Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Hello!
Welcome to see where I've been and where I'm going.

I will use this thread to track my challenges and the countries "visited". You're more than welcome to stop by and discuss with me about the books, the countries, the authors, or whatever really. Just leave a comment and let's be friends!

This is what the group has planned theme-wise for the year 2018. I’m just going to save these here for reasons my alter ego only knows.

We will continue our tour of the world, "visiting" the following locations (Selected locations were chosen with a random search generator).:

January: Micronesia
February: Brazil
March: St. Kitts and Nevis
April: Belarus
May: Lithuania
June: Albania
July: Somalia
August: Lesotho
September: Malawi
October: Oman
November: Azerbaijan
December: Laos


In 2018 we will be touring Canada, and will "visit" the following provinces:

January: Prince Edward Island
February: Nova Scotia
March: New Brunswick
April: Quebec
May: Ontario
June: Manitoba
July: Nunavut
August: Northwest Territories
September: Saskatchewan
October: Alberta
November: British Columbia
December: Yukon Territory


We will begin exploring genres and themes in translated literature :

January: Award-winning fiction
February: Mystery
March: Historical fiction
April: Travel writing
May: Classics
June: Contemporary fiction
July: Memoir
August: Female-authored fiction
September: Sci-fi/Fantasy
October: History or biography
November: Poetry or folklore
December: Everything else (any genre)

Books I've read set in Africa
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AFRICA

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canary Islands Can also be counted as Europe
Cape VerdeCentral African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Republic)
Congo (DRC)
Djibouti
Egypt Sinuhe egyptiläinen by Mika Waltari
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Books I've read set in Asia
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ASIA

Afghanistan A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Armenia Can also be counted as Europe
Azerbaijan Can also be counted as Europe
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China
East Timor
Georgia Can also be counted as Europe
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan Can also be counted as Middle East
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand Torakat by Jo Nesbø
Tibet
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam

Books I've read set in Caribbean
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CARIBBEAN

Anguilla
Antigua
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bonaire
Cayman Islands
Cuba To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic Can also be counted as Latin America
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico Can also be counted as North America or Latin America
Saba
St. Barth's
St. Eustatius
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Maarten
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos
Virgin Islands (BVI)
Virgin Islands (USVI) Can also be counted as North America

Books I've read set in Europe
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EUROPE

Albania
Andorra
Austria
Azores
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey, may be counted separately)
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
England One Day by David Nicholls
Estonia
Faeroe Islands
Finland Tuntematon sotilas by Väinö Linna
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland Republic of Ireland The Walsh Family Series by Marian Keyes
Ireland - Northern Ireland
Italy (can also use Sardinia and Sicily separately)
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madeira
Malta
Moldova
Monaco (Monte Carlo)
Montenegro
Netherlands (Holland)
Norway Punarinta by Jo Nesbø
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain (also Balearic Islands)
Sweden The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Switzerland
Ukraine
Vatican City
Wales

Books I've read set in Latin America
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LATIN AMERICA

Argentina
Belize Can also be counted as Caribbean
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Easter Island Can also be counted as Oceania
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands
French Guiana Can also be counted as Caribbean
Galapagos Islands
Guatemala
Guyana Can also be counted as Caribbean
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname Can also be counted as Caribbean
Uruguay
Venezuela

Books I've read set in Middle East
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THE MIDDLE EAST

Bahrain Can also be counted as Asia
Cyprus Can also be counted as Europe
Iran Can also be counted as Asia
Iraq Can also be counted as Asia
Israel Can also be counted as Asia
Jordan Can also be counted as Asia
Kuwait <Can also be counted as Asia
Lebanon Can also be counted as Asia
Oman Can also be counted as Asia
Palestine Can also be counted as Asia
Qatar Can also be counted as Asia
Saudi Arabia Can also be counted as Asia
Syria Can also be counted as Asia
Turkey Can also be counted as Europe or Asia
United Arab Emirates Can also be counted as Asia
Yemen Can also be counted as Asia

Books I've read set in North America
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NORTH AMERICA

Bermuda Can also be counted as Caribbean
Canada
Greenland Can also be counted as Europe
Mexico Can also be counted as Latin America
USA The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Books I've read set in Oceania
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OCEANIA

Australia What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia (incl. Tahiti)
Guam & Wake
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Ascension, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha can be claimed as Oceania, Latin America, or Africa

Books I've read set in Antarctica (Optional region)
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ANTARCTICA (OPTIONAL REGION)

VISIT ALL THE STATES IN USA
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Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
California Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Iowa Kirjastokissa by Vicki Myron
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
North Carolina
North Dakota An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Texas Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
Utah
Vermont
Virginia Love is a Mix Tape: A Memoir by Rob Sheffield
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

RANDOM TRAVEL CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018

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First I'm going to travel to:

Solomon Islands - The Thin Red Line
South Sudan - While the Sun Is Above Us
Trinidad and Tobago - A House for Mr Biswas
Romania - Dracula
Venezuela - The Lost World

And when I get back from that trip I'm traveling to these places:

Turkey
Azerbaijan
Singapore
Lithuania
Nigeria
Cyprus

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