Dragonfly310's Flight through Europe

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Dragonfly310's Flight through Europe

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1Dragonfly310
Oct 12, 2009, 12:02 pm

Now this challenge sounds like my cup of tea! I too have copied a list from someone else (thank you RidgewayGirl). There is only one book that I read last year that I'm going to count for this challenge, but I don't think y'all will blame me too much once I reveal which one it is. The rest of them will be counted from 1 Oct 2009.

2Dragonfly310
Edited: Jun 26, 2010, 5:30 pm

The Western Isles

England Jane Eyre The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland, Republic of A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man and Ulysses
Isle of Man
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

3Dragonfly310
Edited: Oct 12, 2009, 8:41 pm

Western Europe

Andorra
Belgium
France Tender is the Night
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Portugal

4Dragonfly310
Edited: May 26, 2010, 10:50 am

Scandinavia and the Baltic Nations

Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

5Dragonfly310
Edited: May 26, 2010, 10:25 am

Central Europe

Austria
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Lichtenstein
Poland
Romania
Switzerland

6Dragonfly310
Edited: Oct 12, 2009, 12:32 pm

Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Albania
Armenia
Azjerbadjian
Belarus
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Georgia
Moldavia
Montenegro
Russia Anna Karenina
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia

Anna Karenina is the only book that I am counting for this challenge that I actually read last year. Other than War and Peace, it's the perfect book for Russia.

7Dragonfly310
Edited: May 26, 2010, 10:32 am

The Mediterranean Countries

Croatia
Cyprus
Greece
Italy The Name of the Rose
Vatican City Angels and Demons
Macedonia
Malta
Monaco
Spain The Flanders Panel
Turkey

Vatican City and Angels and Demons are only up there for laughs (or groans). I must admit that I do enjoy the fact that Vatican City did get their underwear ruffled by such books as The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. I just wished they showed that much concern about the children that were getting abused by their priests and bishops. . .

8RidgewayGirl
Oct 12, 2009, 5:03 pm

While I do agree that you should certainly count your Russian book, the two you mentioned are not the only doorstop classics. Don't forget Dostoevsky and his Brothers Karamazov.

Oh, and welcome to the challenge!

9Dragonfly310
Oct 12, 2009, 8:23 pm

You do have a point. Dostoevsky is one I haven't been able to get to yet, but intend to.

10Dragonfly310
May 26, 2010, 10:55 am

I almost forgot about this thread/challenge. Ulysses is going to take me a while, so here's a bump so I can find this again.