Chieko’s Comments (group member since Nov 30, 2011)

Chieko’s comments from the Around the World group.

I'm going to have to pass on 2013. I'm four books away from being done. I've had a great time and have read a bunch of books I normally wouldn't have but I'll be doing a fraction of the USA Challenge in 2013 and I need to keep time free next year to study (and knit more).

Finally caught up! Hope I can stay that way.

I am getting caught up thanks to the Quick Reads thread. Now only 6 books behind!

Started a list but but will probably stretch it over two years. Keeping up with a book a week has stalled my knitting and gaming.

I didn't get as much read as I wanted to since I was traveling (in Las Vegas for an event).

Got Sadako and the thousand paper cranes read for Japan and got Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time started for Australia. Had planned on reading We for Russia as well and had brought along The Zookeeper's Wife for Poland just in case.

Snoozie Suzie wrote: "I too want to do a English county trek next year as a lot of the books I want to read are set in the British Isles! (whether I include Scotland, N. Ireland, etc or just stick to England I'm not sure but got a while to go yet) .

I was thinking of doing the 50 states next year.

Rusalka wrote: "Chieko wrote: "...On the other hand Diablo III is launching on May 15th..."

I also forsee my reading time going out the window on that date."

See you on Battle.net!

I'm 5 books behind due to moving but should get caught up now that the move is done and my vacation is coming up. On the other hand Diablo III is launching on May 15th...

I've made it to page 135... I'm behind but I will finish.

Took me a while to understand the patronymic name system used. Now (90 pages in) I've got a grip on the characters.

Day 3 and only 40 pages in... I need to pick up the pace!

Picked up my copy from the library and ready to go.

Asmah wrote: "And, for all four of you to take the literary journey together is original. How did you decide on the books?"

The group Master List was a great help. Also used Listopia as well as searching on Amazon.

Jenny wrote: "I know you said you aren't quite done, but I went ahead and added your selections to the master list (as MRMM). Reading with a group should be really fun! And would you believe you even have a co..."

I chose Mali because of Timbuktu. =)

This book list is a work in progress (updated 5 April 2012). My sisters (Mino and Renee), Martha, Sandra and I agreed to take the same route around the world, at times we may read different books. I also mapped our route, http://www.travellerspoint.com/member...

Canada:The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed or Déjà Dead
Ireland: Three Bags Fullor In the Woods
Sweden: Death Angels, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, or The Girl Who Played With Fire
Russia: Doctor Zhivago (Group read 1/21/12-1/28/12).
Mongolia: In the Empire of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey Through the Lands of the Most Feared Conquerors in History
China: Pearl of Chinaor The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West
Tibet: Waiting for the Dalai Lama: Stories from All Sides of the Tibetan Debateor Sorrow Mountain: The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun
Nepal: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
India: Siddhartha, Life of Pi, Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India or There Are Other Rivers: On Foot Across India
Pakistan: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns or The Sleeping Buddha
Saudi Arabia: A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage or Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam
Iraq: Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran or After The Prophet: The Epic Story Of The Shia Sunni Split In Islam
Lebenon: Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
Turkey: Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within or Porcelain Moon and Pomegranates : A Woman's Trek Through Turkey
Greece: The Olympian: A Tale of Ancient Hellas, Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece or Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God
Italy: Under the Tuscan Sun or Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Kosovo: A Village Destroyed, May 14, 1999: War Crimes in Kosovo or The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
Romania: Dracula
Poland: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Germany: The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor
Netherlands: Girl with a Pearl Earring, Love Life, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister or The Vanishing
England: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Staffordshire Hoard, or Neverwhere
France: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Elegance of the Hedgehog or My Life in France
Spain: The Way Is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino De Santiago or The Shadow of the Wind
Portugal: The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon or The Dream Merchant Of Lisbon: The Game Of Espionage
Morocco: The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca or This Blinding Absence of Light
Mali: Timbuktu
Egypt: Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes or Cleopatra's Daughter
Ethiopia: Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood or Cutting for Stone
Somalia: Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
Kenya: Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa or It Happened On the Way to War
Rwanda: The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
Tanzania: In the Dust of Kilimanjaro
Madagascar: Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar or The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar
Thailand: Ladyboys
Vietnam: When Hell Was in Session
Philippines: When the Elephants Dance
Japan: Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa, The Diary of Lady Murasaki, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms or The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
Australia: The Shiralee
New Zealand: The Bone People
Fiji: Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Rapa Nui, Chile: The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island or Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island
Antarctica: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Brazil: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Peru: The Last Days of the Incas, Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time or The White Rock
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Galapagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution, Voyage of the Beagle : Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches or Evolution's Captain: The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
Colombia: Strange Pilgrims
Cuba: Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
Guatemala: The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
Mexico: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book
USA:

Very cool tool. My Mom, sisters, friends and I (six of us so far) decided to follow the same route but we may choose different books as we go.

Here's our route. http://www.travellerspoint.com/member...

My sisters and I will be reading Dracula for the challenge but will be reading it in April.

Ok, my sisters and I are in for January and we are adjusting our itinerary to fit it in.