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🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence.

Amy

Anna's Reading Life

Bea

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Coralie

Dee

Ellis

Elvenn

Jayme(the ghost reader)

Joanna

Kristina Simon

Lagullande

Lauren COMPLETED

LaurLa

LynnB COMPLETED

Marina

Meg

Nat

Rosemary COMPLETED

Sandy COMPLETED

Snowtulip

Stacey

Susan COMPLETED

Tien

🎼Read the World🎼

This will be anywhere outside of Oceania for me

Progress: 10,145/10,000 pages as at 11/14

432p - Peeling the Onion (Autobiografical Trilogy #1) (Germany) -Read 01/08
384p - Among the Red Stars (Russia) -Read 01/15
304p - The Temptation of St. Antony (France / Egypt) -Read 02/02
576p - The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales #1) (US) -Read 02/04
410p - The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2) (US) -Read 02/09
494p - Firekeeper's Daughter (US) -Read 02/14
192p - The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1) (Japan) -Read 02/15
136p - Notes from Underground (Russia) -Read 02/17
496p - These Shallow Graves (US) -Read 02/17
353p - Infidel (Africa/The Netherlands) -Read 02/18
352p - Captive (Africa) -Read 03/03
374p - The Roots of Heaven (Europe / Africa) -Read 03/15
224p - She Plays with the Darkness -Read 04/06
352p - Vendetta (Blood for Blood #1) -Read 04/07
335p - The Fixer -Read 04/12
480p - Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper #4) -Read 04/29
208p - This Book Betrays My Brother -Read 06/08
336p - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina -Read 07/09
305p - The Gift -Read 10/20
352p - Who's Afraid Too? (Supernatural Sisters #2) -Read 10/24
264p - Everything Under -Read 10/27
224p - Veronika Decides to Die -Read 10/27
416p - Blue Light Yokohama (Inspector Iwata #1) -Read 10/28
365p - Third Girl -Read 10/30
272p - Details at 10 (Georgia Barnett Mystery #1) -Read 11/08
221p - A Handful Of Dust -Read 11/08
224p - When Calls the Heart (Canadian West #1) -Read 11/10
316p - Bring Her Back (Detective Zac Boateng #1) -Read 11/12
220p - The Cat Who Saved Books -Read 11/13
528p - The Legacy of the Bones (Trilogía del Baztán #2) -Read 11/14

Progress: 2/6

Locations: Outside of North America

Finishes:


Contenders:
The Secret Speech (Soviet Union)
Confessions of a Mask (Japan)
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Nigeria)
The Count of Monte Cristo (France/Italy/Mediterranean)
The Monk (Spain)
Silent House (Turkey)
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Nigeria)
Life Without Children (Ireland)
His Only Wife (Ghana)

🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence (North America).
10 book goal.

1. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery, Jenny Colgan, 8 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Europe
2. A Trail Through Time, Jodi Taylor, 19 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Europe
3. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, Hazel Gaynor, 23 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Europe
4. No Longer at Ease, Chinua Achebe, 24 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Africa
5. The Italian, Shukri al-Mabkhout, 31 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Africa
6. The Christmas Bookshop, Jenny Colgan, 1 Feb 2022, author from and setting in Europe
7. The Lost Man, Jane Harper, 2 Feb 2022, author from Europe and setting in Australia
8. The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Qu� Mai, 13 Feb 2022; author from and setting in Asia
9. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald, 18 Feb 2022, author from and setting in Europe
10. The Forest, Edward Rutherfurd, 10 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
11. Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz, 18 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
12. An Irish Country Welcome, Patrick Taylor, 22 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
13. The Mercies, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, 31 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
14. A Promise of Ankles, Alexander McCall Smith, 14 Apr 2022, author from and setting in Europe
15. Violeta, Isabel Allende, 16 Apr 2022, author from and setting in South America
16. No Time Like the Past, Jodi Taylor, 17 Apr 2022, author from and setting in Europe

Just Read It! (Music edition)
Prompt 3: 🎵 READ the World 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Goal: 10 books

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence. For me, this will be outside of North America

�1. - 226 pages - My Sister, the Serial Killer (Nigeria) Read 2/26/22 - 3*
�2. - 304 pages - The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart (England) Read 8/11/22 - 3*
�3. - 380 pages - The Ruin (Ireland) by Dervla McTiernan (Ireland) Read 2/6/22 - 4*
�4. - 176 pages - Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark (Scotland) Read 6/11/22 - 3*
�5. - 196 pages - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton (Scotland) Read 3/31/22 - 3*
�6. - 495 pages - All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo (Spain) Read 11/17/22 - 4*
�7. - 509 pages - The Witch Elm by Tana French (Ireland) Read 11/2/22 - 4*
�8. - 380 pages - An Equal Music by Vikram Seth (India) Read 10/29/22 - 4*
�9. - 352 pages - Silent House by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) Read 10/26/22 - 2*
�10. - 188 pages - The Vegetarian by Han Kang (South Korea) Read 10/28/22 - 3*

Just Read It! (Music edition)
Prompt 3: 🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Goal: 2,022 pages
Progress: 2,146/2,022 pages

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence. For me, this will be outside of Europe (I'm happy to say that UK is still inside Europe for this purpose)

✔ï¸�256±è±è Neverhome finished 5/1/22; author born Singapore, setting USA
✔ï¸�337±è±è The Personal History of Rachel Dupree finished 31/1/22; author born USA, setting USA
✔ï¸�258±è±è A General Theory of Oblivion finished 11/3/22; author born Angola, setting Angola
✔ï¸�400±è±è We Need to Talk About Kevin finished 15/4/22; author born USA, setting USA
✔ï¸�373±è±è The Nest finished 18/5/22; author born USA, setting US
✔ï¸�272±è±è The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives finished 16/6/22; author born Nigeria, setting Nigeria
✔ï¸�250±è±è Moving Parts finished 14/10/22; author born Thailand, setting Thailand

🎵 READ the World 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

GOAL: 6000 pages
PROGRESS: 6011
author and setting outside Australasia

310 - Wish You Were Here (set Ecuador/US; author US)
172 - The Summer Book (set Finland; author Finland)
230 - How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (set Pakistan; author Pakistan)
336 - The Man Who Died Twice (set UK; author UK)
416 - Mrs. Everything (set USA; author USA)
480 - I Am a Cat (set Japan; author Japan)
256 - Little Eyes (set multiple; author Argentina)
246 - In the Country of Men (set Libya; author Libya/USA)
441 - Small Island (set Jamaica/UK; author UK)
272 - Run Me to Earth (set Laos/France; author USA)
336 - Violeta (set Chile; author Chile/USA)
384 - The Stand-In (set Canada; author Canada)
176 - Bad Friends (set Korea; author Korea)
232 - The Enchanted April (set Italy; author UK)
178 - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (set Sweden; author Sweden)
320 - Latitudes of Longing (set India; author India)
259 - Open City (set multiple; author Nigeria)
185 - The Bird Tribunal (set Norway; author Norway)
135 - Of Ants and Dinosaurs (set Gondwana; author China)
115 - Night (set Poland; author Romania)
255 - One Italian Summer (set Italy; author USA)
277 - The Prince and the Dressmaker (set France; author USA)

🎵 READ the World 🎵
FINISHED 9 April 22

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence.

GOAL: 2022 pages
I live in Europe

Read 2029/2022

1. Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende, 13 Jan 22, 336 pages
Set and author born in South America

2. The Body Artist by Don DeLillo, 14 Feb 22, 124 pages
Set and author born in North America

3. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, 3 March 22, 312 pages
Set and author born in Asia

4. Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid, 3 Mar 22, 160 pages
Set and author born in North America

5. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell, 4 Mar 22, 180 pages
Set and author born in North America

6. The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler, 4 Apr 22, 306 pages
Set and author born in North America

7. March by Geraldine Brooks, 5 Apr 22, 280 pages
Set in North America, author born Australia and lives in Australia and North America

8. If I Break by Portia Moore, 9 Apr 22, 331 pages
Set and author born in North America

🎼Read the World🎼
Goal 5000 pages.
Current: 5159/5000

Anywhere except North America

1. A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson- Europe (Sweden, setting and author). 400 p.
2. Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah - Africa (Zanzibar, setting and author). 272 p.
3. Murder On A Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood - Oceania (Australia, setting and author), 220 p.
4. An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten - Europe (Sweden, setting and author). 178 pages.
5. The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories by Agatha Christie - Europe (England, setting and author). 224 pages.
6. Murder at St Anne's - Europe (England, setting and author). 283 pages
7. A Line To Kill - Europe (UK), setting and author. 375 pages.
8. People from My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami - Asia (Japan, setting and author). 3/19. 159 pages.
9. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Asia (Japan, setting and author). 3/21. 227 pages
10. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle = Europe (England - setting and author birthplace). 3/22. 432 pages.
11. Bones Under the Beach Hut by Simon Brett - Europe (England, setting and author) 4/1. 336 pages.
12. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie - Europe (England and France, setting; England author) 4/5. 317 pages.
13. Blessed Are the Dead by Malla Nunn - Africa (South Africa, setting and author birthplace). 4/6/22. 346 pages.
14. Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.L. Huchu - Europe (Scotland, setting and current residence of author, Africa - birthplace of author). 368 pages.
15. The Scent of Burnt Flowers by Blitz Bazawule - Africa (Ghana, setting and author birthplace, ). 256 pages.
16. Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch - Europe (England, setting and author ). 304 pages.
17. Present Darkness by Malla - Nunn - Africa (setting an author birthplace). 352 pages

🎵 READ the World 🎵

Goal: 4000 pages - COMPLETED 24/10/2022

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence (Europe).

Il fiore del Frangipani (French Polynesia) - 270 p. - read 20/02/2022
Der Blaue Himmel (Mongolia) - 177 p. - read 26/03/2022
Lucy (Antigua and Barbuda / USA) - 86 p. - read 29/04/2022
Zia Mame (USA) - 380 p. - read 05/05/2022
Dark Matter (USA) - 340 p. - read 08/05/2022
Maps (Somalia) - 272 p. - read 29/05/2022
Brewster's Millions (USA) - 162 p. - read 16/07/2022
Ruined (New Zeland / USA) - 320 p. - read 27/07/2022
Insomnia (USA) - 916 p. - read 19/09/2022
Morale e belle ragazze (Zimbabwe / Botswana) - 186 p. - read 23/09/2022
Immortal in Death (USA) - 324 p. - read 04/10/2022
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (USA) - 228 p. - read 23/10/2022
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland (USA / Greenland) - 402 p. - read 24/10/2022
If She Knew (USA) - 249 p. - read 01/11/2022

Pages read: 4,312/4,000

Prompt 3: 🎵 Read the World 🎵
Goal: 2,022 pages
Progress: 2,140/2,022 pages -- COMPLETE

Book set in AND written by author born in a continent other than North America.

TENTATIVE list:

805 pages - The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain) Read: 5/21/22 ✭✭✭✭�
173 pages - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Sweden) Read: 6/9/22 ✭✭✭✭
368 pages - Cockroaches (Thailand) by Jo Nesbø (Norway) Read: 2/8/22
246 pages - Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide (Botswana) by Peter Allison (Australia) Read: 3/13/22
288 pages - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (UK) Read: 2/10/22
260 pages - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (UK)Read: 2/16/22

The Travelling Cat Chronicles🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵
Goal: 5000 p.
2085/5000

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence. (Non-North American)

Last Guard 3/7/22 384 p. (Russia/India, New Zealand)
Silver Silence 3/26/22 467p.
A Girl Like Her 3/25/22 308p.
What We Deserve 4/20/22 304p.
Just One Damned Thing After Another 5/18/22 335 p.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 5/22/22 288 p.

🎼Read the World🎼 - DONE!
Goal: 8 books

Anywhere outside of North America

1. The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville (Northern Ireland) - Completed 4/2/22
2. The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell (UK) - Completed 2/22/22
3. Over My Dead Body (Europe) by Jeffrey Archer (UK) - Completed 1/16/22
4. The Survivors by Jane Harper (Australia) - Completed 1/5/22
5. The Laughterhouse by Paul Cleave (New Zealand) - Completed 1/18/22
6. Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder (UK) - Completed 2/25/22
7. The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay (India) - Completed 5/4/22
8. Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh (UK) - Completed 1/29/22
9. Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan (Philippines) - Completed 3/26/22
10. The Island (Australia) by Adrian McKinty (Ireland) - Completed 6/28/22
11. Friday on My Mind (UK) - Completed 9/23/22
12. The Library (UK) - Completed 11/22/22
13. Shtum (UK) - Completed 11/13/22
14. Into the Darkness (UK) - Completed 11/19/22
15. Honor (India) - Completed 11/10/22
16. Dirt Creek (Australia) - Completed 11/20/22

Prompt 3: Read the World

Jan 1 - December 31, 2022

Goal 2022 pages

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence (North America)
�1 352 Justice Hall, England - fin 2/4
�2 319 Farthing, England - fin 2/14
�3 256 The Traveling Cat Chronicles, Japan - fin 2/16
�4 218 The Prince & the Dressmaker, Europe - fin 2/18
�5 272 The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, England - fin 2/26
�6 309 Shaghai Girls - author b France; setting Shanghai - fin 4/2
�7 368 The Death of Mrs. Westaway, UK - fin 4/4
�8 386 The Blackhouse, fin 4/18, Scotland - fin 4/18


TOTAL PAGES READ: 2480
COMPLETED 4/18

I have a question about this - do the author's birthplace and the setting of the book have to be the same, as long as both are on a continent different from mine? An author born/living in England, for instance, could write a book set in Asia.

Sandy wrote: "I have a question about this - do the author's birthplace and the setting of the book have to be the same, as long as both are on a continent different from mine? An author born/living in England, ..."

ooh, interesting question! as long as both are on continent different is ok :)

III - 🎵 Read the World 🎵        « 1,500 pages as goal »          (1589 pages read)

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence.

Books set in and written by author outside America (six-continent model)

- The Lost Man (Australia) - 411 pages � read Jan 27, 2022
- The Magpie Lord (England) - 204 pages � read Apr 16, 2022
- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter (Sweden) 144 pages � read May 1, 2022
- La tercera virgen (France) 394 pages � read Jun 16, 2022
- The Murders at Fleat House (England) 436 pages � read Jun 26, 2022

🎵 READ the World 🎵
Goal: 10 books
Outside North America

COMPLETE

1: Christmas Island, 1/14/22, 3 stars (set in Norway by Norwegian author)
2: The Christmas Bookshop, 1/24/22, 3 stars (set in Edinburgh Scotland by Scottish author)
3: Quiet in Her Bones, 2/1/22, 3.5 stars (set in New Zealand, New Zealand author)
4: Infinite Country, 2/5/22, 4 stars (Colombia author and setting)
5: The Book on Fire, 3/11/22, 3.5 stars (Tanzania author, set in Alexandria)
6: On Board, 4/7/22, 3 stars (New Zealand setting and author)
7: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, 4/27/22, 3 stars (South Korea setting and author)
8: Love Songs for Skeptics, 6/3/22, 3 stars (UK setting and author)
9: William, 6/19/22, 3 stars (New Zealand setting and author)
10. Always You, 9/2/22, 4 stars (Scotland setting, UK author)

Goal: 4000 pages - DONE!

Outside North America

Lightseekers, Nigeria (432 pgs) 2/15
Minor Detail, Palestine (144 pgs) 4/16
Everything Under, UK (264 pgs) 4/10
The Last Children of Tokyo, Japan (138 pgs) 5/19
Emma, UK (474 pgs) 11/24
Malice, Japan (288 pgs) 3/15
Notes of a Crocodile, Taiwan (242 pgs) 10/23
A General Theory of Oblivion, Angola (245 pgs) 12/5
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, Sweden (178 pgs) 8/28
Territory of Light, Japan (122 pgs) 3/6
Jar City, Iceland (275 pgs) 9/13
Eventide, Sweden (208 pgs) 9/25
The Hospital, Morocco (128 pgs) 5/9
La Bastarda, Equatorial Guinea (101 pgs) 2/4
Wide Sargasso Sea (176 pgs), Jamaica 10/9
Saudade, Angola (120 pgs) 3/3
The Employees, Denmark (136 pgs) 6/28
The Faces, Denmark (144 pgs) 7/5
The Year of the Hare, Finland (135 pgs) 8/15
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Czechia (126 pgs)

Completed = 4076/4076

Just Read It! (Music edition) - Prompt 3: Read the World
January - December 2022

My Prompt 3 Plan (msg 22)

Prompt Goal � 12 books

Prompt � Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence




🔹England � United Kingdom � The Corinthian � 02.12 ★★★★
🔹England � Ireland � A Shadow of Guilt � 07.11 ★★�
🔹England � Wales � An Inheritance of Shame � 07.16 ★★�
🔹England � Wales � Irresistible � 05.30 ★★�
🔹England � United Kingdom � Postern of Fate � 09.05 ★★�
🔹England � United Kingdom � X Y, Z � 07.15 ★★★★
🔹Australia � Argentina � Kept at the Argentine's Command � 03.25 ★★�
🔹England � United Kingdom � Autumn in London � 06.19 ★★★★
🔹England � United Kingdom � The Seduction of Emily � 04.14 ★★�
🔹Afghanistan � United Kingdom � The Killing Game � 08.28 ★★★★
🔹Scotland � United Kingdom � Here With Me � 08.26 ★★★★
🔹United Kingdom � United Kingdom � Get a Life, Chloe Brown � 11.11 ★★★★�

🎵 READ the World 🎵
Goal 15 books set out side Oceania by an author born outside Oceania

1. Half the Kingdom USA completed Jan 6
2. Blue Lightning UK completed Jan 14
3. The Last Days Brazil/France completed Jan 16
4. Midnight Come Again USA completed Jan 19
5. Glaciers USA completed Jan 20
6. Logic of the Heart UK completed Jan 29
7. Something to Remember You By: A Perilous Romance completed Feb 6
8. AriadneEurope completed Feb 8
9. The Lions of Fifth Avenue USA completed Feb 12
10. The Small House at Allington UK completed Feb 26
11. The Vendetta France completed May 6
12. In the Orchard, the Swallows UK, Pakistan completed May 22
13. Carmen France/Spain completed May 29
14. When Falcons Fall UK completed June 19
15. The Passion According to G.H Ukraine/Brazil completed June 23

15/15

Read the world
Read a book set 50% out of the United States and by an author who lives outside the US.

Pages: 0/2,500

OH! the "AND living/born outside my continent" part is hard! Lots of North Americans like to set their books elsewhere :(

LaurLa wrote: "OH! the "AND living/born outside my continent" part is hard! Lots of North Americans like to set their books elsewhere :("

Lots of European authors set their books outside North America, too, Laura ;)

Lagullande wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "OH! the "AND living/born outside my continent" part is hard! Lots of North Americans like to set their books elsewhere :("

Lots of European authors set their books outside North Ame..."

Yes but most of my TBR with outside N.Amer settings are still N.American authors. I found 12 (my goal) but I was digging deep in the TBR!!

And oh crap, I just realized it's continent and not country. There goes my Canadian options... back to the drawing board!

Prompt 3: 🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence.

I live in the USA

10 books

(BOOK/AUTHOR)
� 1. The Taming of Annabelle by Marion Chesney December 2, 2022 ★★� (England/ Scotland)
� 2. In Too Deep by Tracey Alvarez March 29, 2022 ★★� (New Zealand)
3. Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez (New Zealand)
� 4. Red Rose by Mary Balogh July 9, 2022 ★★� (England/Wales)
� 5. In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah Lark June 1, 2022 ★★★★ (New Zealand/Germany)
�6. Rumors by Louise Allen September 28, 2022 ★★� (England)
� 7. In a Field of Blue by Gemma Liviero May 13, 2022 ★★� (Europe/Australia)
�8. Two Spies in Caracas by Moisés Naím November 11, 2022 ★★� (Venezuela/Libya)
� 9. The Last Correspondent by Soraya M. Lane February 7, 2022 ★★� (France/New Zealand)
10. The Unexpected Marriage of Gabriel Stone by Louise Allen (England)

LaurLa wrote: "Yes but most of my TBR with outside N.Amer settings are still N.American authors. I found 12 (my goal) but I was digging deep in the TBR!!

A Real good challenge the, LaurLa ;p

anywhere outside the US for me

11400 per prompt

11036/11400 Read

The History of Bees - more than 50% set in the UK/China (other 1/3 in the US); author is from Norway - 400pgs - Finished - 3/9/22
21 Immortals: Inspector Mislan and the Yee Sang Murders - more than 50% set in malaysia; author from malaysia - 302pgs - finished - 3/26/22
Kitchen - more than 50% set in Japan, author from japan - 160pgs - Finished - 3/30/22
Under Almond Blossoms - more than 50% set in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), author from Germany 287pgs - Finished - 4/14/22
The Easy Life in Kamusari - set in Japan, author from Japan - 205pgs - Finished - 4/23/22
When the Devil Holds the Candle - set in Norway, author from Norway - 288pgs - finished - 5/3/22
Honor - set in india, author from India - 326pgs - Finished - 5/11/22
Convenience Store Woman - set in and author from Japan - 163pgs - finished - 5/21/22
The Bookshop on the Corner - set in Scotland/UK, author from UK - 384pgs - finished - 5/29/22
The Dictionary of Lost Words - set in UK/Author from Australia - 384pgs - finished - 5/31/22
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good - set in/author from Sweden - 178pgs - finished - 6/2/22
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - set in/author from Sweden - 261pgs - finished - 6/8/22
Malice - set in/author from Japan - 288pgs - finished - 6/9/22
Purple Hibiscus - set in/author from Nigeria - 336pgs - finished - 6/17/22
The Satapur Moonstone - set in India, author from UK - 360pgs - finished - 6/19/22
The Widows of Malabar Hill - set in India, author from UK - 385pgs - finished - 7/15/22
Newcomer - set in/author from Japan - 352pgs - finished - 7/23/22
The Bombay Prince - set in India/author from UK - 360pgs - Finished - 7/28/22
The Mine - set in/author from Finland - 264pgs - finished - 8/5/22
Pearl of China - set in/author from China - 278pgs - finished - 8/13/22
The Old Ducks' Club - set in Greece/author from UK - 312pgs - finished - 8/13/22
Death of a Red Heroine - set in/author from China - 482pgs - Finished - 8/19/22
Carnival Blues - set in/author from UK - 378pgs - finished - 8/30/22
Kamusari Tales Told at Night - set in/author from Japan - 190pgs - Finished - 9/3/22
A Loyal Character Dancer - set in/Author from China - 351pgs - finished - 9/3/22
The Great Passage - set in/author from Japan - 220pgs - Finished - 9/10/22
Tell Me What You Want - set in Spain/author from Germany - 408pgs - finished - 9/23/22
Under the Udala Trees - set in/author from Nigeria - 328pgs - finished - 10/3/22
My First Murder - set in/author from Finland - 257pgs - Finished - 10/6/22
The Other Man - set in/author from India - 299pgs - finished - 10/9/22
The Hunting Dogs - set in/author from Sweden - 358pgs - finished - 10/14/22
Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel - set in Spain/Mexico and author from Spain - 384pgs - Finished - 10/29/22
The Indian Bride - set in Norway/India; author from Norway - 297pgs - finished - 11/3/22
Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café - set in/author from UK - 404pgs - finished - 11/17/22
Stay with Me - set in/author from Nigeria - 260pgs - finished - 11/26/22
When Red Is Black - set in/author from China - 310pgs - finished - 11/28/22
He Who Fears the Wolf

Read the world
goal: 2500 pages

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence.

I live in North America
1. Violeta by Isabel Allende 336 pages

Prompt 3: 🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵
Goal: 6 Books

My continent: Asia

✔︎ 1. Continent: Americas (Canada)
Book: The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Date read: March 12, 2022
Rating: 3 Stars

✔︎ 2. Continent: Americas (US)
Book: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
Date read: March 9, 2022
Rating: 3 Stars

✔︎ 3. Continent: Europe (Mediterranean Sea - Syra, Greece, La Valletta, Malta & Gibraltar, Spain)
Book: Your Wicked Heart by Meredith Duran
Date read: April 20, 2022
Rating: 4 Stars

✔︎ 4. Continent: Europe (Greece)
Book: Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
Date read: April 2, 2022
Rating: 4 Stars

✔︎ 5. Continent: Europe (Ireland)
Book: Born in Shame by Nora Roberts
Date read: March 7, 2022
Rating: 4 Stars

✔︎ 6. Continent: Oceana (Australia)
Book: In the Heart of the Outback... by Barbara Hannay
Date read: May 1, 2022
Rating: 4 Stars

Goal: 11 books
Progress: 11/11

My continent: N. America

Completed:
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai (Kenya) - 3/7/22
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Nigeria/UK) - 3/14/22
A Shadow Intelligence (Kazakhstan/UK) - 3/22/22
Convenience Store Woman (Asia) - 3/24/22
The Ardent Swarm (Africa/Europe) - 3/25/22
The Enchanted April (Europe) - 4/18/22
Carmilla (Europe) - 4/13/22
The Death of Comrade President (Africa/Europe)- 5/16/22
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Auth-Europe; book-Europe&Africa) - 7/14/22
North to Paradise (Africa/Europe) - 9/20/22
The Little Stranger (Europe) - 10/24/22

Possibilities:

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I have completed this prompt.
Here is the link to my post - Lauren's 🎵 Heal Read the Worldl🎵

congrats Lauren

Thanks Leena!

Completed.

🎵 Heal READ the World 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence (North America).
10 book goal.

1. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery, Jenny Colgan, 8 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Europe
2. A Trail Through Time, Jodi Taylor, 19 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Europe
3. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, Hazel Gaynor, 23 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Europe
4. No Longer at Ease, Chinua Achebe, 24 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Africa
5. The Italian, Shukri al-Mabkhout, 31 Jan 2022, author from and setting in Africa
6. The Christmas Bookshop, Jenny Colgan, 1 Feb 2022, author from and setting in Europe
7. The Lost Man, Jane Harper, 2 Feb 2022, author from Europe and setting in Australia
8. The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Qu� Mai, 13 Feb 2022; author from and setting in Asia
9. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald, 18 Feb 2022, author from and setting in Europe
10. The Forest, Edward Rutherfurd, 10 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
11. Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz, 18 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
12. An Irish Country Welcome, Patrick Taylor, 22 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
13. The Mercies, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, 31 Mar 2022, author from and setting in Europe
14. A Promise of Ankles, Alexander McCall Smith, 14 Apr 2022, author from and setting in Europe
15. Violeta, Isabel Allende, 16 Apr 2022, author from and setting in South America
16. No Time Like the Past, Jodi Taylor, 17 Apr 2022, author from and setting in Europe

Oops. I completed this on 4/16, but forgot to update my post. Just took care of that rather belatedly. Message 15 above.

Completed 7/13/2022. Post 10.
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Completed - post 32.

Finished this prompt :D

310 - Wish You Were Here (set Ecuador/US; author US)
172 - The Summer Book (set Finland; author Finland)
230 - How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (set Pakistan; author Pakistan)
336 - The Man Who Died Twice (set UK; author UK)
416 - Mrs. Everything (set USA; author USA)
480 - I Am a Cat (set Japan; author Japan)
256 - Little Eyes (set multiple; author Argentina)
246 - In the Country of Men (set Libya; author Libya/USA)
441 - Small Island (set Jamaica/UK; author UK)
272 - Run Me to Earth (set Laos/France; author USA)
336 - Violeta (set Chile; author Chile/USA)
384 - The Stand-In (set Canada; author Canada)
176 - Bad Friends (set Korea; author Korea)
232 - The Enchanted April (set Italy; author UK)
178 - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (set Sweden; author Sweden)
320 - Latitudes of Longing (set India; author India)
259 - Open City (set multiple; author Nigeria)
185 - The Bird Tribunal (set Norway; author Norway)
135 - Of Ants and Dinosaurs (set Gondwana; author China)
115 - Night (set Poland; author Romania)
255 - One Italian Summer (set Italy; author USA)
277 - The Prince and the Dressmaker (set France; author USA)

Complete! Link is here (message 20).

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FINISHED!

Just Read It! (Music edition)
Prompt 3: 🎵 READ the World 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Goal: 10 books

Read a book set in (at least 50%) AND written by author born/live in another continent from your current residence. For me, this will be outside of North America

�1. - 226 pages - My Sister, the Serial Killer (Nigeria) Read 2/26/22 - 3*
�2. - 304 pages - The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart (England) Read 8/11/22 - 3*
�3. - 380 pages - The Ruin (Ireland) by Dervla McTiernan (Ireland) Read 2/6/22 - 4*
�4. - 176 pages - Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark (Scotland) Read 6/11/22 - 3*
�5. - 196 pages - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton (Scotland) Read 3/31/22 - 3*
�6. - 495 pages - All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo (Spain) Read 11/17/22 - 4*
�7. - 509 pages - The Witch Elm by Tana French (Ireland) Read 11/2/22 - 4*
�8. - 380 pages - An Equal Music by Vikram Seth (India) Read 10/29/22 - 4*
�9. - 352 pages - Silent House by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) Read 10/26/22 - 2*
�10. - 188 pages - The Vegetarian by Han Kang (South Korea) Read 10/28/22 - 3*

Finished! Almost for got to update... And this is my last one - woohoo!!
Updated post: My Prompt 3 Plan (msg 22)

Prompt Goal � 12 books