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Places to Be!!!

The How To's:
✈Pick your level
✈Read books set in (doesn't have to be the majority of the book) various countries around the world.
✈Once you've used a country, mark it from your list
✈No page limit restrictions & rereads are fine
✈You may join in at anytime in 2015 and feel free to backdate if you'd like


Levels:
Homebody: 15 or less
Vacationer: 16-30
World Traveller: 31+

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15


Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Places to Be!!!
Duration: 1/1/5 -12/31/15

Level: Homebody: 15 or less

Countries: 10/15
Australia - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 1/04/15
Egypt - Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase 4/22/15
France - A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch 11/22/15
Great Britain - Night She Died, The by Dorothy Simpson 1/18/15
India - Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas 9/16/15
Nigeria - Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole 1/23/16
Pakistan - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai 3/04/15
Saint Lucia - Murder of a Needled Knitter by Denise Swanson (& Bahamas) 2/02/15
United Kingdom - Death of a Snob by M.C. Beaton 11/29/15
United States - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 1/23/15

I'm in. Homebody | 15 or less



1. USA: Just a Bit Obsessed 1/1
2. UK: First Class Package 1/3
3. BAHAMAS: Chase The Sun 1/26
4. BAHRAIN: Side Line 1/28
5. JAPAN: In Memory of Us 4/2 ★★★ 1/2
6. GERMANY: Perception: A German Love Story 5/31

I'm in!
Level:Homebody 15 or less

I'm in for Homebody (15 or Less)!

If the book is set in more than one country at a time does that count as 2 or is it one country per book?


Jenne wrote: "Places to Be!!!


The How To's:

✈Pick your level
✈Read books set in (doesn't have to be the majority of the book) various countries around the world.
✈Once you've used a country, mark it from y..."

One per book.

1/1/5 -12/31/15

Level-Vacationer 16-31
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(view spoiler)[Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia-Breaking Free 5-18-15
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China- Bound 1-29-15
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France Castle Behind Thorns 3-11-15
Gabon
Gambia
Germany-Echo 6-1-15
Ghana
Great Britain-The War That Saved My Life 3-19-15
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran-Beast 3-5-15
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy-Three Days 1-28-15
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya-Born Free 6-5-15
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria- Before Us 2-27-15
Norway-Ophelia 6-20-15
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland-The Cage 5-19-15
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom-The Year of the Rat 1-15-15
United States-The Twilight Prisoner 1-3-14
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe (hide spoiler)]

1/1/15 thru 12/31/15
Level :
Homebody 15 or less

Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania We Are Called to Rise
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt The Chaos of Stars
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany Life After Life
Ghana
Great Britain Dead Scared
Greece The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica Blue Avenue
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
scotland Raven Black
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

I'm in, for Vacationer, 16 - 30

Places to Be!!!

The How To's:
✈Pick your level
✈Read books set in (doesn't have to be the majority of the book) various countries around the world.
✈Once you've used a country, mark it from your list
✈No page limit restrictions & rereads are fine


Levels:
Homebody: 15 or less
Vacationer: 16-30
World Traveller: 31+

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15


Countries (23) - GOAL COMPLETE, but pressing on:

Australia: Trains and Lovers, by Alexander McCall Smith, 4/5 stars (11/09/15)

Bahamas: Hurricanes in Paradise, by Denise Hildreth Jones, 3/5 stars (07/12/15)

Botswana: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, by Alexander McCall Smith, 5/5 stars (05/31/15)

Canada (Quebec):A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny, 5/5 stars (03/12/15)

China (and England, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Japan, India, Australia, Bolivia, Mexico, USA, and Canada): George Washington's World, by Genevieve Foster, 5/5 stars (10/24/15)

England: The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries, by Emily Brightwell, 2/5 stars (03/18/15)

France (and Monaco, Italy): Toured to Death, by Hy Conrad, 3/5 stars (08/16/15)

Germany: Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust, by Carol Ann Lee, 4/5 stars (10/21/15)

Greece: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares, 3/5 stars (04/02/15)

Greenland: In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides, 5/5 stars (03/03/15)

Hungary: The Singing Tree, by Kate Seredy, 5/5 stars (06/04/15)

Ireland: Absolution by Murder, by Peter Tremayne, 5/5 stars (04/18/15)

Kenya: An Open Heart, by Harry Kraus, 4/5 stars (05/17/15)

Luxembourg: The Expats, by Chris Pavone, 3/5 stars (03/25/15)

Mexico: Chop, Chop, by L.N. Cronk, 5/5 stars (01/24/15)

The Netherlands: The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, 5/5 stars (03/23/15)

Poland: The Boy on the Wooden Box, by Leon Leyson, 5/5 stars (10/29/15)

Polynesian Islands: Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry, 4/5 stars (07/30/15)

Russia: Breaking Stalin's Nose, by Eugene Yelchin, 4/5 stars (11/14/15)

Slovenia (and Turkey, Hungary, Romania): The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, 5/5 stars (04/30/15)

Switzerland: Albert Einstein: The Rebel Behind Relativity, by Jacob Goldberg, 3/5 stars (10/23/15)

Vietnam: Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai, 5/5 stars (11/14/15)

Zambia: Fever Dream, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 4/5 stars (03/18/15)

TCF Places to Be!!! Challenge
Level: World Traveller:
Read: 3/31+

1. Germany: Vražda v ambitu by Vlastimil Vondruška Jan 2, 2015 ♥♥♥
2. USA: Divergent by Veronica Roth Jan 4, 2014 ♥♥♥
3. Czech Republic: Msta písecké panny by Vlastimil Vondruška Jan 11, 2015 ♥♥♥
4.

Even though I am not sure of the actual location of a few of these (geography wasn't my best subject back in high school) and I know I haven't read an books previously where anyone when to most of these places I am signing for World Traveller:

World Traveller: 31+

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15


Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Places to Be!!!

Level:
Vacationer: 16-30

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15

Countries:

TCF Places to Be!!! Challenge
Duration: 1 January to 31 December 2015

Level: World Traveller: 31+

Read = 9 / 31+




Countries:
Australia: Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns read 25/4/15 ★★★
Canada: Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian read 20/4/15 ★★★★
Czech Republic: Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian read 19/3/15 ★★★★
France: Ruthless by Anne Stuart read 2/1/15 ★★★★
Italy: A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Gray read 14/2/15 ★★★★
Iraq: Because of You by Jessica Scott read 30/5/15 ★★★★
Peru: With No Remorse by Cindy Gerard read 18/1/15 ★★★★
Sierra Leone: Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard read 1/3/15 ★★★★★
United Kingdom: The Escape by Mary Balogh read 22/1/15 ★★★★

(view spoiler)[
Countries left to read:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
(hide spoiler)]

Places To Be Challenge
Levels:

Vacationer: 16-30

China Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing ***** 6/22/15
France Food in Medieval Times **** 9/16/15
Greece: The Odyssey *** 6/24/15[
Guatemala: [book:Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala|83005] ***** 9/11/15
Ireland: The Young Wan***** 3/23/15
Malta: The Information Officer
Mexico: The House of the Scorpion*** 3/10/15
Monaco: Loser Takes All**** 2/9/15
North Korea: The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
Poland: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story *** 11/2/15
Santa Lucia: A Caribbean Mystery**** 1/31/15
Solomon Islands: Lost at Guadalcanal: The Final Battles of the Astoria and Chicago as Described by Survivors and in Official Reports
South Africa: South From the Limpopo *** 6/1/15
Spain: The Shadow of the Wind*** 1/26/15
Sudan: Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid ***** 5/22/15
Thailand The Windup Girl *** 7/20/15
United Kingdom: The Black Arrow**** 3/29/15
Tonga: The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux
United States:Guests on Earth***** 2/5/15

TCF Places to Be!!! Challenge
Duration: 1 January to 31 December 2015

Level: World Traveller: 31+

Read = 25 / 31



Countries:

Countries:

Afghanistan: ✔Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith - 6.2.15 ★★★
Algeria - ✔The Outsider by Albert Camus - 12.5.15 ★★★
Australia - ✔Those Faraday Girls by Monica Mcinnerney - 11.9.15 ★★★
China: ✔The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert Van Gulik - 9.1.15 ★★★
Czech Republic: ✔Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor - 25.8.15 ★★★★★
Denmark: ✔Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg - 6.9.15 ★★★★
Egypt: ✔Empire Of Sand by Robert Ryan - 30.9.15 ★★★★ El Salvador
Ethiopia - ✔Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - 14.3.15 ★★★★★
France: ✔Depths of Glory: A Biographical Novel of Camille Pisarro by Irving Stone - 27.1.15 ★★★
Germany: ✔The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - 11.8.15 ★★★★ Ghana
Great Britain: ✔Unfaithfully Yours by Nigel Williams - 10.12.15 ★★★
Ireland: ✔Faithful Place by Tana French - 12.1.15 ★★★★
Italy: ✔Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers - 26.3.15 ★★
Jamaica: ✔Pao by Kerry Young - 31.1.15 ★★★
Japan: ✔Flyboys by James D. Bradley - 4.9.15 ★★★★
Mexico: ✔Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall - 29.12.15 ★★★★★
Morocco: ✔The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - 17.1.15 ★★
Poland: ✔The Girl from the Train by Irma Joubert - 16.8.15 ★★
Russian Federation: ✔The Last Train To Kazan by Stephen Miller - 14.9.15 ★★★
Slovenia - ✔Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho - 4.4.15 ★★★★
Sweden - ✔Death Calls On The Witches: A Novel by Jan Mårtenson - 2.6.15 ★★★
Turkey - ✔Harem: The World Behind the Veil by Alev Lytle Croutier - 23.6.15 ★★★
United Kingdom - ✔A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters - 4.1.15 ★★★★
United States - ✔The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - 2.1.15 ★★★★
Vietnam - ✔The Lover by Marguerite Duras - 31.3.15 ★★★

Goal: Vacationer

Read 18/30(+)

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15


Countries:
(view spoiler)[
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina Dethroning the King
Aruba
Australia The Husband's Secret
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada Station Eleven
Chad
Chile Poseidon's Arrow
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba Blackout
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France Shadow of Night
Gabon
Gambia
Germany Dethroning Crown
Ghana
Great Britain - Invitation to Scandal
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala In the Courts of the Sun
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India - Feed
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland Shame: The Story of Jonathan St. Andrews
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan The Devotion of Suspect X
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico The Burning Wire
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua A Wind in the Door
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland The Book of Life
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa - You Will Pay - For Leaving Me
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland The Apocalypse Deal
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States The Shadows
Uruguay
Venezuela A Perfect Evil
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
(hide spoiler)]

this looks like fun :)

Levels:
Homebody: 15 or less
Vacationer: 16-30
World Traveller: 31+

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15


Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Places to Be!!!
Vacationer: 16-30

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15

Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Places to Be!!!
Duration: 1/1/5 -12/31/15
Vacationer: 16-30 TO READ

15 READ


1-United States- Games Creatures Play, by many, 4 Stars, 4th Jan
2-Puerto Rico- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection, 2 stars, 23rd Jan
3-France, The Outlandish Companion, by Diana Gabaldon, 3 stars, 28th Jan
4-Morocco, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, by Laini Taylor, 3 stars, 2nd feb
5-Romania, Once Burned , by Jeaniene Frost, 3 Stars, 5th Feb
6-India, Tiger's Curse , by Colleen Houck, 5 Stars, 6th March, 510 Pages
7-Ireland, Rogues , by many, 3 stars, 27th march
8-Spain, Passing , by Nancy Holder, 3 stars, 18th march
9-Italy, The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire, by Many, 4 stars, 18th march, 408 Pages
10-UK, Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the English Monarchs by Carolly Erickson, 4 stars, 23rd March, 368 pages
11-Ukraine, Predatory , by Alexandra Ivy, 2 stars, 2nd April, 384 pages
12--Zimbabwe, The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Dominatiom, by many, 3 stars, 17th Aug, 368p
13-Germany/Great Britain, 366: A Leap Year of Great Stories from History by W.B. Marsh, Bruce Carrick, 2 stars, 1st Sep, 576p
14-Australia, Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories by Many, 3 stars, 25th Sep, 422p
15-China (New Beijing) Cinder by Marissa Meyer, 4 stars, 11th Nov, 390p

i'm going to try for vacationer :)

Places to Be
January – December 31, 2015
Completed — 17!

Countries
Afghanistan — The Night Is Mine — ★★★★★ 4/21
Australia — Raw — ★★★★★ 1/25
China — Archangel's Kiss — ★★★★★ 2/11
Costa Rica — Desire Unchained — ★★★★★ 5/15
Czech Republic — Her Perfect Mate — ★★★★ 4/13
France — Menage Material — ★★★★ 1/23
Great Britain — All In — ★★★★ 1/3
India — Archangel's Storm — ★★★★★ 5/2
Ireland — Burned — ★★★★ 4/14
Israel — In Rides Trouble — ★★★★★ 2/5
Italy — Gabriel's Rapture — ★★★★ 1/10
Japan — Schooled — ★★★★ 2/10
New Zealand — Rock Addiction — ★★★★★ 5/8
Russia — Born in Blood — ★★★★ 2/26
Scotland — The Highlander's Touch — ★★★★★ 3/17
Spain — Wallbanger — ★★★★★ 2/13
Switzerland — The Chalet — ★★★★ 5/8

I'm going to try for vacationer.

I'm in!

Places to Be!
Duration: 1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015
Level: Vacationer 16-30

Countries:

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria: Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) | Scott Westerfeld | 1/3/2015 | ★★★★
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China: Reamde | Neal Stephenson | 1/17/2015 | ★★★★
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey: Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) | Scott Westerfeld | 1/8/2015 | ★★★★
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

27/30 Read
Level Vacationer

Places to Be!!

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

1.Austria Burned
2. United States A Demon Bound
3. Honduras Bold Tricks
4. Australia Skin
5. Czech Republic Daughter of Smoke & Bone
6. France Lothaire
7. United Kingdom Blind Salvage
8.BrazilIf Angels Burn
9. Canada Cold Hard Secret
10. Iraq Eternal Rider
11. Romania Bound by Flames
12. Guatemala Dirty Deeds
13. Hungary The Darkest Passion
14. Ireland Darkfever
15. Germany This is the Wonder
16. Estonia Untouchable
17. Ethiopia Immortal Rider
18. Puerto Rico Angelfire
19. Mexico Vincent
20. Italy Juliet Immortal
21. New Zealand Where Sea Meets Sky
22. Scotland Highlander's Challenge
23. Greece A Touch of Greek
24. Great Britain Veiled Threat
25. Greenland Lethal Rider
26. Hungary The Darkest Lie
27. Russian Federation Guardian



(view spoiler)[Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Fiji
Finland
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe (hide spoiler)]

Can I add countries to the list? Guatemala is not on the list, but my books starts out there.

For sure :)

Places to Be!!!


Levels (starting with):
Homebody: 15 or less - Finished 5/28/2015
Vacationer: 16-30
World Traveller: 31+

Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15

Countries:

1. USA - Reconstructing Amelia
2. Aruba - Dangerous Girls
3. France - Code Name Verity
4. United Kingdom (England)- The Mime Order
5. Switzerland - The Bourne Identity
6. Iran - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7. Ireland - Heart's Blood
8. Russia - The Diamond Secret
9. Germany - Rose Under Fire
10. Spain - The Shadow of the Wind - 4/2/2015
11. Holland/Netherlands - The Diary of a Young Girl - 4/5/2015
12. Sweden - The Girl Who Played with Fire - 4/30/2015
13. Iraq - American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History - 5/4/2015
14. Turkey - Middlesex - 5/9/2015
15. Scotland - The Winter Sea - 5/28/2015
16. Canada - Anne of Green Gables - 6/14/2015
17. India - Just One Year-8/1/2015
18. Dominican Republic - Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship - 10/1/2015
19. Australia - Tomorrow, When the War Began - 10/4/2015
20. Japan - Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom - 10/4/2015
21. Poland - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - 11/22/2015

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Vacationer: 16-30

Completed: 13/30

Countries
Australia Private: Down Under by James Patterson 6/22
Canada: A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands 6/24
Cayman Islands: Swimming Without a Net by MaryJanice Davidson 2/25
Egypt: Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie 2/18
France: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie 2/20
Greece: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox 6/22
India: Private India: City on Fire by James Patterson 3/4
Mexico: Out of the Shadows by Geri Foster 8/11
Romania: Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost 3/1
Russia: Out of the Dark by Geri Foster 4/4
Serbia: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 2/17
Sweden: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 4/30
United Kingdom: Private London by James Patterson 1/28
United States: 314 Book 2 by A.R. Wise 1/19

This is a lot easier than I thought it would be, I'm already 1/2 way finished.

Level:
Vacationer: 16-30

Duration:
1/1/15 -12/31/15

Countries:



1. Australia - The Rosie Project
2. U.S.A. - Reconstructing Amelia
3. England - The Shock of the Fall
4. Republic of Ireland - The Mammy
5. Sweden - The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
6. Iceland - Jar City
7. France - War Horse
8. Botswana - Larger Than Life
9. Channel Islands (Guernsey) - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
10. India - These Foolish Things
11. Israel - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
12. Afghanistan - The Kite Runner
13. Canada - Station Eleven
14. Congo (DRC) Endangered
15. Russia - Playing a Part
16. Germany -The Book Thief

READ - 16 / 16+

I doubt I'll be going anywhere on vacation this summer, so I will read about different places. (didn't make it - will extend)
June 1 - December 31, 2015
Level : Vacationer

books read : 15/16+

1. France - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 6/1/15 ****
2. Lake Como, Italy - Silent in the Sanctuary 6/11/15 ****
3. India - Around the World in Eighty Days 6/17/15 ****
4. Scotland - Grimm - 6/22/15 ****
5. Bath, England - Mr Forster's Fortune 6/30/15 ***
6. Bad Tolz, Germany - Touch Not the Cat 7/1/15 ****
7. Russia - Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy 7/13/15 **
8. Wales - An Honest Deception 7/27/15 ***
9. Brazil - Breaking Dawn 8/5/15 ****
10. Norway -East 8/5/15 ****
11. Jamaica - Canyon Road 8/30 15 ***
12. Egypt - Miss Cayley's Adventures 9/2/15 ****
13. Ottawa, Canada - I Spy 9/12/15 ***
14. Ireland - David and the Phoenix 9/19/15 ****
15. Channel Islands - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 9/28 ***
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20.

1/1/15 thru 12/31/15
Level :
Homebody 15 or less

1. Ireland-----------Free Falling
2. South Africa------The Grass is Singing
3. England-----------The Woman in White
4. U.S.A.------------Blindsided

jenne i added scotland

NP!

Level: Vacationer (16-30)
Duration:
1/1/5 -12/31/15

Countries:
Afghanistan: The Patience Stone
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada: The Lost Hero
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia: The House of Hades
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France: Tartuffe
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy: The Mark of Athena
Jamaica
Japan: Kafka on the Shore
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Lao
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal: Candide
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States: The Host
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Rebecca wrote: "Places to Be!!!
Duration: 1/1/5 -12/31/15
Vacationer: 16-30 TO READ

15 READ


1-United States- Games Creatures Play, by many, 4 Stars, 4th Jan
2-Puerto Rico- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ni..."


FINISHED

Places to Be — Vacationer 16–31
January – December 31, 2015
Found — 42!

Turns out I am a World Traveler!

Countries Found
Afghanistan — The Night Is Mine — ★★★★★ 4/21
Australia — Raw — ★★★★★ 1/25
Bahamas — Play My Game — ★★★★ 7/30
Belize — Twisted — ★★★★ 6/19
Botswana — One Night with a Billionaire — ★★★★★ 9/14
Brazil — Last Breath — ★★★★★ 10/19
Canada — Delicate Freakn’ Flower — ★★★★ 6/4
China — Archangel’s Kiss — ★★★★★ 2/11
Costa Rica — Desire Unchained — ★★★★★ 5/15
Czech Republic — Her Perfect Mate — ★★★★ 4/13
Denmark — Heart of Obsidian — ★★★★★ 9/22
Egypt — Passion Unleashed — ★★★★★ 10/15
Estonia — No Rest for the Wicked — ★★★★★ 9/18
France — Menage Material — ★★★★ 1/23
Great Britain — All In — ★★★★ 1/3
Greece — Enraptured — ★★★★★ 5/23
Greenland — The Darkest Kiss — ★★★★★ 12/27
Guatemala — Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night — ★★★★ 11/12
Hungary — The Darkest Night — ★★★★★ 11/17
India — Archangel’s Storm — ★★★★★ 5/2
Indonesia — Rock Courtship — ★★★★ 9/25
Iran — Rev It Up — ★★★★ 7/10
Ireland — Burned — ★★★★ 4/14
Israel — In Rides Trouble — ★★★★★ 2/5
Italy — Gabriel’s Rapture — ★★★★ 1/10
Jamaica — Seven Years to Sin — ★★★★★ 7/3
Japan — Schooled — ★★★★ 2/10
Malaysia — Full Throttle — ★★★★★ 7/23
Mexico — Glory in Death — ★★★★ 5/21
Monaco — Yuri — ★★★★★ 10/24
Morocco — Archangel’s Enigma — ★★★★★ 9/16
New Zealand — Rock Addiction — ★★★★★ 5/8
Peru — Too Hard to Handle — ★★★★ 10/2
Poland — The Book of Life — ★★★★★ 5/31
Russia — Born in Blood — ★★★★ 2/26
Scotland — The Highlander’s Touch — ★★★★★ 3/17
Spain — Wallbanger — ★★★★★ 2/13
Sweden — Enslaved — ★★★★ 6/10
Switzerland — The Chalet — ★★★★ 5/8
United Kingdom — Shadow of Night — ★★★★★ 5/29
United States — Silver Bastard — ★★★★★ 6/3
Virgin Islands — VIP — ★★★★ 8/2

Ended as a Vacationer! Fun challenge :D

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