This is a challenge that I'm participating in through Bookcrossing. There's no prizes etc, its just a chance to challenge yourself and broadern your reading and knowledge of the world. Some people completed this challenge in the run up for the Bejing Olympics, this was the original post:"The goal is to read one author's work from the 202 participating countries by Summer Olympic Games by 2008. I will use my bookshelf to post all countries listed and suggested authors but the list is open to other authors or works. The only requirement is the author must be a citizen of that country (or was if deceased). Who will carry this torch with us?"
Several members didn't finish and are aiming to complete it by the winter olympics or London 2012, so I thought I'd give myself another challenge and attempt this, by London 2012.
As always it's great to have fellow challengers, for company and recommendations, so if any bloggers wish to join me let me know in the comments section. You don't have to read a novel per country, it could be a novel, essay, poetry, non fiction or graphic novel, just so long as the author is a citizen of that country
As I'm aiming to read around the world anyway, this challenge will help me focus and gives me a date to work to:
This is my mamouth list to get through:
ANOCA AFRICA
ALG Algeria
ANG Angola
BEN Benin
BOT Botswana
BUR Burkina Faso
BDI Burundi
CMR Cameroon
CPV Cape Verde
CAF Central African Republic
CHA Chad
COM Comoros
CGO Congo
CIV Côte d'Ivoire
COD Democratic Republic of the Congo
DJI Djibouti EGY Egypt
GEQ Equatorial Guinea
ERI Eritrea
ETH Ethiopia
GAB Gabon
GAM Gambia
GHA Ghana
GUI Guinea
GBS Guinea-Bissau
KEN Kenya
LES Lesotho
LBR Liberia
LBA Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MAD Madagascar
MAW Malawi
MLI Mali
MTN Mauritania
MRI Mauritius
MAR Morocco
MOZ Mozambique
NAM Namibia
NIG Niger
RWA Rwanda
STP Sao Tome and Principe
SEN Senegal
SEY Seychelles
SLE Sierra Leone
SOM Somalia
RSA South Africa
SUD Sudan
SWZ Swaziland
TOG Togo
TUN Tunisia
UGA Uganda
TAN United Republic of Tanzania
ZAM Zambia
ZIM Zimbabwe
ONOC OCEANA
ASA American Samoa
COK Cook Islands
FSM Federated States of Micronesia
FIJ Fiji
GUM Guam
KIR Kiribati
MHL Marshall Islands
NRU Nauru
NZL New Zealand
PLW Palau
PNG Papua New Guinea
SAM Samoa
SOL Solomon Islands
TGA Tonga
TUV Tuvalu
VAN Vanuatu
OCA ASIA
AFG Afghanistan
BRN Bahrain
BAN Bangladesh
BHU Bhutan
BRU Brunei Darussalam
CAM Cambodia
TPE Chinese Taipei
PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea
HKG Hong-Kong
INA Indonesia
IRQ Iraq
IRI Islamic Republic of Iran
JOR Jordan
KAZ Kazakhstan
KOR Korea
KUW Kuwait
KGZ Kyrgyzstan
LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic
MAS Malaysia
MDV Maldives
MGL Mongolia
NEP Nepal
PAK Pakistan
PLE Palestine
CHN People's Republic of China
PHI Philippines
QAT Qatar
KSA Saudi Arabia
SIN Singapore
SRI Sri Lanka
SYR Syrian Arab Republic
TJK Tadjikistan
THA Thailand
TLS Timor-Leste
TKM Turkmenistan
UAE United Arab Emirates
UZB Uzbekistan
VIE Viet Nam
YEM Yemen
EOC EUROPE
ALB Albania
AND Andorra
ARM Armenia
AUT Austria
AZE Azerbaijan
BLR Belarus
BEL Belgium
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina
BUL Bulgaria
CRO Croatia
CYP Cyprus
DEN Denmark
EST Estonia
FIN Finland
MKD Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GEO Georgia
GER Germany
GBR Great Britain
GRE Greece
HUN Hungary
ISL Iceland
IRL Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
LAT Latvia
LIE Liechtenstein
LTU Lithuania
LUX Luxembourg
MLT Malta
MNE Montenegro
NED Netherlands
NOR Norway
POL Poland
POR Portugal
MDA Republic of Moldova
ROM Romania
RUS Russian Federation
SMR San Marino
SRB Serbia
SVK Slovakia
SLO Slovenia
ESP Spain
SWE Sweden
SUI Switzerland
TUR Turkey
UKR Ukraine
PASO AMERICA
ANT Antigua and Barbuda
ARG Argentina
ARU Aruba
BAH Bahamas
BAR Barbados
BIZ Belize
BER Bermuda
BOL Bolivia
IVB British Virgin Islands
CAN Canada
CAY Cayman Islands
COL Colombia
CRC Costa Rica
CUB Cuba
DMA Dominica
DOM Dominican Rhythm Republic
ECU Ecuador
ESA El Salvador
GRN Grenada
GUA Guatemala
GUY Guyana
HAI Haiti
HON Honduras
JAM Jamaica
MEX Mexico
AHO Netherlands Antilles
NCA Nicaragua
PAN Panama
PAR Paraguay
PER Peru
PUR Puerto Rico
SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis
LCA Saint Lucia
VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
SUR Suriname
TRI Trinidad and Tobago
USA United States of America
URU Uruguay
VEN Venezuela
ISV Virgin Islands
20 comments:
South Africa: My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan
Sudan: They Poured Fire on us from the Sky
Rwanda: We wish to Inform You... by Philip Gourevitch
Canada: Anything by Margaret Atwood or The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
Turkey: Orhan Pamuk
Israel: Let it Be Morning by Sayed Kashua and anything by Amos Oz
Germany: Stasiland by Anna Funder
Cambodia: The Gate, by Francois Bizot (not a cambodian writer)
France: most books by Joanne Harris, Peter Mayle or Suite Francaise
Iran: Persepolis
Afghanistan: An Unexpected Light by Jason Eliot (not Afghani writer)
China: Balzac and the little chinese seamstress
Lots of good books to look out for, cool x
Do books about the countries count too?
On bookcrossing they started by limiting to books by autors from that country, but many people really struggled, so read books about the country. Personally I'm going to try and finid an author from the country, whose work I want to read, if I can't find one, I will just read a book about that country.
What a cool challenge, Katrina. Count me in! And check my blog for what I intend to read -- can't wait to start! Luv ya --
my blog is located at
http://jottingsfromjan.blogspot.com
I'd love to do this. I recently read Rabbit-Proof Fence also and liked it very much.
Count me in! I wanted to do the last Olympic challenge, but I came across it too late. I may have duplicates as I belong to a few book groups that focus on one region or country. Judy
Hi Katrinat!
I am trying with this challenge, have read a few books already. Glad to see that books about countries count as have been finding it quite difficult. Will let you know if I find any really good ones.
Morag / soffitta1
I would like to accept this challenge! It will be great to expand my horizons.
Cheryl
Hello again, Katrina, count me in for this one too.
You can find me at http://libreriabookstogo.blogspot.com/
Email is libreria04 at gmail dot com
Thanks again.
Triccie aka Libreria
Count me in. This is an awesome challenge!
Here's the link for my blog:
http://kindlings.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/olympic-challenge/
Thanks! Gabby
I have been participating in the challenge (and it is a HUGE one) for a few months now. Here is a list of the books that I have read, so far:
BUL Bulgaria=The Voices of Marrakesh by Elias Canetti (2/09)
DEN Denmark=Fear and Trembling by Sorn Kierkegaard (2/09)
PHI Philippines =Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories by Liana Elena Romulo (1/09)
POL Poland= The Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojcechowska (01/09)
PAK Pakistan = Reconciliation by Benazir Bhutto (12/08)
USA United States of America = Grace by Richard Paul Evans (12/08)
CAN Canada = The Shack by William P. Young (12/08)
COL Colombia = Love in a Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2008)
NED Netherlands= The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom (2008)
RWA Rwanda = Left To Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza (2008)
GBR Great Britain = A Town Like Alice by Nevil Chute (2008)
BRA Brazil= The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (2008)
Currently, I am reading:
FIN Finland= The Maid Silja by F.E. Sillanpaa.
I am trying to find something by an author from Seychelles. Anyone with a suggestion?
Here is the link to my blog (where you will find my list of books as well as a few reviews of some of the books I have read more recently:
http://cherylphipps.blogspot.com/
What a wonderful challenge! I'd love to join in as well.
I haven't read anything yet, but I will probably be starting with Sweden: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson as I just picked this up from the bookstore.
I'll be posting updates of what I read for this challenge at my blog: http://cynthiasbookshelf.blogspot.com
What a great challenge! Saw this on Cynthias Bookshelf. I might try it.
(not so good with challenges LOL)
Natalie :0)
I have completed 1/4 of the countries now (51). I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. The books I have read are on my blog.
I liked it.
Bathmate
it is really good... I like it very much...
Bathmate
I have now completed 152/202 countries. Here is a link to my blog with what I have read.
http://cherylphipps.blogspot.com/
A suggestion for Sierra Leone: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - it's a wonderful read, and quick, too!
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