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Around the World in 100 Days: Spain

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

This book grabbed me by the hand and pulled me along for a thrilling ride- what books have caught you from page one?

[boneseasonofglasss]

My current read for booktubeathon and Around the world in 100 days book challenge ( @kat-from-minasmorgul ) 

Booktubeathon:

Challenge 1: person on the cover,

Challenge 2: Hyped book

Around the World in 100 Days 

Albania

Turkey 

Romania 

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 DAYS - A READING CHALLENGE

HELLO HELLO!

I asked on several social media if people would be interesting in travelling the world in a literary way. The answer was most definitely yes, so it is happening: I’m hosting a reading challenge which takes place for a full hundred days!

When does the challenge start, when will it end?

What is the reading challenge about?

Well, basically its core point is to read books set in different countries. You can basically visit every country on the planet (no fictional worlds& countries). Of course the books can have fantastical elements, they can be urban fantasy or dystopian or historical or whatever, as long as they are set on this planet. They can be non-fiction, they can be YA, they can be children’s books. Literally everything. Just get to know other cultures and discover books you’d probably wouldn’t even hear about. Also for finding new friends and to have a good time. In the end, the person who has visited the most countries will get a little package from me. This will be a box including items (and maybe a book, who knows?) all about travelling and reading. If there is more than one winner, I’ll make more boxes, though they will get smaller. There will also be discussion rounds about the books, who different books portray the same country, how you liked them, you can write reviews, post photos, etc etc.

Who can participate?

Everyone! Join via Twitter or Instagram or Tumblr or your blog or basically anything. You can let me know on my social media or via e-mail or just leave a comment on this post. Or send me an owl or a dove or a raven, whatever your favourite form of non-verbal communication is. You can participate no matter what.

What do I have to do to participate?

Tell me that you want to be a part of the challenge. Plus, most importantly: tell me 1-3 books set in your country. Bonus points, if they are written by authors from your country, but that is not a necessity. I need this, so I can make a big list of all the countries and the books, so other participants have a general idea what books they could read. Of course, you don’t have to read books from that list. If you’re from a country a lot of books are set in (USA and England for example), you can also recommend books from other countries if you’ve read and liked them. The books you recommend should be in English (if possible), but of course you can read them in any language you want to! And please remember to tell me your country or the country the book is set in. And yeah, apart from that… read. Read physical books or ebooks or comics. Share your thoughts (if you want to). And, let me know how many books you’ve read. You can do a blog post or insta post or goodreads shelf with all the books you’ve read + send me the link. As long as you update it, I’ll be updated too and can pick the winner in the end! Or, you’ll do a wrap-up at the end of the challenge. I’ll check every participant’s blogs/instas/whatever you join with after the challenge has ended, so I really don’t miss a post. I’ll put all the ways to contact me down below.

Will there be a hashtag, so I can find other people’s posts?

yes, there will be 3 of them! and it’s important to use at least one of them in your posts, so I can see them.

Kat, why are you making a post about this so soon, when the challenge starts is July?

So as many people as possible see this and decide to participate and send them recommendations in. If you don’t want to participate, but recommend books anyways, please don’t hesitate! Send them to me, comment under this post, just let me know.

If you have any questions or want to send me recommendations:

E-Mail: [email protected]

Instagram: minasmorgulbooks

Tumblr: kat-from-minasmorgul

Twitter: minasmorgulbook

Goodreads: katjaveronika

Wordpress blog: katfromminasmorgul

I hope to see many of you with me! :)

PS: a lot of this challenge will run over my wordpress, so make sure to check the site there about, it has all the information and stuff

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Around the World in 100 Days: Venice, Italy

Herr der Dieben (The Thief Lord) by Cornelia Funke

“Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us!” 

Coincidentally, I read this book while in Sardinia - just off the coast of Italy.

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Around the World in 100 days: Sweden

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Borrowed this one from my dad last time he was home. Now I’m reading it as the clock ticks past midnight, trying to solve a fifty year old mystery.

[bibliophilecats]

Around the world in 100 days (@kat-from-minasmorgul)

The first 30 days are over and I read not as much as I would have liked (or had planned) but still, I got around a little:

I’ve dealt with the horrors the fairies bestowed on Ireland (with a disabled main character!), I’ve sold books in England and Ireland, I followed the geese halfway through Sweden and just solved some horrible murders in Laos.

Let’s see were I will go next.

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REMEMBER THAT THIS STARTS TODAY

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 DAYS – a reading challenge

HELLO HELLO! I asked on several social media if people would be interesting in travelling the world in a literary way. The answer was most definitely yes, so it is happening: I’m hosting a re…

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