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Dec 31, 2019 11:40AM
Read five books set in five different countries that are not your home country.
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** COMPLETED **
1) The Daughter's Tale by Armando Lucas Correa (France, Germany) 18/02/20
2) The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz (Sweden) 29/02/20
3) Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (South Africa) 08/04
4) Book Of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell (Italy, United States) 17/06
5) Another Woman's Husband by Gill Paul (England) 20/06
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** COMPLETE**
1. A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh (England)
2. Drown by Junot Díaz (US and Dominican Republic)
3. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Lithuania, Siberia)
4. Less by Andrew Sean Greer (Mexico, Italy, Germany, France, Morocco, India, Japan)
5. House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg (Canada)
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**COMPLETE**
1. Her Favorite Rival by Sarah Mayberry (Australia)
2. Solitaire by Alice Oseman (UK)
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (China)
4. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown by Vaseem Khan (India)
5. Less by Andrew Sean Greer (trip around the world)
Sharon's Foreign Settings:1. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - Nigeria
2. The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg - England
Wanda's Foreign Settings:1. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith - Botswana
2. The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun - Korea
3. The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker - Scotland
4. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk - Poland
5. Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indriðason - Iceland
Cathy's Foreign Settings: Finished1. At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen Set in Scotland
2. A Dangerous Act of Kindness by L.P. Fergusson Set in England
3. The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys - Set in Spain
4 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal India & England
5. Securing Piper by Susan Stoker set in Timor Leste
°°°COMPLETED°°°Ann-Marie´s foreign settings
1 - Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa by Immaculee Ilibagiza - Rwanda
2 - Genom snön by Varlam Sjalamov - Russia
3- The Bookseller's Tale by Ann Swinfen - England
4- Sarajevo - minnen från en belägring by Jasenko Selimovic - Bosnia-Herzegovina
5-The Wife and the Widow by Christian White - Australia
Martha's Foreign Settings1. The Wolf of Baghdad - Baghdad, Iraq
2. The Book of Unknown Americans - Delaware, USA
3. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir - Toronto, Canada
4. Algeria Is Beautiful Like America - Algiers, Algeria
5. Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai - Shanghai, China
Michael's 5 Different Countries:1. The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa by Alastair Humphreys (Africa)
2. The Boy Who Biked the World: Part Two: Riding the Americas by Alastair Humphreys (South America, Central America, United States)
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Jody's Foreign Setting:1. The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay - France
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - Egypt
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Rebecca's Foreign Settings:1. The Hunt for the Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane Magras (Scotland)
2. Flight of a Witch By Ellis Peters (Wales)
3. The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
4. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen (Kenya)
5. The Shadow of the Trojan Horse by Wendy Leighton-Porter (ancient Troy)
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COMPLETEDMeera's Books in Foreign Settings:
1. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas 1/20 (England)
2. The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas 1/31 (England)
3. The Long Call by Ann Cleeves 2/15 (England)
4. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter 3/9 (England)
5. Things in Jars by Jess Kidd 3/19 (England)
Sam's foreign setting books1. Child 44 (Russia)
2. 206 Bones (USA and Canada)
3. The Ben Macintyre Collection: Agent Zigzag / Operation Mincemeat (France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy)
4. Uneasy Spirits
5. Red Notice: How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy (Russia, USA)
Emily's Foreign setting books:1. Pont Neuf by Max Byrd (Paris & Belgium)
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Japan)
3. Circe by Madeline Miller (Aeaea, Island near modern day mainland Italy)
4. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Canada)
5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Spain & Africa)
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1. Lethal White UK
2. Us Against You Sweden
3. Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 US (mostly)
4. China Rich Girlfriend China (mostly)
5. The Perfect Nanny France
Carolyn's foreign settings:##COMPLETED##
1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Spain, Morocco, Egypt)
2. When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal (USA, New Zealand)
3. The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane (Ireland)
4. The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O'Neal (England)
5. The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel (France)
Jennifer's Foreign Countries:1. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (South Africa) 03/03
2. The Journey by Michener James A. (03/15)
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1. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas 1/20 (England)
2. The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas by Sherry Thomas 1/20 (England)
2. The Hollow of Fear by [author:Sherry Thomas|26647..."
FYI: The books in this category are supposed to be set in 5 different countries. Maybe a couple of these would fit in a different challenge.
Fatima's List of books in a foreign setting:1. The Lifted Veil by George Eliot
2. The Alienist by Machado de Assis
3. The Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai
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Emilie’s books set in a foreign country1. The Spy and the Traitor - Ben MacIntyre
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