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ATW in 80 Books World Challenge
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Connie's Never-Ending Challenge 2011-2014
Region: AfricaAlgeria "The Stranger" by Albert Camus (4/2/12)
Botswana "Blue Shoes and Happiness" by Alexander McCall Smith (10/16/11)
Democratic Republic of the Congo "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver (1/22/13)
Egypt "Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie (10/16/11)
Ethiopia "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese (1/17/12)
Liberia The House at Sugar BeachbyHelene Cooper
Mauritius "The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe" (1/30/12)
Morocco Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King (6/8/14)
Sudan They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan byBenson Deng andAlphonsion Deng
Nigeria Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Sierra Leone The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara (8/21/14)
South Africa The Prime Origins Guide to Exploring Kruger: Your Key to Unlocking Africa's Wildlife Treasure by Brett Hilton-Barber
Uganda The Making of The African Queen, or: How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind by Katharine Hepburn
Zambia "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness" (3/6/12)
Zimbabwe Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Region: AsiaBurma (Myanmar) The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker (2/10/13)
Cambodia "In the Shadow of the Banyan" by Vaddey Ratner (2/21/14)
China "The Red Thread" by Ann Hood (11/10/11)
India The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story byRudyard Kipling
Indonesia Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Japan "The Housekeeper and the Professor" by Yoko Ogawa (11/2/11)
Kazakhstan One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (10/19/14)
Malaysia "The Garden of Evening Mists" by Tan Twan Eng (2/17/14)
Nepal "Little Princes" by Conor Grennan (7/7/13)
North Korea "Korean War" (9/27/12)
Phillipines "Before Ever After" (1/8/12)
South Korea Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
South Vietnam "The Things They Carried" (5/6/12)
Thailand Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø (7/13/14)
Region: CaribbeanAntigua "Annie John" by Jamaica Kincaid (8/17/12)
Cuba "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway (12/22/11)
Dominica Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Bahamas Sail by James Patterson (7/1/13)
Haiti Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat (11/4/13)
Region: EuropeAlbania "The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman (10/31/12)
Austria "The Piano Teacher" by Elfriede Jelinek (11/18/14)
Belgium "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell (11/8/12)
Czech Republic "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka (7/6/13)
Denmark "The Boy in the Suitcase" by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis (7/8/12)
England Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina "The Cellist of Sarajevo" (11/26/13)
Finland "The Summer Book" by Tove Jansson (10/9/13)
France The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Germany The Reader byBernhard Schlink
Guernsey The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Ireland Love and Summer byWilliam Trevor
Italy The Wedding Officer: A Novel of Culinary Seduction by Anthony Capella
Luxembourg "The Expats" by Chris Pavone (9/16/12)
Netherlands "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" (1/2/12)
Northern Ireland The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens (6/6/13)
Norway "Italian Shoes" (1/23/12)
Poland "22 Britannia Road " (11/15/11)
Portugal Blindness by José Saramago (11/23/14)
Russia "The Mirador: Dreamed Memories of Irene Nemirovsky by Her Daughter" (8/5/12)
Scotland "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (10/18/11)
Serbia The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Spain "The Alchemist" (9/18/12)
Sweden Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
Lithuania Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Ukraine "Music of a Life: A Novel" (9/13/12)
Region: Latin AmericaBrazil "State of Wonder" by Ann Pachett (6/5/12)
Bolivia "Sacred Leaf" by Deborah Ellis (11/3/11)
Chile "The Essential Neruda" by Pablo Neruda (1/12/14)
Columbia The Angel of Galilea by Laura Restrepo (12/12/13)
Peru The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa (1/11/14)
Venezuela Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson (11/2/14)
Region: North AmericaCanada "The Odds: A Love Story" (3/16/12)
Mexico Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel
United States Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict
Region: OceaniaAustralia The Secret River by Kate Grenville
French Polynesia "The Bungalow" by Sarah Jio (2/9/12)
New Zealand Sole Survivor by Derek Hansen
Papua New Guinea "The White Mary" by Kira Salak (6/3/12)
Solomon Islands "The Bird Skinner" by Alice Greenway (4/26/14)
Vanuatu Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost (5/8/14)
Region: Middle EastAfghanistan A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rodriguez
Iran "Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran" by Azadeh Moaveni (3/8/14)
Iraq "From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava" (1/29/12)
Israel "Eichmann and the Holocaust" (3/31/12)
Pakistan "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" (3/20/12)
Region: Antarctica______________________________________________________
List of books from October 1, 2011-December 31, 2012 from new countries
outside the United States:
Albania "The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax" (10/31/12)
Algeria "The Stranger" (4/2/12)
Antigua "Annie John" (8/17/12)
Belgium "Cloud Atlas" (11/8/12)
Bolivia "Sacred Leaf: The Cocalero Novels"(11/3/11)
Botswana "Blue Shoes and Happiness" (10/16/11)
Brazil "State of Wonder" (6/5/12)
Canada "The Odds: A Love Story" (3/16/12)
China "The Red Thread" (11/10/11)
Cuba "The Old Man and the Sea" (12/22/11)
Denmark "The Boy in the Suitcase" (7/8/12)
Egypt "Death on the Nile" (10/16/11)
Ethiopia "Cutting for Stone" (1/17/12)
French Polynesia "The Bungalow" (2/09/12)
Iraq "From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava" (1/29/12)
Israel "Eichmann and the Holocaust" (3/31/12)
Japan "The Housekeeper and the Professor" (11/2/11)
Luxembourg "The Expats: A Novel" (9/16/12)
Mauritius "The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe" (1/30/12)
Netherlands "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" (1/2/12)
North Korea "Korean War" (9/27/12)
Norway "Italian Shoes" (1/23/12)
Pakistan "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" (3/20/12)
Papua New Guinea "The White Mary" (6/4/12)
Phillipines "Before Ever After" (1/8/12)
Poland "22 Britannia Road" (11/15/11)
Russia "The Mirador: Dreamed Memories of Irene Nemirovsky by her Daughter" (8/5/12)
Scotland "The Prime of Miss Jean Brody" (10/18/11)
South Vietnam "The Things They Carried" (5/6/12)
Spain "The Alchemist" (9/18/12)
Ukraine "Music of a Life: A Novel" (9/13/12)
Zambia "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness" (3/6/12)
Continuing the frequent flyer challenge started in 2011, adding more states.Total number of states:50 +DC
AL X
AK X
AZ X
AR X
CA X
CO X
CT X
DE X
FL X
GA X
HI X
ID X
IL X
IN X
IA X
KS X
KY X
LA X
ME X
MD X
MA X
MI X
MN X
MS X
MO X
MT X
NE X
NV X
NH X
NJ X
NM X
NY X
NC X
ND X
OH X
OK X
OR X
PA X
RI X
SC X
SD X
TN X
TX X
UT X
VT X
VA X
WA X
WV X
WI X
WY X
DC (optional) X
All 50 states completed 12/27/12.
States for books read in the 2010-11 Challenge:Alaska Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
California The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Colorado Plain Song by Ken Haruf
Connecticut Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict
Georgia Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Idaho Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Illinois The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Kansas The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
Kentucky Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Maine Sea Room: A Novel by Norman Gautreau
Maryland A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Massachusetts The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Mississippi The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Montana Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
Nebraska The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
New Mexico Ape House by Sara Gruen
New York Wish You Were Here byStewart O'Nan
North Carolina Restless in Carolina: A Novel by Tamara Leigh
Texas Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Vermont Rescue: A Novel by Anita Shreve
Virginia The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Washington Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber
Wisconsin A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan
States for books read from October 1, 2011-December 31, 2012: 44 states plus DCAlaska "Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod" (1/13/12)
Alabama "To Kill a Mockingbird" (10/8/11)
Arizona "Pigs in Heaven" (2/21/12)
Arkansas "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (12/22/12)
California "The Last Days of Ptolomy Grey"(10/5/11)
Colorado "Whiter than Snow" (11/13/11)
Connecticut "An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy" (11/19/11)
Delaware "The Year of the Lucy" (12/23/12)
Florida "The Ice Queen" (5/20/12)
Georgia "The Color Purple" (12/5/11)
Hawaii "Moloka'i" (1/7/12)
Idaho "Train Dreams" (10/5/11)
Illinois "The House on Mango Street" (10/7/11)
Indiana "The Fault in Our Stars" (11/4/12)
Iowa "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" (10/13/11)
Kansas "Christmas with Tucker" (12/26/11)
Louisiana "Lucky's Lady" (12/20/12)
Maine "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It" (1/1/12)
Maryland "The Beginner's Goodbye" (6/8/12)
Massachusetts "The Bell Jar" (11/23/11)
Michigan "Winter Study" (12/27/12)
Minnesota "The Pull of the Moon" (8/14/12)
Mississippi "Mudbound" (10/26/11)
Missouri "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (3/18/12)
Nebraska "Attachments" (9/11/12)
New Hampshire "Lone Wolf" (5/15/12)
New Jersey "Explosive Eighteen" (2/4/12)
New Mexico "Invisible Gardens" (11/25/11)
Nevada "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" (9/8/12)
New York "Rose in a Storm" (10/5/11)
North Carolina "The Peach Keeper" (11/2/11)
North Dakota "The Plague of Doves" (12/15/12)
Ohio "Just a Hint--Clint" (12/11/12)
Oklahoma "A Kiss Remembered" (10/27/11)
Oregon "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" (7/5/12)
Pennsylvania "The Story of Beautiful Girl" (3/4/12)
Rhode Island "Making Rounds with Oscar" (12/10/12)
South Carolina "The Christmas Pearl"(10/5/11)
South Dakota "By the Shores of Silver Lake" (12/19/2012)
Tennessee "My Own Country: A Doctor's Story" (9/3/12)
Texas "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (10/28/11)
Utah "The 19th Wife" (9/9/12)
Vermont "Mirror Lake" (12/9/11)
Virginia "The Red Badge of Courage" (12/2/11)
Washington "The Violets of March" (10/9/11)
West Virginia "Lark and Termite" (7/17/12)
Wyoming "Lime Creek" (3/16/12)
Washington DC (optional) "Eighteen Acres" (10/17/11)
Idaho Train Dreams by Denis JohnsonNew York Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz
South Carolina The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank
California The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
Connecticut An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy by Christopher Andersen. This book was set mainly in Connecticut, California, and New York.
You're making great progress on the states! Did you enjoy "22 Britannia Road"? I'm planning to read it in January, and haven't heard many opinions about it.
Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "You're making great progress on the states! Did you enjoy "22 Britannia Road"? I'm planning to read it in January, and haven't heard many opinions about it."I found it a little slow moving in parts, but it did give a good picture of Poland in World War II through the flashbacks, and had a good twist at the end.
Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "You're making great progress on the states! Did you enjoy "22 Britannia Road"? I'm planning to read it in January, and haven't heard many opinions about it."I read it and enjoyed it - have been to Poland. Yes it was a bit slow in parts but overall enjoyed it - good description of England too.
Thanks for the comments Connie and Sue. I look forward to reading the book!
Phillipines Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto. This book was set in Spain, England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the Phillipines. I'm choosing the Phillipines since the author is from that country.
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Totals for all regions:80 countries COMPLETED!!!
Africa:15
Asia:14
Caribbean:5
Europe:26
Latin America:6
Middle East:5
North America:3
Oceania:6
Antarctica:0