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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Reading the World Challenge



While browsing though the blog  At Home With Books  I found a Reading Challenge that was very intriguing.  Alyce of At Home With Books, found the challenge at Caribousmom.

This challenge is a personal challenge with no time limits, I will be including books I've already read and adding books that I read in the future. 

I will be breaking Canada down into Provinces and the U.S.A. into States.


Africa

Congo
East of the Sun by Barbara Bickmore

Gambia
Roots by Alex Haley

Morocco
The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson


Asia

Afghanistan
Tiny Dancer by Anthony Flacco
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra

China
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See  (Also Japan and U.S.A.)
Peony In Love by Lisa See
Distant Star by Barbara Bickmore
Snow Flower & The Secret Fan by Lisa See
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan    (also U.S.A.)

India
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda  (also U.S.A.)

Iran
Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat

Israel
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra

Japan
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (also China and U.S.A.)
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Jordan
Honor Lost by Norma Khouri
Leap of Faith by Queen Noor

Russia
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy


Europe

France
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Cassandra Lost by Joanna C. Scott

Iceland
Avalon by Anya Seton (also Greenland)
Ireland
Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl by Kate McCafferty (also Barbados)

Italy
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (also Vatican City)

Monaco
Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco and Six Intimate Friends by Judy Quine

Netherlands
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy  Chevalier

Sweden
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

United Kingdom

England
Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda De Lisle
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Katherine by Anya Seton

Scotland
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Caledonia by Michael Phillips
Dark Birthright by Jeanne Treat

Vatican City
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (also Italy)


N. America

Barbados
Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl by Kate McCafferty (also Ireland)

Canada

Newfoundland
Catherine Snow by Nellie P. Strowbridge
Random Passage by Bernice Morgan

Nova Scotia
The Birth House by Ami McKay

Ontario
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan

PEI
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Jamaica
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

Greenland
Avalon by Anya Seton (also Iceland)

U.S.A.

California
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (also India)
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (also China)

Los Angeles
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (also Japan)

Massachusetts
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent

Mississippi
The Help by Kathryn Stocket  
New York
The Friday Night Knitting Club by

Oklahoma
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

Oregon
Beyond the Promise by Barbara Bickmore

Rhode Island

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult   ***NEW***
South Carolina
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Kidd Monk
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Kidd Monk

Tennessee
Dolly by Dolly Parton

Texas
Deep In the Heart by Barbara Bickmore


Oceania

Australia
The Moon Below by Barbara Bickmore
Back of Beyond by Barbara Bickmore
Outback by Aaron Fletcher


S. America

Colombia
Out of Captivity by Gonsalves, Howes, Stansell, Brozek


Signing off till next time
L.

1 comment:

  1. It's so much fun to keep track of reading by country, isn't it? :) You've got a lot read already.

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