This challenge was again hosted by Bethany of Dreadlock Girl. You can check out the challenge's dedicated blog here.
The challenge was to read 10 books by 10 different authors from 10 countries (author's country of origin or where he/she lives). Here's what I ended up reading:
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah (lives in Morocco) -- completed 3/25/09; review here
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (born in New Zealand) -- completed 9/26/09
The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) -- completed 5/3/09; review here
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul (born in Trinidad) -- completed 9/3/09; review
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh) -- completed 3/22/09; review here
Daughter of China: A True Story of Love and Betrayal by Meihong Xu and Larry Engelmann (China) -- completed 7/18/09; review here
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (born in Zimbabwe) -- completed 4/20/09; review here
Nana by Emile Zola (France) -- completed 10/11/09; review
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman (born in Sweden) -- completed 4/24/09; review here
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Ireland) -- completed 5/10/09; review here
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