Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Picking up again from 23 APR 10 when I left off with
9 regions and 80 countries.

A - Antarctica, Australia, Antigua, Argentina, Austria, Algeria
B - Brazil, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia. Bangladesh
C - China, Columbia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Congo
D - Dominican Republic, Dominica
E - Egypt, Ethiopia
F - France
G - Guatemala, Greece, Ghana
H - Hong Kong, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary
I - India, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Iran, Indonesia
J - Japan
K - Kenya, Kirabati
L - Lebanon, Lithuania
M - Mexico, Malayasia, Morocco, Mauritius
N - New Zealand, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands
O - Oman
P - Poland. Portugal, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Panama
Q - Qatar
R - Russia, Rwanda
S - Scotland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Seychelles, Singapore
T - Tasmania, Tibet, Turkey, Tahiti, Thailand
U - USA, Uganda
V - Vietnam, Vanuatu, Virgin Is., Venezuela
W - Wales
X - Xina (China), Xile (Chile)
Y - Yemen
Z - Zimbabwe, Zanzibar

Regions - 9
Countries - 80
ABC - 25 / (26)

Antarctica - 1

21. Antarctica - White-Out by James Vance Marshall 17 OCT 09: 4 stars

Africa - 15

14. South Africa - Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 30 SEP 09: 5 Stars
22. Egypt - Nefertiti A Novel by Michelle Moran 18 OCT 09: 3 stars
30. Zimbabwe - When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin 26 OCT 09: 3 stars
33. Rwanda - Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin 27 OCT 09: 4 stars
37. Kenya - Wizard of the Crow A novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 31 OCT 09: 4 stars
49. Ethiopia - There Is No Me Without You One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children by Melissa Fay Greene 18 NOV 09: 5 stars
53. Seychelles - The Edge of Eden by Helen Benedict 25 NOV 09: 5 stars
56. Morocco - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles 4 DEC 09: 3 stars
60. Nigeria - Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka 1 JAN 10: 5 stars
73. Uganda - Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe by Doreen Baingana 31 MAR 10: 3 stars
74. Ghana (apparently Cape Corcos is an imaginary Caribbean island) - The Seasons of Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia 2 APR 10: 4 stars
75. Mauritius - Georges by Alexandre Dumas 4 APR 10: 4 stars
77. Zanzibar - By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah 12 APR 10: 4 stars
79. The Magician's Wife by Brian Moore 14 APR 10: 3 stars
80. Congo - The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers 23 APR 10: 3 stars

Asia - 12

2. India - Q & A by Vikas Swarup 15 SEP 09: 3 stars
5. China - Waiting A Novel by Ha Jin 17 SEP 09: 3 stars
6. Hong Kong - The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee 18 SEP 09: 3 stars
24. Malayasia - Evening Is the Whole Day A Novel by Preeta Samarasan 21 OCT 09: 3 stars
25. Japan - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 21 OCT 09: 3 stars
31. Tibet - Red Poppies A Novel of Tibet by Alai 26 OCT 09: 3 stars
36. Vietnam - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 29 OCT 09: 4 stars
58. Singapore - The Red Thread A Chinese tale of love and fate in 1830s Singapore by Dawn Farnham 21 DEC 09: 1 star
59. Philippines - Wisdom from a Rainforest The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist by Stuart A. Schlegel 28 DEC 09: 3 stars
71. Indonesia - Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw 26 MAR 10: 4 stars
72. Thailand - Tales from Thailand: Folklore, Culture and History by Marian Davies Toth 26 MAR 10: 3 stars
76. Bangladesh - A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam 11 APR 10: 5 stars

Caribbean - 8

18. Haiti - Cathedral of the August Heat by Pierre Clitandre 15 OCT 09: 4 stars
27. Dominican Republic - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 24 OCT 09: 4 stars
34. Barbados - One Dangerous Lady A Novel by Jane Stanton Hitchcock 29 OCT 09: 2 stars
41. Antigua - Mr.Potter by Jamaica Kincaid 5 NOV 09: 3 stars
43. Puerto Rico - The Meaning of Consuelo A Novel by Judith Ortiz Cofer 6 NOV 3 09: stars
46. Dominica - Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid 13 NOV 09: 4 stars
54. Virgin Is. - The Crimes of Jordan Wise A Novel by Bill Pronzini 30 NOV 09: 3 stars
66. Cuba - Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia 31 JAN 10: 4 stars

Europe - 15

3. Ireland - Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes 16 SEP 09: 3 stars
4. Scotland - The House on Fortune Street A Novel by Margot Livesey 16 SEP 09: 3 stars
9. France - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 22 SEP 09: 4 stars
10. Poland - In America A Novel by Susan Sontag 24 SEP 09: 4 stars
11. Spain - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 25 SEP 09: 4 stars
13. Italy - Pope Joan A Novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross 30 SEP 09: 4 stars
15. Sweden - Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi 13 OCT 09: 4 stars
16. Portugal - Alentejo Blue Fiction by Monica Ali 13 OCT 09: 4 stars
28. Russia - Chagall A Biography by Jackie Wullschlager 25 OCT 09: 3 stars
45. Wales - The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan 12 NOV 09: 4 stars for writing / 3 stars for story
51. Lithuania - Vilnius Poker by Ričardas Gavelis 23 NOV 09: 4 stars
61. Greece - Prospero's Daughters by Sally Stewart 3 JAN 10: 2 stars
62. Austria - The Painted Kiss: A Novel by Elizabeth Hickey 10 JAN 10: 3 stars
63. Hungary - Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein 19 JAN 10: 3 stars
78. Netherlands - Conversation with Spinoza: A Cobweb Novel by Goce Smilevski 12 APR 10: 2 stars

Latin America - 12

7. Columbia - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 21 SEP 09: 4 stars
12. Guatemala - Silence On The Mountain Stories Of Terror, Betrayal, And Forgetting In Guatemala by Daniel Wilkinson 28 SEP 09: 3 stars
19. Brazil - Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis 16 OCT 09: 3 stars
42. Belize - The Baker's Boy by Barry Kitterman 6 NOV 09: 4 stars
44. Argentina - Heaven of Drums by Ana Gloria Moya 11 NOV 09: 5 stars
47. Bolivia - American Visa by Juan De Recacoechea 16 NOV 09: 3 stars
50. Honduras Port Mungo by Patrick McGrath 22 NOV 09: 3 stars
55. Chile - A Week in October by Elizabeth Subercaseaux 3 DEC 09: 4 stars
64. Peru - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 29 JAN 10: 5 stars
65. Nicaragua - The House of Paper by Carlos María Domínguez 30 JAN 10: 3 stars
68. Venezuela - Swallowing Stones: A Novel by Lisa St. Aubin de Terán 4 FEB 10: 4 stars
70. Panama - Crafting Gender: Women and Folk Art in Latin America and the Caribbean by Eli Bartra 6 FEB 10: 4 stars

Middle East - 7

26. Yemen - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday 22 OCT 09: 2 stars
29. Oman - The Road to Ubar Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Nicholas Clapp 25 OCT 09: 3 stars
32. Lebanon - The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine 27 OCT 09: 4 stars
39. Qatar - Bedouins of Qatar by Klaus Ferdinand 1 NOV 09: 3 stars
48. Turkey - Enlightenment by Maureen Freely 17 NOV 09: 4 stars
52. Israel - Drawing in the Dust by Zoe Klein 25 NOV 5 09: stars
69. Iran - The Blood of Flowers: A Novel by Anita Amirrezvani 6 FEB 10: 4 stars

North America - 3

1. USA (home country) - Song Yet Sung by James McBride 15 SEP 09: 4 stars
17. Canada - Writing with Intent Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose--1983-2005 by Margaret Atwood 15 OCT 09: 5 stars
20. Mexico - Frida by Barbara Mujica 17 OCT 09: 4 stars

Oceania / Australia - 7

8. Tasmania* - English Passengers A Novel by Matthew Kneale 22 SEP 09: 4 stars (*see rule #5)
23. Australia - Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living A Novel by Carrie Tiffany 19 OCT 09: 2 stars
35. New Zealand - Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All A New Zealand Story by Christina Thompson 29 OCT 09: 2 stars
38. Kirabati - The Sex Lives of Cannibals Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost 1 NOV 09: 3 stars
40. Vanuatu - Getting Stoned with Savages A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost 2 NOV 09: 2-3 stars
57. Tahiti - Frangipani A Novel by Célestine Hitiura Vaite 11 DEC 09: 5 stars
67. Papua New Guinea - The White Mary: A Novel by Kira Salak 2 FEB 10: 1 star