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Me too. I absolutely loved Van Helsing as well with Hugh Jackman
Yeah, that's a great film, in fact I might watch it now!
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That looks great Roxi
I've left a list of some books, and will still look for a while but wont bother posting again until I have a decent amount, which will probs be tomorrow night -
100. Liberia
101. Libya - ["In The Country of Men" - Hisham Matar] ["Gold Dust" - Ibrahim al-Koni]
102. Liechtenstein
103. Lithuania
104. Luxembourg
105. Macedonia
106. Madagascar
107. Malawi - ["The Last of the Sweet Bananas" - Jack Mapanje]
108. Malaysia - ["Evening Is The Whole Day" - Preeta Samarasan]
109. Maldives
110. Mali - ["Sundiata: Epic Of Old Mali" - D.T. Niane]
111. Malta
112. Marshall Islands
113. Mauritania
114. Mauritius
115. Mexico - [" Like Water For Chocolate" - Laura Esquivel] ["Pedro Paramo" - Juan Rulfo]
116. Micronesia
117. Moldova
118. Monaco
119. Mongolia - ["The Blue Sky" - Galsan Tschinag]
120. Montenegro
121. Morocco - ["A Life Full Of Holes" - Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi] ["Hope And Other Dangerous Pursuits" - Laila Lalami] ["Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail" - Malika Oufkir] ["This Blinding Absence Of Light" - Tahar Ben Jelloun]
122. Mozambique - ["A River Called Time" - Mia Couto] ["Sleepwalking Land" - Mia Couto]
123. Namibia - ["The Purple Violet of Oshaantu" - Neshani Andreas]
124. Nauru
125. Nepal - ["The Guru of Love" - Samrat Upadhyay]
126. Netherlands (The) - ["The Discovery of Heaven: A Novel" - Harry Mulisch] ["In Babylon" - Marcel M
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Well you can make the thread if you want and i'll just help you fill it in as much as we can and then we can just add any contributions the others have, and as for finding them, all i've done so far is go through my tbr pile, google/wiki the authors to see their country of birth and then for the foreign ones Ernie suggested this which is fantastic, if you google/wiki the authors again then you can see their countries
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How about like this:
1. Afghanistan - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini, next book etc etc
2. Albania - Chronical in Stone - Ismail Kadare, next book etc etc
3. Algeria - The Attack - Yasmina Khadra, next book etc etc
So just a list after the bolded country? Then people can leave a comment saying, which book and country and it can easily be added in, although for countries such as US, UK, Ireland etc in which there are thousands of choices maybe just put like 5 or something and people can search them out themselves if they want something else
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I think I'm going to do it by the country they were born in, makes it a little easier for me
But yeah I agree, buying them will be the hardest part 
but I'm going through my tbr pile, if I can fill some in with books I've already bought then it's going to be a little cheaper! lol -
Do you know of ReadItSwapIt? I'm not sure if you part with books when you're done, but if you have books that you didn't really like, or wont read again, then it might be worth swapping them out for something else you'd like
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Ahh yes, I know that only too well
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Just randomly, I'm assuming is has to be the country the author was born in? Rather than the language it's released in etc? As I have an author that was born in Peru, has Chilean parents and describes herself as Chilean and publishes in spanish?
So I think that would count for Peru?But I agree, we should start a thread and we can add books from each country, it could be a great resource if looking to read something new
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Is there none on amazon?
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That sounds really interesting
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Well in some of the bigger countries that translate lots into english, it wouldn't be too hard to find 3 seperate books to read, but in the smaller ones we may have to read the same ones, but some countries rarely print into english lol
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Just randomly, I'm assuming is has to be the country the author was born in? Rather than the language it's released in etc? As I have an author that was born in Peru, has Chilean parents and describes herself as Chilean and publishes in spanish?
So I think that would count for Peru? -
Is that the one Ceinweinn is doing, reading a book by an author from each of the nearly 200 countries in the world?
I want to do that too!
A real challenge would be to read 600 different books between us, (3 books per country, 1 each) rather than the same 200
Yeah that's not a bad idea!
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I'm quite lucky that my BF is so used to my crazy little obsession phases that he just ignores them now though I've loved vamps for like 7 or 8 years now <3
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Try this: http://www.librarything.com/language.php?l=spa&alllanguages=1
click on any language on the left and it brings up a list with the most popular reads at the top of the page.
Oh ty! That's great!
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No problem
It's a great idea!And I like YA books too, though for some reason people who don't read that see someone who is above 17 reading them say they are "childrens" books (my BF included) and it drives me bonkers!
I find they are just as enjoyable if not more so in some cases as "adult" books, and there are books like Harry Potter/Twilight that are promoted as YA books but I think they are aimed at adults just as much -
Ohh! I love Underworld and will definately want to watch Rise of the Lycans
I do believe The Spirit is done in the same style as Sin City, as in all black and white with splashes of red here and there. Not sure what the storyline is though
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Yeah I think I might buy it, I doubt it's very expensive, and I kind of have a love affair going with vamps
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The read all the countries one does sound very intriguing, I might give that one a go!
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Yeah this book is on my list for 2009, though I've never seen it in any shops.
Me either, I've never heard of this series before I came to this forum
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Anderson, Laurie Halse - Speak (YA)
Armstrong, Kelley - Women of the Otherworld series (starts with Bitten)
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Barclay, Linwood - No Time For Goodbye
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Chbosky, Stephen - The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (YA)
Child, Lee - Jack Reacher Series (starts with Killing Floor)
Cornwell, Patricia - Scarpetta Series (starts with Postmortem)
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Delinsky, Barbara - The Family Tree
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Edwards, Kim - The Memory Keepers Daughter
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Gerritsen, Tess - Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles Series (starts with The Surgeon) but other stand alone books are fantastic too
Gardner, Lisa - Hide
Grogan, John - Marley & Me
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Harris, Thomas - Hannibal Lecter Series (starts with Red Dragon)
Hayden, Torey - Any of her Non-Fiction books are very good
Hooper, Kay - Evil Trilogy (starts with Touching Evil)
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James, P.D. - The Children Of Men
Jin, Ha - Waiting
Johnston, Paul - The Blood Tree
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Kay, Susan - Phantom
Kernick, Simon - Severed or Relentless
Kidd, Sue Monk - The Secret Life Of Bees
King, Stephen - The Green Mile and many others
Koontz, Dean - The Husband or The Good Guy or Velocity
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Lansens, Lori - The Girls
Latus, Janine - If I Am Missing Or Dead...
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Marshall, Michael - The Straw Men
Matheson, Richard - I Am Legend
McEwan, Ian - Atonement
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Niffenegger, Audrey - The Time Traveler's Wife
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Pelzer, Dave - My Story
Picoult, Jodi - My Sister's Keeper, but most are very good
Preston, Marcia - The Butterfly House
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Rees, Celia - Witch Child & Sorceress (YA)
Reichs, Kathy - Temp Brennan Series (starts with Deja Dead)
Rowling, J.K. - Tales Of Beedle The Bard
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Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones (YA)
Spindler, Erica - Anything by her
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Unger, Lisa - Beautiful Lies
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Zafon, Carlos Ruiz - The Shadow Of The Wind
Hope this is okay, I just made a list of books I'd recommend from what I own, there's a fair variety so you might not like it all, and you've probs read some already, but I hope this helps a little
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The Spirit
Ahh my BF really wants to see this, he loves Sin City
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I live near Bath - it's a lovely city. So is Lincoln, although I always think of it as being East rather than North!
I think he just says north because it's up from Bath I suppose! I'm coming home to visit in a few months and I can't wait!
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Oo! Thanks for the reminder!