Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Rachel's 2024 Translated Language Challenge
Interpreter: Read translated books from 11-15 different languages

1. Arabic: Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi* (Kuwait) 15 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by Nawal El Saadawi
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi* (Palestine) 17 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
2. Bulgarian: Under the Yoke by Ivan Vazov* (Bulgaria) 1 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐ my review
3. Danish: The Shamer's Daughter by Lene Kaaberbøl* (Denmark) 2 Nov 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Tenant by Katrine Engberg* (Denmark) 7 Oct 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
4. Finnish: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci* (Kosovo) 29 Aug 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
5. French: Days in the Caucasus by Banine* (Azerbaijan) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Silence of the Chagos: A Novel by Shenaz Patel* (Mauritius) 6 Sep 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Segu by Maryse Condé (Mali) 17 Nov 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart* (Guadeloupe) 11 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Playing for Freedom: The Journey of a Young Afghan Girl by Zarifa Adiba* (Afghanistan) 23 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
6. German: The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser* (Germany) 8 Jan 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Reckless by Cornelia Funke* (Germany) 19 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn* (Germany) 22 Dec 2024⭐⭐⭐ my review
7. Greenlandic: Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen* (Greenland) 31 Jan 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
8. Icelandic: Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir* (Iceland) 26 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
9. Japanese: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata* (Japan) 11 May 2024⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
10. Montenegran: Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knezevic* (Montenegro) 6 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
11. Norwegian: The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting* (Norway) 22 Feb 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
12. Portuguese: Transparent City by Ondjaki* (Angola) 24 Jan 2024 ⭐⭐ my review
The Return by Dulce Maria Cardoso* (Angola) 15 Oct 2024 ⭐⭐ my review
13. Russian: The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev (Kazakhstan) 25 Jul 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
14. Spanish: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón* (Spain) 25 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
15. Swedish: Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson* (Finland) 7 Mar 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten* (Sweden) 17 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
16. Turkish: Without a Country by Ayşe Kulin* 16 Dec 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

Well that’s my challenge completed!

Looks like a great reading year! Congrats!

Good work. I had fifteen languages. If I had realized I was one short of "linguist" I would have read a 16th, probably form Japanese.