Around the World in 80 Books discussion

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I will be attempting a coverall

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A1 - Sci-Fi: The Skypirate (Coalition Rebellion, #2) – Justine Davis (4 stars) 2/7/22
A2 - Bio or Auto-bio: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor Noah (4 stars) 7/30/22
A3 - MC with disability: The Other Einstein – Marie Benedict (3 stars) 1/10/22 - MC has limp
A4 - Caribbean author: Breath, Eyes, Memory – Edwidge Danticat (4 stars) 5/19/22 - from Haiti
A5 - Nonbinary or trans author/MC: The Witch's Heart – Genevieve Gornichec (3 stars) 6/19/22 - MC Angrboda is transgender

B1 - Food-themed: On Thin Icing (A Bakeshop Mystery, #3) – Ellie Alexander (4 stars) 2/2/22
B2 - Publ in last 3 years: Redhead by the Side of the Road – Anne Tyler (3 stars) 1/12/22 - publ 2020
B3 - Set in Africa: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8) – Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 1/14/22 - Botswana
B4 - Nobel Laureate: Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets - Svetlana Alexievich (4 stars) 4/23/22 - Nobel in 2015
B5 - Book by Local author: In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time - Peter Lovenheim (4 stars) 4/20/22 - Rochester, NY

C1 - Set in Canada or Canadian author: Birds in Fall – Brad Kessler (4 stars) 6/30/22 - set on Canadian island off Nova Scotia
C2 - Classic Horror: The Notting Hill Mystery - Charles Warren Adams (4 stars) 10/8/22 - 1862 first detective novel - tagged classic and horror
C3 - Sports and/or Recreation: Evvie Drake Starts Over – Linda Holmes (3 stars) 4/15/22 - MPG Sports
C4 - Between 100 and 200 pgs: Death's Servant – C. J. Ellisson (3 stars) 1/4/22 - 119 pgs
C5 - Translated woman author: The Travelling Cat Chronicles – Hiro Arikawa (4 stars) 5/19/22 - from Japanese

D1 - Debut novel: A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole (2 stars) 3/9/22
D2 - 19th century classic: Persuasion - Jane Austen (5 stars) 9/27/22
D3 - Historical Fiction: One Starry Christmas – Carolyn Davidson, Carol Finch, & Lynna Banning (3 stars) 1/26/22 - anthology of 3 historical romance stories
D4 - Translated from Korean: Lemon – Kwon Yeo-Sun (Janet Hong, trans) (3 stars) 4/29/22
D5 - Epistolary: Letters from Skye – Jessica Brockmole (4 stars) 7/10/22

E1 - Country not read in 2021 (NOT Egypt, Germany, India, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, Vietnam): Scotland Off Kilter (Scottish Highlands, #1) – Hannah Reed (4 stars) 2/4/22
E2 - Book about a journey: The Lincoln Highway – Amor Towles (5 stars) 3/17/22
E3 - Rivers, lakes, or swamps: Lying Under Water (Sergeant Frank Hardy, #4) – Wendy M. Wilson (4 stars) 6/26/22 - set on hill top surrounded by flooded river
E4 - Medieval woman author: How To Be a Medieval Woman - Margery Kempe (2 stars) 3/2/22
E5 - Set in Southern Hemisphere: The Miracle at Speedy Motors (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9) -Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 4/7/22 set in Botswana, Africa

finished mine. looking forward to the next one

Congratulations!