This year too I have been able to complete the EUROPEAN READING challenge hosted @ Rose City Reader.
Here are the countries visited.
By Author:
Belgium: Georges Simenon
Austria: Friedrich Glauser
France: Robert Flaceliere
Through Books:
England: Lady-Killer by Anthony Gilbert
Norway: Mysteries by Knut Hamsun
Switzerland: Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar
Cyprus: Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye
Scotland: Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Italy: Lenz by Peter Schneider
Germany: The Sunday I Became World Champion by Friedrich Christian Delius
Turkey Light of the Day by Eric Ambler
Greece: Dirty Story by Eric Ambler
Sweden: The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
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The Challenge is being hosted again in 2014. I am signing up for it. If you too are interested,you could do so over here.
Italy: Lenz by Peter Schneider
Germany: The Sunday I Became World Champion by Friedrich Christian Delius
Turkey Light of the Day by Eric Ambler
Greece: Dirty Story by Eric Ambler
Sweden: The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
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The Challenge is being hosted again in 2014. I am signing up for it. If you too are interested,you could do so over here.
Interesting list here. And you read lots of books for Europe. I hope to read a mystery for every country eventually… or at least aim at that. I will have to keep Death in Cyprus in mind. That is an unusual one.
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That's a very interesting project Tracy. I look forward to the reviews.Death in Cyprus is definitely among the top mystery reads of this year.
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You made it to the Honorable Mention list for reading more than 10 books set in different countries. The main wrap up post listing you as one of the Honorable Mention participants is here: http://www.rosecityreader.com/2014/02/2013-european-reading-challenge-wrap-up.htmlGlad you are participating in the 2014 challenge!
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