Around the World in 80 Books discussion

B1 Sci-Fi: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Russia)
B2 Foodtheme: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (England)
B3 Set in Canada: White Fang by Jack London
B4 Debut: Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf (Sweden)
B5 From country I haven't read in 2021: Skogens salt (English title is "Salt of the Jungle" by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp (Vietnam)

I1 Biography/Autobiography: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of Chinaby Jung Chang (China)
I2 Published during the last three years: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson (Medieval Spain)
I3 Classic Horror: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Austria)
I4 Classic from the 19th Century: Nana by Émile Zola (France)
I5 Book about a Journey: Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Pacific Ocean)

N1 Main Character has a (dis)ability: Gertrud by Hermann Hesse Germany
N2 Set in Africa: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
N3 Sports or Recreation: Fifty Grand by Ernest Hemingway
N4 Historical Fiction: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (England)
N5 Set by Rivers, Lakes or Swamps: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (USA)

G1 Caribbean Author: The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (The Writer is from Haiti and the Novel is set in the Dominican Republic)
G2 Nobel Laureate: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
G3 Book between 100 - 200 pages: Samlade Dikter 187 pages by Edith Södergran
G4 Translated from Korean: The White Book by Han Kang (Poland and South Korea)
G5 Medieval Female Writer: Something by Hildegard von Bingen or Heliga Birgitta=Saint Bridget Of Sweden

O1 Nonbinary or Transgender: Albert Nobbs by George Moore (England)
O2 Local Writer: Göteborg 65-07-29: Svensk kriminalhistorias märkligaste dag by Lars-Olof Lampers (from Göteborg/Gothenburg in Sweden)
O3 Translated Female Author: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett <7b>
O4 Epistolary: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Canada)
O5 Set on the Southern Hemisphere: Mai betyder vatten by Kayo Mpoyi (Tanzania and Zaire)

I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

And book number two is Gertrud Hermann Hesse

Nike wrote: "I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin"

I really liked We! Hope you do well on your bingo!

Valerie wrote: "Nike wrote: "I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin"

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Thank you =)

I've been to Austria and I've met a very fascinating female vampire in Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

I've met her as well, Nike!

Rosemarie wrote: "I've met her as well, Nike!"

Isn't she an intriguing lady to get to know =) (Much more interesting than Dracula I believe)

I agree!

I've been to Vietnam in a beautiful short story collection Skogens salt by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp. I know it has been translated to English with the title "Salt of the Jungle" but I can't find it here on GoodReads.

I've recently arrived from medieval Spain, just in time for the naming of the new country. Exciting. I started my journey in Alhambra, still muslim at the time. The book was The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson.

The sixth book, (my pace concerning this board is not the best) for square G3 Book between 100 and 200 pages: Samlade Dikter by Edith Södergran. Her collected poems, the mayor part of them set in Finland.

The seventh book : The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner for square N4. A disappointment.

G2 Nobel laureate: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The second book by Hesse for this board.

O2 Local writer: Göteborg 65-07-29: Svensk kriminalhistorias märkligaste dag by Lars-Olof Lampers

Apparently forgot N3 Sports: Fifty Grand by by Ernest Hemingway

I have also forgotten N5 Set by a river: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I often lose track of my challenges this time of year.

Rosemarie wrote: "I often lose track of my challenges this time of year."

Well, I guess our minds are already focusing on the challenges next year - I know for sure that I am. 😊

I forgott to update my Bingo Board and I did finally complete one column at New Years Eve! =)