Let's Go Europe 2020

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And with Serbia complete, I have finished #ReadingEurope2020 right at the buzzer! My major takeaways are that the Soviet Union continues to loom large despite no longer existing and that conflict in the Balkans has gone on for a very long time. I really enjoyed this challenge and am looking forward to moving on to Asia in 2021!

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain Woohoo! Well done! and, phew, right on time! 3y

BarbaraBB So good Holly! I have enjoyed your journey through Europe and am looking forward to #ReadingAsia2021 as well. Happy new year 🍾💚 3y

Simona 👍Well done❣️ 3y

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Amiable Great job! 3y

Librarybelle Hooray! Congratulations! 😁 3y

Megabooks Yay! 👏🏻👏🏻 3y

marleed Wow - good for you! I failed miserably on my attempt and tracked that my Euro reading is mostly in the UK with a few trips down to France or maybe Italy - for some lovely weather ;) 3y

Hooked_on_books @marleed I definitely discovered a ton of books are set in England or written by someone from there. I‘m pretty sure it‘s due to how our publishing system is set up. Plus, no need to translate those! 3y

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Cinfhen

Let's Go Europe 2020: By Students, for Students | Harvard Student Agencies

I added one more country this month #NorthMacedonia #ReadingEurope2020 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
I‘m almost there!!! Hoping to pick up a copy of The Eighth Life for #Georgia 🇬🇪

Cinfhen Suggestions needed for #Azerbaijan and #Montenegro ‼️‼️‼️‼️ 4y

BarbaraBB For #Azerbaijan I‘m going with

Ali and Nino

LeahBergen Wow! Impressive. 👏🏻👏🏻 4y

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LeahBergen @BarbaraBB I recommend Ali and Nino. 👍🏻 I picked it years ago for my IRL book club and everyone loved it. 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB I‘ll look for it!! 4y

Cinfhen Oh, good to know @LeahBergen xx 4y

erzascarletbookgasm Fantastic progress! 👏 Too bad the library doesn‘t have Ali and Nino. I can‘t find books for Montenegro either. 4y

Hooked_on_books I just finished this one for Montenegro. I thought it was good.

The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans

Hooked_on_books I‘m reading this one for Azerbaijan. I haven‘t decided what I think just yet. The writing is good but I wonder if the plot is a little pointless.

Solar Plexus: A Baku Saga in Four Parts

Cinfhen Thanks for the recs @Hooked_on_books you might want to know as well @BarbaraBB 4y

Cinfhen Both books sound good @Hooked_on_books going to see if any of my online resources have them 😄 4y

Cinfhen Scribd has The Fracture Zone ❤️ @Hooked_on_books Thanks xx 4y

Cinfhen And Hoopla has Ali & Nino @BarbaraBB @LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm 4y

Hooked_on_books 👍🏼 4y

Librarybelle Yay! Love seeing all of the colors on your map! 4y

Freespirit Wow you are amazing!! 4y

Cinfhen I know others have already completed their map @Freespirit but I‘m excited to almost be there!!! Thanks @Librarybelle 😃 4y

kspenmoll Congratulations!!!! 4y

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Cinfhen

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I added one book to #ReadingEurope2020 this month #Slovakia Thanks to a blurb from @squirrelbrain
I‘ve got a handful left @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

BarbaraBB I can‘t even decipher them on the map. Must be some small countries! 4y

Cinfhen @BarbaraBB I have Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Montenegro, San Marino, Lichtenstein and Georgia but I‘ll be reading this one for Georgia

The Eighth Life: (for Brilka) The International Bestseller

Cinfhen And Luxembourg 4y

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Velvetfur Gah! I'm so jealous! Look at your map of achievement! 😂 I'm just 'getting there' but not fast enough, not doing as well as you! Well done 👏🏻👏🏻😁 4y

Cinfhen Thank you @Velvetfur it‘s been a fun challenge although a lot of these books were VERY DEPRESSING 😜 4y

Velvetfur @Cinfhen Oh.....that's a shame, but then life isn't all happy and lightness all the time so I guess it reflects that.... But anyway, you're smashin' it! 👍🏻 4y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I am at 2/3 of that one. It‘s an easy read, especially on audio (I NYC audio with print). 4y

squirrelbrain I think I only have 5 or 6 left too.... 4y

Librarybelle Well done! 4y

TheAromaofBooks My brain had trouble adjusting to your map where blue is land and white is water! 😂 4y

Pogue If you find a book for Andean please let me know. 4y

Cinfhen Hahahahaha @TheAromaofBooks hilarious 🤣 😆 😂 😂 I‘m gonna try @Pogue but I‘m not stressing on those micro territories too much. I‘m watching your posts @squirrelbrain for inspiration and warnings 🤪 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @Librarybelle 4y

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Cinfhen

Let's Go Europe 2020: By Students, for Students | Harvard Student Agencies

I added 6 countries in the month of July to my #ReadingEurope2020
#Moldova
#Kosovo
#Bosnia
#Albania
#Slovenia
#VaticanCity

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB You dived into the Balkan for sure 👍🏽👍🏽 4y

Cinfhen I‘m getting there @BarbaraBB 4y

Librarybelle Hooray! Great progress! 4y

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Cinfhen

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#ReadingEurope2020
I added 5 countries in June....two more than I forecasted.
Belgium, Serbia, Cyprus, Armenia & Kazakhstan
I‘m not sure where/why Asia & Europe begin/end since their boarders are right ON TOP OF EACH OTHER but that‘s what wars do😰
Hoping to add 4 in July but I only have one book lined up ( Kosovo)

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Megabooks Hey, I‘ll catch you up on Henry soon. Which color(s) are the ones you haven‘t read?? 💙 4y

Cinfhen The ones in grey @Megabooks Thanks xxx 4y

Megabooks Those are tough ones my dear! I have not done any of them! 4y

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Cinfhen I know!!!!!! @Megabooks I‘m going to rely on Scribd and the library to help me through 🤞🏼♥️😜 4y

BarbaraBB You‘ve only got some Balkan left, wow! I‘m in the middle of one for Bosnia but it‘s a tough and dense historical read...

The bridge on the Drina

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erzascarletbookgasm 👏 great progress! Love your map with the names of the countries. Which link you‘re using? 4y

Cinfhen No, thanks @BarbaraBB 😘I just found one for #Slovenia on #Scribd it‘s short and so far interesting and well written

Repetition

Cinfhen Thanks @erzascarletbookgasm it‘s mapchart.net 😃 4y

TrishB Always a good historical question, where does Europe end and Asia begin 😁 4y

Librarybelle Excellent progress! 4y

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Cinfhen

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I doubt I‘ll finish my #ReadingEurope2020 #Belgium book today, so here‘s my May stats. I added 5 books @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB ❤️Hoping to add 3 more in June, although the countries left are getting harder.

BarbaraBB You‘re still doing great. Just some Balkan countries left, maybe you will find a book that covers a few of them! 4y

jenniferw88 Dare I suggest this #chunkster for Georgia?

The Eighth Life: (for Brilka) The International Bestseller

Cinfhen I‘m really curious about that one @jenniferw88 I‘m waiting for the price to come down and then I think I‘m gonna but it 😜I‘ve seen so many good reviews 4y

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Cinfhen I‘m being really strict @BarbaraBB and I‘m only reading one book per country 😝I may not be able to complete the challenge but I‘m ok with that 😉 4y

BarbaraBB You‘re so mature 😉😀 4y

erzascarletbookgasm You‘re doing so well, Cindy. I think I‘ll update my Europe country stats next month. I‘ll probably be about 30% done by then.😕 4y

rockpools That‘s impressive! 4y

Cinfhen Hahahaha @BarbaraBB #VeryClever and oh so mature 😘😘 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @erzascarletbookgasm @RachelO I‘m making progress but I‘m trying to only #BorrowNotBuy so it‘s gonna be iffy moving forward 4y

BarbaraBB 😂😂 4y

Librarybelle Great job! 4y

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Cinfhen

Let's Go Europe 2020: By Students, for Students | Harvard Student Agencies

Pretty sure I won‘t be finishing anymore books in April for #ReadingEurope2020 so I‘m posting my updated map. I‘ve added 3 more countries Austria, Belarus & Portugal. None will make my best list😜Hoping to add 5 books in May 🤞🏼I have books for Belgium, Bulgaria & Croatia lined up, looking for suggestions for Finland & Iceland.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

TEArificbooks Burial Rites for Iceland 4y

AnneCecilie For Finland you can always read something by Tove Jansaon. I‘m reading her memoir about her childhood 4y

Cinfhen Right!!!! I keep forgetting about Tove Jansson xx thanks @AnneCecilie 4y

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Cinfhen I‘ve read and loved Buriel Rites @mdm139 I think I found a similar book ....great recommendation 💕😊 4y

Lizpixie There‘s also the Dark Iceland series by Ragnar Jónasson. I‘ve read the 1st one & have the others on my Scribd saved list?

Snowblind

Cinfhen Thanks @Lizpixie I‘m not a big fan of #NordicNoir it‘s usually too violent & gory for me. I‘m a wimp 4y

Librarybelle I have this one from the library for Iceland:

Wild Horses of the Summer Sun: A Memoir of Iceland

BarbaraBB I have the most beautiful book for you for Iceland

Heaven and Hell

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB but I‘m nearly done a book I found this morning

On the Cold Coasts

Cathythoughts You‘re flying it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y

BarbaraBB You‘re too fast 😂😘 4y

rwmg Can I suggest this? An amnesiac in Trieste appears to be of Finnish origin and is sent to Helsinki for treatment. Bizarre fun.

New Finnish Grammar

Cinfhen That sounds whacky and wonderful 😄 thanks @rwmg I‘m going to look for it!! 4y

Reviewsbylola Look at you—you just finished Iceland. Way to go! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 4y

MyNamesParadise Oh this map makes me want to travel so much! 4y

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Cinfhen

Let's Go Europe 2020: By Students, for Students | Harvard Student Agencies

I added 8 countries in March #ReadingEurope2020
Greece 🇬🇷 Turkey 🇹🇷 Spain 🇪🇸 France 🇫🇷 Denmark 🇩🇰 Estonia 🇪🇪 Malta 🇲🇹 Germany 🇩🇪
I‘m tagging a book underneath that had a TON of obscure countries visited....I‘m only using one book per prompt but I may need to change my rules if I don‘t find books for all the countries.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen

Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations, and Sixty Dachshunds

Cinfhen @BarbaraBB I know we talked about reading #Iceland this month??? But I can‘t remember the book 🤦🏼‍♀️ 4y

squirrelbrain Great month! 👍❤️ 4y

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Cinfhen It‘s starting to get trickier now @squirrelbrain Any suggestions for me??? I know you‘ve read a ton ☺️ 4y

TrishB Great stats 👍🏻 4y

BarbaraBB You are still doing great! 4y

BarbaraBB Shall we read the tagged one next week?

Snowblind: A Thriller

squirrelbrain I‘m sure you‘ve read more than me anyway! Just about to post mine, and I‘ll send you an email as well.... 4y

rockpools Wow - that‘s impressive! 4y

Cinfhen Perfect @BarbaraBB That would be awesome @squirrelbrain ♥️♥️ thanks @TrishB @RachelO 4y

Librarybelle Amazing progress! 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @Librarybelle 💕 4y

JazzFeathers Wow!!! You've done such a good job! May l ask what app are you using for the map? I still don't have one. 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @JazzFeathers I‘m using mapcharp.net 4y

Crazeedi Great job 👏🥰 4y

Andrew65 👏👏👏 4y

JaclynW Nice work! 4y

Cinfhen Thank you 😊 @JaclynW @Andrew65 @Crazeedi Plan is to add a minimum of 4 this month...I already added #Austria

Chess Story

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Cinfhen

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Updating my #ReadingEurope2020 map
Originally I was trying to color code each country with its flag but honestly, this one color approach is SO MUCH SIMPLER.
This week I added Spain, Denmark, Greece and France.

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB You will finish it this month I guess! Wow 🤩 4y

Cinfhen Well, I‘m reading Iceland with you next month @BarbaraBB and there‘s a bunch of countries that I have NO CLUE what I‘ll find....so maybe by August 😉😂😂😜 4y

Kalalalatja Wow, you are doing great! 4y

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TrishB Awesome 👏🏻 4y

squirrelbrain You‘ve done loads - well done! 4y

Librarybelle That is amazing - great job! 4y

suzie.reads You're doing really well! 4y

KarenUK Looks like you have some tricky ones left! 🤓 4y

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Cinfhen

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Just updating my #ReadingEurope2020 map
15 countries

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

JazzFeathers Oh wow!!! 👏👏👏😃 4y

Andrew65 Wow! 4y

JennyM You are doing so well! Fantastic 4y

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TrishB Cool graphic 👍🏻 4y

Deblovestoread Nice work!! 4y

Cinfhen Thanks 🙏🏻 @Kdgordon88 @TrishB @JennyM @Andrew65 @JazzFeathers hoping to add a few more titles in March🧡 4y

Andrew65 @Cinfhen I did well in January, but only got to two new countries in February. 4y

KarenUK Nice! 💕 Which has been your favorite so far? (edited) 4y

suzie.reads You're doing really well 👏🏻👏🏻 I'm on country 23 and 24 at the moment 🇵🇹🇩🇰 4y

Librarybelle Awesome! 4y

BarbaraBB You are doing absolutely great! I try to read 4 a month so am way beyond you! 😘 4y

Megabooks Congratulations!! I haven‘t read any this month. 😬😬 great job!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y

kspenmoll You are amazing!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 4y

Cinfhen That‘s amazing @suzie.reads I‘ll need to see what books you used for the trickier countries 😉🙌🏻 4y

Cinfhen All my Holocaust reads helped with Eastern Europe 😃I‘m going to try to knock out Spain, Portugal and France in March @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @Megabooks although I‘m not sure which titles I‘ll use 4y

Cinfhen I‘m also going to try to read #Iceland thanks to your review @kspenmoll xx 4y

BarbaraBB If you still want to read about the Holocaust I could recommend this heartbreaking one for Spain

The Long Voyage

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Cinfhen I think Italy was a favorite @KarenUK but it‘s SAD I listened to the audio!!! Amazing

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB that actually sounds like a book I can appreciate at the moment 😣thanks for the recommendation xxxxxx 4y

Pogue If you find a book for Andorra let me know please. I have been looking for one for 2 years now. 4y

Cinfhen Will do @Pogue now I feel like it‘s a challenge within a challenge 😉 4y

Pogue @Cinfhen all the ones I have found so far are travel guides, or bad romance books written in the 1950‘s, where the book was more about the clothes than the county. 4y

suzie.reads @Pogue this is the one I am going to read.

The Road to Andorra

Cathythoughts Your doing so well 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y

Addison_Reads Great job! 🙌 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @Addison_Reads @Cathythoughts 💙🌏✨ 4y

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