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UPDATE:


7/10

1. USA - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
2. JAPAN - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
3. RUSSIA - Foundation by Isaac Asimov
4. SOUTH AFRICA - The Copy by Grant Boshoff
5. ENGLAND - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
6. AUSTRALIA - Mary Poppins
7. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

September update:
Goal: 16/12, 133.33%

16. Peru: The House of the Spirits - 10 Sep 2016, 5/5

All done! (Msg 163)

20/20

My goal is 15 20

1. Canada: HARK! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton (1/2/16)
2. England: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (1/6/16)
3. India: The Snake Charmer: A Novel by Sanjay Nigam (1/18/16)
4. United States: The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon (1/24/16)
5. Japan: Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto (2/4/16)
6. Netherlands: Under the Skin by Michel Faber (2/8/16)
7. Mexico: Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (2/12/16)
8. Italy: The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule by Igort (2/24/16)
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović (3/14/16)
10. Russia: There Are Jews in My House by Lara Vapnyar (3/27/16)
11. Fictionalized Middle Eastern Country: Guapa by Saleem Haddad 4/12/16
12. Lebanon: A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return by Zeina Abirached 4/11/16
13. Australia: New Kids on the Block's Hangin' Tough by Rebecca Wallwork 4/14/16
14. Scotland: Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming 4/27/16
15. France: Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh 5/13/16
16. Zimbabwe: The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith 5/29/16
17. China: Boxers by Gene Luen Yang 6/13/16
18. Germany: The Weekend by Bernhard Schlink 8/7/16
19. France: Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme (GN, 544 pages) 9/20/16
20. Norway: Pocket Full of Rain and Other Stories by Jason (GN, 184 pages) 8/2/16

Thanks!

update msg 743.
6/10
egypt - The Yacoubian Building

Updating msg 302:

4. Iran - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi -- READ

16/16 -- Challenge Completed

Update msg 742 with
7. England - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I think I might update my goal to 15, is that possible?

Updated message 114 now at 7/10

just finished book #11 - "Gourmet Rhapsody" by Muriel Barbary from France.

Congratulations to Andrew and Ecem for finishing their challenges!

Great job, Yaara! I updated your goal.

Updated message 13 with North Korea - The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

24/20

I don't think I'm going to make my original goal of 15 this year :(
Can I adjust it to 10?

My progress so far:

9/15

United States - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
China - The Only Child by Guojing
England - Fellside by M.R. Carey
South Africa - Survivors' Club (2015-) #1 by Lauren Beukes
Ireland - Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
Wales - The BFG by Roald Dahl
Canada - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Australia - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Afghanistan - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Updated message 114 now at 8/10

Updated message 13 with Somalia - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

25/20

Updates message #80

9/12

Ivory Coast

Updated message 108

Japan: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

9/10

UPDATE:


8/10

1. USA - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
2. JAPAN - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
3. RUSSIA - Foundation by Isaac Asimov
4. SOUTH AFRICA - The Copy by Grant Boshoff
5. ENGLAND - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
6. AUSTRALIA - Mary Poppins
7. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
8. THAILAND - Lullabies

My 7th book for the challenge was Pierced by the Sun by Laura Esquivel from Mexico. I started reading this back in September on the flight home from Cabo San Lucas. I really love her writing style! Consumed this very quickly and will find some of her other work to read.

Updated message 114 - now at 9/10

Updated message 476. I completed my goal, 15/15.

14) South Africa - The Copy by Grant Boshoff
15) Germany - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

I may add another one or two before the end of the year, but I'm going to focus on completing my other yearly and quarterly challenges first!

Congratulations, Janine!

No problem, Vernice - I updated your goal.

Updated message 13 with Indonesia - Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

26/20

Thanks, Cassandra! I read one more sooner than I was expecting.

16) France - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

16/15

Update: 18/18 -- Challenge completed!!
Country: Ethiopia
Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson (4 stars)
The author was born in Ethiopia, was adopted by Swedish parents at age 3, and in his 30s rediscovered his Ethiopian family.

Update msg 742
8. Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer The Flying Classroom - Germany

Updating my original msg 670 - My challenge is now complete 20/20 !

I just updated message #15. I'm now at 15/20. Let's see if I can make it 5 more before the end of the year...

Updated message 162: 9/10

Finished!

update: 7/10

In the meanwhile I surpassed my goal of 20 as well.

1: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - Canada
2: Dogstar Rising and The Ghost Runner by Parker Bilal - Sudan
3: The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley - UK
4: Ripple of the Storm and Landlocked by Doris Lessing - Iran
5: The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell - Argentina
6: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote - US
7: The Quarry by Damon Galgut - South Africa
8: The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah - Zimbabwe
9: Privatstunden by Alain Claude Sulzer - Switzerland
10: La mort de Belle and The teddy bear by Georges Simenon - Belgium
11: A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler - Austria
12: Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi - Italy
13: A Golden Age by Tahmima - Anam - Bangladesh
14: The Last Night at Tremore Beach: A Novel by Mikel Santiago - Spain
15: The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa - Peru
16: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - France
17: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - Samoa
18: The Attack and Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra - Algeria
19: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming - Jamaica
20: The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale - Japan
21: The Vegetarian by Han Kang - South Korea
22: The Father of a Murderer by Alfred Andersch - Germany
23: Sombras de Reis Barbudos by José J. Veiga - Brazil

Updated message 13 with China - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

27/20

Updated message 13 with Morocco - The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

27/20

Updated message 51.

12/10

Updated message 13 with South Korea - The Vegetarian by Han Kang

29/20

Congratulations to Cheri, Lauri, Vernice, and Danielle for completing their challenges!

Update post 24:

Iceland: The Blue Fox by Sjón
Denmark: Afsporet by Michael Katz Krefeldt
Algeria: The Stranger by Albert Camus

Total: 15/15
Challenge completed :-)

update msg 742.
9. Australia - The Light Between Oceans

Updated message 13 with Dominican Republic - This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz

30/20

Hi! I'm message 156. I've updated.

Congratulations Marina! Which was your favorite book of the challenge?

Updated message 13 with New Zealand - The Chimes by Anna Smaill

31/20

Updated #156

6/15

Updated to here.

I have completed my challenge of reading 12 books! Yay! I can't remember when I last updated (I've been bad about that this year. Shame on me!) so here's the full list:

South Africa: Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee June 27
Nigeria: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor March 16
Canada: Sweet Tooth, Vol. 2: In Captivity by Jeff Lemire January 9
Japan: Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami April 23
Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi July 9
Australia: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff April 10
France: Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann January 16
Mexico: The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli April 23
United Kingdom: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling January 3
South Korea: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang January 5
United States: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss January 5
Spain: Irlanda by Espido Freire September 30

If anyone's looking for some quick reads to get through the end of this challenge, Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, Irlanda by Espido Freire and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-Mi Hwang are all great, quick reads!

Congratulations, Erika! Thanks for the recommendations.

An update on mine! I finished my challenge a while back, and went a little over--though not as much as I'd like, to be honest! I read a lot of books from the same countries, it was kind of shocking to realize that probably 90% of the books I read are from USA/UK/Japan/Australia. I need to branch out more, and this challenge really helped!

1. The Dead House - England
2. I Am a Cat - Japan
3. One Rainy Day in May - US
4. Consider Phlebas - Scotland
5. The Investigation -South Korea
6. Big Little Lies - Australia
7. The Raven Room - Canada
8. Nothing - Denmark
9. The Murder Farm - Germany
10. The Baron in the Trees - Italy
11. The Meursault Investigation - Algeria
12. The Supernatural Enhancements - Spain
13. White Hunger - Finland
14. The Heart - France
15. Man Tiger - Indonesia
16. A Cup of Rage - Brazil
17. Tram 83 - Democratic Republic of Congo
18. The Yellow Arrow - Russia
19. The Devourers - India
20. Brother - Poland
21. His Bloody Project - Scotland
22. The Schooldays of Jesus - South Africa
23. Let the Right One In - Sweden
24. Hex - Netherlands
25. The Witch's Market - China
26. Vlad - Mexico

Updated message 458.
11/10 completed.

Message 189.
I have read 6/10.

November:
Goal: 17/12, 141.67%

17. Portugal: English As She Is Spoke; Or, a Jest in Sober Earnest - 04 Nov 2016, 4/5

Updated #180

18. Russia The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy Completed 28/11/16 Rating 4 stars

18/18

Challenge completed

Here's my list of books:

1. Australia The House at Riverton by Kate Morton Completed 11/01/16 Rating 4 stars
2. Ireland The Newton Letter by John Banville Completed 13/01/16 Rating 3 stars
3. Algeria ³¢'é³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²µ±ð°ù (The Stranger) by Albert Camus Completed 10/02/16 Rating 3 stars
4. Scotland Knots and Crosses (Kat & muis) by Ian Rankin Completed 19/02/16 Rating 3 stars
5. England Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Completed 20/02/16 Rating 3 stars
6. The Netherlands The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber Completed 29/02/16 Rating 4 stars
7. Czech Republic Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka Completed 2/03/16 Rating 4 stars
8. Wales Esio Trot by Roald Dahl Completed 27/03/16 Rating 4 stars
9. China Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang Completed 28/03/16 Rating 4 stars
10. Denmark The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis Completed 12/04/16 Rating 4 stars
11. USA Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Completed 19/04/16 Rating 4 stars
12. Japan Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Completed 16/05/16 Rating 4 stars
13. Iran De kraai by Kader Abdolah Completed 5/06/16 Rating 4 stars
14. Germany Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Completed 26/06/16 Rating 4 stars
15. France No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Completed 1/07/16 Rating 4 stars
16. Hungary Embers by Sándor Márai Completed 7/07/16 Rating 3 stars
17. Zimbabwe Bertie Plays the Blues by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 22/08/16 Rating 4 stars
18. Russia The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy Completed 28/11/16 Rating 4 stars