Africa | Litsy

Africa | David Petersen

#ReadingAfrica2022 It‘s a wrap! I haven‘t found books for all countries but I am pretty satisfied and am looking forward to #ReadingTheAmericas2023!

The final two countries that I read since my last update are:
🔸 Togo: An African in Greenland
🔸 Djibouti: Passage of Tears

Librarybelle

Singout Way to go! Very impressive! 1y

Deblovestoread Well done! 🎉🎉🎉 1y

ferskner So impressive! 1y

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LeeRHarry That‘s very impressive! 1y

LeahBergen Wow! 👏👏 1y

Sapphire Well done! 1y

vlwelser Do you have a top pick (or 2)? No pressure. This was a lot of books. And also 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉 1y

Cathythoughts Amazing! Nice work. 1y

Librarybelle Yay! Well done! Thanks for being an amazing co-host 😘 1y

rmaclean4 Congrats! That is impressive. 1y

BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Thank you too 🤍🤍 1y

BarbaraBB @vlwelser I read some great books. My favorites are for Liberia:

The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood

BarbaraBB @vlwelser Zanzibar:

Gravel Heart

BarbaraBB @vlwelser and in general (for multiple countries):

Africa Is Not a Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

vlwelser Thank you! 😘 I always love your recs. I will check these out. 1y

BarbaraBB @vlwelser Thank you 😊 1y

Megabooks Great job!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y

Suet624 Congrats! 1y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

Three more books for #ReadingAfrica2022 in September but it‘s getting more difficult each month!

🔸 Rwanda: An ordinary man
🔸 Tunisia: In extremis
🔸 Eritrea: Africa is not a country (but this book probably fits all African countries)

Librarybelle

TrishB Doing brilliantly! 2y

squirrelbrain You‘re not far off! 2y

Librarybelle So close! You can do it! 2y

jenniferw88 Yeah... you won't be surprised to learn that I've practically abandoned this challenge! My problem is that I sign up for too many at the start of the year 🤣 oh well there's always #readingtheamericas2023 🤣🤣🤣 One of these days I will actually complete it! 2y

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 I know exactly what you mean 😂 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

Another three countries for #ReadingAfrica2022 but like @Cinfhen mentioned, it‘s getting tougher to find books - and to enjoy them 🤷🏻‍♀️. My August additions:

🔸 Guinea-Bissau: Anos Ku Ta Manda
🔸 Uganda: Walking the Nile
🔸 Comores: A fish caught in time

Librarybelle

Megabooks Doing awesome!! 👍🏻👍🏻 2y

Librarybelle So incredible!!! 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

Only two countries to add to my #ReadingAfrica2022 challenge in July. Still on track though!

🔸Madagascar: Red Island House
🔸 Guinea: The Radiance of the King

Librarybelle

Bookwormjillk I‘m so impressed 👏 2y

Cathythoughts Unreal ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y

squirrelbrain You‘ve done loads! 2y

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Leftcoastzen That is really impressive! 2y

Cinfhen Oh wow!!! That‘s impressive!!!! 2y

Librarybelle You‘re definitely on track!! 2y

Bookwomble Wow! You've almost got the continent covered 👍🏻 Very impressive 😊 2y

Megabooks Awesome work!! 2y

youneverarrived Fab 👏 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

In June I read four more books for
#ReadingAfrica2022. My map is turning orange but I need many small countries to complete the challenge, which I am really enjoying.

🔸 Benin: The Viceroy of Ouidah
🔸Angola: A General Theory of Oblivion
🔸 Eswatini: When the ground is hard
🔸 Mali: Monique and the Mango Rains

Librarybelle

Bookwomble Wow, you've covered a lot of ground! Well done 🌍👏😊 2y

DivineDiana 👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻 2y

Librarybelle This is incredible! Great job!!! 2y

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Oryx Amazing! 2y

Megabooks So proud of how well you‘re doing! 😁💜 2y

BarbaraBB @Bookwomble @DivineDiana @Librarybelle @Oryx @Megabooks Thanks! I‘m surprised about how much I enjoy reading Africa. So many great reads and so much to learn! 2y

Amiable Great progress! 2y

Bookwormjillk Wow! Super impressed! I‘m really enjoying Africa too. 2y

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk I‘m happy you do! 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

I‘ve had an exceptional good #ReadingAfrica2022 month. Seven books added in May:

🔸 Liberia: The House at Sugar Beach
🔸 Botswana: The No 1 Ladies‘ Detective Agency
🔸 Tanzania: Homo Safaricus
🔸 Ghana: His Only Wife
🔸 Gabon: Threatened
🔸 South Africa: An Island
🔸 DR Congo-Kinshasa: Blood River

My total is 28 now, so I‘ve crossed the halfway point!

Librarybelle

Cathythoughts Very impressive! 2y

BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts Thank you Cathy, I‘ve been discovering some amazing books thanks to the challenge and am learning a lot too. So I‘m encouraged to read on! 2y

LeahBergen Wow! And I love seeing the books you pick for each country. 😊 2y

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squirrelbrain You‘re doing so well! 2y

Librarybelle So amazing!!! 2y

Megabooks Wow!! You are doing so good! 2y

Simona That is the progress‼️ I‘m a little bit slower this year … with all of my challenges… 2y

BookwormM Ohhh Liberia is my next read around the world destination stealing ideas here 🤣🤣 2y

BarbaraBB @BookwormM My Liberia read was very good. I can highly recommend it!

The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood

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BarbaraBB @Simona I‘m enjoying it much more than I though I would. 2y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Librarybelle @Megabooks @LeahBergen Thank you friends 🤍 2y

Bookwomble That's fantastic, Barbara 😊👏 2y

BarbaraBB @Bookwomble Thanks! I am really enjoying this challenge. 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

In April I read four more countries for #ReadingAfrica2022. I liked all of them but the Adichie was the best!

🔸 Chad: The journey
🔸 Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda
🔸 Namibia: The purple violet of Oshaantu
🔸 Nigeria: Purple hibiscus

Librarybelle

Velvetfur Wow, you've read so much already! I've only read 6! I'm impressed 😁 2y

BarbaraBB @Velvetfur I‘m surprised myself too. But 6 is very good too! 2y

TrishB Very impressive 😁 2y

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squirrelbrain Well done! 👍 2y

Librarybelle Your map is looking great!!! 2y

merelybookish Good work! 2y

Cathythoughts Great stuff 👍🏻 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

🔸 South Sudan: A long walk to water
🔸 Cameroon: Houseboy
🔸 Sudan: What is the what
🔸 Somalia: The Burgess Boys
🔸 Libya: The Return
🔸 Ivory Coast: Allah is not Obliged

With these six books read for #ReadingAfrica2022 in March my card now really starts to fill up! I read 17 books in total so far.

Librarybelle

squirrelbrain Looking good! 2y

TrishB Wow 😯 doing well!! 2y

LeahBergen Wow! 👏👏 2y

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Suet624 Goodness! Good for you!! 2y

Librarybelle Amazing!!! 2y

Bookwomble Good going - impressive! 😊👏👏 2y

Megabooks Fantastic! 2y

Singout Note to self: read books from big countries first 😆 2y

BarbaraBB @Singout So true 🤣 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

In February I read only three books for #ReadingAfrica2022 but I am still on track so far with a total of 11 countries. The ones I read this month are:
? Malawi - The Boy who harnessed the wind
? Zimbabwe - We need new names
?Cape Verde - The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo

Librarybelle

Bookwomble The Last Will and Testament... is the only English-language book I've seen from Cape Verdi, I think, so I've got that one ear-marked for later in the year. 2y

Librarybelle Amazing progress! 2y

squirrelbrain Great progress! 2y

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Susanita @Bookzombie I read this a few years ago for a Read Harder challenge

Cape Verdean Blues

Bookzombie @Susanita I think you meant to tag @Bookwomble 🙂 2y

Susanita Oops! ☺️ 2y

Hooked_on_books I only have 2 for the month so far! Maybe I can squeeze in another before March. 🤔 2y

Bookwomble @Susanita @Bookzombie Thank you both 😊 2y

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Andrew65

Africa | David Petersen

A good start to #ReadingAfrica2022 in January. I got to 5 countries in Africa.

Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Nigeria, Libya, Morocco.

If you are playing along how did you do?

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Bookwormjillk Nice! Slow start for me, only two. I'm hoping for better this month. 2y

DGRachel I managed 13 in January because I wanted to give myself a cushion for months that I didn‘t want to read anything on my list or months when it took me 4 weeks to get through a book. 2y

Andrew65 @DGRachel Wow! Brilliant! I‘m trying to aim for 1 a week. 2y

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Andrew65 @Bookwormjillk Great to get the challenge underway. 2y

DGRachel That‘s a good goal. 5 per month gets through all of the countries by the end of the year at an even pace. 2y

BarbaraBB I read 8 to kick-start the challenge and am aiming for one a week too now. 2y

BarbaraBB @DGRachel That is amazing! 2y

Andrew65 @DGRachel @BarbaraBB That is the aim 2y

Librarybelle Great start!! 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

I am quite proud of having read 8 books already for #ReadingAfrica2022!

🔸Kenya - Out of Africa
🔸Senegal - At Night All Blood is Black
🔸Burundi - Baho!
🔸Mauritius- Blue Bay Palace
🔸Ethiopia - The Shadow King
🔸Morocco - The Divers‘s Clothes Lie Empty
🔸Algeria - The Meursault Investigation
🔸Egypt - The Queue

However, Africa is HUGE! Look al all that white, to be colored in the rest of the year!

Librarybelle

LoverOfLearning Wow!! What a fun and rewarding challenge!! 2y

LoverOfLearning What is your favorite books do far? 2y

BarbaraBB @LoverOfLearning Thanks! I think

Blue Bay Palace

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BarbaraBB @LoverOfLearning You can still join if you like 😉 2y

squirrelbrain Well done! 🎉🎉🎉 2y

LoverOfLearning @BarbaraBB my goal this year is working on reading the books I already own. Whew. Already 2 in! 😅 2y

erzascarletbookgasm You‘re doing great! 👏💪 2y

KCofKaysville @BarbaraBB Good work. A fascinating continent. 2y

Librarybelle Amazing!!! 2y

KarenUK Wow! You are killing it! 💕 2y

Hooked_on_books Great job! And I agree, Africa is huge! This will be a tough challenge, but as usual it‘s been fun so far. 2y

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DGRachel

Africa | David Petersen

I finished my rough list for #ReadingAfrica2022. I know the final list at the end of the year will have some changes, but I found at least one book for every country, including the bonus countries. I learned some lessons from #ReadingAsia2021 and picked kids books and graphic novels wherever I could, for quick box checking successes. Here‘s the list for Togo - Western Sahara. (Post 4 of 4)

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Thank you so much for these posts. I can‘t wait to start and see what we‘ll read! 😘 2y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB Doing these made me more excited about the challenge. I think Tall Blondes has been on my TBR since it was published, so 20+ years. I know my parents gave me the copy for Christmas. It will be good to check that off!

Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes

BarbaraBB It looks fun 🦒! What country is it for? 2y

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DGRachel @BarbaraBB I‘m using it for Zimbabwe, but it could also be used for Kenya or South Africa. 2y

Librarybelle This is just amazing! I love these posts!! 2y

DGRachel @Librarybelle 🥰 2y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB Also, the images in the posts are in order - if you take the list as printed in Storygraph, the images are 1-59, from left to right/top to bottom, for the countries each book is for. ☺️ 2y

BarbaraBB Wow. I‘m in awe 🤩 2y

mhillis Thanks for sharing your choices!! I‘m trying to decide between finishing up Reading Asia next year or moving on to Africa or both!! 2y

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DGRachel

Africa | David Petersen

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

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Africa | David Petersen

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Hooked_on_books Roots is so good! I listened to the audio last year and just loved it. 2y

DGRachel @Hooked_on_books Good to know! I think audiobook is the format I will use, too. 2y

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Africa | David Petersen

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I can‘t believe you did this!! This is so incredible helpful. I‘m taking screenshots to compare what I‘ve “chosen” and add books to my gaps! 2y

BarbaraBB I also totally agree on the graphic ones 😃 2y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB I‘m glad it‘s helpful to others! My spreadsheet tracks if I can get a book from the library or on audio, and this way I can see if a book is out of print or only available from the UK. I‘ve ordered a couple of used books already and I‘ll have to order one from Book Depository because it isn‘t available in the US. I love the planning stage. 🤩 2y

BarbaraBB We would have been bff‘s in real life 😂, I too keep a spreadsheet with a column on where to get the books. I compare prices on BD, Amazon and a Dutch website for used books 😉 2y

rwmg I must admit I was unaware of the change of name until Eswatini was listed in travel bans due to the omicron variant and I was thinking "Where's that?" 2y

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BarbaraBB

Africa | David Petersen

Prepping for #ReadingAfrica2022! I have a decent amount of books that‘ll get me going and cover some countries.

From the top down: Zanzibar - Zimbabwe - Sudan - Libya - Mauritius - Egypt - Cape Verde - Angola - Togo - Burundi - South Africa - Somalia - Senegal - Rwanda- Nigeria - Mozambique

You can still join the challenge! Fill in the form here: https://forms.gle/tKdCCsxttXxcex6p9

Librarybelle

BarbaraBB @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel @Bookwormjilk @Laughterhp @ferskner @Dilara @Hooked_on_Books @Soubhiville @Jenniferw88 @Megabooks @Jess861 @galueth28 @Daisey @Velvetfur @rockpools @AceOnRoam @CaitZ @Crazeedi @Q84 @Nute @Cinfhen @Tove_reads @Singout 2y

erzascarletbookgasm 👏👍 That two doorstoppers though 😬 2y

Velvetfur Hmmmm I've got one so far! (Nigeria) I'll collect some more and see if it's going to be do-able! Because so far I'm currently reading book 45 of this year and listening book 46, I read/listened almost double that last year, so still not sure if I can manage all the books for Africa.... I'll work on it though! 2y

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Jess861 Some interesting looking books in that pile. I really enjoyed Purple Hibiscus! I put quite a few books on my birthday and Christmas list so I'm interested to see which ones I end up getting to help with #ReadingAfrica2022 2y

Soubhiville I‘ve been pulling my books that fit as well. Planning for challenges is fun! I‘ll have to look for that Elizabeth Strout book, I like her ☺️. 2y

Librarybelle What a great stack! I‘ve been slowly collecting books as well! 2y

Laughterhp Did I actually sign up for this challenge? I know I thought about it and even looked at the sign up sheet, but don‘t know if I filled it out. 2y

Nute I hope that when I really start looking into this that I find that I already have many books on my bookshelves like this lovely stack that you have, Ms. Barbara.🙂 2y

Cinfhen Need to take a pic!!! Research 🔬 💚Thanks for sharing 2y

kamoorephoto Part of your #ReadingAfrica2022 challenge should be getting everyone to learn to point out all the African countries on a map. Hardly anyone can; I think it‘s the hardest continent to learn, geography-wise. My 14-yr old boy decided he would make a point of doing all these online challenges to learn countries on maps and he finally got 100% with Africa. I still can‘t do it. (edited) 2y

Hooked_on_books Nice! Always good to get some ideas. 🤓 2y

Singout I‘ve made a list of what‘s available in audio from my library: certainly not every country but I wouldn‘t be able to do that anyway! Zambia recommendation: The Old Drift. 2y

BarbaraBB @Velvetfur No need to read them all, just read what you feel like and what is possible! 2y

BarbaraBB @Jess861 Looking forward to what you‘ll get! 2y

BarbaraBB @erzascarletbookgasm Absolutely. They scare me a little. But there‘s no avoiding the tagged one: I can use it for #Booked2022 too

What Is the What

BarbaraBB @Soubhiville Me too and I‘ve heard this book is about Somalia! 2y

BarbaraBB @Laughterhp I don‘t know and don‘t feel obliged. I just saw in my last post that you were interested - that‘s why I tagged you! 2y

BarbaraBB @Nute I was surprised and I hope you‘ll be too when you start looking for them! 2y

BarbaraBB @kamoorephoto You‘re so right. When you‘re participating you definitely learn a lot about the countries and their geography; these challenges make you Google a lot too. That‘s what I love about them. And your 14-year old is amazing, so cool!! 2y

BarbaraBB @Singout Thank you for that recommendation, I was hoping for some! I‘ll stack! 2y

Laughterhp Haha okay! I don‘t think I did yet lol, so good to know 2y

BarbaraBB @Laughterhp One more to add to your new bujo 😂😉? 2y

kamoorephoto @BarbaraBB Have you seen this - Can you name a country on a map?! https://youtu.be/kRh1zXFKC_o 2y

BarbaraBB @kamoorephoto I hadn‘t seen that. It‘s horrible. My first thought was: people in Europe (where I‘m from) can mention many countries but I‘m probably wrong 🙀 2y

CaitZ Thank you for this 2y

rockpools Wonderful! I‘m So looking forward to this 😊. I‘m still going to set a target of 15 countries for myself, as I‘m not good at reading at this volume, but I can‘t wait to see people‘s recommendations as we go through! 2y

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DGRachel

Africa | David Petersen

@BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Question on the challenge-is it “cheating” to use the same book for multiple countries? I have several that touch at least three countries.
#readingafrica2022

BarbaraBB I wouldn‘t think so. Africa is BIG and it takes all we can to finish this challenge 😉 2y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB It is a daunting challenge! 😅 2y

Texreader I was a stickler during #readingeurope and insisted on reading one book per country. Then there was #readingasia and that‘s pretty impossible partly because of the dearth of books for some countries but because there are so many countries. So I caved and now I‘m all for reading books that cover multiple countries. 😁 2y

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DGRachel @Texreader #readingasia was the first I participated and I did the one per country but it was hard and I forced my way through a lot of stuff I hated. Just looking at the #readingafrica list feel so overwhelming and I doubt I‘ll finish if I had to do one per country. I‘ll try, but if I don‘t HAVE to, there will be less stress. 2y

Librarybelle I think the beauty of this challenge is to do whatever works for you! Next year I think will be harder than this year in that not as many books and authors are represented exclusively for a specific country. There may be books that cover several countries that are really the only way to read about those countries! @BarbaraBB 2y

BarbaraBB @DGRachel @Texreader @Librarybelle I completely agree, we should make it as easy and fun as we can since it is going to be a tough challenge otherwise! 2y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Thank you!! 2y

bnp Thanks for the tag. I am not signing up this year, but may stop by when my travels take me this way. 2y

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Africa | David Petersen

We are delighted to announce #ReadingAfrica2022! Join @Librarybelle and me on a year long challenge to read books set in each African country or by an African author. Track your reading by signing up for the challenge using the link below. Post throughout the year with #ReadingAfrica2022 and tag us! Tagged are people who have been involved or interested in #ReadingAsia2021 but the challenge is open to anyone!

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Simona, andreadmw, Megabooks, Daisey, JennyM, Hooked_on_books, rockpools, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, HeathHof, DGRachel, BarbaraTheBibliophage, KVanRead, Smarkies, Hestapleton, Purpleness, Lizpixie, Texreader, BookNAround, Caroline2, mhillis, CaitZ, AceOnRoam, jenniferw88, ferskner, Bookwormjillk, TEArificbooks, Andrew65, Laughterhp, Currey, alisiakae, squirrelbrain, Velvetfur, Q84, Liz_M, Addison_Reads, kaysworld1, bnp, thegreensofa, Butterfinger, suzie.reads, lukulamppu, meghathecloud, SamAnne, MoonWitch94, ImperfectCJ, Jess861, CarolineLovesToRead, Hazel2019, Singout, LitsyEvents

BarbaraBB (Graphic: Google) 2y

MoonWitch94 Ohhhh fun! What a great choice! 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This sounds great! I‘m in! 2y

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DGRachel 5 books a month is doable, right? 😂 I‘m in! 2y

Librarybelle I am so happy we have officially announced this!! Thanks for being the best co-host, Barbara!! 2y

Susanita Has there been a year to read the Americas? Did I miss it? 2y

Bookwormjillk Yay! So excited 👏👏 2y

Laughterhp I always sign up for these challenges and never get many books read! But I‘ll try again! 2y

BarbaraBB @Susanita We did the USA in 2019, we haven‘t done Latin America yet! 2y

ferskner I will join and fail like I have all your other challenges! 🤣 2y

Dilara I've just joined! Looking forward to this 😁 2y

Hooked_on_books Woohoo! I‘m so excited! 🥳 2y

Soubhiville Can I get in your tag list? This may take me longer than a year to complete, but I‘m excited to join in! 2y

jenniferw88 Thanks for the tag! I've (obviously) signed up! 2y

BarbaraBB @Soubhiville Of course, you‘re very welcome!! Just fill in the Google form. You‘ll find a list of the countries there as well! 2y

BarbaraBB @MoonWitch94 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk @DGRachel @Laughterhp @ferskner @Dilara @Hooked_on_books @jenniferw88 @Soubhiville Very happy to get on this journey with all of you. Some veterans some newbies, it‘ll be fun, let‘s see where we‘ll end up! 🤍🤍 2y

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 I just got back to the fantastic list you already made. I started planning too! 🤍 2y

Megabooks I‘ve already been gathering books!! 😁😁 2y

Megabooks Are you going to have it on the StoryGraph again? 2y

jenniferw88 @Megabooks I think I put #readingasia2021 on there. Happy to do it again for you @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 2y

Jess861 I'll be joining and am very excited! Again - my goal will just be to read a few countries as I don't have a ton of time to read. Thanks for hosting this fun challenge! 2y

Librarybelle @MoonWitch94 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk @DGRachel @Laughterhp @ferskner @Dilara @Hooked_on_books @jenniferw88 @Soubhiville @Megabooks Thank you for the enthusiasm! I am so excited to see what everyone reads, and I know several of you have already started gathering titles! 2y

Librarybelle @jenniferw88 If you would like to, go ahead! I downloaded StoryGraph for #BBRC , but I don‘t really use it. I know there is a community of Littens who do, though! 2y

DGRachel @jenniferw88 It would be awesome if you would put #ReadingAfrica2022 into StoryGraph. I‘ve loved having #ReadingAsia2021 in there! 💖 2y

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 @Megabooks I agree The Storygraph is the best for keeping track of challenges. Last year @Hestapleton put it there, so kind, but if you are willing to do it this year Jennifer, that would be wonderful. Thank you ❤️ 2y

Megabooks Thank you @jenniferw88 ! That would be great!! 2y

galueth28 Joining, and I'm already looking at African authors . 2y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks @galueth28 happy to have you both joining too. Let‘s share ideas soon ❤️ 2y

jenniferw88 @Megabooks @DGRachel @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle it's live! https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/6dc34c6c-47bd-4f56-b81d-b7ff32c... 2y

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 💯❤️💃 I joined! 2y

Daisey I never make it through near all the counties, but I do love following the posts and trying to read more broadly than I would otherwise. Looking forward to this! 2y

Soubhiville @jenniferw88 looks like Niger is on there twice, is one meant to be Nigeria? 2y

Velvetfur Oohh I like the look of this, thank you for the tag! I'm very tempted....how many countries is it in total? So I can do some planning to see how it might go.... 😊 2y

jenniferw88 @Soubhiville yes! I'll try to edit it! 2y

Soubhiville @jenniferw88 thank you for entering it! I love StoryGraph for the challenges! 2y

jenniferw88 @Soubhiville edited - thanks for notifying me! 2y

jenniferw88 @Velvetfur 54! 2y

DGRachel @jenniferw88 Thank you! 2y

Velvetfur @jenniferw88 oh....okay....some careful planning required....is there a deadline by which to sign up for it...? 2y

jenniferw88 @Velvetfur no 😊 2y

Velvetfur @jenniferw88 cool, thanks 😊 2y

AceOnRoam Thanks @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle looking forward to the journey. 2y

rockpools 🎉🎉🎉 Very happy to be joining you again - I‘ve loved doing #ReadingAsia2021. I‘m aiming for a more relaxed reading year though, so for starters I‘m going to be setting a goal of 15 countries from Southern Africa - and we‘ll see what happens after that! 2y

BarbaraBB @Daisey @Velvetfur @rockpools Great to have you going along with us. 54 sounds like a lot to me too, too many maybe, but reading them all is not obliged of course 😅 2y

CaitZ I always join these with great intentions and then slack off, but I always learn new things about a few countries. I'm ready to try again. 2y

Crazeedi I just signed up. I hope this broadens my reading! Will I get a copy so I can print?? Thanks so much 2y

Crazeedi Please tag me 💗 2y

Q84 Signed up. Now I need to actually plan it out so I get to reading them. 2y

BarbaraBB @Crazeedi Glad to have you! You‘ll receive a copy of your Google form automatically. Please check your spam if you didn‘t receive it - I had to rescue my copy out of my spam mailbox too! 2y

BarbaraBB @CaitZ @Q84 happy you both are joining! 🤍 2y

Crazeedi @BarbaraBB thank you I have it, woohoo! 2y

Nute Signed up. Eager to participate! 2y

BarbaraBB @Nute Very happy to have you joining us! 2y

Cinfhen How did I miss this?????? 2y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I was sure I tagged you but I can‘t find your name above so something must have gone wrong. So sorry! 2y

Cinfhen No worries xxxx can‘t wait to join you and @Librarybelle will fill out the form 🥰 2y

Librarybelle So glad you‘re joining us, @Cinfhen ! 2y

Tove_Reads I hadn‘t seen this! I‘ve read a book from every single African country except São Tomé and Principe. Haven‘t gotten my hands on a book from there yet - can only be found in Portuguese. I have all the books I‘ve read in my blog https://theworldisourstoread.wordpress.com/ 2y

BarbaraBB @Tove_Reads That is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing this. @Librarybelle 2y

Librarybelle Thank you so much for sharing this, @Tove_Reads ! 2y

Singout I sent you a Google form on Nov 3 in which all the titles were blank because I hadn't done my research yet. Do I just tag you and #ReadingAfrica2022 in the reviews as I go along, or is more info in the Google form important at some point? 2y

BarbaraBB @Singout you can use the googleform to keep track if you like (not obliged!). Tagging us and use the hashtag when you‘ve read a book is nice for all participants, because we can inspire each other with books we read for the challenge! 2y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I may join later in the year for an abbreviated challenge. I‘m still finishing the books I picked from Asia and since I own them, I‘m just going to keep on with the 2021 into 2022. 😘 2y

BarbaraBB @BarbaraTheBibliophage That is perfect of course, that you‘re continuing Asia next year! 2y

Andrew65 Looking forward to this! 😍 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB Thanks for hosting these. 2y

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Looks like we all need to learn Portuguese! 😳 2y

BookNAround I never manage to make much of a dent in these challenges but it never slows me down from signing up! 😂 2y

BarbaraBB @Andrew65 @BookNAround it‘ll be fun to have you! We‘ll see how far we get! 2y

BarbaraBB @KristiAhlers Hi 👋🏽 here is all information about #ReadingAfrica2022. Happy you‘re joining us! 2y

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