Orbis Terrarum Challenge finished!

I'm happy to report another challenge down! This one was hosted by B&b ex libris and lasted from 1 April. It finishes on 20 December so I'm a month ahead of time, yay! ;-) The challenge was to read 9 books by authors from 9 different nations. Here is what I read, it's pretty much the same as my original post planned:

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)

4. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo (China)

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)

My least favorite was Crow Lake - I just couldn't get into it somehow. The Xiaolu Guo one wasn't great either. The others were all very good, with The God of Small Things, Kafka on the Shore and The Book Thief standing out among them. Those three will probably make it onto my list of favorites for the year.

Many thanks to Bethany for the idea and for hosting - I think the idea is really great and would love to see this challenge again!