Reading the Landscape of Europe

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

Mid-year report on #readingeurope2020. In addition, I‘ve read Crucible for #France and I am currently reading The Alps for #Switzerland. I have books I‘ve bought to read for #Croatia #Cyprus #Denmark #Malta and #Slovenia

22 books read, 29 to go.

I‘d love suggestions for the remaining countries! Help!

BarbaraBB I loved this book for Hungary

Iza's Ballad

BarbaraBB For Czech Republic you could go with any work by Milan Kundera 4y

BarbaraBB Northern Ireland:

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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Cinfhen I loved this book for #Greece

Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil

BarbaraBB Latvia

Soviet Milk

Cinfhen And this was very interesting for Czech Republic

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father, Survival and What Remains

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Cinfhen And for France ( and it‘s NOT a WWII novel)

Paris in Love: A Memoir

Cinfhen For Ukraine

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Megabooks Denmark

A Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

Megabooks Malta

The Jetsetters

Megabooks Ukraine

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Megabooks Cyprus

Bitter Lemons

coffees Ohhh nice progress! I signed up for this one and then forgot about it 😆😆😆 probably only have one or two 🤔 4y

Texreader @crimson613 Oh too bad! It‘s been a lot of fun! 4y

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arubabookwoman

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

Update on #ReadingEurope2020, I am not deliberately choosing books from Europe, but I am noting when I read something by a European author. These are the countries I've read, now that we are nearly 1/2 way thru the year (more than one book for some countries). See comments below for book titles: ETA for some reason my photo of the map is not posting 😟

arubabookwoman France: The Masterpiece; Swann's Way/// The Netherlands: Rituals///// Norway: Will and Testament///// Sweden: After the Fire///// Scotland: A Question of Blood///// Ireland: This Must Be the Place///// England: Mary Barton///// Austria: Rock Crystal///// Spain: Death in Spring///// Hungary: Abigail (edited) 4y

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suzie.reads

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

Well I have finally completed the #ReadingEurope2020 reading challenge and what a fantastic challenge it was. I have read so many books out of my comfort zone that I have enjoyed and learnt from. I always say I don't enjoy history but realised that is not quite true. Read alot of war related books and found them really interesting.

@BarbaraBB @Librarybelle thank you for this fantastic challenge 😍

Librarybelle Congratulations! That is amazing! 4y

suzie.reads @Librarybelle thank you 😊 just wish I'd saved a better book for the end 🤣 4y

marleed Oh good for you!! 4y

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squirrelbrain My last couple of books on the US States challenge last year were a bit rubbish - it‘s so disappointing isn‘t it?! 4y

suzie.reads @squirrelbrain yeah it is. I've only read 9 US states going to get into that one now 😊 4y

charl08 Wow! Congrats. 4y

squirrelbrain Let me know if you want to know which books *not* to read 🤣 4y

suzie.reads @charl08 thank you 😊 4y

suzie.reads @squirrelbrain haha will do 4y

BarbaraBB “Finally” 😂, you are our champion I think! Thanks for joining and if you want to share some favorites with us, I‘d personally be delighted 😁 ❤️😍 4y

TrishB That‘s fab 👍🏻 4y

suzie.reads @BarbaraBB the finally was because the last book was a real drag 🤣 Some of my favs were Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, Three weeks with my brother, Last Witnesses, The prince of mist, Street without a name and Her perfect lies 4y

suzie.reads @TrishB thanks 🙂 4y

BarbaraBB Thanks!!! 4y

Cinfhen That‘s awesome 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 congratulations 🎉🍾 🙌🏻🌍💫🌈 4y

suzie.reads @Cinfhen thank you 😊 4y

zezeki That's amazing! Congrats! 🥳🥳 4y

suzie.reads @zezeki thank you 😊 4y

claudiuo Wow! Truly amazing! Congratulations! 4y

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suzie.reads

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

8 countries covered so far for #ReadingEurope2020 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇧🇻🇳🇱🇪🇦🇸🇪🇷🇺🇮🇪
Off to Germany next 🇩🇪
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB That is amazing!! Impressive 🤩 4y

suzie.reads @BarbaraBB thanks 🙂 I'm finding this really fun and reading books I never would have read otherwise 📚 4y

Librarybelle That is so impressive! 4y

suzie.reads @Librarybelle thank you 😃 4y

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Cinfhen

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

Here‘s my map so far @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle #ReadingEurope2020
🇨🇭 Frankenstein
🇬🇧 Case Histories
🇳🇴 Blood On Snow
🇭🇺 In The DarkRoom
🇮🇪 I found My Tribe
🇷🇺 Cilka‘s Journey

howjessicareads How did you do this map?? I need to do this!! 4y

ljuliel Neat. I like the little flags ! 4y

Cinfhen I just googled “Fill in map of Europe “ @howjessreads 😊 4y

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Cinfhen Thanks @ljuliel I‘m learning my geography and flags of Europe ☺️ #EveryDayIsALearningDay 4y

Librarybelle Very nice! 4y

Megabooks Girl you‘re KILLING it!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y

squirrelbrain Wow, you‘re doing so well! 👍😁 4y

BarbaraBB You‘re on fire 🔥 4y

TrishB Great stuff👍🏻 4y

JazzFeathers Well, that's a great job!!!! 👏👏👏 4y

Daisey Great start! 📚 4y

KarenUK Go you!!! Amazing job! 💕👍 4y

maich Great👏👏❤ 4y

saresmoore Woohoo! 4y

Kalalalatja Well done! I keep forgetting to check if some of the books I read are written by European authors 😅 4y

alisiakae Great job so far! 4y

Cinfhen Thanks friends!! I have a feeling it‘s gonna start getting much more difficult after I read all the major Countries @4thhouseontheleft @Kalalalatja @saresmoore @maich @KarenUK @Daisey @JazzFeathers @TrishB @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks @Librarybelle 4y

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Texreader

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

I‘m fresh out of audiobooks and looking for suggestions especially for #readingeurope2020. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle I don‘t listen to many audiobooks, so I can‘t think of any at the moment. If I do, I‘ll let you know! 4y

HannaPolkadots How about The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn? 4y

Texreader @Librarybelle thanks! 4y

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BarbaraBB Ooh I am sorry I don‘t listen to many audiobooks either except for free classics on LibriVox. You can check out their website. 4y

Texreader @HannaPolkadots Set in Norway? I‘ve got Norway covered (since husband is from Bergen, we‘ve got a lot of Norway books) but this one sure looks interesting! Thanks for the heads up! 4y

HannaPolkadots Anytime! If you haven't got Denmark covered I recommend anything by Helle Helle as well 😃 4y

Texreader @HannaPolkadots great! I love Jussi Adler-Olsen but I‘ve read all his books so I‘m looking for Denmark. Thanks! 4y

julesG Set in Germany

The Book Thief

TheSpineView Set in Italy is Beneath a Scarlet Sky, in Russia is A Bronze Horseman and A Gentleman in Moscow, In Sweden is a Man Called Ove, set in France The Paris Wife, set in Spain is The Wind From the East. 4y

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Texreader

Reading the Landscape of Europe | May Theilgaard Watts

When you sign up for #readingeurope2020, you get some links to what countries are in Europe. I felt this was the better link. The other link had countries I felt were not in Europe. So I will follow this list. I thought I‘d post it for anyone trying to decide whether to do this challenge.

Marina_h I just had a look at the first link. Lebanon, Jordan, Syria... in Europe?? I agree with you. That list isn't accurate 4y

suzie.reads Much better list but I would split the United Kingdom up 🙂 4y

Texreader @suzie.reads Me too! 4y

Andrew65 @suzie.reads So would some of the U.K. nations at the moment! But I agree on the map it should have the different countries. @Texreader (edited) 4y

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