The Bookworm Challenge discussion

Another fun challenge making a return this year:

Read a book that is set on one of the seven continents.

To complete this challenge, you must read one book for EACH of the seven continents. Only one continent per book, please state which continent.

2017 - Books Set on Each of the Seven Continents

1. Africa
2. Antartica
3. Asia - Damned by Nathan M. Greenfield (Hong Kong and Japan)
4. Australia - Campervan Kama Sutra - Outback Australia, with a camper trailer, three kids and a dog* by John Perrier (Australia)
5. Europe - The Shamrock and the Swastika: German Espionage in Ireland in World War II by Carolle J. Carter (Ireland)
6. North America - The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (United States)
7. South America

Stephanie's Seven Continent Books:

1. Europe - Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
2. North America - Beautiful Storm by Barbara Freethy
3. Africa - Front Lines by Michael Grant
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Connie's 7 Continent Books:
COMPLETED (first time ever completing this challenge)

1) North America: The Break by Katherena Vermette 04/03/17 (Canada)
2)Antarctica: An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne 10/03/17
3)Europe: A Perfect Heritage by Penny Vincenzi 27/06/17 (England)
4) South America: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 15/11/17 (Chile)
5)Africa: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 22/11/17 (Botswana)
6)Australia: Dirt Music by Tim Winton 27/11/17
7)Asia: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 10/12/17 (Japan)

Rebecca's 7 Continent Books:

1) Oops. Already used that. I'll start with Europe instead: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd. Another great entry in a really good series, though this one broke my heart a little.
2) Africa. West with the Night
3) North America. Death in Advertising
4) Asia One Half from the East. Amazing book.
5) Australia The Castlemaine Murders
6) South America My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
7) Antarctica Troubling a Star

Got it!

Veronique's 7 Continent Books:

1. Africa
2. Antartica
3. Asia
4. Australia
5. Europe - Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French ~ UK
6. North America - A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody ~ USA
7. South America - Black Rain by Graham Brown ~ Brazil

Samantha's Books Set on the 7 Continents:
1. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (set in North America)

Samantha wrote: "Samantha's Books Set on the 7 Continents:
1. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (set in North America)"

Hi Samantha, welcome to the Bookworm Challenge! We can only use one category per book. So this one can go here for North America, or you can keep under the January NEW BOOK challenge.

Glad to have you join us!

Wanda's Books Set on Each of the Seven Continents:
1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez South America audio
2. The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg North America
3. The Charm School by Nelson DeMille Europe
4. Poisoned Palette by Jill Paterson Australia
5. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Asia
6. The Winter Over by Matthew Iden Antarctica
7. Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith Africa

Lori's Books Set on the 7 Continents:
1. Europe - The Ritual by Adam Neville (set in Swedish wilderness of the Arctic Circle).
2. Africa - Born a Crime - Trevor Noah
3. Australia - People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
4. Antarctica - The Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brockmeier
5. Asia - The Ginseng Hunter - Jeff Talarigo
6. North America - -The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
7. South America -

Lori wrote: "Lori's Books Set on the 7 Continents:
1. The Ritual by Adam Neville (set in Swedish wilderness of the Arctic Circle)."

Sounds interesting, Lori! I'll have to add it to my To-Read list.
Marking this one down under Europe for you.

My continent coverage:

1. Africa Atlantis Stolen
2. Antartica
3. Asia The Great Zoo of China
4. Australia
5. Europe Winter of the World
6. North America Tortured Dreams
7. South America Nostromo (Centaur Classics) The 100 greatest novels of all time - #50

Melki's Continental Challenge

1) Asia - Gyo - 1/10
2) Europe - And Then Came Paulette - 1/22
3) North America - The People's Choice: A Novel - 1/28
4) Australia - Picnic at Hanging Rock - 5/29
5) South America - The Queen of Water - 6/9
6) Africa - The Red Pencil - 7/4
7) Antarctica - At the Bottom of the World - 7/29

Jody's 7 Continent Books:

1. Africa - Circling the Sun byPaula McLain
2. Europe - Sleeper’s Castle by Barbara Erskine
3. Asia - A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi
4. North America - The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
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Kate's seven continent books :

1)North America-Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2)South America
3)Asia-Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles)
4)Europe-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
5)Australia
6)Africa-
7)Antarctica

Rebecca wrote: "Rebecca's 7 Continent Books:

1) Oops. Already used that. I'll start with Europe instead: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd. Another great entry in a really good series, though this..."

This one absolutely killed me, Rebecca. I couldn't believe it, so sad.... Poor Flavia. I really wish I could mother her, even for a little while.... She'd probably end up poisoning me though, too smothering... lol.

Susan's Seven Continent Books:

1. Asia: Sumer and the Sumerians
2. Africa: The Man in the Brown Suit
3. Europe: Birth of the Kingdom
4. Australia: Murder in Montparnasse
5. North America: 206 Bones

Bluebell's Seven Continent Books:

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Sharon's Seven Continent Books:

1. Europe - Silence Fallen - Italy and Prague
2. Australia - Big Little Lies

Kristen's 7 continents:

Africa-
N America-
S America-
Europe-
Antarctica- Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Asia-
Australia-

Kaitlin's 7 continents:

Africa-
Europe-
North America- Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende (Haiti)
South America- The Dark Bride by Laura Restrepo (Colombia)
Antarctica-
Asia- Silence by Shūsaku Endō (Japan)
Australia-

Would "Where'd you go Bernadette?" Count for Antarctica? Thanks!

Yes, it would. I actually asked this same question last year. :)

Rhonda wrote: "Yes, it would. I actually asked this same question last year. :)"

You're probably who I got the idea from! Thank you :)

Letitia's 7 Continents:

Africa-
Europe-
North America-
South America-
Antarctica-
Asia-The Atlantis Gene January 28, 2017
Australia-

Cathy's - Set on 7 Continents

Europe - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante this book was set in Italy
North America - When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Michelle's 7 Continents Books: COMPLETE

1. Asia - Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
2. Africa - Leaving Time
3. North America - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
4. Europe - Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
5. South America - The Lost World
6. Oceania - The Husband's Secret
7. Antarctica - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Michelle, Russia straddles the boundary between Europe and Asia. Russian territory west of the Ural Mountains is in Europe (including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod and Kazan) and everything east of them (such as Ekaterinburg, Siberia and Yakutsk) is in Asia.

I'm not familiar with Red Notice. What did you think of it?

Rhonda's 7 Continents ***COMPLETE***

1. South America - Amazonia by James Rollins
2. North America - The Year We Hid Away by Sarina Bowen
3. Europe - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
4. Africa - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
5. Antarctica - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
6. Oceania - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
7. Asia - Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

Susan wrote: "Michelle, Russia straddles the boundary between Europe and Asia. Russian territory west of the Ural Mountains is in Europe (including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod and Kazan) and everything east..."

Really enjoyed it! It readslike a thriller. Even if you dont believe its true, its a great story.

Beth's 7 continent books

Europe- Anna and the French Kiss byStephanie Perkins
Asia- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
North America- All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
South America- Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
Africa- A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Antarctica- Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Oceania- Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Beth wrote: "Beth's 7 continent books

Europe- Anna and the French Kiss byStephanie Perkins
Asia- The Moonlight Palace by Liz Rosenberg
North Ameri..."

Hi Beth, You've got "Al Capone" under the Name in the Title category, too. Do you want to leave it there, or move it here?

Stephanie wrote: "Beth wrote: "Beth's 7 continent books

Europe- Anna and the French Kiss byStephanie Perkins
Asia- The Moonlight Palace by [author:Liz Rosenberg|45000..."

Oops, ill take it off this one

Beth wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Beth wrote: "Beth's 7 continent books

Europe- Anna and the French Kiss byStephanie Perkins
Asia- The Moonlight Palace by [author:L..."

Updated!
Edit: i took off moonlight palace because it was read in january.

Cathy wrote: "Cathy's - Set on 7 Continents

Europe - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante this book was set in Italy"
North America - When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Currently reading a book about a father and son sailing around the Horn. Not sure if I can claim it for South America, given that they aren't spending much time on land!

Rebecca wrote: "Currently reading a book about a father and son sailing around the Horn. Not sure if I can claim it for South America, given that they aren't spending much time on land!"

Do they land at any time on the journey? If yes, then count it.

Stephanie wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Currently reading a book about a father and son sailing around the Horn. Not sure if I can claim it for South America, given that they aren't spending much time on land!"

Do they l..."

They land on islands that are owned by S. American countries, like the Galapagos. Oh, and they stopped in Rio. So I'll count it :)

JEN FROM QUEBEC'S 7 NOVELS/7 CONTINENTS (I just joined, cut me some slack! lol)

1. Asia -
2. Africa -
3. North America -
4. Antarctica -
5. South America -
6. Oceania -
7. Europe -