Around the World in 80 Books discussion

2024 TBR Takedown - Read Around the World Challenge

1. Malaya - The Storm We Made
2. France - Surrender on Demand
✴️3. Austria - The Last Train to London - May
✴️4. Palestine - Dawn - January
✴️5. England - The Running Grave - July
6. China - Lady Tan's Circle of Women
7. Mexico - Into the Beautiful North - December
8. Dominican Republic - The Feast of the Goat
✴️9. Netherlands - Angels of the Resistance - March
✴️10. Greece - The Fury - October
11. Vietnam - The Women
12. Germany - All Quiet on the Western Front
13. Poland - The Keeper of Hidden Books
✴️14. Italy - My Father's House - November
15. Ireland - The Midnight House
16. Zambia - Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka
✴️17. Japan - Kafka on the Shore - June
18. The Philippines - When We Had Wings
✴️19. India - A Rising Man - September
20. Russia - Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper
✴️21. Cuba - The Cuban Heiress - February
22. Korea - Can't I Go Instead
✴️23. Canada - Prize Women - August
✴️24. Iceland - The Glass Woman - April

Scoring is as follows:
1 point each for reading 1st and 2nd book
2 points each for 3rd and 4th book
3 points each for 5th and 6th book
4 points each for 7th and 8th book
5 points each for books 9-12

Points: 1

January #4:
This is book 2 in the Night Trilogy by Elie Weisel. I plan to finish the series this year. 5/5 stars

Points: 2

February #21:
This is my 2nd book by Chanel Cleeton. I enjoy her storytelling. 4/5 stars

Points: 4

March #9:
Inspired by real life heroines and one my of my favorite books of 2024. 5/5 stars

Points: 6

April #24:
Set in 1686, Iceland. 5/5 stars

Points: 9

May #3:
A WWII-era story about the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe. 4/5 stars

Points: 12

June #17:
I did not enjoy this fantasy story set in Japan. Not rated.

Points: 16

July #5:
One of my favorite series. 4/5 stars

Points: 20

August #23:
From the same author as The Glass Woman which I read in April for this challenge. 5/5 stars

Points: 25

September #19:

Points: 30

October #10:

Points: 35

November #14:

Did not get to December #7. It will be my first read of 2025.