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. 101.
    A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian
    by Marina Lewycka

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  2. 103.
    Bella Tuscany: the Sweet Life in Italy
    by Frances Mayes (author of Under the Tuscan Sun)

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  3. 104.
    Cannery Row
    by John Steinbeck

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  4. 105.
    Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia
    by Louisa Waugh

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  5. 106.
    July's People
    by Nadine Gordimer

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  6. 107.
    Letters of a Javanese Princess
    by Raden Adjeng Kartini

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  7. 108.
    ?
    Love in the Time of Cholera
    by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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  8. 109.
    Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
    by Mary Morris

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  9. 110.
    The House at Sugar Beach: A Memoir
    by Helene Cooper

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  10. 111.
    The Saffron Kitchen
    by Yasmin Crowther

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  11. 112.
    The Story of Lucy Gault
    by William Trevor

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  12. 113.
    ?
    Turning Japanese
    by Cathy Yardley

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