anisia Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) A reading challenge sounds like fun, so here's my topic! I've taken the list of countries from Brian's thread There is no time limit for this, although I will probably start looking for books that fit. 1. Afghanistan - "The Kite Runner" - Khaled Houssini, 5/5 2. Albania 3. Algeria 4. American Samoa 5. Andorra 6. Angola 7. Anguilla 8. Antigua and Barbuda 9. Argentina 10. Armenia 11. Aruba 12. Australia 13. Austria 14. Azerbaijan 15. Bahamas 16. Bahrain 17. Bangladesh 18. Barbados 19. Belarus 20. Belgium 21. Belize 22. Benin 23. Bermuda 24. Bhutan 25. Bolivia 26. Bosnia and Herzegovina 27. Bostwana 28. Brazil 29. British Virgin islands 30. Brunei 31. Bulgaria 32. Burkina Faso 33. Burundi 34. Cambodia 35. Cameroon 36. Canada 37. Cape Verde 38. Cayman Islands 39. Central African Republic 40. Chad 41. Channel Islands 42. Chile 43. China 44. Colombia 45. Comoros 46. Congo Brazzaville 47. Congo Kinshasa 48. Costa Rica 49. Croatia 50. Cuba 51. Cyprus 52. Czech Republic 53. Denmark 54. Djibouti 55. Dominica 56. Dominican Repbulic 57. East Timor 58. Ecuador 59. Egypt 60. El Salvador 61. Equatorial Guinea 62. Eritrea 63. Estonia 64. Ethiopia 65. Falkland islands 66. Faroe Islands 67. Fiji 68. Finland 69. France 70. French Guiana 71. French Polynesia 72. Gabon 73. Gambia 74. Georgia 75. Germany 76. Ghana 77. Gibraltar 78. Greece 79. Greenland 80. Grenada 81. Guadeloupe 82. Guam 83. Guatemala 84. Guinea-Bissau 85. Guinee Conakry 86. Guyana 87. Haiti 88. Honduras 89. Hungary 90. Iceland 91. India 92. Indonesia 93. Iran 94. Iraq 95. Ireland 96. Israel 97. Italy 98. Ivory coast 99. Jamaica 100. Japan 101. Jordan 102. Kazakhstan 103. Kenya 104. Kiribati 105. Kuwait 106. Kyrgyzstan 107. Laos 108. Latvia 109. Lebanon 110. Lesotho 111. Liberia 112. Libya 113. LiechtensteinMongoli 114. Lithuania 115. Luxembourg 116. Macedona 117. Madagascar 118. Malawi 119. Malaysia 120. Maldives 121. Mali 122. Malta 123. Marshall Islands 124. Martinique 125. Mauritania 126. Mauritius 127. Mexico 128. Micronesia, Federated States of 129. Moldova 130. Monaco 131. Mongolia 132. Monserrat 133. Montenegro 134. Morocco 135. Mozambique 136. Myanmar 137. Namibia 138. Nauru 139. Nepal 140. Netherlands 141. Netherlands Antilles 142. New Caledonia 143. New Zealand 144. Nicaragua 145. Niger 146. Nigeria 147. Niue 148. Norfolk Island 149. North Korea 150. Northern Mariana Islands 151. Norway 152. Oman 153. Pakistan 154. Palau 155. Palestinian Authority 156. Panama 157. Papua New Guinea 158. Paraguay 159. Peru 160. Phillippines 161. Pitcairn Islands 162. Poland 163. Portugal 164. Puerta Rico 165. Qatar 166. Rarotonga & the Cook Islands 167. Reunion 168. Romania - "Ciresarii" by Constantin Chirita, 5/5 (re-read all volumes) 169. Russia 170. Rwanda 171. Saint Kitts and Nevis 172. Saint Lucia 173. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 174. San Marino 175. Sao Tome and Principe 176. Saudi Arabia 177. Senegal 178. Serbia 179. Seychelles 180. Sierra Leone 181. Singapore 182. Slovakia 183. Slovenia 184. Solomon Islands 185. Somalia 186. South Africa 187. South Korea 188. Spain - "Run or Die" by Killian Jornet, 5/5 189. Sri Lanka 190. Sudan 191. Suriname 192. Swaziland 193. Sweden - "The Hundred-Year-Old-Man Who Climber Out of the Window and Disappeared" - Jonas Jonasson, 4/5 194. Switzerland 195. Syria 196. Taiwan 197. Tajikistan 198. Tanzania 199. Thailand 200. Togo 201. Tonga 202. Trinidad and Tobago 203. Tunisia 204. Turkey 205. Turkmenistan 206. Turks and Caicos Islands 207. Tuvalu 208. Uganda 209. Ukraine 210. United Arab Emirates 211. United Kingdom - "Roumanian Journey" by Sacheverell Sitwell, 4/5 212. United States of America - "The Martian" by Andy Weir, 5/5 213. Uruguay 214. Uzbekistan 215. Vanuatu 216. Vatican City 217. Venezuela 218. Western Sahara 219. Western Samoa 220. Vietnam 221. Virgin Islands 222. Yemen 223. Zambia 224. Zimbabwe 6/224 Edited August 27, 2019 by anisia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'm doing this challenge and I've read some brilliant books (and some not-so-brilliant!) that I definitely wouldn't have picked up otherwise. I hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 I'm doing this challenge and I've read some brilliant books (and some not-so-brilliant!) that I definitely wouldn't have picked up otherwise. I hope you enjoy it. That's one of the reasons I'm so excited about it. It will give me a chance to read books I wouldn't have otherwise. Good luck! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I'm more and more tempted to start a world challenge myself, as I do enjoy reading translated fiction. Good luck Mona, wishing you a literary bon voyage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Good luck with the challenge, I hope you have a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Nope, haven't forgotten about the challenge! 211. United Kingdom - "Roumanian Journey" - Sacheverell Sitwell, 4/5 It was good, very interesting view of a very different Romania - the book was written in 1938. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 That sounds interesting. I just finished a book set in the final days of the Communist regime in Romania. I might read this one to get another view of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 212. United States of America - "The Martian" by Andy Weir, 5/5 Loved it and really wanted to read it before watching the movie - I thought it had the perfect amount of drama, humour and tech language; definitely my kind of book! Now 4/224 in the challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Good luck Anisia - I have been doing this challenge too for the past couple of years and am finding it great fun. There are loads of great books out there than I can recommend. It really depends on how you are going to do this though whether by authors country of birth of where the book is set. I find the second approach works best for me, but of course we all do things differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 ^^ Thank you, I definitely will need recommendations! I plan on doing this by the author's country of birth. 193. Sweden - "The Hundred-Year-Old-Man Who Climber Out of the Window and Disappeared" - Jonas Jonasson, 4/5 It was a very good read, glad I finally got around to this book. Loved the mixture of drama and humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 1. Afghanistan - "The Kite Runner" - Khaled Houssini, 5/5 Such a good read although heartbreaking at times - not sure it 100% counts for the challenge, but so glad I finally read this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 I read "The Kite Runner" years ago and it is heartbreaking. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it though! Which country are you planning to do next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I read the Kite Runner a few years ago and it has stayed with me since. It's such a good book. I've also read A Thousand Splendid Suns and that was just as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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