Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Orbis Terrarum Challenge


Another challenge that I'm joining really late, but I always loved this one and I want to be involved. Even if I already know I might not finish.

Bethany at Dreadlock Girl is hosting again - she created a new site for the challenge, check it out for all the info you might need. For here, it's sufficient to say that it lasts from April 1 to November 30 and requires 8 books by authors from different countries. Oh and it's great fun! :-)

Completed: 6/8 as of 15 September

China (Hong Kong) - The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
United Kingdom - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
United States - The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Iran - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ireland - In the Woods by Tana French
Japan - The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Poland - Zapalka na Zakrecie by Krystyna Siesicka
Australia - The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Canada - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
India - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
France - Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Dominican Republic - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Italy - I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti
Germany - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Malta - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

3 comments:

Ana S. said...

Finishing challenges is overrated anyway ;) Best of luck, and have fun!

joanna said...

Great way of putting it Nymeth! :-)

Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said...

I'm with Nymeth. Even though I'm still not joining any more (and counting down the months until mine are finally finished). I always loved this one, though. Good luck!! I'd really like to read Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and White Tiger one of these days.