Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Summary for Frequent Flyer 80 Countries Around the World:

January 01, 2014
Frequent Flyer

TOTALS:
regions (8)
countries (37)

1. North America (1)
United States of America: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) by John Berendt (01/22/14)

2. Caribbean (2)
Martinique:The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives (2002) by Ernest Zebrowski Jr. (01/08/14)
Trinidad & Tobago: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (2009) by Monique Roffey (06/10/14)

3. Latin America (2)
Bolivia: Andean Express (2000) by Juan De Recacoechea; translated by Adrian Althoff (06/09/14)
Nicaragua: The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) by Salman Rushdie (03/07/14)

4. Europe (13)
Belgium: Three Novels: Soft Soap , The Leg , Will O' the Wisp (1946) by Willem Elsschot; translated from the Dutch by A. Brotherton (10/20/14)
England: Longbourn (2013) by Jo Baker (01/27/14)
Estonia: Purge (2008) by Sofi Oksanen (translated by Lola Rogers) (05/17/14)
France: Pere Goriot (1834) by Honoré de Balzac; translated by Ellen Marriage (08/16/14)
Greece: The Green Shore (2012) by Natalie Bakopoulos (08/08/14)
Iceland: Arctic Chill (Reykjavík Murder Mystery #7) (2005) by Arnaldur Indriðason (02/25/14)
Ireland: Amongst Women (1990) by John McGahern (04/02/14)
Netherlands: The Miniaturist (2014) by Jessie Burton (10/30/14)
Norway: Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun; translated by Robert Bly (03/10/14)
Russia: Peasants and Other Stories (1903) by Anton Chekhov; edited by Edmund Wilson (04/12/14)
Scotland: Regeneration (Regeneration #1) (1991) by Pat Barker (11/24/14)
Sweden: Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander #1) (1991) by Henning Mankell; translated by Steven T. Murray (05/24/14)
Ukraine: The White Guard (1926) by Mikhail Bulgakov; translated by Michael Gleeny (03/20/14)

5. Middle East (2)
Iraq: Sweet Dates in Basra: A Novel (2010) by Jessica Jiji (03/19/14)
Lebanon: An Unnecessary Woman (2012) by Rabih Alameddine (04/26/14)

6. Africa (10)
Botswana: Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2) (2000) by Alexander McCall Smith (06/13/14)
Egypt: Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt (2007) by Nina Burleigh (06/12/14)
Gabon: Tropic Moon (1933) by Georges Simenon (07/31/14)
Guinea: The Radiance of the King (1954) by Camara Laye (07/22/14)
Kenya: A Primate's Memoir (2001) by Robert M. Sapolsky (04/24/14)
Liberia: Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It (2013) by James Ciment (10/19/14)
Namibia: Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees (2010) by Barbara Bennett and Mariete van der Merwe; published by National Geographic (05/29/14)
Senegal: God's Bits of Wood (1960) by Ousmane Sembène; (translated by Francis Price) (07/11/14)
South Africa: Playing in the Light: A Novel (2006) by Zoe Wicomb (06/07/14)
Zimbabwe: Nervous Conditions (1988) by Tsitsi Dangarembga (05/11/14)

7. Asia (5)
Bangladesh: The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore; translated Surendranath Tagore (08/30/14)
Cambodia: In the Shadow of the Banyan (2010) by Vaddey Ratner (01/09/14)
Vaddey Ratner (01/09/14)
China: Waiting (1999) by Ha Jin (02/10/14)
India:Waiting for the Mahatma (1955) by R.K. Narayan (01/05/14)
Japan: Asleep (1989) by Banana Yoshimoto (02/14/14)

8. Australia/Oceania (2)
Australia: The White Earth (2004) by Andrew McGahan (01/22/14)
Solomon Islands: Devil-Devil (Kella and Conchita Mysteries #1) (2011) by Graeme Kent (07/15/14)

Happy travels, Deedee!

#1
Region: Asia
Location: India
Book: Waiting for the Mahatma (1955) by R.K. Narayan
Date Read: January 05, 2014

#2
Region: Caribbean
Location: Martinique
Book: The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives (2002) by Ernest Zebrowski Jr.
Date Read: January 08, 2014

#3
Region: Asia
Location: Cambodia
Book: In the Shadow of the Banyan (2010) by Vaddey Ratner
Date Read: January 09, 2014

#4
Region: North America
Location: United States of America
Book: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) by John Berendt
Date Read: January 22, 2014

#5
Region: Australia/Oceania
Location: Australia
Book: The White Earth (2004) by Andrew McGahan
Date Read: January 22, 2014

#6
Region: Europe
Location:England
Book: Longbourn (2013) by Jo Baker
Date Read: January 27, 2014

I just got a review of this in an email from Oprah's newsletter. is it truly worth reading?

Anne wrote: "I just got a review of this in an email from Oprah's newsletter. is it truly worth reading?"

Longbourn (2013) by Jo Baker (Hardcover, 352 pages)
The novel was good but could have been better. The author includes every scrap of a mention of a servant in Pride and Prejudice. The references to the story proper are accurate. There were many, many passages like this one on p. 123: “The house was in a flurry all afternoon, and Sarah, as she finished curling Kitty’s hair, could have wept with the pain from her chilblains: they throbbed red and tight, and grew worse each time she crouched to heat the hair irons at the fire.”

Overall, I liked the IDEA of this novel more than the actual novel.

#7
Region: Asia
Location: China
Book: Waiting (1999) by Ha Jin
Date Read: February 10, 2014

#8
Region: Asia
Location: Japan
Book:Asleep (1989) by Banana Yoshimoto
Date Read: February 14, 2014

#9
Region: Europe
Location: Iceland
Book: Arctic Chill (Reykjavík Murder Mystery #7) (2005) by Arnaldur Indriðason
Date Read: February 25, 2014

#10
Region: Latin America
Location: Nicaragua
Book: The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) by Salman Rushdie
Date Read: March 07, 2014

#11
Region: Europe
Location: Norway
Book: Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun; translated by Robert Bly
Date Read: March 10, 2014

#12
Region: Middle East
Location: Iraq
Book: Sweet Dates in Basra: A Novel (2010) by Jessica Jiji
Date Read: March 19, 2014

#13
Region: Europe
Location: Ukraine
Book: The White Guard (1926) by Mikhail Bulgakov; translated by Michael Gleeny
Date Read: March 20, 2014

#14
Region: Europe
Location: Ireland
Book: Amongst Women (1990) by John McGahern
Man Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (1990)
Date Read: April 02, 2014

#15
Region: Europe
Location: Russia
Book: Peasants and Other Stories (1903) by Anton Chekhov; edited by Edmund Wilson
Date Read: April 12, 2014

#16
Region: Africa
Location: Kenya
Book: A Primate's Memoir (2001) by Robert M. Sapolsky
Date Read: April 24, 2014

#17
Region: Middle East
Location: Lebanon
Book: An Unnecessary Woman (2012) by Rabih Alameddine
Date Read: April 26, 2014

#18
Region: Africa
Location: Zimbabwe
Book: Nervous Conditions (1988) by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Date Read: May 11, 2014

#19
Region: Europe
Location: Estonia
Book: Purge (2008) by Sofi Oksanen (translated by Lola Rogers)
Date Read: May 17, 2014

#20
Region: Europe
Location: Sweden
Book: Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander #1) (1991) by Henning Mankell; translated by Steven T. Murray
Date Read: May 24, 2014

#21
Region: Africa
Location: Namibia
Book: Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees (2010) by Barbara Bennett and Mariete van der Merwe; published by National Geographic
Date Read: May 29, 2014

#22
Region: Africa
Location: South Africa
Book: Playing in the Light: A Novel (2006) by Zoe Wicomb
Date Read: June 07, 2014

#23
Region: Latin America
Location: Bolivia
Book: Andean Express (2000) by Juan De Recacoechea; translated by Adrian Althoff
Date Read: June 09, 2014

#24
Region: Caribbean
Location: Trinidad & Tobago
Book: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (2009) by Monique Roffey
Date Read: June 10, 2014

#25
Region: Africa
Location: Egypt
Book: Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt (2007) by Nina Burleigh
Date Read: June 12, 2014

#26
Region: Africa
Location: Botswana
Book: Botswana: Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2) (2000) by Alexander McCall Smith
Date Read: June 13, 2014

#27
Region: Africa
Location: Senegal
Book: God's Bits of Wood (1960) by Ousmane Sembène; (translated by Francis Price)
Date Read: July 11, 2014

#28
Region: Australia/Oceania
Location: Solomon Islands
Book: Devil-Devil (Kella and Conchita Mysteries #1) (2011) by Graeme Kent
Date Read: July 15, 2014

#29
Region: Africa
Location: Guinea
Book: The Radiance of the King (1954) by Camara Laye
Date Read: July 22, 2014

#30
Region: Africa
Location: Gabon
Book: Tropic Moon (1933) by Georges Simenon
Date Read: July 31, 2014

#31
Region: Europe
Location: Greece
Book: The Green Shore (2012) by Natalie Bakopoulos
Date Read: August 08, 2014

#32
Region: Europe
Location: France
Book: Pere Goriot (1834) by Honoré de Balzac; translated by Ellen Marriage
Date Read: August 16, 2014

#33
Region: Asia
Location: Bangladesh
Book: The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore; translated Surendranath Tagore
Date Read: August 30, 2014

#34
Region: Africa
Location: Liberia
Book: Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It (2013) by James Ciment
Date Read: October 19, 2014

#35
Region: Europe
Location: Belgium
Book: Three Novels: Soft Soap , The Leg , Will O' the Wisp (1946) by Willem Elsschot; translated from the Dutch by A. Brotherton
Date Read: October 20, 2014

#36
Region: Europe
Location: Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Book: The Miniaturist (2014) by Jessie Burton
Date Read: October 30, 2014

#37
Region: Europe
Location: Scotland
Book: Regeneration (Regeneration #1) (1991) by Pat Barker
Date Read: November 24, 2014