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Five books with foreign settings 1) American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
2) Me Before You
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I would describe it like a bad 80s action movie mixed up with a James Bond novel. Surprisingly, it worked!
Bookworm wrote: "I just read a wonderful story that took place in France.I would describe it like a bad 80s action movie mixed up with a James Bond novel..."
Hi Matt! Glad you could join us!
Bookworm wrote: "I just read a wonderful story that took place in France.I would describe it like a bad 80s action movie mixed up with a James Bond novel..."
Wow! It looks just like a Mack Bolan novel!
Can foreign mean a different state than that of which you live or does it have to be another country?
Kristen wrote: "Can foreign mean a different state than that of which you live or does it have to be another country?"It has to be another country.
Stephanie wrote: "Kristen wrote: "Can foreign mean a different state than that of which you live or does it have to be another country?"It has to be another country."
Thanks!
Rebecca wrote: "Australia: a couple of Phryne Fisher mysteries, Murder in Montparnasse and Death Before Wicket"Do you want to use both of these here, or do you want to use one of them for the 7 continents challenge?
I was mixing these two challenges up. Yeah, let's toss one into the 7 continents thing. I was only going to count one here anyway, since they were in the same "foreign country."
Rebecca wrote: "I was mixing these two challenges up. Yeah, let's toss one into the 7 continents thing. I was only going to count one here anyway, since they were in the same "foreign country.""Okay, I will count Murder in Montparnasse here under "Foreign Setting" and put Death Before Wicket under 7 Continents. And for the record, you can use books from the same foreign country in this category. :-)
Stephanie wrote: "And for the record, you can use books from the same foreign country in this category. :-) "I know that. But I think it's more interesting to go for different countries :) Besides, I'm kind of toying with a challenge I read about: to read a book from every country in the world. Not just set there, but written there. I'd expect that one to take the rest of my life.
Rebecca wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "And for the record, you can use books from the same foreign country in this category. :-) "I know that. But I think it's more interesting to go for different countries :) Beside..."
That sounds really cool! And you could keep a map with a pin marking the ones you've already done... That would be neat too!
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2. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Set in London, England. (10/11/2016)
3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Set in London, England (12/15/2016)
I finished Far from the Madding Crowd. All the mooning and swooning and dithering over whom to marry takes place in South West England.
Foreign Settings - COMPLETED1. Afghanistan- A Thousand Splendid Suns
2. Russia- Queen of Someday
3. Australia- I Am the Messenger
4. Sweden- A Man Called Ove
5. Singapore - Crazy Rich Asians
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Foreign settings:
1) The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami 02/29/16 (India)
2)A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 08/22/16 (Afghanistan)
3) Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare 09/01/16 (Italy)
4) Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy 10/16/16 (Ireland)
5) Grace and Mary byMelvyn Bragg 11/24/16 (England)
Foreign Setting:1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Pakistan/Afghanistan) - 3/5/16
2. Hausfrau (Switzerland) - 9/7/16
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1) The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories2) Far from the Madding Crowd
3) Winter Men
4) Fatale
5)The Pirates! In An Adventure With Napoleon
1. The Water Room2. Full Dark House
3. The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue
4. From Florence to the Heavenly City: The Poetry of Citizenship in Dante
5. Mrs, Presumed Dead
Susan wrote: "1. Cocaine Blues2. Flying Too High
3. Murder on the Ballarat Train
4. The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edward..."
Hi Susan, welcome to the group!
I see that you used Murder on the Ballarat Train for your Australia book under the Seven Continents category. You can only use one category per book. Do you want to leave it here, under Foreign Setting, or leave it under Seven Continents?
Stephanie wrote: "Susan wrote: "1. Cocaine Blues2. Flying Too High
3. Murder on the Ballarat Train
4. [book:The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extrao..."
I fixed it.
*Complete!*1. Casino Royale - set in France, 06/03/16
2. Room - set in USA, 03/01/16
3. Diamonds are Forever - set in USA, 17/02/16
4. The Quality of Silence - set in USA, 18/05/16
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - set in USA, 21/05/16
Finally managed one for this with The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Yar! I've just finished a piratey adventure set on the island of St. Helena. This is the book - The Pirates! In An Adventure With Napoleon, and this is the island - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_H...AND, that's it for this challenge!
Second book in this topic,The House by the Lake - Ella Carey set in Germany
I was reading this last month for the challenge and couldn't finish in time. Glad it fits in here.
Finished :The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker
Starts off in Bosnia, then goes to California, then back to Bosnia.
Didn't realize I never came back and finished this. #5 The Shattered Tree English MC, set in France.
The Prince by Sylvain Reynard takes place in Florence, a city that I spent two weeks in a long time ago, it was a lovely way to revisit it.
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