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The more I go on, the less challenges I'm able to do. But at least I hope to have a great 2023 full of good and remarkable books!

Far and wide through India

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visited 19 states (54.2%)




States:
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar: India: A Wounded Civilization
Chhattisgarh
Delhi:
The Wildings
Delhi
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Giligadu: The Lost Days by Chitra Mudgal
Goa: Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh
Gujarat:
The Algebra Of Infinite Justice
Il libro di Krishna
Haryana: Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
Himachal Pradesh: Nine Lives
The Dalai Lama's Cat
The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Art of Purring
Jammu e Kashmir: Kashmir Saivism - The Central Philosophy of Tantrism
Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir by Malik Sajad
Jharkhand
Karnataka:
India. Cinque racconti, sei reportage, tre fumetti
Waiting for the Mahatma by R.K. Narayan
Kerala: Idris : Keeper of the Light
Madhya Pradesh:
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster
Un'isola di mistero : seguito delle avventure di viaggio di Dalle caverne e dalle giungle dell'Indostan
A Long Way Home
Maharashtra:
Sacred Games
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Saturday Date
The Moor's Last Sigh
ŚRĪ JÑĀNEŚVARA : Lo yogin cantore della libertà
Family Matters
Sri Sai Satcharitra: The Wonderful Life and Teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba
The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
Manipur: WARI: A collection of Manipuri Short Stories
Meghalaya
Mizoram: Zorami
Nagaland
Orissa: eFiction India Vol. 1 Issue 07
Punjab: Train to Pakistan
Rajasthan: India Was One
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu:
Shilappadikaram
The Toss of a Lemon
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh:
Sea of Poppies
Krsna: The Supreme Personality of Godhead: v. 1
Uttarakhand
West Bengal:
Freedom at Midnight
The City of Joy
The Sleeping Dictionary
Sister of My Heart
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
The Lives of Others
The Hungry Tide
A Long Way Home

India without a real setting:
Kamasutra
71 Golden Tales of Panchatantra
A Fine Balance
L'Induismo
Timeless wisdom from ancient India
The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture
The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma
Animal's People

Far and Wide through Africa

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visited 15 states (6.66%)



Algeria: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
The Plague by Albert Camus
Angola
Benin
Botswana: Precious Ramotswe, detective by Alexander McCall Smith
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Camerun
Capo Verde
Ciad
Comore
Costa d'Avorio
Egitto
Eritrea
Etiopia; The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana: Stelle nere by Ryszard Kapuściński
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Gibuti
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea Equatoriale
Kenya: I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
Lesotho
Liberia; The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Libia
Madagascar: Ghost of Chance by William S. Burroughs
Malawi
Mali
Marocco: Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambico
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria: The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Rep. Centrafricana
Rep. del Congo
RD del Congo: Stelle nere by Ryszard Kapuściński
Ruanda: The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
São Tomé e Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia: Don't Tell Me You're Afraid by Giuseppe Catozzella
La linea del colore by Igiaba Scego
Sudafrica
Sudan: The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Sudan del Sud
Swaziland
Tanzania: Afterlives
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda: The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Novel Cure Challenge

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In 2020 and 2021 I haven't even read a book for this challenge.

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Countries visited in 2023

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1) Etiopia (Africa): Italiani, brava gente?
2) Kentucky (USA): The Sign of Jonas
3) Italy (Basilicata): Tramutola in una, dieci, cento�� Emozioni

place holder for challenges I could join in 2023

Remarkable year 2022 indeed!!
Best wishes for 2023 and hope you achieve your goals!

Happy Reading, Dely!

Makrand wrote: "Remarkable year 2022 indeed!!
Best wishes for 2023 and hope you achieve your goals!

Happy Reading, Dely!"

Thank you! I wish you a satisfying reading year too!

all the best, dely...Precious Ramotse is a character I follow keenly. Love the series.

All the best Dely!
Glad to see you have covered more Indian states than any other member here :)
Every year, I look forward to your well managed state explorations.

Thanks guys!

About my Indian challenge, I didn't do very well last year :-(

All the best, Dely!!

Good Luck & Happy Reading ~

Cheers,
Nate

Thank you Abd and Nathan!

Have a great reading year ahead!!!

Tazmeen wrote: "Have a great reading year ahead!!!"

Thanks!

1) Italiani, brava gente? di Angelo Del Boca 3*

There is no English edition of this book. It talks about Italian colonies of the last century. Though English, French or Spanish colonies are more famous because there were much more and they lasted for much longer, Italy has its colonizer past too (sadly). Maybe you don't know, but there is an opinion about Italians being good people, peaceful and helpful. With this opinion we always tried to hide our past as colonizers that did a lot of harm killing. torturing and enslaving thousands of people, above all in Africa. Well, this book, finally, tells the truth with a very huge and wide documentation, that Italians were no better than other colonizers.
It was a very interesting read, but also very very tough.

Italian review: /review/show...

Etiopia (Africa)

2) Il segno di Giona by Thomas Merton 5*

English edition: The Sign of Jonas

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Kentucky (USA)

Dely!! I'm so glad to see you again. I see you list has The Dalai Lama's Cat, isn't it a lovely book.
I'd happily recommend to you books from the Indian state of Meghalaya, it's where I come from ! :)

Hi Pari! Welcome back! It's nice to see you again around!

If you have some recommendations of books set in Meghalaya, please share them with me.

@dely and Parikhit , I too am keen on Meghalaya fiction ( even non fiction)

I am what I read wrote: "@dely and Parikhit , I too am keen on Meghalaya fiction ( even non fiction)"

A few books and authors I can think of,
Boats on Land
Shillong Times: A Story of Friendship And Fear
Lunatic In My Head
The Point of Return: A Novel

One author who has caught my fancy
Janice Pariat

Parikhit wrote: " I am what I read wrote: "@dely and Parikhit , I too am keen on Meghalaya fiction ( even non fiction)"

A few books and authors I can think of,
Boats on Land
[book:Shillong Times: A..."

Thanks! Will check them out!

3) Tramutola in una, dieci, cento�� Emozioni by Bruno Masino 4*

There is no English edition. It is a book about my father's hometown. It is a collection of poems and short writings written by the people of this small village. It was nice, also full of pictures and QR codes to see places, events or religious festivities.

Italian review: /review/show...

Italy (Basilicata)

4) La passione del Signore nelle visioni di Anna Katharina Emmerick by Clemens Brentano 3*

English edition: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich

Italian review: /review/show...

5) La prima sarà la migliore. Conversazioni su Charles Péguy by Pigi Colognesi

No English edition. It is a book about Charles Péguy.

6) La potatura del cuore: Riflessioni a partire dalla Coerenza by Franco Demetrio Caserta 3*

No English edition.

Italian review: /review/show...

7) Dalla montagna sacra: un viaggio all'ombra di Bisanzio by William Dalrymple 4,5*

English edition: From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East

8) Le ultime parole di Gesù. Sigillo di tutta la sua vita by Bianchi Enzo 3*

No English edition.

Is this book in French language?

Mansi wrote: "Is this book in French language?"

No, it is Italian.

9) Storia di un'anima by Teresa di Lisieux 4*

English edition: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Dely!

I've been very poor at keeping tabs on my friend's readings this year. Great to see the country read challenges still going strong.

As far as Indian reading goes I recommend JCB Literary Award books. They are mostly Indian translations or English written books set in contemporary settings. Do try them out!

For Nagaland, try books by Easterine Kire. Karnataka - Read Vivek Shanbagh and for Andhra Pradesh, I read this book called Giligadu: The Lost Days.

Girish wrote: "Dely!

I've been very poor at keeping tabs on my friend's readings this year. Great to see the country read challenges still going strong.

As far as Indian reading goes I recommend JCB Literary Aw..."

Oh well, I've been poor to keep my reading progress updated so don't worry if you hadn't time to follow the other members' discussions! :D

Thanks for the recommendations! Easterine Kire is in my wishlist and I already read Giligadu. Will check out Shanbagh!