Challenge Corner discussion

Please use this thread to plan out your reading for the challenge and to chat with other participants.

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Just a heads up has parts set in antartica which will be a hard one to get probably.

Speaking of that book, how much of the book has to be set in a continent for it to count.

That's good to know. :) How much of the book is set there? The whole book wouldn't have to be, but it should be more than just a page or two of the story.

I would say at least 1/4 of the book? It's hard to say, because a lot of the book is also about planning to go there. But it's also hard to say bc the book is epistolary: written in letters emails and transcripts.

I would say that's fine, Kylara.

Well I've got a book for each setting and almost one for every author. Just missing Africa and Antarctica. :/

You don't have to find an author from Antarctica, it's excluded from that category. :)

Yay. Then I'm just missing an African author. :)

Setting


North America: Everything I Never Told You Ohio, USA
Europe:
Asia:
Australia:
South America:
Africa:
Antarctica:

Author List


North America: Dave Zeltserman Boston, USA
Europe:
Asia:
Australia:
South America:
Africa:
Antarctica:

That's a good idea, Collette! Maybe I'll do that in a tracking thread to keep all the reviews.

I will track some possible books here. :)

Setting
North America: NYC ✓
South America:
Europe: Sweden ✓
Asia: , , ,
Africa:
Antarctica:
Australia:

Author
North America: USA ✓
South America:
Europe: Greece ✓
Asia: ,
Africa: ,
Australia:

Here are a couple of lists with books set in Antarctica, in case anyone needs some suggestions:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Also a hint for those of you who are struggling to find settings. If there is no 'official' setting like with some books where they list the characters and setting and such. But it has some kind of setting mentioned in the blurb. Such as "Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret…
But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own?"

If you aren't sure if The Kalahari Desert is a real place or a made up place it's worth while to search it. I found out that the Kalahari Desert is a real place and it's set in Africa! :D

I found my African author! Woohoo! Now I have a book and author for every category!! Now I just have to read them!!! lol. :P

That's a great hint, Bookbuyer! It can be rather difficult to find settings at times.

Bookbuyer wrote: "I found my African author! Woohoo! Now I have a book and author for every category!! Now I just have to read them!!! lol. :P"

You do have three months, maybe that will make it more likely. :D

C P wrote: "That's a great hint, Bookbuyer! It can be rather difficult to find settings at times."

It really can be. I've had to search extensively sometimes online for the Locations A-Z for another group. It's one of the reasons I was able to come up with this hint. :)

C P wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "I found my African author! Woohoo! Now I have a book and author for every category!! Now I just have to read them!!! lol. :P"

You do have three months, maybe that will make it mo..."

True. Right now all my planned reads are North American. So maybe I can plan for next month to specifically only read NON North American books. :)

Bookbuyer wrote: "C P wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "I found my African author! Woohoo! Now I have a book and author for every category!! Now I just have to read them!!! lol. :P"

You do have three months, maybe that wil..."

That could be a good idea. Difficult too, I would imagine.

C P wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "C P wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "I found my African author! Woohoo! Now I have a book and author for every category!! Now I just have to read them!!! lol. :P"

You do have three mont..."

Well two of the books I need for Setting are part of a series. So I can read that. Some of the others I have to find either online or at my library and that could take a while so that gives me some more time. :)

Bookbuyer: Looks like you've got a pretty good and solid reading plan going.:) I'm sure you'll get through them all in three months as you get through at least half of that in a month.

That's handy that two of the books in a series can fit two categories here.:)

Jackie wrote: "Bookbuyer: Looks like you've got a pretty good and solid reading plan going.:) I'm sure you'll get through them all in three months as you get through at least half of that in a month."

I'm hoping to read at least half of these this month and then maybe get to the other half in November. Then maybe in December I can start again. :D

Good hint Bookbuyer.:)I also use listopia from time to time.:) Oh, I also have both those books so I might read those for the challenge.

Jackie wrote: "That's handy that two of the books in a series can fit two categories here.:)"

Yup. I'm still trying to figure out where the second one takes place. Since the other two are NON North American I believe I can expect the second one to be as well which will definitely be useful. :)

Second books seems to take place in a made up place. :(

Bookbuyer wrote: "Second books seems to take place in a made up place. :("

Darn.:/

That would be cool if you could start over.:)

Jackie wrote: "That would be cool if you could start over.:)"

I'm REALLY hoping to since I have a ton of North American books for both Setting and Author and I want to be able to use them. :)

I actually listed the continents by order of difficulty. Obviously Antarctica is nearly impossible unless you read Non Fiction and even then it's pretty hard. African is also really hard since I haven't been able to find more than one or two I would want to read.

Australia is a bit easier than I thought it would be since one of my top 100 Adult authors turns out to be Australian and her books are set in Australia.

I've been reading more books from Asia lately as well so that one is relatively easy.

One of my favorite authors is releasing a book set in Ireland this year which is atypical so I'm really happy since I can include that. :)

North America is definitely an easy one. For setting or author.

C P wrote: "North America is definitely an easy one. For setting or author."

Yup.

I've just re-read the rules and now Asia will also be super easy since I can read manga for that! :D

I find North America and England to be pretty easy in terms of setting and author. Which author do you like that's from Austrailia?

Jackie wrote: "I find North America and England to be pretty easy in terms of setting and author. Which author do you like that's from Austrailia?"

Keri Arthur. I haven't read her books for a couple of years but I loved her a few years ago! :D

Jackie wrote: "I find North America and England to be pretty easy in terms of setting and author. Which author do you like that's from Austrailia?"

Europe is third on my list. After North America and Asia now that I've remember manga. :)

North America and Europe are probably my most read. I've also read several authors from Australia.

C P wrote: "North America and Europe are probably my most read. I've also read several authors from Australia."

Australia was a surprise for me. A lot of the authors I found I had automatically assumed were American. Even when I was reading I never realized it was set in Australia!! O.O

Thank goodness I found Goodreads. It's a fountain of information! :D

It really is. :) You know, I rarely notice where an author is from or even where something is set unless I have a specific reason to do so.

C P wrote: "It really is. :) You know, I rarely notice where an author is from or even where something is set unless I have a specific reason to do so."

Yeah, me too. I only notice books set in London because of the language used there.
I agree that North America and Europe are the easiest for me.

Jackie wrote: "C P wrote: "It really is. :) You know, I rarely notice where an author is from or even where something is set unless I have a specific reason to do so."

Yeah, me too. I only notice books set in Lo..."

Same. Unless there's a specific landmark or specific accent/word choice then I tend to just automatically assume American since 90% of what I read is American :/

I've never really thought about it before, but I don't think I really assume anything unless I'm specifically told where something is set. I do however assume that all authors are North American. Unless they are writing a book set in a different country, in which case I assume they are from that country.

Jackie wrote: "I've never really thought about it before, but I don't think I really assume anything unless I'm specifically told where something is set. I do however assume that all authors are North American. U..."

I sometimes assume that as well. But since a majority of what I read now if Fantasy it's very difficult to tell where the author is from except for word choice (American/Canadian or English spelling/word choice).

I was very surprised though to find a recent book I read was American although his name suggest that he is at least probably not Japanese. :/

C P wrote: "That's a good idea, Collette! Maybe I'll do that in a tracking thread to keep all the reviews."

Yeah the thread title said "planning" so I figured here would be the best place if any. :)

This is the perfect place.

I'm not sure if this was discussed earlier, but can a book count for two categories? Like a book by an English author set in England? Or do we need 13 separate books? Don't want to accidentally cheat. :)

Good question. It should be a separate book for each category. So 13 books in total. :)

The book I had on hold for Asia (setting) has come in and I get to pick it up tomorrow! I'm really excited! :D

I also might have to move my books around a bit or change some. Since I started which works for both Europe (setting) and Asia (author). :)

Yay! Hope you enjoy it. :)

Hey guys. I found this list from Bookriot and its perfect for our challenge!

Around the world 80 books listed by country :)
http://bookriot.com/2016/04/28/around...

Thanks, Collette! I'll have to take a look at that.