Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Random Travel Challenge 2018
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Nigeria
Turkey
Comoros
Laos
Bulgaria
South Sudan
Azerbaijan
Lebanon
East Timor
Bhutan
Japan
Guyana
Bangladesh
Montenegro
Hungary
Germany
Belgium
Chile
Austria
Namibia
Madagascar
South Africa
Barbados
Haiti
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Kyrgyzstan
Sweden
Kazakhstan
Niger
Slovakia
Syria
Myanmar
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Morocco
Cyprus
South Korea
Burundi
Armenia
Suriname
Jamaica
Czech Republic
Seychelles
Swaziland
India
Sudan
Costa Rica
Libya
Mongolia
Malta

Random Travel Challenge 2018 contd..

Tuvalu
Nicaragua
Togo
France
Albania
Cambodia
Turkmenistan
Wales
Eritrea
Lesotho
Pakistan
Algeria
Spain
Israel
Scotland
Russia
Palau
Gambia
Afghanistan
Sao Tome & Principe
Portugal
Philippines
Ecuador
Guatemala
Brunei
Moldova
Dominican Republic
Finland
Kenya
Jordan
Luxembourg
Mauritius
Cape Verde
Monaco
Australia
Belarus
Belize
Malawi
Tunisia
Poland
England
Uruguay
Indonesia
Bahamas
United Arab Emirates
Zambia
Uganda
Ghana
Netherlands
Vanuatu

Completion: France

Title: The Musketeer's Seamstress
Author: Sarah D'Almeida
Read: 01/09/2018

Completed: Afghanistan

Title: The Kite Runner
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Date Read: 02/02/2018

Completed: Morocco

Title: The Lioness of Morocco
Author: Julia Drosten
Read: 02/12/2018

Completed: Austria

Title: Death Waltz in Vienna
Author: Thomas Ochiltree
Read: 04/11/2018

Completed: Poland

Title: The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Author: Louise Murphy
Read: 05/11/2018

Completed: India

Title: I, Krishnadevaraya
Author: Ra. Ki. Rangarajan
Read: 06/09/2018

Completions:

Nicaragua
Title: Tears of the River
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Read: 07/20/2018

Albania
Title: Agamemnon's Daughter: A Novella & Stories
Author: Ismail Kadare
Date Read: 07/24/2018

England
Title: The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York
Author: Jean Plaidy
Date Read: 08/08/2018

Portugal
Title: The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
Author: Richard Zimler
Date Read: 08/13/2018

Germany
Title: Fatherland
Author: Robert Harris
Date Read: 08/18/2018

Ghana
Title: Homegoing
Author: Yaa Gyasi
Date Read: 08/30/2018

Algeria
Title: The Bridges of Constantine
Author: Ahlam Mosteghanemi
Date Read: 09/01/2018

Tunisia
Title: The Tremor of Forgery
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Date Read: 09/15/2018

Swaziland
Title: When Hoopoes Go to Heaven
Author: Gaile Parkin
Date Read: 10/05/2018

Diane, I am sorry that I have to opt out of this challenge this year. We are in the process of relocation and had to complete the new flat. As a result, my reading pace took a bad hit. I still had hopes of completing the tasks but unfortunately, the packers by mistake have packed all the books I had selected/collected and kept aside for this challenge and sent them to storage. I will have access to my books only by the end of this year.

The twist in this challenge was really nice and I got to read some nice books for this and I stepped away from my comfort zone. I thoroughly enjoyed the change but am only sorry that I could not continue this.

Would this challenge be available next year? If so, I would definitely love to join this again and try my best to complete the books.

Thanks.

Though I have opted out of the challenge, I thought I would post books completed by me for the tasks assigned till the end of the year. I hope it is alright.

Completion:

Hungary
Title: The Corpse with the Ruby Lips
Author: Cathy Ace
Date Read: 11/05/2018

Completion:

Australia
Title: The Dance Off
Author: Ally Blake
Date Read: 11/22/2018

Completion:

Netherlands
Title: Dutch Me Deadly
Author: Maddy Hunter
Date Read: 12/17/2018

Sweden
Title: The Laughing Policeman
Author: Maj Sjöwall
Date Read: 12/20/2018

Russia
Title: The Yid
Author: Paul Goldberg
Date Read: 12/23/2018

Completed 19 countries.