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Welcome, Carla! You are off to a fabulous start! I just bought Even Silence Has an End. How did you like it?
Diane wrote: "Welcome, Carla! You are off to a fabulous start! I just bought Even Silence Has an End. How did you like it?"It was very well written and extremely interesting. Obviously the subject matter was hard to stomach sometimes, but I think it helped to know the ending :-) Enjoy it!
12. Europe, Scotland,
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman13. Europe, Iceland,
The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colferthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 2
challenge total:
regions = 5
countries = 13
14. Europe, Czech Republic (was Czechoslovakia for the setting of the book),
All But My Life: A Memoir by Gerda Weissmann Klein15. Asia, China,
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Changthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 2
challenge total:
regions = 5
countries = 15
16. Europe, Wales,
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters17. Europe, Latvia,
The Free World by David Bezmozgisthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 2
challenge total:
regions = 5
countries = 17
18. Caribbean, Antigua,
The History of Mary Prince by Mary Prince19. Europe, Spain,
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovellthis post:
new regions = 1
new countries = 2
challenge total:
regions = 6
countries = 19
20. Africa, Libya (ancient Carthage),
The Aeneid by Virgilthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 6
countries = 20
21. Asia, Philippines,
Letters to the Editor: Two Hundred Years in the Life of an American Town by Gerard Stropnickyin case you are wondering - there is a series of letters to the PA town from a soldier stationed in the Philippines in late 1800s
this post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 6
countries = 21
22. Middle East, Turkey,
The Last Templar by Raymond Khourythis post:
new regions = 1
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 22
23. Europe, Greenland,
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself by Olaudah Equianothis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 23
24. Europe, Greece,
The Last Days of Socrates by Platothis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 24
25 Asia, Vietnam,
Up Country by Nelson DeMillethis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 25
26. Europe, Guernsey/Channel Islands,
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shafferthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 26
27. Europe, Belarus,
With God in Russia by Walter J. Ciszek- Belarus, part of USSR when book took place (1940s-1960s)
this post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 27
28. Europe, Poland,
Lord John And The Brotherhood Of The Blade by Diana Gabaldon29. Europe, Bulgaria,
The Best Alternate History Stories Of The 20th Century by Harry Turtledove30. Europe, Slovenia (was Yugoslavia at time of book),
The Girl in the Red Coat by Roma Ligockathis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 3
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 30
31. Europe, Belgium,
Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohlerthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 31
32. Asia, Hong Kong,
The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwellthis post:
new regions = 0
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 7
countries = 32
33. Australia, Oceania, Antarctica, Antarctica,
State of Fear by Michael Crichtonthis post:
new regions = 1
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 8
countries = 33
34. Europe, Italy,
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordanthis post:
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 8
countries = 34
35. Europe, Monaco,
The Red Shoes by Michael Powellthis post:
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 8
countries = 35
36. Europe, Switzerland,
Frankenstein by Mary Shelleythis post:
new countries = 1
challenge total:
regions = 8
countries = 36
37. North America, Mexico,
North and South by John Jakesthis post:
new countries = 1
total:
regions = 8
countries = 37
38. Africa, Algeria,
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyrethis post:
new country = 1
total:
regions = 8
countries = 38
39. Caribbean, Cuba,
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks40. Latin America, Costa Rica,
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowlerthis post:
new countries = 2
total:
regions = 8
countries = 40
41. Europe, Ireland,
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripleythis post:
new country = 1
total:
regions = 8
countries = 41
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Scarlett (other topics)World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (other topics)
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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory (other topics)
North and South (other topics)
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1. North America, US,
2. Europe, England,
3. North American, Canada,
4. Europe, France,
5. Europe, Russia,
6. Latin America, Columbia,
7. Europe, Germany,
8. Africa, South Africa,
9. Asia, India,
10. Europe, Sweden,
11. Africa, Egypt,
regions = 5
countries = 11