Around the World discussion

As a theme it's not really very exciting, but I'm still looking forward to it - revisiting my challenges of the past few years and reading the titles I never managed to read, but that still excite me. As a priority I will complete my Long Walk from 2022, with only 4 more countries to go.

The Long Walk (2022)

Syria - The Map of Salt and Stars 2.5★
Turkiye - Bliss
Turkiye - Three Daughters of Eve 4★
Georgia - The Eighth Life 4.5★
Georgia - Stalin's Wine Cellar 4★
Russia - Tiger 4.5★
(Maybe return to...)
Zambia - The Old Drift
Rwanda - Cockroaches
Israel - About the Night
Palestine - The Parisian



SAARC in Focus (2021)
India - Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast
India - A Necessary Evil
India - Murder in the Monastery
India - The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters 3★



Food (2020)
England - Down And Out In Padstow And London
France - The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City
Laos - Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos
Yemen - The Monk of Mokha



Group Challenge 2023: To the Finish Line for Jenny

New Caledonia - Miss Benson's Beetle 3★
Solomon Islands - Devil-Devil 3★
Cote d’Ivoire - The Bitter Side of Sweet
Costa Rica - The Adventurer's Son 4★



Other Books Read
India/Pakistan - The Night Diary 4★
Sweden - Wolf Pack 4★
Eritrea - Black Foam: A Novel 2★
USSR - Invented Lives 5★
France - Mastering the Art of French Murder 3.5★
England - Rootless 4★
Iceland - Fed to Red Birds 4★
Italy - Return to Valetto 5★
India - The Bandit Queens 4.5★
China - Lady Tan's Circle of Women
New Zealand - Marlborough Man 4★
East Timor/Timor Leste - The Canal House 5★
Bosnia - Black Butterflies 4.5★
Venezuela - Motherland 3.5★
France - The Paris Apartment 3★
Ireland - The Queen of Dirt Island 5★
Italy - The Eight Mountains 5★
Switzerland - Geneva 4★

Awesome that you’ve added your goal to the ATW challenge, Andrea! Didn’t doubt that you would :-) thanks!