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That sort of challenge actually makes it more difficult for the more well-read readers, I'd think Larry Send a noteboard - 22/02/2011 02:48:23 AM
Have you read your Classic yet?

And keep the reviews coming. They've been great to read. :D


Next month's challenge: Read a book by an author from a country you've not read a book from before.


I thought about it for a moment and I came up with dozens of countries who have produced writers I have read:

US
UK
Ireland
Canada
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Honduras
Panama
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil
Peru
Ecuador
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
Chile
Bolivia
Italy
Spain
Portugal
France
Germany
Belgium
The Netherlands
Switzerland
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Poland
Serbia
Croatia
Hungary
Greece
Albania
Turkey
Lebanon
Israel
Egypt
Algeria
Iran
South Africa
Nigeria
Angola
Mozambique
Australia
New Zealand
China
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
Taiwan
India
Pakistan
Romania

And I'm likely leaving out a few. But I believe that's virtually all of the major literary centers whose authors have been translated into English at some point :P
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Final check up: one week left in January/February's Challenge Rebekah - 21/02/2011 10:53:56 PM 951 Views
Um nossy - 22/02/2011 12:02:22 AM 706 Views
Oh. I didn't quite understand how it worked. Thank you for clarifying. Now if I can just remember Tashmere - 22/02/2011 12:25:45 AM 734 Views
That sort of challenge actually makes it more difficult for the more well-read readers, I'd think Larry - 22/02/2011 02:48:23 AM 857 Views
Re: Isn't that also the point? To stretch your limits, however far out they might be? Danae al'Thor - 22/02/2011 04:54:26 AM 1001 Views
After a while, it becomes much easier to forget which have been read than to remember which haven't Larry - 22/02/2011 05:07:49 AM 739 Views
Re: And when you do, Danae al'Thor - 22/02/2011 05:09:08 AM 711 Views
I might Larry - 22/02/2011 05:11:21 AM 833 Views
It doesn't have to be a country that still exists. Tom - 22/02/2011 05:56:34 AM 869 Views
Indeed. *NM* Rebekah - 22/02/2011 08:00:08 AM 324 Views
Done most of those as well Larry - 22/02/2011 12:15:42 PM 872 Views
Why are you shocked that I've never read Kafka? Tom - 22/02/2011 02:37:07 PM 807 Views
I have that problem Camilla - 22/02/2011 02:45:11 PM 772 Views
Perhaps I don't make that assumption because I read some unusual books. Tom - 22/02/2011 08:14:42 PM 965 Views
Only that I take you for one of the few people who are more widely-read than I am, that's all *NM* Larry - 22/02/2011 04:20:35 PM 314 Views
But I can only read 30-40 books a year at a maximum! Tom - 22/02/2011 08:10:14 PM 698 Views
True Larry - 22/02/2011 09:21:12 PM 875 Views
You say that as if you don't read Stanek on purpose. *NM* Legolas - 22/02/2011 09:39:46 PM 366 Views
Well... Larry - 22/02/2011 11:15:51 PM 757 Views
Well, there is always Camilla - 22/02/2011 02:27:55 PM 905 Views
True Larry - 22/02/2011 04:34:17 PM 858 Views
Re: Yes, but not on purpose for the challenge. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 22/02/2011 04:40:32 AM 351 Views
Re: Which means no review, Maybe I should write one, I think some people here would like it. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 22/02/2011 04:55:07 AM 353 Views
You should. *NM* Camilla - 22/02/2011 02:45:32 PM 316 Views
Urg ... don't think I'm going to finish. Darth_Katie - 22/02/2011 06:10:38 AM 828 Views
Yes Camilla - 22/02/2011 10:14:19 AM 830 Views
Already done snoopcester - 22/02/2011 02:45:37 PM 710 Views
Re: Already done Camilla - 22/02/2011 02:46:18 PM 741 Views
Re: Already done snoopcester - 22/02/2011 04:46:16 PM 690 Views
Damn. Camilla - 22/02/2011 04:47:39 PM 752 Views
It was snoopcester - 22/02/2011 04:55:44 PM 727 Views
Re: It was Camilla - 22/02/2011 04:56:39 PM 708 Views
Well, true.... jh - 22/02/2011 06:57:55 PM 716 Views
Belgium! *NM* Legolas - 22/02/2011 07:23:28 PM 337 Views
Pfft snoopcester - 22/02/2011 07:28:39 PM 791 Views
Damn. *NM* Legolas - 22/02/2011 07:29:20 PM 358 Views
New Zealand.? Rebekah - 22/02/2011 07:47:08 PM 860 Views
Mr Pip? snoopcester - 22/02/2011 08:04:38 PM 771 Views
He's a Kiwi? Rebekah - 22/02/2011 08:20:53 PM 818 Views
So he says. Since he wrote a book about the All Blacks, I'm inclined to believe him snoopcester - 23/02/2011 10:25:31 AM 740 Views
Re: Final check up: one week left in January/February's Challenge Stephen - 22/02/2011 10:54:16 PM 811 Views
King Lear. Michael - 23/02/2011 04:24:46 PM 860 Views
Re: King Lear. Camilla - 23/02/2011 04:42:00 PM 749 Views
I had high hopes for it. Michael - 24/02/2011 11:10:53 AM 954 Views
Yes. Do it! Rebekah - 24/02/2011 11:13:15 AM 794 Views
Re: I had high hopes for it. Camilla - 24/02/2011 11:31:49 AM 1142 Views
Guess I'll be reading Lilith. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/02/2011 09:01:36 PM 349 Views
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