2016-2014 Global Reading Challenge

2016 Global Reading Challenge: 15/21

I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction.
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Africa -

  1. 4.7, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, Michael Stanley
Asia -
  1.  4.5, SIX FOUR, Hideo Yokoyama Japan
  2.  4.4, A RISING MAN, Abir Mukherjee - India 1919
  3. 4.3, THE TIGER LADIES, Sudha Koul - Kashmir
Australasia/Oceania (my modification) - An extra hurdle for Australasia - at least one from New Zealand.
I can count separate Australian states -
  1.  4.4, KING OF THE ROAD, Nigel Bartlett  New South Wales
  2.  4.3, GOOD MONEY, J. M. Green - Victoria and WA
  3. 4.8, TWISTER, Jane Woodham - New Zealand
Europe - 
  1. 4.8, THE BLOOD STRAND, Chris Ould - set in the Faroes
  2. 4.3, MURDER ON THE HOUR, Elizabeth J. Duncan - cozy set in Wales
  3. 4.9, WHAT SHE NEVER TOLD ME, Kate McQuaile - set in Ireland 
North America
  1. 4.3, THE DROWNING POOL, Ross Macdonald 
  2. 4.5, EDGE OF WILD, D.K. Stone - set in Canada 
  3. 4.2, VENGEANCE IS MINE, Joanne Fluke - set in Minnesota
South America -

7th Continent: Historical -
  1. 4.5, ONLY TIME WILL TELL, Jeffrey Archer
  2. 4.6, THE DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA, Antonia Hodgson
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2015
I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction.

Read: 15/21

Blog site: 2015 Global Reading Challenge

Africa -
  1.  4.5, BURIED, Jussi Adler-Olsen - Cameroon
Asia -
  1.  4.5, THE KIZUNA COAST, Sujata Massey  Japan

Australasia/Oceania (my modification) - An extra hurdle for Australasia - at least one from New Zealand.
I can count separate Australian states - Completed
  1. 4.7, WEB OF DECEIT, Katherine Howell - Australia
  2. 5.0, HADES, Candice Fox - Australia 
  3. 4.5, CROSS FINGERS, Paddy Richardson - New Zealand
Europe - completed
  1. 4.8, ONLY THE INNOCENT, Rachel Abbott  - England 
  2. 4.2, THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE TRAINS GO BY, Georges Simenon  - France
  3. 4.6, THIN AIR, Ann Cleeves - Scotland
North America - completed
  1.  5.0, ENTRY ISLAND, Peter May  - Canada (setting)
  2. 4.3, MASTERMIND, Helen Goltz  - Washington DC (setting)
  3. 4.6, BEAST IN VIEW, Margaret Millar - North America
South America -
  1.  3.6, DEAD RECKONING, Michael B. Smart - Caribbean
7th Continent: Historical - completed
  1. 4.5, THE ART OF KILLING WELL, Marco Malvaldi- Italy 1895
  2. 2.0, THE BRONZE HORSEMAN, Paullina Simons - Leningrad 1941
  3. 4.5, WINTER SIEGE, Ariana Franklin & Samantha Norman - England 1141
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2014 Global Reading Challenge: 21/21
Completed

I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction.
Blog site: 2014 Global Reading Challenge

Africa - completed

  1. 4.8, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU, Michael Stanley Botswana
  2. 4.5, DETECTIVE KUBU INVESTIGATES, Michael Stanley: a collection of short stories
  3. 4.6, THE MINOR ADJUSTMENT BEAUTY SALON, Alexander McCall Smith - Botswana 
Asia - completed
  1. 4.5, INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: THE SINGAPORE SCHOOL OF VILLAINY, Shamini Flint- Singapore
  2. 4.3, HOTEL BOSPHORUS, Esmahan Aykol - Turkey
  3. 4.5, ARMS FOR ADONIS, Charlotte Jay - Lebanon
Australasia/Oceania (my modification) - An extra hurdle for Australasia - at least one from New Zealand.
I can count separate Australian states
Completed
  1.  4.3, THE NURSING HOME MURDER, Ngaio Marsh- New Zealand
  2. 3.9, HANK OF HAIR, Charlotte Jay- Australia
  3. 4.7, GETTING WARMER, Alan Carter - Australian author 
Europe - completed
  1. 4.6, BLOOD FROM STONE, Frances Fyfield (UK) 
  2. 4.3, THE LATE MONSIEUR GALLET, Georges Simenon - France
  3. 4.4, THE GOLDEN CALF, Helene Tursten - Sweden 
North America - completed
  1. 4.0, THE RIVER, Cheryl Kaye Tardif - Canada
  2. 4.5, IRREPARABLE HARM, Melissa F. Miller
  3. 3.8, LIQUID FEAR, Scott Nicholson
South America - Completed
  1. 3.7, HOTEL BRASIL, Frei Betto - Brazil
  2. 4.5, HAPPINESS IS EASY, Edney Silvestre - Brazil
  3. 4.7, THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING, Juan Gabriel Vasquez - Colombia 
7th Continent: Historical - completed
  1. 4.8, LIFE AFTER LIFE, Kate Atkinson - Britain
  2. 4.4, DEATH OF A SWAGMAN, Arthur Upfield - Australia 
  3. 4.4, THE SILVERSMITH'S WIFE, Sophia Tobin   - London 1792

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