2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm keeping track of this is my member's corner. I read one book from an author from a different country.

Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill - Canada

I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson today. That gives me Sweden as a country :)

The book was excellent, 5 stars from me and review is in my personal challenge thread.

Hi guys! I've decided I want in on this challenge as well! Hopefully ya'll don't mind a late-comer! :) I'd like to do at least 10 countries, hopefully I'll get to do more.

SO, after reviewing my read-list for 2012, I've found already 4 authors from various countries!

1. United States of America: Luna by Julie Anne Peters | Rating: 3 stars
2. Canada: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt | Rating: 3 stars
3. United Kingdom: Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie | Rating: 4 stars
4. Japan: Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 by Kiiro Yumi | Rating: 2 stars

almost half way to my goal now! :D

Sara wrote: "I wonder if I put Canada down, for The Sisters Brothers-I'll have to check!

eta-I didn't, so I can add that one (read it in January) yay! Thanks Trevor, I wouldn't have caught that if I hadn't read your post :) So I'm at 3/6 for this challenge now!"

Glad I could help! :)

Welcome Trevor and happy country hunting! This is actually harder than I thought first! But I won´t give up on my 15, it´s doable! :)

I would like to join in on this challenge. I realized after I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I had read a couple of other books from around the world as well...

France: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 5+ stars
United Kingdom: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 4 stars
Sweden: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 4 stars

My goal will be 10, so I am 3/10 complete.

Ok I am going to add the 10 books I am/have already read for this challeng and strike them off as I go.

1. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 5+ stars France
2. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 4 stars United Kingdom
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 4 stars Sweden
4.Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCanada
5.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak5 stars Australia
6.Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich Gelissen Poland
7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 3 stars Russia
8. Sultana by Lisa J. Yarde Barbados
9. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Japan
10. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Afghanistan

5/10 Completed

Good to have some new people joining here!

How did I already have 3 for you? :)

At least now it is correct :)

Ana: 1/25*
Ashley 4/10*
Barbara: 9/?
Brianna 6/10*
Erika: 4/6*
Johanna: 8/15*
Kara: 13/20*
Lisa: 4/6*
Nikki: 0/3*
Sara: 6/6*
SilverRaindrops: 11
Tatum: 4/6*
Trevor: 8/10

(Updated 20.2.2012.)

3/6



1The Next Always by Nora Roberts-America 1/25
2You're (Not) the One: A Novel by Alexandra Potter -Yorkshire U.K. 1/26
3 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle -Germany 2/23

I really need to get going with this challenge if I am to reach my goal of 15! I think I will have a look if my library has The Map of Time.

I finished around the world book #5: The Book Thief (Australia)

I read Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox-Australia

Oooh, can I join this one late and just backdate some books? I'm going to try for 15 (which is probably going to be pretty difficult considering I hit a lot of the major countries already, but I'm up for the challenge).

1. USA: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2. UK: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
3. Japan: The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
4. Belarus: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
5. Mexico: The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia
6. France: A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
7. Kenya: The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (she was born in Kenya and moved to the UK when she was two)
8. Canada: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

8/15

Yes, you can! I´ll update your name and numbers to my list! Welcome :)

Nice going Sara! Tell me if you ever want to get back on the challenge!

I think I need to up my goal to 20 books to keep things interesting. (If I read all the books on my to-read-in-April list, I'll be at 14.) Is that all right, Johanna?

Sure it´s all right, I´ll change it right away :) Please do tell if you read any really good books for this challenge, because I´m not having it easy to find books to read for this :)

9. Germany: The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

9/20

10. Israel: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

10/20

11. India: The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business & Life by Avinash K. Dixit

11/20

5. Sweden: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson | Rating: 4 stars

6. Sri Lanka: The Story by Michael Ondaatje | Rating: 4 stars

Mexico - The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

2/6 complete

United Kingdom - Killing Floor by Lee Child

3/6 complete

i'm in:)

My goal is 25

6/25

1.California - The Paris Wife byPaula McLain 22.04 4 stars
2.Scotland - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 25.04 3 stars
3.England - I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella 26.04 3 stars
4.Massachussets - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 30.04 5 stars
5.Texas - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 08.05 4 stars
6.Russian Federation - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 3 stars

Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

4/6 complete

12. Argentina: The Path of Ascent by Juan Riboldi

12/20

I´ve got you updated and mine as well!

7. Australia: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | Rating: 4 stars

I just realized that I'm actually taking part in this challenge, because I am part of the "Around the world in 52 books" group. They have a master list of countries and books, in case anyone needs extra ideas :).

So far I've read 11 books for that challenge:

1) Egypt: Colette Rossant - Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes 3/5
2) Norway: Jostein Gaarder - The Castle in the Pyrenees 2/5
3) Germany: Günter Grass - My Century 2/5
4) USA: Kathryn Stockett - The Help 4/5
5) Finland: Tove Jansson - The Summer Book 4/5
6) Syria Rafik Schami - Murmeln Meiner Kindheit(German audiobook) 4.5/5
7) Iran صادق هدایت - The Blind Owl 4/5
8) New Zealand Rose Tremain - The Colour 4.5/5
9) India Kashmira Sheth - Keeping Corner 4.5/5
10) Brazil Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist 2.5/5
11) Japan Yoko Ogawa - The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.5/5

Ok, I´ll add you!

I just realized I hadn't listed the books I have read so far for this challenge. I believe I said I would read books from 10 countries, not a total of 10.
Here is what I have so far:
1) England/Italy/Venezuela - Lisa St. Aubin de Terán - Memory Maps and currently reading Swallowing Stones
2.Italy - The Portable Dante
3. Ireland Everything in This Country MustColum McCann, City of Bohane; A Dublin Student Doctor: An Irish Country Novel; An Irish Country Courtship; Mistaken; The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty
4. England The London Train;The Sense of an Ending; Destroying Angel;
5. Chile Scraps of Life: Chilean Arpilleras: Chilean Women and the Pinochet Dictatorship
6. Iran Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7. Pakistan Burnt Shadows
8. Scotland The Flight of Gemma Hardy; Flesh House; The End Of The Wasp SeasonSister
9. Sweden The Hand That Trembles; The Leopard by Jo Nesbo

Barbara wrote: "6. Iran Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood"

HEY! Thanks for writing that! I read a book by the same author and forgot to write down that it's from Iran! Thanks for reminding me. :)

8. Iran: Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi | Rating: 3 stars

13. Australia: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

13/20