Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I really struggled to find books for some of these countries, so there might be changes to the planned reading as we go along. Here's to great travels and enjoyable reading.

Vanuatu: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Planned)
Sao Tome and Principe: Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results (Planned)
Mali: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Planned)
Cyprus: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Planned)
Spain: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (Planned)
Vatican City: Angels & Demons (Planned)
Cambodia:When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge (Planned)
Turkey: Birds Without Wings (Planned)
Moldova: My Childhood At The Gate Of Unrest (Planned)
Pakistan:A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Planned)
El Salvador: Bitter Grounds (Planned)
Slovakia: Zoli (Planned)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Bodily Harm (Planned)
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast): Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote (Planned)
Mauritania: The Fearful Void (Planned)
Russia: Nine Plays of Chekov (Planned)
Belize: Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery (Planned)
Dominican Republic: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Planned)
Suriname: Children of Kaywana
Solomon Islands, The: Solomon Time (Planned)
Germany: Floating in My Mother's Palm
Panama: Crazy Kisses
Canada: Anne of Avonlea

Finished my first book, Anne of Avonlea, set in Port Edward Island, Canada. A four star read.

Vanuatu: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Planned)
Sao Tome and Principe: Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results (Planned)
Mali: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Planned)
Cyprus: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Planned)
Spain: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (Planned)
Vatican City: Angels & Demons (Reading)
Cambodia:When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge (Planned)
Turkey: Birds Without Wings (Planned)
Moldova: My Childhood At The Gate Of Unrest (Planned)
Pakistan:A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Planned)
El Salvador: Bitter Grounds (Planned)
Slovakia: Zoli (Planned)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Bodily Harm (Planned)
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast): Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote (Planned)
Mauritania: The Fearful Void (Planned)
Russia: Nine Plays of Chekov (Planned)
Belize: Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery (Planned)
Dominican Republic: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Planned)
Suriname: Children of Kaywana (Planned)
Solomon Islands, The: Solomon Time (Planned)
Germany: Floating in My Mother's Palm
Panama: Crazy Kisses (Planned)
Canada : Anne of Avonlea****

Q1 update: Read 60 books out of 150 planned for the year. In the Random Challenge I have read one out of twenty-four (1/24). Bit behind but have started reading one other.

Book #2 was a thrilling chase to prevent murders and total destruction of the Vatican. 3,5 stars because I am not sold on the end.

Vanuatu: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Planned)
Sao Tome and Principe: Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results (Planned)
Mali: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Planned)
Cyprus: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Planned)
Spain: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (Planned)
Vatican City : Angels & Demons****
Cambodia:When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge (Planned)
Turkey: Birds Without Wings (Planned)
Moldova: My Childhood At The Gate Of Unrest (Planned)
Pakistan:A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Planned)
El Salvador: Bitter Grounds (Planned)
Slovakia: Zoli (Planned)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Bodily Harm (Planned)
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast): Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote (Planned)
Mauritania: The Fearful Void (Planned)
Russia: Nine Plays of Chekov (Planned)
Belize: Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery (Planned)
Dominican Republic: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Planned)
Suriname: Children of Kaywana (Planned)
Solomon Islands, The: Solomon Time (Planned)
Germany: Floating in My Mother's Palm
Panama: Crazy Kisses (Planned)
Canada : Anne of Avonlea****

Book #3 is good satire, slightly too long.

Vanuatu: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Planned)
Sao Tome and Principe: Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results (Planned)
Mali: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Planned)
Cyprus: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Planned)
Spain: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (Planned)
Vatican City : Angels & Demons****
Cambodia:When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge (Planned)
Turkey: Birds Without Wings (Planned)
Moldova: My Childhood At The Gate Of Unrest (Planned)
Pakistan:A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Planned)
El Salvador: Bitter Grounds (Planned)
Slovakia: Zoli (Planned)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Bodily Harm (Planned)
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) : Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote****
Mauritania: The Fearful Void (Planned)
Russia: Nine Plays of Chekov (Planned)
Belize: Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery (Planned)
Dominican Republic: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Planned)
Suriname: Children of Kaywana (Planned)
Solomon Islands, The: Solomon Time (Planned)
Germany: Floating in My Mother's Palm
Panama: Crazy Kisses (Planned)
Canada : Anne of Avonlea****

Update at the end of Quarter 2. Read 109 books, but only 3 of the books in this Challenge. Not reading any at the moment