Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Ok. I'm joining in this challenge officially half-way through the year but I've actually been reading towards this challenge with the Devon Book Club since January. I joined this group to get some ideas for books to read. So here's how far I've got:

#1 Cornwall, England, UK: Not Forgetting the Whale by J.W. Ironmonger
#2 Wales, UK: The Welsh Girl byPeter Ho Davies
#3 Australia: Death of a Swagman byArthur W. Upfield
#4 Solomon Islands: Devil-Devil byGraeme Kent
#5 New Zealand: The Bone People byKeri Hulme
#6 Algiers, Algeria: The Outsider byAlbert Camus
#7 Lesser Sundra Islands, Indonesia: Journey to the End of the Whale by John David Morley
#8: Penanag, Malaysia: The Gift of Rain by Twan Eng Tan
#9: Thailand: The Beach byAlex Garland
#10 Vietnam: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
#11 Nagoya, Japan: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
#12 Burma: A Well-Tempered Heart byJan-Philipp Sendker
#13 Shanghai, China: Death Of A Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
#14 Norra Lagno, Sweden: The Little Old Lady Who Struck Lucky Again! by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
#15 Mongolia: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
#16 Cambodia: Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
#17 Philippines: Dusk by F. Sionil José
#18 North Korea: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden
#19 Lagos, Nigeria: Imagine This by Sade Adeniran
#20 Egypt: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
#21 Botswana: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith
#22 Lesotho: In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
#23 Sundarbans, India: The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
#24 Germany: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
#25 Lahore, Pakistan: The Good Son by Michael Gruber
#26 Nepal: A friend in a thousand by Pratibha S, Manaen
#27 Sri Lanka: Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka
#28 Nicaragua (an unnamed central American country): Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
#29 Kenya: A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson
#30 Belgrade, Serbia: The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
#31 Washington State, U.S.A.: The Free by Willy Vlautin
#32 Oslo, Norway: The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
#33 Ukraine: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
#34 Laos: Six and a Half Deadly Sins by Colin Cotterill
#35: Guyana: Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya
#36: Hawaii: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
#37: Morroco: The Forgiven by Lawrence Osborne
#38: Nassau, The Bahamas: The Far Side of the Sun by Kate Furnivall
#39 Albania: Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones
#40 Paris, France: Keeping the World Away by Margaret Forster

Welcome to the challenge, Ellen! That is an impressive list. I may have to pinch a few. Happy travels!

#41 Beau-Bassin, Mauritius: " "The Last Brother" by Nathacha Appanah
Finished reading 14th July 2015
A very moving account of a boy's brief friendship with a Jewish refugee boy in 1943.

#42 Mexico: "Down the Rabbit Hole" by Juan Pablo Villalobos
Finished reading 16th July 2015
Odd little book- story told through the eyes of priviledged and corrupted innocent son of a Mexican drug Baron.

Diane wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Ellen! That is an impressive list. I may have to pinch a few. Happy travels!"

Thank you!

#43 Yemen (Middle East): "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" by Paul Torday
Finished reading 17th July 2015

#44 Florida Keys, U.S.A. "Summertime" by Vanessa Lafaye.
Finished reading 19th July 2015

#45 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (South America): "The Spies" by Luis Fernando Verissimo,
Finished reading 23rd July 2015

#46 Iceland: "Oblivion" by Arnaldur Indriðason
Finished reading 24th July 2015

#47 Cephalonia, Greece: by Louis de Bernières.
Finished reading 25th July 2015.
I actually listened to the Audible audio-book of this one, read by Michael Maloney. It was a fabulous story and a fabulous reading of it- goes easily to near the top of my favourite books ever list!

#48 Florence, Italy (Europe): " Room With a View" by E.M. Forster
Finished reading 31st July 2015

#49 North Dakota, U.S.A.: "The Round House" by Louise Erdrich.
Finished reading 3rd August 2015.
This was one of this month's group reads so thank you for the recommendation- I very much enjoyed it.

#50 Enniscorthy, County Wrexford, Ireland: "Brooklyn" by Colm Tóibín.
Finished reading 6th August 2015.
Set partly in Ireland and partly in Brooklyn, U.S.A. but I'm claiming this one for Ireland

#51 Black Rock, Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago): "Black Rock" by Amanda Smyth.
Finished reading 9th August 2015.

#52 Colombia, Latin America: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez. Finished reading 10th August 2015.

#53 Lamb Holm, Orkney Islands (Europe): "The Italian Chapel" by Philip Paris. Finished reading 11th August 2015.

#54 Guernsey (Europe): "The Guernsey literary and Potato Peel Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Finished reading 13th August 2015.

#55 Ghana (Africa): "Wife of the Gods" by Kwei Quartey. Finished reading 14th August 2015

also:
#56 Torshavn, Faroe Islands (Europe?): Why Don't You Have Wings to Fly With? by Marianna Debes Dahl. Finished 18th August 2015.

#57 Saskachewan, Canada: "Etta and Otto and Russell and James" by Emma Hooper. Really enjoyed this one. It was fun that one of the main characters was a Coyote! Finished reading 19th August 2015.

#58 Zambia: Scribbling the Cat by Alexandra Fuller.
Finished reading on 23rd August 2015.

#59 South Carolina, U.S.A. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.
Finished 22nd August 2015.

#60 Turkey: "Birds Without Wings" by Louis de Bernieres. Finished reading 10th Sept 2015

#61 Chile: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Fi9nished reading 16th Sept 2015

#62 Romania (Europe): The Passport byHerta Müller. Finished reading 20th September 2015.

#63 South Africa: King Solomon's Minesby H. Rider Haggard. Finished reading 2nd October 2015

#64 Guadeloupe (Carribean): A Meditation on Murder by Robert Thorogood. Finished reading 5th October 2015. Set on the fictional Island of Saint Marie in the Lesser Antilles but its likeness is Guadeloupe and the series is filmed for TV in Deshaies, Guadeloupe.

#65 Aleppo, Syria (Middle East): The Boy From Aleppo Who Painted The War by Sumia Sukkar. Finished reading 8th October 2016.

#66 Tonga (South Pacific/ Oceania): Kisses in the Nederends by Epeli Hauʻofa. Finished reading 15th October. this was an interesting read so thank you for recommending it as a group read last month ;-)

#67 Koutiala, Mali (West Africa): Monique and the Mango Rains: The Extraordinary Story of Friendship in a Midwife's House in Mali by Kris Holloway. Finished reading 18th October 2015.

#68 Amsterdam, Netherlands (Europe): The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. Finished reading 24th October 2015.

#69 Sicily (Europe): The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri. Finished reading 26th October 2015.

#70 Nikolayevsk, Russia: Gorgito's Ice Rink by Elizabeth Ducie. Finished reading 13th November 2015

#71 Eritrea (Africa): My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Pool. Finished 17th November 2015 (this was a re-read for me).

#72: Mozambique (Africa): Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto. Finished 18th November 2015.

#73: Alaska: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Finbished Reading 21st Nov 2015.
#74: Barcelona, Spain (Europe): The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Finished 13th December 2015

#75: Kigali, Rwanda (Africa): Baking Cakes In Kigali by Gaile Parkin. Finished reading 17th December 2015

#76: Sierra Leone (Africa): Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah. Finished reading 18th December 2015

#77: Buenos Aires, Argentina (Latin America): Ghosts by César Aira. Finished reading 18th December 2015

#78: Tanzania, Africa: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway. Finished 20th December 2015

#79: Prague, Czech Republic (Europe): Mendelssohn Is On The Roof by Jiří Weil. Finished 23rd December 2015

#80: Paramarimbo, Suriname (Caribean): Hummingbirds in My Hair: Adventures of a Diplomatic Wife in the Caribbean by Pamela O'Cuneen. Finished 24th December 2015.

And that's my ATW80 completed... :-)

Congratulations on finishing your challenge, Ellen!