Reading the World discussion

For those tracking their countries in the group spreadsheet, here are the latest open countries:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

3 not completed:
Bhutan
Bolivia
Congo, Republic of
Croatia
El Salvador
Gabon
Liechtenstein
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Niger
Sao Tome and Principe
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Tuvala


2 not completed:
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Costa Rica
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Gambia
Greenland
Grenada
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kosovo, Republic of
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malta
Micronesia
Montenegro
Nauru
Paraguay
Qatar
Saint Lucia
San Marino
Seychelles
Slovenia
Togo
Tonga

Updated the above post with info as of today.

Latest stats - countries open for those reporting:
Amanda - 8
Gail C - 8
Celia - 49
Gail - 69

Countries that 2 of you still have open but none of them are both Amanda and Gail C. (includes Celia, does not include me):
Bhutan
Liechtenstein
Marshall Islands
Niger
Sao Tome & Principe-Chocolate Islands
Timor-Leste

Countries that either Amanda or Gail C has open: (does not include either Celia or me):
Belarus
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Madagascar
Papua New Guinea
Seychelles
The Bahamas

I'll set up separate post for nominations
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Yes, I have 7 left and here are mine:

Liechtenstein
Timor-Leste
Bahamas
Papua New Guinea
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Seychelles


Honestly, you are free to disregard my list now, as I'm going to read a bunch of my remaining ones next month and will nominate a couple on the nomination thread (since I want to finish this year and want space for Booker/Giller longlist books as they come out through to November).

I am very happy at this point to nominate rtw books as they pop up in my general other reading lists and read some of the ones other people nominate whether I've read the country before or not (and some of them I'm looking for a 'better book" going forward if I listed one by a UK/US author in that country but am hoping for a native writer for example).

Yes, like Amanda, I am always happy to read a good book or upgrade a country I have already read, with a native author.
Here are my open countries:
Sao Tome and Principe - reading this month
Jordan - to read in September The True True Story of Raja the Gullible and The Bride of Amman

Kazakhstan
Liechtenstein
Madagascar
Niger
Belarus
Greenland