Middle East
North America
Oceania
South America

[Deedee]

Africa

Asia - Eastern

Asia - Western

The Caribbean

Central America

Europe

European Union

Middle East

North America

Oceania

South America

[Amanda]

SOOO thrilled with this challenge. Reading globally is a particular passion of mine, and I don't get to do it enough. Think this will be my focus for next season :D

Off to review the list and make a pile of books from my book shelves!

Africa Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee South Africa; Chicago by 'Alā' al Aswānī Egypt; Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer Sudan

Asia - Eastern The Crazed by Ha Jin China; Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương Vietnam

Asia - Western The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Pakistan; The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga India

The Caribbean Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Haiti; The Chase by Alejo Carpentier Cuba

Central America Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Mexico; The President by Miguel Ángel Asturias Guatemala

Europe - The Successor by Ismail Kadare Albania; Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk Turkey

European Union Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist Sweden; Death at Intervals by José Saramago Portugal; The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Czech Republic

Middle East Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir Jordan; The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah Iran

North America Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler United States

Oceania Bereft by Chris Womersley Australia; Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh New Zealand

South America Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez Colombia; Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho Brazil; The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa Peru (sorry, can't find it in the links!

Group One (Completed):
1) Middle East: Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz Israel (READ 4/3)

2) Caribbean: See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid Antigua (READ 8/3)

3) Europe: The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur by Victor Pelevin Russia (READ 17/3)

4) North AmericaWilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood Canada (READ 27/3)

5) Asia - Eastern Hotel Iris by Yōko Ogawa Japan (READ 3/4)

6) Asia - Western The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam Bangladesh (READ 3/4)

[Heather]

I *think* I got this right.

North America – Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood - Canada
Eastern Asia – Virus: The Day of Resurrection by Sakyo Komatsu - Japan
Western Asia – The Snail on the Slope by Arkady Strugatsky - Georgia
EU - Fortress Britain by Glynn James - UK
Africa – Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe - Nigeria
Europe – Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko - Russia
Oceania - Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody - Australia
South America – The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga - Uruguay
Middle East – Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi - Iran
Central America – Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel - Mexico

[Amanda]

:( My inter-library link (which gives me access to all the libraries in my state, therefore a wider range of books to choose from) is not working! Now I can't get hold of books that I need !

[Kätlin]

My plan:

Africa - Nigeria - something by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or Chinua Achebe

Asia - Eastern

Asia - Western - Afganistan: I want to read something by Khaled Hosseini because I haven't read any of his books yet. Not sure yet which one to try... any suggestions?

The Caribbean

Central America

Europe - Turkey - Snow by Orhan Pamuk

European Union - UK - The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

Middle East

North America

Oceania

South America - Peru - The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa

[Joanna]

A plan of sorts:

Africa - South Africa: Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda (A, B?, C)

Asia - Eastern - Japan: The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami (A, B, C?)

Asia - Western - India: The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh (A, B, C)

The Caribbean - Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (A, B, C?)
Cuba: Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire (A, B?, C)

South America - Columbia: No Lost Causes by Alvaro Uribe Velez (A, B, C)

Europe - Russia: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A, B, C)

European Union - UK: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (A, B, C?)

Middle East - Israel: Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher (A, B)

North America - USA: The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche (A, B)

Oceania - Australia: An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton (A, B, C)

Central America - Mexico: The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism by Octavio Paz (A, B)

[Amanda]

Finished updating my list!

[Ed]

My plan so far:

Africa- Nigeria- Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe

Asia - Eastern- Japan- The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura

Asia - Western - Pakistan- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

The Caribbean- St. Kits - A State of Independence by Caryl Phillips

Central America

Europe - Russia- On the Eve by Ivan Turgenev

European Union - UK- Where There's a Will
by John Mortimer

Middle East - Israel- Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz

North America - USA- A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut

Oceania

South America

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

Africa Disgrace South Africa
Asia - Eastern Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet China
Asia - Western The Hungry Tide India
The Caribbean
Central America
Europe The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow Ukraine
European Union Little Bee UK
Middle East-My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad Iran
North America On Immunity: An Inoculation US
Oceania Wanting Australia
South America The Postman: Il Postino by Antonio Skármeta Chile