Wednesday, November 23, 2011

2011 Global Reading Challenge Update - the last stretch

Africa:

1. Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed - IN PROGRESS
2. The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba

Asia:
1. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
2. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Australasia:
1. Genesis by Bernard Beckett - DONE
2. Lilian's Story by Kate Grenville - DONE

Europe:
1. The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk - DONE
2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - DONE

North America:
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald - DONE
2. The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger - DONE
3. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery - DONE (do I get bonus points for this extra book?)

South America/Central America:
1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - in progress
2. Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Seventh Continent/Other World:
1. God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert - DONE
2. ???

Three continents down, three in slow progress, and my own backyard not started. 7 more to go in 5 1/2 weeks...