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Theme week: AsiaBook: To Hold Up the Sky
Author: Liu Cixin
Pages: 336
Date Read: 8/3/22
Rating: 4
Justification: Chinese author and main characters
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 3
Theme week: AsiaBook: The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Author: Hiro Arikawa
Pages: 238
Date Read: 8/4/22
Rating: 5
Justification: Japanese author & story set in Japan
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 4
Theme week: AsiaBook: Take Us Back to Genesis
Author: Errol Fernandez
Pages: 180
Date Read: 8/3/22
Rating: 3
Justification: Filipino Author & story set in PH
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 5
Theme week: AsiaBook: Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Pages: 338
Date Read: 08.04.2022
Rating: 4 *
Justification: One of the plot lines is a custody battle over a Chinese-American baby. Birth mother is Chinese and returns to China at the end of the book.
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 8
Theme Week : Asia Book: The Android's Dream
Author:John Scalzi
Pages: 398
Date Read: August 3
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: ASIA spell out in title
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 11
Theme Week : Asia Book: Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng
Pages: 354
Date Read: August 5
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Author is of Asian descent and there are at least 2 characters who are Chinese
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 14
Theme week: AsiaBook: Counterfeit
Author: Kirstin Chen
Pages: 320
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 4
Justification: Author is Asian and MC is an American Chinese lawyer
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 17
Theme week: AsiaBook: What You Don't Know: Tales of Obsession, Mystery & Murder in Southeast Asia
Author: Elka Ray
Pages: 148
Date Read: 7 Aug
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Stories take place in different countries in Siytheast Asia
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 18
Theme week: AsiaBook: Big Damn Hero
Author: James Lovegrove https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Pages: 334
Date Read: 08.07.2022
Rating: 3 *
Justification: Many phrases of Chinese language used within the book. The theme is basically Western and Chinese influences based in space :)
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 21
Theme week: AfricaBook: The Storyteller of Casablanca
Author: Fiona Valpy
Pages: 315
Date Read: 8/9/22
Rating: 3
Justification: story set in Morocco
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 24
Theme week: AfricaBook: Anxious People
Author: Fredrik Backman
Pages: 336
Date Read: 08.12.2022
Rating: 5*
Justification: The word Africa is in the Author's name
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 27
Theme week: AfricaBook: Who Fears Death
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Pages: 386
Date Read: 11 Aug
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Novel takes place in Africa
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 30
Theme week: AfricaBook: Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
Pages: 116
Date Read: 8/13/22
Rating: 3
Justification: story set mainly in Africa
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 31
Theme week: AfricaBook: A Beautiful Blue Death
Author: Charles Finch
Pages: 332
Date Read: August 10
Rating: 3
Justification: spell out using title and author name
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 34
Theme week: AfricaBook: Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Author: Meryem Alaoui
Pages: 304
Date Read: 8/13/22
Rating: 4*
Justification: Takes place in Morocco
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 37
Theme week: AmericasBook: Voyage of the Heart
Author: Soraya M. Lane
Pages: 368
Date Read: 8/16/22
Rating: 3
Justification: historical fiction about war brides travelling to New York State & starting to live there
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 40
Theme week: AmericasBook: Upgrade
Author: Blake Crouch
Pages: 352
Date Read: 4/16
Rating: 4*
Justification: Set in US, various locations
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 43
Theme week: AmericasBook: One Last Stop
Author: Casey McQuiston
Pages: 418
Date Read: 8/18
Rating: 3*
Justification: Takes place in New York City
Book Points: 3
Bonus Points: 2
Team Total points: 48
Theme week: AmericasBook: All the Missing Girls
Author: Megan Miranda
Pages: 384
Date Read: 18 Aug
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Takes place in North Carolina
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 51
Theme week: AmericasBook: City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Pages: 485
Date Read: 18 Aug
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Takes place in New York
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 54
Theme week: AmericasBook: Tell No One
Author: Harlan Coben
Pages: 370
Date Read: 17 Aug
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: set in NY
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 57
Theme week: AmericasBook: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Pages: 416
Date Read: 19 Aug
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: set in Massachusetts
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 60
Theme week: AmericasBook: Fat Tuesday
Author: Sandra Brown
Pages: 464
Date Read: August 19, 2022
Rating: 3
Justification: Set in New Orleans
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 63
Theme week: AmericasBook: Once There Were Wolves
Author: Charlotte McConaghy
Pages: 258
Date Read: August 18, 2022
Rating: 5
Justification: Flashbacks are set in America and Canada
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 64
Theme week: Americas (North & South)Book: Dead Haven
Author: Flint Maxwell
Pages: 314
Date Read: 08.19.2022
Rating: 3*
Justification: Takes place in North America - Ohio
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 66
Theme week: AmericasBook: The Dating Charade
Author: Melissa Ferguson
Pages: 314
Date Read: 8/20
Rating: 2
Justification: Set in Gatlinburg TN
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 69
Theme week: AmericasBook: The 30,000 Mile Cat: Travels Across America
Author: Ginnie L. Hansen
Pages: 156
Date Read: 8/20/22
Rating: 3
Justification: America in title, biography set in US
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 70
Theme week: AsiaBook: The Chosen and the Beautiful
Author: Nghi Vo
Pages: 272
Date Read: Aug. 6, 2022
Rating: 4
Justification: Author and protagonist are Asian
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 71
Theme week: AmericasBook: Things We Lost in the Fire
Author: Mariana Enríquez
Pages: 192
Date Read: 8/21
Rating: 4
Justification: Author and setting - Argentina
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 72
Theme week: AmericasBook: A Snake Falls to Earth
Author: Darcie Little Badger
Pages: 352
Date Read: 21 Aug
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: Takes place in Texas
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 75
Theme week: Africa Book: False Value
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Pages: 416
Date Read: 14 Aug
Rating:3
Justification: spell out with title and author name
Book Points:3
Team Total points:78
Theme week: AmericasBook: Velvet Was the Night
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pages: 288
Date Read: Aug 17
Rating: 3.5
Justification: Set in Mexico
Book Points:1
Team Total points: 79
Theme week: AmericasBook: Dear Justyce
Author:Nic Stone
Pages: 266
Date Read: Aug 18
Rating: 4
Justification: Set in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Book Points:1
Team Total points: 80
Theme week: AmericasBook: All American Boys
Author: Jason Reynolds
Pages: 321
Date Read:Aug 20
Rating: 4.5
Justification: America in title
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 83
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Hand of Ethelberta
Author: Thomas Hardy
Pages: 368
Date Read: 8/24/22
Rating: 3
Justification: story is set mainly in south of England
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 86
Theme week: EuropeBook: A Nearly Normal Family
Author: M.T. Edvardsson
Pages: 432
Date Read: 8/24
Rating: 3
Justification: Swedish author and location
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 89
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Author: Steven Johnson
Pages: 332
Date Read: 08.25.2022
Rating: 3*
Justification: Takes place in England
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 92
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Darkness
Author: Ragnar Jónasson
Pages: 294
Date Read: 8/25
Rating: 3
Justification: Iceland
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 93
Theme week: EuropeBook: Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
Author: Richard Lloyd Parry
Pages: 320
Date Read: 08.27.2022
Rating: 4*
Justification: Author born in the UK
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 96
Theme week: EuropeBook: Mistress of the Art of Death
Author: Ariana Franklin
Pages: 384
Date Read: 26 Aug
Rating: 3 stars
Justification: Set in England
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 99
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Paris Apartment
Author: Lucy Foley
Pages: 360
Date Read: 24 Aug
Rating: 4 stars
Justification: Set in Paris
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 102
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Author: Alan Bradley
Pages: 386
Date Read: August 26, 2022
Rating: 3
Justification: Takes place in England
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 105
Theme week: Europe Book: Rattle His Bones
Author: Carola Dunn
Pages: 256
Date Read: August 26, 2022
Rating: 3
Justification: Takes place in England
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 106
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
Pages: 226
Date Read: August 25, 2022
Rating: 2
Justification: Takes place in England
Book Points: 1
Team Total Points: 107
Theme week: EuropeBook: The Happy Family
Author: Jackie Kabler
Pages: 343
Date Read: 8/28/22
Rating: 4
Justification: story set mainly in Cheltenham, England
Book Points: 3
Team Total points: 110
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Theme week: EutopeBook: Crazy Rich Asians
Author: Kevin Kwan
Pages: 544
Date Read: 08.29.2022
Rating: 3*
Justification: Portions of the book take place in London
Book Points: 5
Team Total points 116
Theme week: EuropeBook: The White Rose Network
Author: Ellie Midwood
Pages: 281
Date Read:
Rating: 3
Justification: set in Germany
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 117
Theme week: EuropeBook: Woman, Eating
Author: Claire Kohda
Pages: 240
Date Read: 8/29/2022
Rating: 3
Justification: set in London
Book Points: 1
Team Total points: 118
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Challenge rules:
*No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
*Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the theme dates in your time zone, it counts.
*You must be able to justify how your book fits the theme. Example: If the theme is cats, then your book can have a cat on the cover, a cat in the book, can be all about cats, etc. If you can justify it, then it will work. Let's keep this easy and you may be creative with your links to the themes.
Standard Rules Apply
Themes
August 1-7 Asia
August 8-14 Africa
August 15-21 Americas (North & South)
August 22-31 Europe
*Theme Start & End times are based on your time zone. So the Asia theme will end on August 7th at midnight in the time zone that you live in.*
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Guess what! Both of our formal buddy reads would fit the week 3 sub-theme (setting-wise). So, I am offering a way to get extra points for your team. Anyone who participates in one or both of the formal buddy reads can earn 2 points for each book. The more people on your team that participate in the buddy reads, the more bonus points that you can rack up. That is up to 4 bonus points per person! That is in addition to your page count points. Just add the bonus points to your completion post.
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