I have decided to participate in the Orbis Terrarum Challenge this year. Every month for the next ten months, I have to read a book by a different author from a different country. Then I will review my book on my blog. I’ve looked ahead at a bunch of our book club books for this year and a lot of them will work for this challenge. A rule I’ve added for myself is no rereading books. I think it’s going to be fun!
For March I read three books by Alexander McCall Smith. He was born in Zimbabwe and now lives in Scotland. (For the challenge, you can use the country of birth or residence of the author. I think I’ll use Scotland.) Since I already reviewed McCall Smith, I’m not going to do another review of one of his books. Any suggestions for the other months?
Here are some of the other books I’m planning on reading:
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton – America
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis – Ireland
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy – Hungary
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom – Holland
Thats five books, I need five more. Jamie, I’m looking to you to come up with a Canadian one.
01/04/2009 at 8:01 pm Permalink
Here’s a Canadian one you might be interested in:
Odori by Darcy Tamayose. It was written by a friend of mine, and is a historical fiction.