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message 1: by Deedee (last edited Feb 12, 2015 08:26AM) (new)

Deedee | 135 comments This sets up my 2015 Folder for ATW in 80 Books World Challenge.

I'm going to keep the 37 countries I "visited" in 2014 and add to them in 2015.


message 2: by Deedee (last edited Oct 28, 2015 05:23PM) (new)

Deedee | 135 comments Summary for Frequent Flyer 80 Countries Around the World:

This post reflects travel
Beginning: January 01, 2014
Ending: December 31, 2014
Frequent Flyer

TOTALS:
regions (8)
countries (46)

1. North America (2)
Canada : Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy #1) (1970) by Robertson Davies (10/23/15)
United States of America: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) by John Berendt (01/22/14)

2. Caribbean (2)
Martinique: The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives (2002) by Ernest Zebrowski Jr. (01/08/14)
Trinidad & Tobago: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (2009) by Monique Roffey (06/10/14)

3. Latin America (4)
Bolivia: Andean Express (2000) by Juan De Recacoechea; translated by Adrian Althoff (06/09/14)
El Salvador : Senselessness (2004) by Horacio Castellanos Moya; translated by Katherine Silver (08/11/15)
Nicaragua: The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) by Salman Rushdie (03/07/14)
Peru: The Discreet Hero: A Novel (2013) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Edith Grossman (04/25/15)

4. Europe (17)
Belgium: Three Novels: Soft Soap , The Leg , Will O' the Wisp (1946) by Willem Elsschot; translated from the Dutch by A. Brotherton (10/20/14)
England: Longbourn (2013) by Jo Baker (01/27/14)
Estonia: Purge (2008) by Sofi Oksanen (translated by Lola Rogers) (05/17/14)
France: Pere Goriot (1834) by Honoré de Balzac; translated by Ellen Marriage (08/16/14)
Germany: The Weekend: A Novel (2008) by Bernhard Schlink; translated by Shaun Whiteside (10/28/15)
Greece: The Green Shore (2012) by Natalie Bakopoulos (08/08/14)
Hungary: Rakossy (1966) by Cecelia Holland (07/23/15)
Iceland: Arctic Chill (Reykjavík Murder Mystery #7) (2005) by Arnaldur Indriðason (02/25/14)
Ireland: Amongst Women (1990) by John McGahern (04/02/14)
Italy: The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (2008) by Mary Beard (04/12/15)
Netherlands: The Miniaturist (2014) by Jessie Burton (10/30/14)
Norway: Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun; translated by Robert Bly (03/10/14)
Russia: Peasants and Other Stories (1903) by Anton Chekhov; edited by Edmund Wilson (04/12/14)
Scotland: Regeneration (Regeneration #1) (1991) by Pat Barker (11/24/14)
Spain: Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #2) (1997) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden (02/19/15)
Sweden: Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander #1) (1991) by Henning Mankell; translated by Steven T. Murray (05/24/14)
Ukraine: The White Guard (1926) by Mikhail Bulgakov; translated by Michael Gleeny (03/20/14)

5. Middle East (2)
Iraq: Sweet Dates in Basra: A Novel (2010) by Jessica Jiji (03/19/14)
Lebanon: An Unnecessary Woman (2012) by Rabih Alameddine (04/26/14)

6. Africa (12)
Botswana: Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2) (2000) by Alexander McCall Smith (06/13/14)
Egypt: Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt (2007) by Nina Burleigh (06/12/14)
Gabon: Tropic Moon (1933) by Georges Simenon (07/31/14)
Guinea: The Radiance of the King (1954) by Camara Laye (07/22/14)
Kenya: A Primate's Memoir (2001) by Robert M. Sapolsky (04/24/14)
Liberia: Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It (2013) by James Ciment (10/19/14)
Malawi: The Lower River (2012) by Paul Theroux (10/11/15)
Nigeria: Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy #1) (1958) by Chinua Achebe (08/14/15)
Namibia: Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees (2010) by Barbara Bennett and Mariete van der Merwe; published by National Geographic (05/29/14)
Senegal: God's Bits of Wood (1960) by Ousmane Sembène; (translated by Francis Price) (07/11/14)
South Africa: Playing in the Light: A Novel (2006) by Zoe Wicomb (06/07/14)
Zimbabwe: Nervous Conditions (1988) by Tsitsi Dangarembga (05/11/14)

7. Asia (5)
Bangladesh: The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore; translated Surendranath Tagore (08/30/14)
Cambodia: In the Shadow of the Banyan (2010) by Vaddey Ratner (01/09/14)
China: Waiting (1999) by Ha Jin (02/10/14)
India: Waiting for the Mahatma (1955) by R.K. Narayan (01/05/14)
Japan: Asleep (1989) by Banana Yoshimoto (02/14/14)

8. Australia/Oceania (2)
Australia: The White Earth (2004) by Andrew McGahan (01/22/14)
Solomon Islands: Devil-Devil (Kella and Conchita Mysteries #1) (2011) by Graeme Kent (07/15/14)


message 3: by Deedee (last edited Oct 28, 2015 05:25PM) (new)

Deedee | 135 comments Summary for Frequent Flyer 80 Countries Around the World:

This post reflects travel beginning January 01, 2015
Frequent Flyer and Circumnavigator

TOTALS:
regions (8) + (0) = (8)
countries (37) + (9) = (46)

1. North America (1) + (1) = (2)
Canada : Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy #1) (1970) by Robertson Davies (10/23/15)

2. Caribbean (2) + (0) = (2)

3. Latin America (2) + (2) = (4)
El Salvador : Senselessness (2004) by Horacio Castellanos Moya; translated by Katherine Silver (08/11/15)
Peru: The Discreet Hero: A Novel (2013) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Edith Grossman (04/25/15)

4. Europe (13) + (4) = (17)
Germany: The Weekend: A Novel (2008) by Bernhard Schlink; translated by Shaun Whiteside (10/28/15)
Hungary: Rakossy (1966) by Cecelia Holland (07/23/15)
Italy: The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (2008) by Mary Beard (04/12/15)
Spain: Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #2) (1997) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden (02/19/15)

5. Middle East (2) + (0) = (2)

6. Africa (10) + (2) = (12)
Malawi: The Lower River (2012) by Paul Theroux (10/11/15)
Nigeria: Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy #1) (1958) by Chinua Achebe (08/14/15)

7. Asia (5) + (0) = (5)

8. Australia/Oceania (2) + (0) = (2)


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Deedee | 135 comments #38
Region: Europe
Location: Spain
Book: Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #2) (1997) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
Date Read: February 19, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #39
Region: Europe
Location: Italy
Book: The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (2008) by Mary Beard
Date Read: April 12, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #40
Region: Latin America
Location: Peru
Book: The Discreet Hero: A Novel (2013) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Edith Grossman
Date Read: April 25, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #41
Region: Europe
Location: Hungary
Book: Rakossy (1966) by Cecelia Holland (Hardcover, 243 pages)
Date Read: July 23, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #42
Region: Latin America
Location: El Salvador
Book: Senselessness (2004) by Horacio Castellanos Moya; translated by Katherine Silver
Date Read: August 11, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #43
Region: Africa
Location: Nigeria
Book: Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy #1) (1958) by Chinua Achebe
Date Read: August 14, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #44
Region: Africa
Location: Malawi
Book: The Lower River (2012) by Paul Theroux
Date Read: October 11, 2015


message 11: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 135 comments #45
Region: North America
Location: Canada
Book: Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy #1) (1970) by Robertson Davies
Date Read: October 23, 2015


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Deedee | 135 comments #46
Region: Europe
Location: Germany
Book: The Weekend: A Novel (2008) by Bernhard Schlink; translated by Shaun Whiteside
Date Read: October 28, 2015


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