Historical Fictionistas discussion

-Level 1: Countries
-Create a list of countries all from all over. This list can be as short as long as you want. If you only want to read through five countries, go for it. If you are feeling extra ambitious and you want to read through 50 countries, go for it.
-The goal is to read a work of historical fiction that takes place in all of the countries on your list. You can count the modern day country. Example - If you are reading a book that takes place in what was referred to as Czechoslovakia but is now the country known as Slovakia, you would count Slovakia as the county listed in your challenge. If you read a book that takes place in what was once the USSR but the primary setting is now known as Armenia, you would list Armenia as the country on your challenge.The only requirement is that more than half of the book’s setting is the country listed on your challenge. Example- If a book starts in Poland during WWII but within the first chapter the setting changes to England, the book would count as taking place in England. Not Poland.

-Level 2: Time Periods
-Using the list from level one, your goal is to read a book set in a different time period for each country.. Example- If England is one of your listed countries, you can choose a book from WWI. However, once you have used WWI for a country, you cannot use it for another country. Additionally, the used time periods should not be the same as your settings in level one. Example -If you read a book about Germany during WWII for level one, you can’t read another book about Germany during WWII for level two. Dual timeline stories will not count for this challenge. Books used for this level must completely take place in the time period you have selected.

-Level 3: Authors
-Again using the list you created in Level 1, you must now read a book by an author from each of those countries. The author does not have to currently live in the country listed. If an author was born in Germany but now resides in the United States, you can count their work for either Germany or the United States. You have to be able to prove the author lived in the country you have listed at some point. The book you read does not have to take place in the same country. If you read a book by a German author the book can take place in South Africa. These books do not have to be historical fiction.

-Level 4: Nonfiction
-For the final challenge level, you will use your original list and read a nonfiction book from each of your listed countries. These books do not have to be historical. Just nonfiction. They can be biographies. They can be about wars. They can be about modern politics. It doesn’t matter as long as they are nonfiction works and they are about the country from your list.

Level 1 Countries
1. USA American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt by Stephanie Marie Thornton 20th century- finished 2/16
2. Egypt- When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra by Colin Falconer (BCE) finished 2/1
3. France- The Italian Woman 16th century finished 1/20
4. England- Semper Fidelis by Ruth Downie set in the 2nd century A.D. 122 finished 1/2
5. Italy- Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome (2/10)

Level 1 completed 2/16

Level 2 Time Periods
1. USA- These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901- 19th century-finished 6/28
2. Egypt - Zenobia: Birth of a Legend by Russ Wallace 3rd century - finished 2/17
3.France- Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution by Kate Quinn(5/11)
4. England - Royal Mistress by Anne Easter Smith 15th century- finished 2/20
5.Italy-
Level 3- Authors
1. USA
2. Egypt - The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
3. France
4.England
5. Italy