Book Around the World Challenge
The point of this challenge is to read at least one excellent book for each country of the world, and the books should be about the country, not written by someone of that country.
Although I started this challenge due to the blog that is linked above, I am actually most active with it on the Reading Globally group over at LibraryThing.
I am currently working on Europe.
Countries I have visited so far:
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium: The Sorrow of Belgium by Hugo Claus – 5 stars – May 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Channel Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark: Beowulf by Caitlin Kiernan – 5 stars – April 2011
Estonia
Faroe Islands: Far Afield by Susanna Kaysen - 5 stars - May 2012
Finland
France: Chocolat by Joanne Harris – 5 stars – July 2009
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Hungary
Iceland: Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir - 4.5 stars - January 2012
Ireland
Italy
Jan Mayen Island
Kosovo
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg: The Elf of Luxembourg by Tom Weston – 4 stars – April 2011
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco: Monte Carlo by Stephen Sheppard – 4 stars – March 2011
Montenegro
The Netherlands: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge – 5 stars – July 2008
Norway: The Shadow in the River by Frode Grytten - 3 stars - February 2012
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Svalbard Island
Sweden: Under the Snow by Kerstin Ekman - 4 stars - April 2012
Switzerland
Turkey
UK: England
UK: Northern Ireland
UK: Scotland
UK: Shetland Islands
UK: Wales
Ukraine
Vatican City
