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PERSONAL TRACKING
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Amanda's Tracking
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15. Jamaica-Small Island (also set in England- change?)
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1.Serbia-Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina- Nowhere man (+ 3 other list books)
3. S..."
This is a beautiful list. I am reviewing so that I can add of few of these too. Thanks, Amanda.
update: Smilla's Sense of Snow (Demark/Greenland)
* also added The Plague for Algeria. previously read, just forgot to add until now.
total read: 89
update:With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (Palau)
total read: 94
* I read this bok years ago after watching the miniseries "The Pacific", just realizing it applies and adding it now.
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Rebecca (Monaco)
read: 98
Just realized this is the book that officially puts me over half way...woot!
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Rebecca (Monaco)
read: 98
Just realized this is the book that officially puts me over half way...woot!"
GREAT book and CONGRATULATIONS
Celia wrote: "GREAT book and CONGRATULATIONS"Thanks! and it was a great book to make that milestone with, I gave it 5 stars :)
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Indigo (St. Kitts and Nevis)
read: 99
(I'll post my thoughts on the botm in the next few days :) )
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Professor Martens' Departure (Estonia)
read: 100 (woot!!)
(will also post thoughts for this one on the botm sometime this week)
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The Singapore Grip (Singapore)
Read: 101
- Gonna jump in and discuss this one later this month :)
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The Ultimate Tragedy (Guinea-Bissau)
Journey to the End of the Night (Togo...well about a third of the book takes place there, as well as France and the US)
read: 115
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The Ultimate Tragedy (Guinea-Bissau)
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And Togo counts. I might try that one too.
I am at 97, soon to be 98. Love you Amanda
Celia wrote: ."And Togo counts. I might try that one too.I am at 97, soon to be 98. Love you Amanda"
excellent! And back atcha Celia <3
new update:
Mama Hissa's Mice (Kuwait)
read: 116
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I did see that! I thought it was a strong book, I think you'll like it. I'm super glad we've been reading global books together too :)
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The Book of Riga: A City in Short Fiction (Latvia)
Piece by Piece: How I Built My Life (Andorra)
read: 125
left: 72
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Books mentioned in this topic
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (other topics)Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (other topics)
Sightseeing (other topics)
Sleepwalking Land (other topics)
Batouala (other topics)
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Countries Read: 176
Countries Left: 20
1. United States-Love Medicine
2. Canada- Fall on Your Knees
3. Germany- The Sorrows of Young Werther
4. France- Les Misérables
5. Netherlands- Rituals
6. Belgium- Cheese
7. Austria-Chess Story
8. Switzerland- The Glass Bead Game
9. Luxembourg-At the Devil's Banquets
10. Monaco-Rebecca
11. Liechtenstein
12. Italy- The Story of the Lost Child
13. Spain- Platero y yo
14. Greece-Callirhoe
15. Portugal- The Lusiads
16. Serbia-Dictionary of the Khazars
17. Croatia- S.: A Novel About the Balkans
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina- Nowhere Man
19. Albania- The Successor
20. North Macedonia-The Big Water
21. Slovenia- A Day in Spring
22. Montenegro - The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel
23. Malta- Testament of Youth
24. Andorra- Piece by Piece: How I Built My Life
25. San Marino
26. Holy See-Hadrian the Seventh
27. United Kingdom- Pride and Prejudice
28. Sweden- The People of Hemso
29. Denmark- Smilla's Sense of Snow
30. Finland- The Summer Book
31. Norway- Growth of the Soil
32. Ireland- The Third Policeman
33. Lithuania-Promise at Dawn
34. Latvia- The Book of Riga: A City in Short Fiction
35. Estonia-Professor Martens' Departure
36. Iceland- Independent People
37. Russia- Crime and Punishment
38. Ukraine- Cataract
39. Poland- The Street of Crocodiles
40. Romania-On the Heights of Despair
41. Czechia- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
42. Hungary- The Case Worker
43. Belarus-Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
44. Bulgaria- Auto-da-Fé
45. Slovakia- Embers
46. Moldova-The Good Life Elsewhere
47. Armenia- Retreat Without Song
48. Azerbaijan-Ali and Nino
49. Bahrain- Round the Bend
50. Cyprus- Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
51. Georgia-A Hero of Our Time
52. Iraq- The Epic of Gilgamesh
53. Israel- A Tale of Love and Darkness
54. Jordan- Salt Houses
55. Kuwait-Mama Hissa's Mice
56. Lebanon-An Unnecessary Woman
57. Oman-Celestial Bodies
58. Qatar-The Girl Who Fell to Earth
59. Saudi Arabia- The Arabian Nights
60. State of Palestine- We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
61. Syria- Heliodorus Aethiopica
62. Turkey-Snow
63. United Arab Emirates- Temporary People
64. Yemen- The Monk of Mokha
65. Afghanistan- Mud City
66. Bangladesh-Sultana's Dream
67. Bhutan
68. India- The Home and the World
69. Iran- The Blind Owl
70. Maldives-On the Island
71. Nepal- The Inheritance of Loss
72. Pakistan- The Reluctant Fundamentalist
73. Sri Lanka-The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
74. Brunei-The Fisherman King
75. Cambodia- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
76. Indonesia- Forever a Stranger and Other StoriesNoli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not).
77. Laos- The Coroner's Lunch
78. Malaysia-Lord Jim
79. Myanmar- Burmese Days
80. Philippines-Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not).
81. SingaporeThe Singapore Grip
82. Thailand-Sightseeing
83. Timor-Leste
84. Vietnam-Paradise of the Blind
85. China- Leaden Wings
86. Japan- The Tale of Genji
87. Mongolia- When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East
88. North Korea- Un Chef Incorruptible (Taebaek Mountains pt. 3)
89. South Korea- Pachinko
90. Kazakhstan-One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
91. Kyrgyzstan- Jamila
92. Tajikistan-At the Foot of Blue Mountains: Stories by Tajik Authors
93. Turkmenistan-The Tale of Aypi
94. Uzbekistan- Cancer Ward
95. Brazil-The Devil and Miss Prym
96. Colombia-One Hundred Years of Solitude
97. Argentina-Kiss of the Spider Woman
98. Peru-The Cubs and Other Stories
99. Venezuela- The Lost Steps
100.Chile-2666
101.Ecuador- Queer
102.Bolivia
103.Paraguay
104.Uruguay- Memory of Fire
105.Guyana-Disappearance
106.Suriname- Oroonoko
107.Mexico- Like Water for Chocolate
108.Guatemala-Mr. President
109.Honduras- Don't Be Afraid, Gringo
110.El Salvador
111.Nicaragua- The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
112.Costa Rica-Where There Was Fire
113.Panama-The Tailor of Panama
114.Belize-Snapshots Of Belize, An Anthology Of Short Fiction
115.Cuba- Before Night Falls
116.Haiti-The Kingdom of This World
117.Dominican Republic-The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
118.Jamaica- John Crow's Devil
119.Trinidad and Tobago-The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections
120.Bahamas-
121.Barbados-In Time of Need
122.Saint Lucia-Another Life: Fully Annotated
123.St. Vincent & Grenadines-Bodily Harm
124.Grenada-Lady in a Boat
125.Antigua and Barbuda-Annie John
126.Dominica-Wide Sargasso Sea
127.Saint Kitts & Nevis-Indigo
128.Australia-A Town Like Alice
129.New Zealand-Faces in the Water
130.Papua New Guinea
131.Fiji-Kalyana
132.Solomon Islands- The Ghost Road
133.Vanuatu- Things Bright and Beautiful
134.Micronesia-The People in the Trees
135.Kiribati
136.Marshall Islands
137.Palau- With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
138.Nauru- Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature
139.Samoa-Tales of the Tikongs
140.Tonga-Tales of the Tikongs
141.Tuvalu
142.Nigeria-Half of a Yellow Sun
143.Ethiopia-Cutting for Stone
144.Egypt- Woman at Point Zero
145.DR Congo- Heart of Darkness
146.Tanzania- The Zanzibar Chest
147.South Africa-Burger's Daughter
148.Kenya- Petals of Blood
149.Uganda-We, the Kindling
150.Algeria-The Plague
151.Sudan- Season of Migration to the North
152.Morocco- Hideous Kinky
153.Angola-Good Morning Comrades
154.Mozambique-Sleepwalking Land
155.Ghana- No Sweetness Here and Other Stories
156.Madagascar-Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
157.Côte d'Ivoire-The Bitter Side of Sweet
158. Cameroon-Cruel City
159.Niger- Illegal
160.Burkina Faso
161.Malawi-The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
162.Mali-The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
163.Zambia- A Cowrie of Hope
164.Zimbabwe- Nervous Conditions
165.Senegal-God's Bits of Wood
166.Chad-The Roots of Heaven
167.Somalia
168.Guinea-The Dark Child
169.South Sudan-What Is the What
170.Rwanda- Shake Hands with the Devil
171.Benin-Snares Without End
172.Tunisia-The Immoralist
173.Burundi
174.Togo-Journey to the End of the Night
175.Sierra Leone-Radiance of Tomorrow
176.Libya-The Bleeding of the Stone
177.Congo
178.Eritrea- Relentless - An Immigrant Story
179.Liberia - The House at Sugar Beach
180.Central African Republic-Batouala
181.Mauritania-The Desert and the Drum
182.Namibia-Embassy Wife
183.Botswana- A Question of Power
184.Lesotho- Chaka Zulu
185.Gambia
186.Gabon- Jealousy
187.Guinea-Bissau-The Ultimate Tragedy
188.Swaziland-Teaching English in Swaziland: Essays on the Life of Gordon James Thomas
189.Equatorial Guinea
190.Mauritius -Eve out of Her Ruins
191.Djibouti-The Land Without Shadows
192.Comoros- ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS
193.Cabo Verde-The Madwoman of Serrano
194.Sao Tome & Principe-Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa
195.Seychelles