Around the World discussion

I'm not sure how it can even be possible, but in my corner of the world we are mere hours away from December!

Have you started to think about where you want your reading to take you in 2023 yet? As you come up with ideas, please feel free to share them here to inspire others.

Also, I'll mention that the moderators are planning something of a Group collaborative challenge for 2023, so stay tuned for that (and maybe leave a blank slot or two on your reading list so that you can join in!).

The past few years I haven't managed to complete my ATW plans, so my theme for 2023 is going to be tidying up - completing my 2022 walk, as well as going back to my India and Foodie lists and reading any of the titles that still excite me. Plus I'll try to get through some of my paperbacks in the neverending struggle to make room on the bookshelves. I'll be aiming to tick at least 8 new countries off my list.

Already that time of the year - ooph :-) - how did that happen? I gave up on having a reading plan - it doesn’t work for me as evidenced by my most recent failure to complete reading The Complete Works of Rabindranath Tagore this year. Maybe I’ll try again next year…

I do want to continue reading translated works, continue reading books set in Turkiye/Turkey, and pick off books set in countries I haven’t encountered yet. And I’ll be leaving a couple of blank spots for Andrea’s teaser…

I need to read from my own book collection in 2023.

IN A LAND FAR FAR AWAY 2023

Goodreads List of Settings
Mappit - https://www.mappit.net/bookmap/countr...

Africa
✔️Who Fears Death 7 Oct

Antarctica
✔️The Atlantis Gene 22 Apr

Vienna, Austria
✔️The Piano Teacher 15 Oct
✔️A Death in Vienna (10 Nov

Australia
✔️Flyaway 3 Feb
✔️Kickback 3 Aug

Western Australia

Bahamas
✔️On the Rocks 2 Apr

Belgium

Cambodia
✔️In the Shadow of the Banyan 14 Nov

Caribbean
✔️The Mermaid of Black Conch 14 Sep

Canada

China
✔️Shanghai Girls 18 Apr
✔️Love in the New Millennium 18 Aug


Dominican Republic
✔️In the Time of the Butterflies 30 Aug

Egypt
✔️Pharaoh 8 Feb
✔️The Book of Two Ways28 Apr

England
A Room Full of Bones
✔️The Remains of the Day 27 Jun

Finland
✔️The Summer Book 14 Oct

France
✔️Sarah's Key 14 Nov
✔️The Girl with No Shadow 3 Apr
✔️ P.S. from Paris 20 Oct
✔️The Paris Library 20 Nov

Germany
✔️The Pale Criminal Berlin 12 Mar
✔️The Rider on the White Horse 2 May
✔️The Wolf's Hour 19 jun
✔️🎧The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 13 Dec

Greece
✔️🎧The Penelopiad 11 Dec
✔️This Rough Magic 29 May

Budapest (Hungary)
✔️[book Man Who Went Up in Smoke|913882] 10 May

India
✔️The White Tiger 17 Aug
✔️The Bandit Queens 4 Feb
✔️The Widows of Malabar Hill 20 Apr
✔️[boo:A Son of the Circus|7073] 16 May
✔️Midnight at Malabar House 30 Jun
✔️Lion: A Long Way Home 11 Nov

Ireland
✔️ The Wily O'Reilly 21 Apr
✔️The Ruin 18 Apr
✔️Angela's Ashes 29 Dec
✔️ The Path to the Spiders' Nests 30 May
✔️The Chef's Secret 22 May

Israel
✔️The Kill Artist 30 Dec

Italy
✔️Foucault's Pendulum 12 Jul
✔️The Venetian Contract 21 Aug
✔️The Wings of the Dove 6 Sep

Japan
✔️Moshi Moshi 10 Nov
✔️After Dark 17 May
✔️Go Kazuki Kaneshiro 24 Aug
✔️ Teahouse Fire 3 Oct
✔️Snow Country 12 Oct
✔️Battle Royale 15 Oct
✔️Kokoro 15 Oct
✔️The Graveyard Apartment 16 Oct
✔️Tales from the Café 16 Oct

Jordan
✔️Moses Expedition 29 Aug

Lebanon
✔️The Birth of Venus 9 Jan
✔️Rome book:Shadows in Bronze|2450168] 24 Feb

Mali, northwest Africa

Mexico
✔️ Savage Detectives 4 Jun
✔️The Hummingbird's Daughter 13 Sep

Morocco
✔️Tangerine 21 Aug

Mount Everest
✔️Above All Things 10 Sep

New Zealand

Nigeria
✔️Little Bee 17 Aug
✔️The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 27 Aug

Norway

✔️Headhunters 18 Feb
✔️The Boy at the Door 16 Jul

Philippines
✔️ When the Elephants Dance 30 Apr

Portugal
✔️Two Nights in Lisbon 27 Jan

Russia
✔️Tatiana 27 Feb
✔️Snowdrops 18 Sep

Forth Rail Bridge Scotland
✔️Death of a Gossip 1 Jun
✔️The Panopticon 17 Mar
✔️The Wasp Factory 5 Apr

Solomon Islands, Oceania

The Big Hole
South Africa

Thailand,
✔️The Beach 8 Dec

Spain
✔️Lost Cause 4 Aug

Sweden

Ukraine
✔️A Short History of Tractors in an15 Sep

United States of America

Zimbabwe
✔️The Hairdresser of Harare 3 May
✔️Nervous Conditions 3 Aug

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I’ve created this year’s challenge. It shows up on the Home page - Around the World 2023 Challenge.

Feel free to set your goal for the number of books you want to read for the year. There’s no magic number - whatever works best for you. It would be great to see a few folks participate!

Enter the number of books you want to read for the challenge. Then you’ll need to link to the shelf you’re designating for this challenge. Example: in my Bookshelves, I’ve created a shelf titled: Around the World 2023 Lilisa, where I shelve books read for this challenge. This is the shelf I link to for this challenge.

Good luck and happy reading!

Almeta wrote: "
IN A LAND FAR FAR AWAY 2023..."

Inspiring all of us, Almeta! Some of your choices would also work for the Group Challenge - maybe you could take a look and pledge one or two of your books?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Yes, I agree with Andrea, Almeta - great list! I love that you have Death in a Strange Country for Venice, Italy. I’ve been on a roll with the series! I’m going to have to nudge Cherie to see if she’s had this series on her list! 😊