2022 ONTD Reading Challenge discussion
Challenge tracker 2021
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The Vegetarian ✔
The White Book ✔
Please Look After Mom (read in 2022) ✔
FEB – Argentina
We Love Glenda So Much and Other Tales ✔
Fever Dream
MAR – Norway
The Solitaire Mystery ✔
Meisen
Das Eis-Schloss
APR – Zimbabwe
The Book of Memory (DNF)
We need new names ?
The Boy Next Door ?
MAY – Ireland
Conversations with Friends ✔
Teacher Man ✔
TBR: The Princes of Ireland
JUN – Iran
TBR: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
TBR: The Stationery Shop ?
Was bleibt von uns ?
My Part of Her ?
JUL – Poland
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (read in 2022) ✔
AUG – Egypt
TBR: Die Republik der Träumer: Roman ?
TBR: The Automobile Club of Egypt ?
The Queue ?
SEP – Jamaica
These ghosts are family ?
Here comes the sun ?
OCT – India
A Burning ✔
NOV – Australia
TBR: The Hunter
DEC – Philippines
skip or Noli me tangere ?
Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
JAN – South KoreaTBR:The Dog Who Dared to Dream
FEB – Argentina
TBR: The Penguin Lessons
MAR – Norway
TBR: Victoria
APR – Zimbabwe
TBR: I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
MAY – Ireland
TBR: The Heart's Invisible Furies
JUN – Iran
TBR: The Stationery Shop
JUL – Poland
TBR: The Pharmacist in the Kraków Ghetto
AUG – Egypt
TBR: Ιρένα Σέντλερ
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
TBR: A Brief History of Montmaray
DEC – Philippines
TBR: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
JAN – South KoreaPachinko
FEB – Argentina
MAR – Norway
Sophie's World
APR – Zimbabwe
Without a Name and Under the Tongue
MAY – Ireland
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Artemis Fowl; The Silver Chair, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
JUN – Iran
The Stationery Shop, Persepolis
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
The White Girl, Burial Rites, Lirael
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South KoreaThe Good Son
FEB – Argentina
The Penguin Lessons
MAR – Norway
A Doll's House
APR – Zimbabwe
Trains and Lovers
The Misunderstanding of Glencoe
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
MAY – Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
JUN – Iran
The Stationery Shop
JUL – Poland
Swimming in the Dark
AUG – Egypt
A Pure Heart
SEP – Jamaica
Instructions for Dancing
OCT – India
Night Theater
NOV – Australia
Migrations
DEC – Philippines
Insurrecto
JAN – South KoreaComplete: City of Ash and Red TBR: Readymade Bodhisattva
FEB – Argentina
Complete: Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was or Bodies of Summer
MAR – Norway
TBR: The Ice Palace or Dina's Book
APR – Zimbabwe
TBR: Can We Talk And Other Stories or Without a Name and Under the Tongue
MAY – Ireland
TBR: Carmilla or At Swim, Two Boys
JUN – Iran
TBR:
JUL – Poland
TBR: Flights
AUG – Egypt
TBR: The Queue
SEP – Jamaica
TBR: Here Comes the Sun
OCT – India
TBR: The City of Devi
NOV – Australia
TBR: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
DEC – Philippines
TBR:
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The Interpreter - Suki Kim ★★★★✰
FEB – Argentina
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
Hello! First time to join here! Looking forward to 2021 readings.JAN – South Korea - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 ☑️
FEB – Argentina - All Yours ☑️
MAR – Norway - The Wreath☑️
APR – Zimbabwe - We Need New Names
MAY – Ireland - Normal People
JUN – Iran - Together Tea
JUL – Poland - We Were the Lucky Ones
AUG – Egypt - Woman at Point Zero
SEP – Jamaica - Here Comes the Sun
OCT – India - The God of Small Things
NOV – Australia - Future Leaders of Nowhere
DEC – Philippines - Smaller and Smaller Circles
JAN – South Korea-The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (read)
FEB – Argentina
-El fin del amor: querer y coger en el siglo XXI (read)
MAR – Norway
- Astrid the Unstoppable (read)
APR – Zimbabwe
- I Am a Girl from Africa (read)
MAY – Ireland
- Watermelon (read)
JUN – Iran
-The Stationery Shop (read)
JUL – Poland
-The Last Wish (tbr)
AUG – Egypt
-Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories (tbr)
SEP – Jamaica
-How to Love a Jamaican (tbr)
OCT – India
-Nectar in a Sieve (tbr)
NOV – Australia
-The Place on Dalhousie (tbr)
DEC – Philippines
-What Kind of Day (tbr)
JAN – South Korea - The Vegetarian (read)FEB – Argentina - Thursday Night Widows (tbr)
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
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A Song for Lonely Wolves
I'll Be Right There
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982"
Hello Aster, just pointing out that the author of A Song for Lonely Wolves is not Korean and appears to have no tangible ties to the country. I would not consider this work eligible for the challenge.
JAN – South KoreaRead: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
FEB – Argentina
Read: Fever Dream
MAR – Norway
TBR: Eva's Eye
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
Read: The Wonder
JUN – Iran
Read: The Septembers of Shiraz
JUL – Poland
TBR: The Last Wish
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South Korea- Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 [7/1] ★★★✰✰
FEB – Argentina
- Little Eyes [10/2] ★★★✰✰
MAR – Norway
- A Doll's House [17/3] ★★✰✰✰
APR – Zimbabwe
- The Library of the Dead [8/5] ★★✰✰✰
MAY – Ireland
- Brooklyn [24/5] ★★★★✰
JUL – Poland
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead [27/7] ★★✰✰✰
OCT – India
- Night Theatre [22/10] ★★★✰✰
NOV – Australia
- Boy Swallows Universe (tbr)
DEC – Philippines
- Arsenic and Adobo (tbr)
JAN- South Korea....Pachinko FEB- Argentina.... Hopscotch (tbr)
MAR- Norway....Out Stealing Horses (tbr)
APR -Zimbabwe....Nervous Confessions (tbr)
MAY-Ireland....Grace (tbr)
JUN-Iran....Savushun (tbr)
JUL -Poland....Imperium (tbr)
AUG- Egypt.... In The Eye Of The Sun ( tbr)
SEP -Jamaica....A Million Aunties (tbr)
OCT- India....The Good Boatman ( tbr)
NOV-Australia...Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (tbr)
DEC- Philippines...In The Country (tbr)
JAN – South KoreaPachinko - Finished
FEB – Argentina
Mouthful of Birds
MAR – Norway
Growth of the Soil
APR – Zimbabwe
The Hairdresser of Harare
Let's Not go to the dogs tonight
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
Lire Lolita à Téhéran
JUL – Poland
On the Road to Babadag: Travels in the Other Europe
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
Dogeaters
Smaller and Smaller Circles
JANUARY: South KoreaKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (TBR)
FEBRUARY: Argentina
Fever Dream
MARCH: Norway
A Modern Family (TBR)
APRIL: Zimbabwe
An Elegy for Easterly: Stories
MAY: Ireland
Exciting Times (TBR)
JUNE: Iran
Disoriental If I can find a copy?
JULY: Poland
One of the Witcher books Andrzej Sapkowski TBR
AUGUST: Egypt
The Open Door
SEPTEMBER: Jamaica
The Book of Night Women
OCTOBER: India
Le livre de Rachel (Book of Rachel by Esther David TBR / my mom's copy really)
NOVEMBER: Australia
The Dry (TBR)
Nine Perfect Strangers (TBR)
I need to research more Australian Indigenous authors
DECEMBER: Philippines
Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop (TBR)
JAN – South Korea - The Vegetarian by Han Kang. ✔FEB – Argentina Thursday Night Widows by Claudia Piñeiro or Blow-Up and Other Stories [TBR]
MAR – Norway A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen or The Snowman by Jo Nesbø [TBR]
APR – Zimbabwe - I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda [TBR}
MAY – Ireland - something by Sally Rooney or The Love Object: Selected Stories by Edna O'Brian [TBR]
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South KoreaKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 and
The Silence of Bones and
The Old Garden
FEB – Argentina
The Invention of Morel
and
Ficciones
and The Aleph and Other Stories
MAR – Norway
Berlin Poplars and
The Solitaire Mystery and
Fear Not and
APR – Zimbabwe
Nervous Conditions and
Waiting for the Rain
MAY – Ireland
Broken Harbour and
Carmilla
JUN – Iran
The Complete Persepolis
JUL – Poland
House of Day, House of Night and
The Cyberiad and
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
AUG – Egypt
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories
SEP – Jamaica
Kingston Noir and
Here Comes the Sun
OCT – India
The Guide and
A Tiger for Malgudi and the Man-Eater of Malgudi
NOV – Australia
Catching Teller Crow and
The Lost Man
DEC – Philippines
In the Country and
Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)
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1 / 6JAN – South Korea
✓ Please Look After Mom - Shin Kyung-sook - 11/01
FEB – Argentina
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
Gonna try for multiple a few times cause I'm a dumb idiot.JANUARY — South Korea
- If I Had Your Face : ★★★★☆
- tbr: Flowers of Mold
- tbr: The Hole
- tbr: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
FEBRUARY — Argentina
- Tender Is the Flesh : ★★★☆☆
- In the Dream House : ★★★★☆
- tbr: Little Eyes
MARCH — Norway
- lol idk
APRIL — Zimbabwe
- tbr: Nervous Conditions
MAY — Ireland
- tbr: The Thief on the Winged Horse
- tbr: Milkman
JUNE — Iran
- tbr:
JULY — Poland
- tbr: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
AUGUST — Egypt
- tbr:
SEPTEMBER — Jamaica
- tbr: Frying Plantain
OCTOBER — India
- tbr:
NOVEMBER — Australia
- tbr: A Room Called Earth
DECEMBER — Phillippines
- tbr:
JANUARY—South Korea The Vegetarian Han Kang ✔️FEBRUARY— Argentina Fever Dream ✔️
MARCH— Norway
APRL— Zimbabwe Don’t lets Go to the Dogs Tonight ✔️
MAY— Ireland Normal People Sally Rooney
JUNE— Iran
JULY— Poland
AUGUST— Egypt
SEPTEMBER— Jamaica A Brief history of Seven Killings ✔️
OCTOBER— India
NOVEMBER— Australia
DECEMBER— Philippines
Here are my preliminary choices for this Reading Challenge. For months where I couldn't yet decide and put down two books, I'll choose one closer to the reading date...JAN – South Korea
The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong - ✔ on January 14th, 2021
MAR – Norway
Medusa by Torkil Damhaug - ✔ on March 10th, 2021
MAY – Ireland
Room by Emma Donoghue - ✔ on May 13th, 2021
JUL – Poland
The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman - ✔ on July 15th, 2021
AUG – Egypt
In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib
OCT – India
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai or Life is what you make it by Preeti Shenoy
NOV – Australia
A Distant Journey by Di Morrissey or The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
JAN – South KoreaThe Hole ****
The Good Son ****
FEB – Argentina
Fever Dream ****
Eartheater ****
Things We Lost in the Fire ***
Thursday Night Widows **1/2
MAR – Norway
The Snowman **
Don't Look Back ***
APR – Zimbabwe
We Need New Names ** 1/2
The Book of Memory ***
The Library of the Dead ****1/2
MAY – Ireland
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors **
Unraveling Oliver ****
JUN – Iran
The Complete Persepolis ****
JUL – Poland
Swallowing Mercury *
AUG – Egypt
A Pure Heart ****
SEP – Jamaica
Queenie ****
OCT – India
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line ***
A Burning **** 1/2
Night Theatre ****
NOV – Australia
The Natural Way of Things **1/2
DEC – Philippines
Smaller and Smaller Circles *****
JANUARY: South KoreaKim Jiyoung, Born 1982
FEBRUARY: Argentina
Die, My Love
MARCH: Norway
Naïve. Super
APRIL: Zimbabwe
We Need New Names
MAY: Ireland (skip)
JUNE: Iran
JULY: Poland
AUGUST: Egypt
SEPTEMBER: Jamaica
OCTOBER: India
NOVEMBER: Australia
DECEMBER: Philippines
january - Human Actsfebruary - Bodies of Summer
march - The Orange Girl
april - I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
may - Angela's Ashes
june - The Stationery Shop
july - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
august - Woman at Point Zero
september - Crossfire: A Litany for Survival
october - Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
november - Big Little Lies
december - Smaller and Smaller Circles
JAN – South KoreaFEB – Argentina
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South KoreaUmma’s Table ✔
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 ✔
-reading: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea
-tbr: Grass
-tbr: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
-tbr: One Left
FEB – Argentina
-reading: The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969
-tbr: Bestiario
MAR – Norway
-reading: Norwegian Folktales
-tbr: The Wreath
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
-reading: Milkman
JUN – Iran
-tbr: My Uncle Napoleon
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South Korea -The Vegetarian
-The Hole
FEB – Argentina
-Her Body and Other Parties
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South Korea- (oops realized I'd been aiming to do 2 books, since someone in the original ONTD post mentioned wanting to read one for South Korea and one for North Korea, but I only got around to North this month.) The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
FEB – Argentina
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
JAN – South Korea Please Look After Mom FEB – Argentina Eartheater
MAR – Norway The Ice Palace
APR – Zimbabwe We Need New Names
MAY – Ireland Irish Ghost Stories
JUN – Iran The Stationery Shop
JUL – Poland Swallowing Mercury
AUG – Egypt Woman at Point Zero
SEP – Jamaica Witches Steeped in Gold
OCT – India Ghachar Ghochar
NOV – Australia Picnic at Hanging Rock
DEC – Philippines Arsenic and Adobo
JAN – South Korea- The Vegetarian (read)
FEB – Argentina
- Things We Lost in the Fire (read)
MAR – Norway
- Will and Testament (read)
APR – Zimbabwe
- Nervous Conditions (read)
MAY – Ireland
- Milkman (read)
JUN – Iran
- Disoriental (tbr)
JUL – Poland
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (read)
AUG – Egypt
- Woman at Point Zero (tbr)
SEP – Jamaica
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OCT – India
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NOV – Australia
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DEC – Philippines
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AN – South KoreaThe Hole by Pyun Hye-Young
FEB – Argentina
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
MAR – Norway
A Modern Family
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines
2022 ONTD Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Boy Next Door (other topics)The Book of Memory (other topics)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (other topics)
Smaller and Smaller Circles (other topics)
Arsenic and Adobo (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Kyung-Sook Shin (other topics)Andrzej Sapkowski (other topics)
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JAN – South Korea
FEB – Argentina
MAR – Norway
APR – Zimbabwe
MAY – Ireland
JUN – Iran
JUL – Poland
AUG – Egypt
SEP – Jamaica
OCT – India
NOV – Australia
DEC – Philippines