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Around The World In 80 Days
Level: Platinum
0/15
11/3/14-30/5/14

South Africa
When Only Diamonds Will Do by Lindsay Armstrong

USA
Everyday Average Jones by Suzanne Brockmann
The Mommy Mystery by Delores Fossen
Untamed by Sara Humphreys
Spartan Frost by Jennifer Estep
Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James
First Strike by Pamela Clare
Moon by Laurann Dohner
Burn With Me by R.G. Alexander

Iran
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Sri Lanka
The Perfect Lover by Stephanie Laurens

Australia
Savage Retribution by Lexxie Couper

Canada
Red Heat by Nina Bruhns
Kiss of Darkness by Deborah Cooke

New Zealand
Unknown by Melissa Pearl

Welcome to the challenge, Laventeli and Angie!

Around The World In 80 Days
Level: Platinum
15/15
11/3/14-30/5/14

South Africa
When Only Diamonds Will Do by Lindsay Armstrong - April 17
USA
Everyday Average Jones by Suzanne Brockmann - March 13
The Mommy Mystery by Delores Fossen - March 25
Untamed by Sara Humphreys - March 30
Spartan Frost by Jennifer Estep - April 10
Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James - April 22
First Strike by Pamela Clare - April 23
Burn With Me - R.G. Alexander - April 23
Moon by Laurann Dohner - May 6
Iran
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - March 25
Sri Lanka
The Perfect Lover by Stephanie Laurens - April 4
Dubai
Australia
Savage Retribution by Lexxie Couper - March 26
Canada
Red Heat by Nina Bruhns - May 17
Kiss of Darkness by Deborah Cooke - May 7
New Zealand
Unknown by Melissa Pearl - May 7

Congratulations, Angie!

Group: Nothing But Reading Challenges
Challenge: Around The World In 80 Days
Level: Platinum 13+ books
Duration: August 6th - October 22nd
Books Read: 8

USA
Also Known As by Robin Benway Aug 7th,2014
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Aug 10, 2014
Pivot Point by Kasie West Aug 16, 2014
The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart Aug 20, 2014
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell Aug 26, 2014
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Sept 4, 2014

UK

Ireland
If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern Aug 29, 2014

Australia
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Aug 15, 2014

Around the World in 80 Days
Level: Platnum 13+ Books
Duration: August 20th - November 7th
Completed: 19

Germany:
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke Sep 4

Brazil:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Nov 6

Jamaica:
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Nov 4

Belarus:
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Nov 4

Scotland:
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Sep 19

Australia:
Away With the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood Sep 7

Czech Republic:
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Nov 6

Canada:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Sep 12
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley Sep 15

France:
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Sep 22
Candide: or, Optimism by Voltaire Oct 24

Algeria:
The Stranger by Albert Camus Nov 2

Ireland:
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy Sep 22

England:
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie Aug 23
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Aug 25
Matilda by Roald Dahl Sep 5

Dominica:
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Sep 15

China:
Legend by Marie Lu Aug 24
Prodigy by Marie Lu Aug 24

Welcome to the challenge Arshiya and Megan

Level: Gold 9-12 books
Duration: January 13 - April 3, 2015
Completed: 11 authors / 9 countries
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1. Israel -- Almost Perfect by Orly Krauss-Winer 1/13/15
2. Ireland -- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 2/2/15
3. Ireland -- The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly 3/3/15
4. Australia -- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 2/2/15
5. United Kingdom -- The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse 2/5/15
6. United Kingdom -- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 4/1/15
7. Russia -- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 3/12/15
8. Japan -- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 3/18/15
9. Ukraine -- Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky 3/29/15
10. Finland -- The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3/30/15
11. Scotland -- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 4/3/15

***** Continued below *****
12. Germany -- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 4/11/15
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UPDATED 4/13/15
I completed the original 80-day challenge on April 3 with 11 authors representing 9 countries of birth. I'd initially set a goal of Silver 8-12 books, and was pleasantly surprised to end up in the Gold range.

I will continue to track this beyond the original 80 days as I "visit" more countries. I'm curious how many I might end up with by year's end. :)

UPDATED 1/12/2016
Level: Gold 9-12 books
Duration: January 13 - April 3, 2015
Completed (80 Days): 11 authors / 9 countries
Continued: 46 authors / 54 books / 18 countries

1. Israel
Orly Krauss-Winer - Almost Perfect 1/13/15

2. Ireland
John Boyne - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2/2/15
John Connolly - The Wolf in Winter 3/3/15
Bram Stoker - Dracula 5/18/15
Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest 6/18/15
John Banville - The Sea 11/10/15

3. Australia
Colleen McCullough - The Thorn Birds 2/2/15
Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North 11/14/15

4. England
Kate Mosse - The Winter Ghosts 2/5/15
H.G. Wells - The Time Machine 4/1/15
George Eliot - Silas Marner 5/6/15
Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane 5/15/15 & Fortunately, the Milk 12/6/15
Aphra Behn - Oroonoko 6/21/15
Elizabeth Gaskell - Cranford 6/27/15
Anne Brontë - Agnes Grey 6/29/15 & The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 7/7/15
Cary Elwes - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 7/8/15
Noël Coward - Fallen Angels 7/14/15
Ian McEwan - Atonement 7/30/15
Douglas Adams - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul 8/2/15
Peter Ackroyd - The House of Doctor Dee 8/5/15
Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim 8/7/15
Genevieve Cogman - The Invisible Library 8/10/15
David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas 9/4/15
John Fowles - The Collector 9/9/15
William Golding - Lord of the Flies 10/15/15
Lee Child - Running Blind 11/4/15
Helen Simonson - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 12/6/15
Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility 12/21/15

5. Russia 7/7/15
Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina 3/12/15

6. Japan
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go 3/18/15

7. Ukraine
Irène Némirovsky - Suite Française 3/29/15

8. Finland
Arto Paasilinna - The Year of the Hare 3/30/15

9. Scotland
Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 4/3/15 & Treasure Island 6/19/15
Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4/21/15 & The Speckled Band 4/21/15 & The Red Headed League 4/21/15 & The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk 4/21/15 & The Hound of the Baskervilles 7/20/15

10. Germany
Bernhard Schlink - The Reader 4/11/15

11. France
Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days 4/18/15
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince 8/3/15

12. Poland
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness 5/19/15

13. India
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger 8/5/15

14. Canada
Sara Gruen - Water for Elephants 8/8/15
Kathleen Grissom - The Kitchen House 9/10/15
Alan Bradley - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches 9/29/15 & The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 12/7/15

15. Wales
Grace McCleen - Land of Decoration, The: A Novel 8/14/15

16. Norway
Jo Nesbø - The Son 10/3/15

17. Zimbabwe
Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train 10/11/15

18. China
Marie Lu - Legend 11/7/15

So for the year, I ended up with 46 authors, 54 books, and 18 countries. Thanks for the challenge!

Welcome to the challenge TerryJane ☺

Laventeli wrote: "Hmm it seems that this challenge thread is pretty dead. I'm going to do this anyway. Gives me an excuse to seek out foreign authors. I'm from Finland.
09.03.2014-28.5.2014 The challenge done with a..."

Like Laventeli, I also realize this thread is pretty dead! but I'm gonna try it anyway. But I wanna go for PLATINUM! 13+ in 80 days? no sweat... I hope. The hardest part is gonna be finding 13 or so books by foreign authors. (That will keep my interest...you never know with me (or should I say "I never know with me") ((does anyone even look at this thread anymore?))) I've got some good suggestions though and just in case anyone out there is paying any attention I'll give an update as soon as I start. I guess I just got excited about this challenge hehe. Maybe it was that second glass of cabernet...

In for a try and see how I go.
Start Date: 5th February 2015
Deadline: 25th April 2015
COMPLETED 25/04/2015 with 7 books - Silver

Canada
Rebel Heart by Moira Young - 15/03/2015

England
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - 10/02/2015

France
The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry - 25/04/2015

Indonesia
The Crystal Heart by Sophie Masson - 15/04/2015

Japan
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredomby Tsugummi Ohba - 29/03/2015

United States
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler - 11/10/2015

Wales
Stolen by Lucy Christopher - 29/03/2015

Welcome to the challenge Annie & Karen ☺

Annie wrote: "I've got some good suggestions though and just in case anyone out there is paying any attention I'll give an update as soon as I start. I guess I just got excited about this challenge hehe. Maybe it was that second glass of cabernet... "

Suggestions are always welcome ☺

I continued this one beyond the 80 days and tracked for the whole year. I added the list in my original post here. I read 54 books by 46 authors from 18 countries of birth.

Nice work TerryJane :)

Around the World in 80 Days
Level: Platinum 13+ Books
Duration: January 19th - April 8th 2016
Completed: countries:11, authors:16, books:18

England
The Moon at Noon by Jule Owen
Sour: My Story: A troubled girl from a broken home. The Brixton gang she nearly died for. The baby she fought to live for. by Tracey Miller

Scotland
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Tressa - The 12-Year-Old Mum: My True Story by Tressa Middleton

Germany
Ludwika: A Polish Woman's Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany by Christoph Fischer

India
Tell A Thousand Lies by Rasana Atreya

USA
Cinder by Marissa Myer
The Children of the Moon by Leaken Zea Kemp
Scarlet by Marissa Myer
Unhappenings by Edward Aubry
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Australia
The Institute by Kayla Howarth
Resistance by Kayla Howarth
Defective by Kayla Howarth

Israel
Daughters of Iraq by Revital Shiri-Horowitz


Zimbabwe
Once Upon a White Man: A Memoir of War & Peace in Africa by Graham Atkins

Canada
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

Malaysia
The Separation by Dinah Jeffries

Ghana
Dark Genesis by A.D Koboah

Welcome to the challenge Ellen :)

Around the World in 80 Days
Level: Platinum 13+ Books
Duration: January 24th - April 13th 2016
Completed: 8 books / 8 authors / 5 countries

England
x The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
x And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Czech
x Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins by Milan Kundera

USA
x Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
x Der Marsianer by Andy Weir
x All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

Egypt
x Mohammed, eine Abrechnung by Hamed Abdel-Samad

Germany
x Verbrechen: Stories by Ferdinand von Schirach

Welcome to the challenge (and group) Jana :)