Around the World discussion

Oh yeah, this is a lot less overwhelming than looking at the full list again

SUBJECT TO CHANGES AT ANY TIME :)

Algeria The Stranger

AntarcticaAt the Mountains of Madness READ

Bangladesh Selected Short Stories

Brazil: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey READ

Chile El Albergue de Las Mujeres Tristes or Hasta Siempre, Mujercitas / So Long, Little Women

Colombia The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll

Cuba Lost Steps

Czech Republic Sternstunde Der Mörder

Costa Rica The Children of Mariplata: Stories from Costa Rica

El Salvador The She-Devil in the Mirror

Guadeloupe Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?: A Fantastical Tale

Guatemala Family Resemblance READ

Iran A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea READ

Malawi The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope READ

Malaysia The Garden of Evening Mists

Micronesia (Nauru) The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific READ

Nepal Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

New Zealand In the Land of the Long White Cloud READ

NigeriaThings Fall Apart READ

Norway Odd and the Frost Giants READ
Puerto Rico - La guaracha del Macho Camacho

Sao Tome e Principe - Equador

South Africa - My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience

Tobago - Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange

Venezuela - Doña Bárbara

Virgin Islands - The Governor General's Lady: A Novel

Zambia - The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

I haven't even started on this list! Yikes. Between a new job, Christmas, my parents visit, I haven't read much, and what I have is from countries I keep revisiting (China!). Ok, goal for this weekend, I'm reading one of these books.

Judy, In general I'm fascinated by other cultures (I love reading about Nordic countries), but what is it about China and Japan, that whatever books that comes across my hands or eyes about China or Japan, I can't pass on? Specially memoirs. My mom and sister are hooked too, so I think you're right, it's contagious.

Yahoo! I finally started on this list!
#1 Antarctica: At the Mountains of Madness.

#2 Guatemala: Family Resemblance. Only on my second book and already off my original list :)

Wow looking at it this way I see a lot of white! Need to conquer it all :)

you're right! that's why Africa and S. America look so white...all those small countries :)

#3 Odd and the Frost Giants in Norway, great children's fantasy/mythology book.

#4 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope for Malawi. It was a very inspirational book. Should be mandatory reading for high school kids.

Yeah, it was really amazing. It made me remember all the times in my life I complained about homework, or tests. It took me forever to read because I don't have any reading time lately, and less time for reviewing, but I did love it.

#5 In the Land of the Long White Cloud for New Zealand. Could have been great, but wasn't at all.

I have 2 more on my kindle to read from NZ...Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World and The Whale Rider. I have a feeling, of the 3, I chose the worst one to read. But I'll still read the other 2 in the future, of course.

Just like I like them Judy!

#6 Things Fall Apart for Nigeria. It wasn't my favorite book of Africa, but it was a quick read, and pretty enjoyable.

#7 The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey for Brazil. 3.5 stars because I thought it was repetitive. But the story is amazing, everybody should at least hear of it.

#8 A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea for Iran. Cute story, I think it was supposed to have a light and positive effect but must have caught me on a bad day and only managed to depress me. Made me miss my Iranian friend from college whose father made her go back to Iran in 1991 and we haven't seen each other since. Well, at least we have Facebook :-)

Wow, I'm really behind. I need to find more time to read...ha, ha, ha. Wishful thinking :)

#9 The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific for Micronesia. Some portions of the book were very interesting, while others(personally I find the author got a bit obsessive with the subject of religion) were very dull and had me skimming thru and turning multiple pages at once. But all in all it was a fun experience to read and get a glimpse of this culture which I don't know much about.