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ATW in 80 Books World Challenge
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4. Europe: Faroe Islands: The Blood Strand
by Chris Ould. A very good mystery and a new-to-me author to put on my list of "read more".
by Chris Ould. A very good mystery and a new-to-me author to put on my list of "read more".
9. Latin America: Bolivia:
City of Silver: A Mystery by Annamaria Alfieri. This was interesting as a mystery and for the history.
City of Silver: A Mystery by Annamaria Alfieri. This was interesting as a mystery and for the history.
10. Latin America: Peru:
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams. this was both entertaining and informative.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams. this was both entertaining and informative.
11. Africa: Senegal:
However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph by Aimee Molloy. This is a well-written book about a woman who really made a difference.
However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph by Aimee Molloy. This is a well-written book about a woman who really made a difference.
16. Asia: Kyrgyzstan:
A Spring Betrayal by Tom Callaghan. This is the second book of a series. I plan to read #1 too.
A Spring Betrayal by Tom Callaghan. This is the second book of a series. I plan to read #1 too.
17. Africa: Guinea-Bissau:
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth.
The action in this book takes place in about 15 countries plus at sea and in the air. USA and Colombia get many more pages, but G-B provides some pivotal scenes and is the intended destination of many interceptions at sea or in the air.
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth.The action in this book takes place in about 15 countries plus at sea and in the air. USA and Colombia get many more pages, but G-B provides some pivotal scenes and is the intended destination of many interceptions at sea or in the air.
21. Asia: Armenia:
Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide by Donald E. Miller and Lorna Touryan Miller.
Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide by Donald E. Miller and Lorna Touryan Miller.
25. Asia: Tajikistan:
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich.
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich.
26. Asia: Gilgit-Baltistan (territory claimed by Pakistan and India):
Where the Indus is Young by Dervla Murphy.
Where the Indus is Young by Dervla Murphy.
31. Oceania: Marshall Islands:
Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould.
Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould.
32. Europe: Greece:
Fire from Heaven Mary Renault. This long novel covers the early life of Alexander the Great of Macedonia. I was well into it once I realized that the capital of ancient Macedonia is in the area now inside Greece, not the independent country of North Macedonia.
Fire from Heaven Mary Renault. This long novel covers the early life of Alexander the Great of Macedonia. I was well into it once I realized that the capital of ancient Macedonia is in the area now inside Greece, not the independent country of North Macedonia.
34. Latin America: Falkland Islands:
Little Black Lies by Sharon J. Bolton. This is a very well written thriller.
Little Black Lies by Sharon J. Bolton. This is a very well written thriller.
36. Asia: Bhutan:
Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli.
Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli.
45. Africa: South Sudan:
Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games by Lopez Lomong. Very inspiring!
Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games by Lopez Lomong. Very inspiring!
46. Oceania: Tristan da Cunha:
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Katherine Mary Barrow. I really enjoyed this diary by a missionary wife 100 years ago. It shows an evolution of her understanding of the few families on this remote island and their way of life.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Katherine Mary Barrow. I really enjoyed this diary by a missionary wife 100 years ago. It shows an evolution of her understanding of the few families on this remote island and their way of life.
Around the World in 80 Books
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The plan:
Africa 21
Asia 8
Caribbean 8
Europe 21
Latin America 5
Middle East 4
North America 3
Oceania 11
1. Home Country: North America: USA:
This is not only from my home country, but my city Portland, OR. The author is a friend of my son. I've been saving it since my spring birthday to be my first book of 2020. I'd like to think Portland is not as violent as this book portrays, but it is a truer picture than the few episodes of Portlandia that I have seen. There are some errrors of geography: Portland has numbered avenues not streets and the park of the pivotal scene is called Waterfront Park, but it is really Sellwood Riverfront Park. It's a short book and a fast read.