Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your reading plans for this challenge here (optional).

Question: Would this be totally separate from our tracking for AtWi80? I mean, for example, could I read one book set in France for the 1001 challenge and a different book set in France for the AtWi80 challenge? I'm wondering because only 8 of the 80 books I have planned for AtWi80 are 1001 books, but I will most likely read other books throughout the year that are 1001.

Also, I assume the "one book per country" rule would still apply?

This is a great idea and I'd love to participate...although it may take me until I die to actually be successful. ;)

Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "Question: Would this be totally separate from our tracking for AtWi80? I mean, for example, could I read one book set in France for the 1001 challenge and a different book set in France for the AtW..."

The rules are very loose. You can use the same or different books that you use with the other challenges. You can also visit the same countries as often as you like. There are also no time limits. It is really just reading the 1001 books from a traveling perspective and logging the destinations we have read along the way.

Ok, thanks, Diane! Sounds nice and easy. :) I'll set up my thread sometime this week.

Here is my tbr list for this challenge, based mostly on books I already own:

Africa:

Algeria: The Plague
Botswana: A Question of Power
Egypt: Woman at Point Zero or Midaq Alley
Morocco: Hideous Kinky
Nigeria: The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings
Senegal: God's Bits of Wood
Sierra Leone: The Heart of the Matter
South Africa: July's People
Zimbabwe: Nervous Conditions

Asia

Bangladesh: The Home and the World
China: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
India: The Guide or Untouchable
Japan: Kitchen
Korea: The Red Queen
Malaysia: Lord Jim
Singapore: The Singapore Grip
Vietnam: The Lover

Caribbean

Cuba: The Old Man and the Sea
Haiti: The Kingdom of This World
Jamaica: Small Island

Europe:

Albania: The Successor
Austria: Old Masters
Bosnia and Herzegovina: S.
Croatia: On the Edge of Reason
Czech Republic: Ignorance
England: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Estonia: Professor Martens' Departure
Finland: The Summer Book
France: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Germany: Cat and Mouse or The Glass Bees
Greece: Zorba the Greek
Greenland: Smilla's Sense of Snow
Hungary: Embers
Iceland: Independent People
Ireland: Ulysses
Italy: The Leopard
Norway: Hunger or The House with the Blind Glass Windows
Poland: The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman
Russia: The Kreutzer Sonata or Notes from Underground or Rudin
Scotland: The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
Serbia: Garden, Ashes
Spain: Pepita Jimenez
Sweden: Faceless Killers: The First Kurt Wallander Mystery
Switzerland Emile
Wales: On the Black Hill

Latin America:

Argentina: Ficciones
Chile: Of Love and Shadows
Colombia: The Autumn of the Patriarch
Peru: The Cubs and Other Stories

Middle East:

Israel: Ben-Hur
Pakistan: Shame
Turkey: Snow

North America:

Canada: The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
Mexico: The Underdogs

Oceania and Australia:

Australia: A Town Like Alice
New Zealand: The Garden Party and Other Stories

US States

Alabama
To Kill a Mockingbird (Re-read)
Alaska
The Call of the Wild (Re-read)
Arkansas
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
California
The Day of the Locust
Connecticut
The Bell Jar
Florida
LaBrava
Georgia
Cane
Illinois
Native Son
Indiana
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Kansas
In Cold Blood
Louisiana
Junky
Maine
Black Water
Maryland
Timbuktu
Massachusetts
On Beauty or The Blithedale Romance
Michigan
The Virgin Suicides
Mississippi
The Optimist's Daughter
Nevada
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
New Hampshire
A Prayer for Owen Meany
New Jersey
The Plot Against America
New Mexico
The Professor's House
New York
Miss Lonelyhearts or Sabbath's Theater or Breakfast at Tiffany's
Ohio
Sula
Oregon
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pennsylvania
The Music of Chance
Tennessee
Wise Blood
Texas
The Killer Inside Me
Vermont
The Secret History
Virginia
House of Leaves

Afghanistan is not on the list anywhere I can find. Maybe Kite Runner isn't a must read before u die?

Sarah wrote: "Afghanistan is not on the list anywhere I can find. Maybe Kite Runner isn't a must read before u die?"

Kite Runner ought to be on the list, but isn't. Same with A Thousand Splendid Suns. They are both such great books.

I read Splendid Suns a few months ago and I loved it.

Sarah wrote: "Afghanistan is not on the list anywhere I can find. Maybe Kite Runner isn't a must read before u die?"

The first book in series by Alex Rutherford, called Raiders from the North, plays mainly in Afghanistan - at a guess, about 60%. The rest of the book plays mostly in Pakistan. There are 2 other books in the series, which I ave not read yet. The story plays in the late 15th and early 16th century, and is based on historical data.

Question:

Diana, are you able to move the #2 & #3 conversation response on my Alondra's ATW in 1001 Books" down a few spots, so I can use the first 3 spots to annotate on my list??
Or do I have to start over to claim those first 3 spots?
Thanks

Alondra wrote: "Question:

Diana, are you able to move the #2 & #3 conversation response on my Alondra's ATW in 1001 Books" down a few spots, so I can use the first 3 spots to annotate on my list??
Or do I have t..."

I am not able to move it, but you don't need to start over.

Coo beans. :)