Reading the World discussion

I really like the idea of this challenge- I'm going to put up a late stage BINGO card if that's cool and count books on it that I have already read since April 1st:

1. Read a World Book set in the Far North- Independent People (Iceland- July 2019)
2. Read a World Book that was awarded a Literary Prize- Quo Vadis-Nobel Prize in Literature (Polish author/about ancient Rome)- July 2019
3. Read a World Book written in the 20th Century- Auto-da-Fe (1935) (Bulgaria- August 2019)
4. Read a Book found on another group member's bookshelf-Bel-Ami (France-spotted on Luis' reading the world shelf)- August 2019
5. Read a World Book about a war you know little about-Half a Yellow Sun (Nigerian Civil War)- April 2019
6. Read a World Book written in the 21st Century-Slow Man (2005- South Africa) July 2019
7. Read a book in translation- Un Chef Incorruptible (La chaîne des monts Taebaek, #3) (Korean book translated into french)-June 2019
8. Read a World Book written in the 19th Century-The Red and the Black (1830- France) July 2019
9. Read a World Book set in Africa- Petals of Blood (Kenya) April 2019
10. Read a World Book set in South America- 2666(Mexico and Chile) April 2019
11. Read a World Book set in Oceania- Faces in the Water (New Zealand) June 2019
12. Read a World Book set in the Far East-Wind up Bird Chronicle (Japan) April 2019
13. Read a World Book set in Europe- North and South (England) August 2019
14. Read a World Book that explores politics- A Dry White Season (South Africa/Apartheid) July 2019
15. Read a BOTM- Testament of Youth (England, France, Malta) September 2019
16. Read a World Book set in the Middle East- A Tale of Love and Darkness (Israel) November 2019

Pretty happy that without trying before I already only have 3 left: sweet!

Update August 28th: 2 left!
Update September 11th: 1 left!
Update November 2nd: Finished the whole board BINGO!

Great job so far, Amanda!

Its great! Glad you are joining us!

Goals for finishing BINGO:

1) BOTM: Testament of Youth (spetember)
2) Book from someone else's shelf- Bel-Ami (spotted on Luis' reading the world shelf)
3) Book from the middle East- A tale of love and Darkness (Israel) -

Finished November 2nd 2019: yay!

2020 BINGO Alphabetical:

B1 - B : Bulgaria (A Ballad for Georg Henig)
B2 - Y: Yemen (The Monk of Mokha)
B3 - Q: Qatar (The Girl Who Fell to Earth)
B4 - C: Cuba (Three Trapped Tigers)
B5 - T: Turkey (Snow)

I1 - S- Solomon Islands (The Ghost Road)
I2 - P- Peru (Deep Rivers)
I3 - R- Russia (The Idiot)
I4 - P-Portugal The History of the Siege of Lisbon
I5 - W- Wales A Child's Christmas in Wales

N1 - M- Mexico (Under the Volcano)
N2 - N- Nicaragua (The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey)
N3 - Free
N4 - D: Denmark (Smilla's Sense of Snow)
N5 - K: Kenya (Out of Africa)

G1 - L: Lithuania (Promise at Dawn)
G2 - O:Oman ( Celestial Bodies)
G3 - Z: Zimbabwe (The Stone Virgins)
G4 - I : Indonesia (Forever a Stranger and Other Stories)
G5 - J: Japan (Kokoro)

O1 - H: Hungary (Eclipse of the Crescent Moon)
O2 - F: France (Germinal)
O3 - A: Australia (The Commandant)
O4 - U/V: United Kingdom (The Female Quixote)
O5 - E: Egypt Midaq Alley

Finished: wooo!

2020 Bingo Thematic:

B1 - Oceania: The Tree of Man
B2 - North America: Under the Volcano (Mexico)
B3 - Southern Africa: The Stone Virgins (Zimbabwe)
B4 - Caribbean: Three Trapped Tigers (Cuba)
B5 - Northern Africa: Midaq Alley(Egypt)

I1 - Eastern Africa- Out of Africa (Kenya)
I2 - Mediterranean-The Opposing Shore(French author: about a war between Mediterranean mirocountries)
I3 - Middle East- Black Box (Israel)
I4 - South Pacific- The Ghost Road (Solomon Islands)
I5 - Antarctica-Where'd You Go, Bernadette

N1 - Australia: The Commandant (Australia)
N2 - Far East : Forever a Stranger and Other Stories (Indonesia)
N3 - Free!
N4 - Western Africa: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play (Nigeria)
N5 - Central Asia: Tamburlaine (Uzbekistan, among other places)

G1 - Central America: The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (Nicaragua)
G2 - Eastern Europe: A Ballad for Georg Henig (Bulgaria)
G3 - Northern EuropeSmilla's Sense of Snow (Denmark/Greenland)
G4 - Southern Europe: The Charterhouse of Parma (Italy)
G5 - South America: Deep Rivers (Peru)

O1 - Straddles 2 Continents: The Idiot (Russia)
O2 - Western Europe: The Female Quixote (England)
O3 - Middle East: Snow (Turkey)
O4 - Indian SubContinent: The Guide (India)
O5 - Central Africa: The Roots of Heaven (Chad)

Completed! Yay!

2020 Alphabetical BINGO: complete :) only one more to go for the other one now.

Alphabet Bingo (completed card):

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2020 geographical bingo complete (woot!)

complete card:

B____I____N____G____O




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CONGRATULATIONS!

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS!"

Thanks Kelly! It was fun: got a lot of 1001 books down, and a couple off the list that forced me to do some reads for my tracking list on here :)