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message 1: by Melissa (ladybug) (last edited Oct 20, 2021 08:04PM) (new)

Melissa (ladybug) | 47 comments My Challenge
My Aim: 80

I have been reading around the world since 2015. This is also posted in the old folder. :) Thought I would past in the right folder now.

All my books I posted were written by women who live in these specific countries. If the country written about isn't their country, it is probably a fictional country.

2015: Aim: 08/08 (Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Canada, Australia, Finland, China)

2016: Aim: 09/09 (Ireland, Russian Federation, Mexico, Nigeria, Brazil, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Germany)
2017: Aim: 03/03 (Japan, France, Bermuda)
2018: Bust
2019: Bust
2020: Aim 04/03 (Austria, North Korea, Malaysia, Hungary)
2021: Aim 03/03 (South Korea, Spain, Caribbean,)
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Sweden : Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
United States : Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
United Kingdom : Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Pakistan : I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Canada : Up in the Tree by Margaret Atwood
Australia : Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Finland : The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
China : Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
--------------------------------2016-------------------------------
Ireland : The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
Russian Federation : Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Mexico : Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Nigeria : Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Brazil : Dancing with the Devil in the City of God by Juliana Barbassa
New Zealand : The Hunting of the Last Dragon by Sherryl Jordan
Saudi Arabia : The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador : Floreana by Margret Wittmer
Germany : The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
--------------------------------2017-------------------------------
Japan : MeruPuri, Vol. 1 by Matsuri Hino
France : Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Bermuda : The Lost Island of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar
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My brother passed away at the end of 2017. As a result, I haven't read very many books and subsequently no books from women around the world.
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My brother passed away at the end of 2017. As a result, I haven't read very many books and subsequently no books from women around the world.


message 2: by Melissa (ladybug) (last edited Apr 17, 2025 03:09PM) (new)

Melissa (ladybug) | 47 comments ------------------------2020-----------------------

Austria : 3,096 Days in Captivity by Natascha Kampusch
North Korea : The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
This is as close as I believe I will get to a woman author from North Korea. She left N. Korea when she was 17/18 so I am going to count it.
Malaysia : The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
Hungary : The White Stag by Kate Seredy


message 3: by Melissa (ladybug) (last edited Apr 17, 2025 03:09PM) (new)

Melissa (ladybug) | 47 comments ------------------------2021-----------------------


South Korea : The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang
Spain : All You Knead Is Love by Tanya Guerrero
Dominica : Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
India : The Foolish Lion by Shobha Viswanath
Jamaica : Don’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine
Netherlands : The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke


Melissa (ladybug) | 47 comments ------------------------2022-----------------------

Wales : The Castle of Tangled Magic by Sophie Anderson
Israel : Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
South Africa : Hard Rain by Irma Venter
UAE: Abu Dhabi : Unsettled by Reem Faruqi


Melissa (ladybug) | 47 comments ------------------------2023-----------------------


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