bartzturkeymom's "2012 Olympics Reading Challenge"

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The point is to read one author per each of the 205 nations participating in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games by the end of the games. This seems like a real fit for me as I like challenges, I love learning about the world—both past and present, and I love to read.

These are by no means the only books that can be chosen for the challenge. They are just mine and they only represent the countries for which I have found a book that fits the challenge and sounds interesting to me. I wish I could list the country and follow it with the book(s) I’ve chosen, but it looks like I can only list items on the list and not places. I’ll list the books in order by country and then list the countries with the titles in the comments as I read them.

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  1. 51.
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    The Taebaek Mountains
    by Jo Jung-Rae

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  2. 52.
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    Land
    by Park Kyong-Ni

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  3. 53.
    Anarchy and Old Dogs
    by Colin Cotterill

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  4. 54.
    The Darling: A Novel
    by Russell Banks

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  5. 55.
    In the Country of Men
    by Hisham Matar

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  6. 56.
    Of Chameleons and Gods (African Writers SeriesRG)
    by Jack Mapanje

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  7. 57.
    Feng Shui Life Planner
    by Lilian Too

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  8. 58.
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    Segu
    by Maryse Conde

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  9. 59.
    Palestine
    by Joe Sacco

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  10. 60.
    The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
    by Tahir Shah

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  11. 61.
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    Neighbours: The Story of a Murder
    by Lilia Momple

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  12. 62.
    The Purple Violet of Oshaantu (African Writers)
    by Neshani Andreas

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  13. 63.
    The Discovery of Heaven
    by Harry Mulisch

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  14. 64.
    Once Were Warriors
    by Alan Duff

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  15. 65.
    Family Album
    by Claribel Alegria

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  16. 66.
    Don't Look Back (Inspector Sejer Mysteries)
    by Karin Fossum

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  17. 67.
    The Way to Paradise : A Novel
    by Mario Vargas Llosa

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  18. 68.
    Cosmos
    by Witold Gombrowicz

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  19. 69.
    Imperium
    by Ryszard Kapuscinski

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  20. 70.
    Seeing
    by Jose Saramago

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  21. 71.
    Tales from the Mountain
    by Miguel Torga

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  22. 72.
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    In the Palm of Darkness: A Novel
    by Mayra Montero

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  23. 73.
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    Qatari Women: Past and Present

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  24. 74.
    Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Leo Tolstoy

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  25. 75.
    Crossing the River
    by Caryl Phillips

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  26. 76.
    Collected poems, 1948-1984
    by Derek Walcott

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  27. 77.
    THEY WHO DO NOT GRIEVE
    by SIA FIGIEL

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  28. 78.
    So Long a Letter (African Writers Series)
    by Mariama Ba

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  29. 79.
    Dictionary of the Khazars (F)
    by Milorad Pavic

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  30. 80.
    Links
    by Nuruddin Farah

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  31. 81.
    Life of Pi
    by Yann Martel

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  32. 82.
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    The Secret Supper: A Novel
    by Javier Sierra

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  33. 83.
    Don Quixote (Modern Library Classics)
    by Miguel De Cervantes

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  34. 84.
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    Famished Waterfall
    by Jean Arasanayagam

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  35. 85.
    Coming Through Slaughter
    by Michael Ondaatje

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  36. 86.
    The English Patient
    by Michael Ondaatje

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  37. 87.
    Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet (Interlink World Fiction)
    by Ulfat Idilbi

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  38. 88.
    An African in Greenland (New York Review Books Classics)
    by Tete-Michel Kpomassie

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  39. 89.
    A Bend in the River
    by V. S. Naipaul

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  41. 91.
    Istanbul: Memories and the City
    by Orhan Pamuk

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  42. 92.
    Dead Souls (Dover Thrift ed)
    by Nikolai Gogol

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  44. 96.
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    Sixtonian: Vignettes 'Bout Amalia
    by Geraldo Guirty

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  45. 97.
    Paradise of the Blind: A Novel
    by Thu Huong Duong

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  46. 98.
    Hungry As The Sea
    by Wilbur Smith

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  47. 99.
    Blood Of Montenegro: A story of Civil War Reenactment
    by Bajram A. Koljenovic

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  48. 100.
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    Dakar Childhood (Drumbeats S.)
    by Natiassatou Diallo

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