Janet Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Yes, that's very true! One can hardly see Trinidad and Tobago on my map! This challenge is certainly helping my geography - I'm ashamed to say I didn't know exactly where it was (I had a vague idea) until I read it for this challenge and looked it up! I've recently started using our library again. I've had a card for as long as I can remember, but haven't used it for a long time. On Saturday I found a book called The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam, the author of which was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), so that's another country I can soon tick off. ETA: Thanks, Sara - I don't know how I managed to miss your post. I go in fits and starts with this challenge - good luck with yours when you get going again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 I've recently started using our library again. I've had a card for as long as I can remember, but haven't used it for a long time. On Saturday I found a book called The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam, the author of which was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), so that's another country I can soon tick off. This was brilliant!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - 8/10 (and a nice bit of the map coloured in! ). A very good way to look at it If you read an Estonian book soon, you'll have whole Finland surrounded by red. That would be kinda of funky. But I would feel sad for Finland, being the last Nordic country standing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Awww, poor Finland! I've made a note of Tove Jansson for Finland, but I haven't written down any of her/his (oh, how embarrassing - sorry! ) works so will have to investigate further! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Tove is a she I know of The Winter Book and The Summer book, some people on here have read them. I'd much rather you would read Sofi Oksanen's Purge though! A superb book which has been translated into many different languages now and has even been made into a play in the US etc etc. Edited August 23, 2011 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Thanks, Frankie. I've added it to my 'World Challenge Wish List' on Amazon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Oooh excellent! I do hope you shall like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Book 29/233 - The Screaming of the Innocent by Unity Dow - 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Book 30 - Iran - A Beginner's Guide to Acting English by Shappi Khorsandi - 10/10 - finished 12.09.11 30/233 = 12.87% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Book 31 - Stones of Bobello by Edwar Al-Kharrat - 4/10 - finished 03.10.11 31/233 = 13.30% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Book 32 - Waiting by Ha Jin - 9/10 - finished 10.11.11 32/233 = 13.73% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualosa (Angola) - suggested by Paul (Books Do Furnish a Room) - thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Hi Janet Have you any ideas for Spain yet? I was being nosy and noticed its not yet coloured in on your map. If you don't have an author earmarked for Spain would you consider Carlos Ruiz Zafon? His books are translated from his native spanish into many languages and I know many BCFer's are fans of his books. Shadow of the Wind is my favourite so far but he has a few others and another being released this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I read The Book of Chameleons for Angola, J, and would thoroughly recommend it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hi Janet Have you any ideas for Spain yet? I was being nosy and noticed its not yet coloured in on your map. If you don't have an author earmarked for Spain would you consider Carlos Ruiz Zafon? His books are translated from his native spanish into many languages and I know many BCFer's are fans of his books. Shadow of the Wind is my favourite so far but he has a few others and another being released this year. Oooh, thanks - no author for Spain as yet. I'm pretty certain my Mum has Shadow of the Wind on her upstairs book case - I will add it to the list. I read The Book of Chameleons for Angola, J, and would thoroughly recommend it! Thanks, Alex. They have a copy of it in Bath library so I've added it to my library wish list. Are you going to start a thread yourself in here so we can keep up with each other's progess and chivvy each other on? No worries if you'd rather not but I thought I'd just ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I've been toying with it and think I will now - helpful place to keep track of everything and like you say, we can chivvy each other on a bit! I've set a challenge to read 20 books off it this year, which seemed a lot until I realised I have USA and UK to tick off yet (although I'm reading "classics" I feel I should have already read for both!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I have decided that I too am going to attempt this, although I see that Janet's lsit of countries is a ltitle longer than my own - I have spent a bit of time researching what is and isn't a country (opinions do vary) and checking various lists. The main criteria I am using then is thatthe territory in question has to fulfil at least 2 of these: a) the country has have its own nationality - some overseas territories of France for example the natives are classiifed as French b) it has to have its own flag and c) some form of its own Governmentm such as for example in the Isle of Man It has taken me a bit of time to compile the list, but I think I have got there! I will make my own thread re this then in due course, but in the meantime Janet, good luck - you have certainly inspired me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 I've been toying with it and think I will now - helpful place to keep track of everything and like you say, we can chivvy each other on a bit! I've set a challenge to read 20 books off it this year, which seemed a lot until I realised I have USA and UK to tick off yet (although I'm reading "classics" I feel I should have already read for both!) Hurrah! I shall look forward to watching your progress. I have decided that I too am going to attempt this, although I see that Janet's lsit of countries is a ltitle longer than my own - I have spent a bit of time researching what is and isn't a country (opinions do vary) and checking various lists. The main criteria I am using then is thatthe territory in question has to fulfil at least 2 of these: a) the country has have its own nationality - some overseas territories of France for example the natives are classiifed as French b) it has to have its own flag and c) some form of its own Governmentm such as for example in the Isle of Man It has taken me a bit of time to compile the list, but I think I have got there! I will make my own thread re this then in due course, but in the meantime Janet, good luck - you have certainly inspired me ! I use the list that matches the maps I post - I'm not sure how I'm going to get on with some of the countries but I'll give it my best shot. Glad to hear you're joining this challenge too, June - and that I've inspired you. I shall look forward to watching your progress too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 Kiskadee Girl by Maggie Harris Author born in Guyana (I have no idea how I made that image/link appear!) Also: Eating Air by Pauline Melville (Author also born in Guyana http://www.amazon.co...25626264&sr=8-1 Thanks again to Paul for this information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Just a suggestion Janet I know you don't want to buy any more books but the library will probably have lots of copies. The Tigers Wife - Tea Obreht (born Belgrade, Yugoslavia .. now Serbia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 Oooh, lovely, thanks. All suggestions gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. If anyone thinks/knows of any more, keep 'em coming. For future reference: NOTE TO SELF - LIST NOW IN POST #2 ON FIRST PAGE OF THIS THREAD - DO NOT USE THIS ONE! Akrotiri - Fender: The Golden Age by Martin Kelly Algeria - The Attack by Yasmina Khadra (other titles available) Angola - The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa Argentina - The Paper House by Carlos Maria Dominguez / The Tango Singer by Tomas Eloy Martinez Bangladesh - Brick Lane by Monica Ali Belgium - Madame Verona Comes Down the Hill by Dimitri Verhulst Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andric Bulgaria - The Voices of Marrakesh by Elias Canetti - note to self - book (obviously!) not set in Bulgaria – there are other options for this author so check settings Burma – The Road to Wanting by Wendy Law-Yone Cambodia - When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him Chechnya - I am a Chechen! by German Sadulaev Congo-Brazzaville - Little Boys Come from the Stars by Dongala Emmanuel Boundz Eritrea - My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Pool Estonia - Brecht at Night by Mati Unt Ethiopia - Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese Faroe Islands - The Old Man and His Sons by Heðin Brú Finland - Purge by Sofi Oksanen Greece - Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis Guyana - Kiskadee Girl by Maggie Harris / Whole of a Morning Sky by Grace Nichols Iceland - Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir Indonesia - Twilight in Djakarta by Mochtar Lubis Israel - Let it be Morning: A Novel by Sayed Kashua Jamaica - The Same Earth by Kei Miller Jordan - Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir Kyrgyzstan - Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov Malaysia - Evening Is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan / Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint Malta - South From Granada (Penguin Modern Classics) by Gerald Brenan - note to self - book (obviously!) not set in Malta – check to see if other options for this author set in Malta Mozambique - Under the Frangipani by Mia Couto Nepal - Buddha's Orphans by Samrat Upadhyay Nigeria - A Time For New Dreams by Ben Okri / Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngoli Adichie Peru - Eva Luna by Isabel Allende - (think I have The House of the Spirits by same author) Portugal - The Elephant's Journey by Jose Saramago Saudi Arabia – Girls of Riyadh byRajaa Alsanea /The Belt by Ahmed Abodehman Serbia - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht Singapore - Foreign Bodies by Hwee Hwee Tan South Africa - Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor South Korea - The Bird by Oh Jung-hee / Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyol / Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller Spain - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Sudan - Minaret by Leila Aboulela / Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih Various - Best European Fiction by Aleksandar Hemon Vietnam - The Tapestries by Kien Nguyen / Vietnam - Night, Again - Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam Yemen - I Am Nujood, Age10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali Zambia - Wilbur Smith Edited March 26, 2012 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Just been browsing on Fantastic Fiction, which is brilliant for finding out where authors are from. Wilbur Smith apparently was from Zambia, so that might be a good Z to find easily....shame we had heaps of these we cleared out from parents bookshelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 A few more suggestions from books that I have read: Burma: The Road to Wanting - Wendy Law-Yone Cambodia: When Broken Glass Floats - Chanrithy Him South Korea: Please Look After Mother - Kyong-sook Shin Libya: In the Country of Men - Matar Hisham Sierra Leone: Ancestor Stones - Aminata Forna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks so much, guys - I will amend my list accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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