Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Countries I have visited: 16

visited 16 states (7.11%)
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I'm continuing my 2016 Globetrotter challenge as a relaxed Circumnavigator, reading books from authors who are local to the respective country. I think that translations are very essential while trying to experience world and the more points of view - the better. Trying to honor already existing translations, very few in a global perspective, I'm first going to read Latvian translations and after about 30 books I will most likely continue reading in English.

North America - 1
The Caribbean - 1
Latin America
Europe - 12
Africa
The Middle East
Asia - 1
Oceania/Australia - 1

15 books from 2016:

1. Latvia - Pansija pilī by Anšlavs Eglītis
2. Vietnam - Apburtā monēta by Nguyễn Công Hoan
3. Denmark Smillas jaunkundzes sniega izjūta by Peter Høeg
4. USA - Mežone (Wild) by Cheryl Strayed
5. United Kingdom - Lielās cerības (Great Expectations) by Charles Dickens
6. Finland - Sārta kā asinis (As Red as Blood) by Salla Simukka
7. France - Kamēliju dāma (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas-fils
8. Germany - Pasaku stāstnieks (The Storyteller) by Antonia Michaelis
9. Albania - Ziedoņa puķes, ziedoņa sals (Spring Flowers, Spring Frost) by Ismail Kadare
10. Antigua - Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
11. Russia - Meistars un Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov
12. Iceland - Pēdējais rituāls (Last Rituals) by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
13. Netherlands - Sētas māja (The Diary of a Young Girl) by Anne Frank
14. New Zealand - Putnubiedēklis (The scarecrow) by Ronald Hugh Morrieson
15. Belarus - Karaļa Staha baismā karadraudze (King Stakh's Wild Hunt) by Uladzimir Karatkevich

First book of 2017!

16. Italy - Gepards (The Leopard) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Ieva wrote: "First book of 2017!

16. Italy - Gepards (The Leopard) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

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One of my favorite books.

Diane wrote: "One of my favorite books."

It turned out to be one of my favorites too. Definitely not a page turner for me, but it had an attraction that pulls you in again and again, transporting reader to sun scorched Sicily with its' pastel meadows and witty, compelling storytelling. I have a soft spot for books about slow destruction of a bygone eras.