Orbis Terrarum means 'the whole world' and is the title of a challenge hosted by B&b ex libris, who says:
- The Orbis Terrarum Challenge begins April 1 2008 (you are welcome to join later) Through December 20th 2008.
- For the challenge each reader is to choose 9 books (for the 9 months).
-Each book must be by an author from a different nation in our world.
Completed: ALL as of 17 November 2008 (read my wrap-up post here)
My list is made up of books I'm already reading anyway, so it's an easy one for me to join:
- The Orbis Terrarum Challenge begins April 1 2008 (you are welcome to join later) Through December 20th 2008.
- For the challenge each reader is to choose 9 books (for the 9 months).
-Each book must be by an author from a different nation in our world.
Completed: ALL as of 17 November 2008 (read my wrap-up post here)
My list is made up of books I'm already reading anyway, so it's an easy one for me to join:
1. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson (Canada)
2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (India)
3. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Australia)
6. The Devil and Miss Prym by Paolo Coelho (Brazil)
7. The Vanishing by Tim Krabbe (The Netherlands)
8. Perfume by Patrick Suskind (Germany)
9. The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton (Ireland)
6 comments:
I eyed this one up, too, but then opted for Joy's "Non-Fiction Five Challenge". This one looks great though!
Lezlie
Welcome to the challenge!! You are in for a ton of good reading. I am excited to see your reviews!
The Book Thief is wonderful
Aart - thanks, I'll check it out!
Lezlie - oh no, i haven't seen Joy's "Non Fiction Five", I'm going to check it out too! Crazy!
Bethany - thanks for the welcome, I'm really psyched about this one too!
Holistic Knitter - I'm looking forwrad to reading it, I've heard so many good things!
Oh these are great choices. I have read The Book Thief and Perfume. Both of those are favorites of mine. I hope you'll enjoy them.
I still need to decide what my books will be. So fun to come up with the lists right? :)
Iliana - yep, making the list is definitely part of the fun! Have fun with yours!
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