Elbakerone Around the World

Well, everyone else's maps were so cool that I had to make one of my own:


create your own visited country map

Updated 12/16/08

Glad to see that you are joining in on the fun elbakerone. =)

Here's the Rundown:

Afghanistan
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
The Swallows of Kabul - Yasmina Khadra

Australia
Toad Rage - Morris Gleitzman

Chad
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur - Daoud Hari

China
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan
Dragon Keeper - Carole Wilkinson
Dragon Bones - Lisa See
The Hundred Secret Senses - Amy Tan
The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan

Congo
Cryptid Hunters - Roland Smith

Denmark
Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Ecuador
End of the Spear - Steve Saint

France
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA - Brenda Maddox
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baronness Orczy
Chocolat - Joanne Harris

Germany
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Iraq
Red Zone Blues - Pepe Escobar

Ireland
Angels - Marian Keyes
Sushi For Beginners - Marian Keyes

Italy
The City of Falling Angels - John Berendt

Japan
Harsh Cry of the Heron - Lian Hearn
Geisha: a Life - Mineko Iwasaki

Mexico
The Ruins - Scott Smith

Myanmar
Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan

Poland
Night - Elie Wiesel

Russia
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Secret History of Moscow - Ekaterina Sedia

Rwanda
Left To Tell - Imaculee Ilibagiza
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography - Paul Rusesabagina

Spain
Incantation - Alice Hoffman

Sudan
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur - Daoud Hari

Ukraine
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer

United Kingdom
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Macbeth - William Shakespeare
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Crispin: At the Edge of the World - Avi
Ghostwalk - Rebecca Stott
The Alchemist's Daughter - Katherine McMahon
(and others)

United States
Various

or check our Venice travel guide

Well, damn. Nobody told me about this place before I went!

I'm distantly related to Diana Spencer (aka Diana, Princess of Wales)....and so through her to her sons....who are royalty....wonder if that would gain me admittance. *lol*

I'll be adding the following countries to my map: (whenever I get around to updating the thing...)

Greece
Shadow of Colossus - T.L. Higley

Botswana
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith

India
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri

Turkey
The Aviary Gate - Katie Hickman

My review is here.

Iran
Honeymoon in Tehran - Azadeh Moaveni

My review is here .

elbakerone, it is possible you could tell us what you thought of your reads as you post them. Nothing too formal, just a line or two would be terrific. Some of these I have heard of and some not.

No problem, avaland! Most of these I've written reviews for but I'll try to include a quick sum up of my thoughts. (Let me know if there're any that you wanted more info on, specifically.)

For the most recent one, Honeymoon in Tehran, I really liked how it balanced the author's personal experiences with her factual reporting of Iranian politics. Some other reviewers complained that it didn't have enough background about Iran's political history and climate, but for me, I'd rather have the book lead me to want to learn more than to spell everything out at once. It was a also a great learning point for what life is like for women in Tehran without the author painting herself as a victim.