Around the World discussion

This is the beginning of my list. Still some more to come. For my own purpose I've indicated whether I have the book (O), if it's at the library (Al/YL), or need to buy (N). Any suggestions concerning the list are appreciated!

Afghanistan The Bookseller of Kabul (O)
Australia The Shiralee(O)
Australia The Songlines (AL)
Bosnia The Cellist of Sarajevo (YL)
Brazil The Seamstress (AL)
Burma The Glass Palace(N)
Cambodia First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (AL)
Cambodia Survival in the Killing Fields(AL)(N)
Cambodia The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine(N)
Canada Under This Unbroken Sky(YL)
Canada Mrs. Mike (AL)
Chile The House of the Spirits (O)
China The Good Earth (O)
China Red Sorghum (AL)
Colombia Chronicle of a Death Foretold(YL)
Cuba Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy (YL)
Ecuador The Queen of Water(AL)
Finland The Summer Book(N)
France My Life in France (YL)
France The Tenth Man(AL)
Germany All Quiet on the Western Front(O)
Germany A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary (AL)
Ghana All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (O)
Greece The Summer of My Greek Taverna : A Memoir(AL)
Guyana Three Singles to Adventure(N)
Honduras The Mosquito Coast(YL)
Hungary The Invisible Bridge(YL)
Iceland Jar City(AL)
India The God of Small Things (O)
India Sister of My Heart(o)
India Someone Else's Garden: A Novel(N)
Iran The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East (YL)
Ireland Angela's Ashes (O)
Ireland Galway Bay (AL)
Israel The People on the Street: A Writer's View of Israel(N)
Israel When I Lived in Modern Times(AL)
Italy Love And War in the Apennines(N)
Italy The Homecoming Party(N)
Jamaica The Book of Night Women(YL)
Japan Memoirs of a Geisha (O)
Japan Small Man of Nanataki(O)
Kenya Say You're One of Them (O)
Kiribati The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific(AL)
Kosovo The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary (AL)
Laos The Coroner's Lunch (AL)
Liberia Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War(N)
Lithiuania Between Shades of Gray(AL)
New Zealand The Bone People (O)
New Guinea The White Mary: A Novel(AL)
Nigeria Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away(AL)
North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (AL)
Poland Schindler's List (O)
Poland Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations(N)
Poland Anya(N)
Phillippines When the Elephants Dance(AL)
Russia One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich(O)
Russia Hadji Murad(N)
Russia City of Thieves(AL)
Rwanda Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak(N)
Rwanda Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust(YL)
Siberia The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia(AL)
Sierra Leone A Long Way Gone (O)
Somalia Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad(AL)
South Africa Cry, the Beloved Country (O)
South Africa Tsotsi (O)
Tibet Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet(AL)
Turkey Portrait of a Turkish Family (N)
Turkey Istanbul: Memories and the City(O)
Turkey Not Even My Name: A True Story(AL)
UK Watership Down(YL)
Vietnam When Hell Was in Session(N)
Vietnam The Lotus Eaters (AL)
Wales Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books(AL)
Zimbabwe The Boy Next Door: A Novel(N)

Congratulations. There it is. Well done.

Thanks Anne...got several more to add!

The Shiralee is wonderful ... there was great movie made back in the 50's with some of Australia's most iconic actors (Peter Finch, Bud Tingwell) and oddly enough Sid James from the Carrie On movies, and then another in the 80's with Bryan Brown. If you haven't seen them they're worth tracking down. ... and some trivia, the author was married to Ruth Park who wrote Australian classics like Playing Beatie Bow and The Harp in the South. ... note that I'm doing the typical Australian thing and claiming her even though she's actually a Kiwi :-)

There are several here that I wanted to add to my list. My plan is to spend a week in each country: to read the book I had planned, and if I finish it early to read another from the same country. I don't know how realistic that is: but hopefully I will fit in several more books during the challenge.

All Quiet on The Western Front is one I intend to read in 2012; and I never found a good one for North Korea, but I see you have, so that has gone on my Amazon wishlist!

Indeed we do share common reading interests. You have titles listed that I have on my list and other books that I have read and loved - for example Portrait of a Turkish Family. I really enjoyed that book. I want to read When the Elephants Dance and.....

I have recommended The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East to so many that my jaw is sore. :0)

The Cellist of Sarajevo and The Seamstress by Peebles are must read books! So is The Seamstress by Bernstein. I just mentioned it because it has the same title as the one you have for Brazil. This one is a holocaust story set in Romania.

Enjoy!

It's really coming together, Sonya, and I see that you've made a few changes in the lineup! It's hard not to stop tweaking. I remember Geisha as having very lush and descriptive language -- very cinematic in feel. No more [Book: The Summer Book]? :)

Tanya..thanks for the info. I will have to check the movie out. I found the book at a used bookstore and it looked really good. Glad to know I won't be disappointed! Chrissie~I've noticed we have a lot of books in common :) Thanks for the reassurance that I have some good reads! Angie...that sounds like a great idea but I'm worried about even getting one a week. If you want to read All Quiet together just let me know.

Mikki...not to worry I have several books still to add! I'm still taking a break on the island with you next year :) This is just the "beginning" list. Check out the updated one later. I think we may doing a lot of traveling together next year...so pack light!

I've updated my list...some countries I couldn't decide so I'll choose which book to read when I arrive at my destination. Okay GR guru I need 3 more countries (even though my list looks so long). Ready to have my list finalized!

Hi Sonya - I added your list to the master lists. I remember reading The Endless Steppe in high school, and hadn't thought of it in ages!

That sounds good Judy! I'm gonna add it.

Judy wrote: "Chelsea, you and many others have lots of Grand-book-children (and probably great grand-book-children)!"

Who is going to start the first book family tree?

Ha. Good try, Judy. I was thinking of you guys who are discussing the ancestry of books on GR.

Whoops. My server couldn't open that link. I guess it's up to you, Judy.

Judy wrote: "Anne wrote: "Whoops. My server couldn't open that link. I guess it's up to you, Judy."

Haha, Anne that was a joke, there is no such site, the world is waiting for you to start it. :-)"

Haha. You got me.