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Bookcrossing - what fun!! I'm also active on Postcrossing also (username Hobbittsy).
For Exchanges, Birthday, and other such RABCK purposes, here are some things I enjoy:
- Books of course! My main wish at the moment is for middle-school aged books to fill a LFL that I'm volunteering to tend in front of a middle school, but my heart thrills at most books, especially wishlist books, books I can use for a reading challenge like
666 Around the World, or any book that you especially enjoyed.
- Postcards (especially stamped and mailed with a greeting or note), and even better if they're book-themed or from a UNESCO Heritage site
- Bookcrossing supplies (in English or English/Spanish) or wings.
- Cards or letters, including any and all holiday or birthday wishes.
- Teas of all kinds
- Chocolate, especially dark, fair-trade
- Donations to a good cause, with a note about why you support it. Or to one of my favorites:
Lone Buffalo school in Laos. I taught there for a year and can say that they do very good work.
- An anecdote about something you did to help someone recently, big or small
- A good joke or pun, or a cartoon you've enjoyed
Current Bookboxes, Exchanges, Sweeps, Challenges, etc.
My favorite and most ambitious challenge (begun when I didn't know I'd start traveling - but a nice prelude to that life) was the 2008 Olympic Challenge where I read something (book, essay, short story, poem, ...) by an author from every country participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
I'm keeping this list around because it helps me remember / find things later, and as a resource for anyone looking for things from a particular country.Olympic Challenge:
Total Read: 205
Continent of AFRICA:
ALG Algeria: essay in For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech, published by George Braziller (library)
ANG Angola: The Return of the Water Spirit by Pepetela
BEN Benin: Snares Without End by Olympe Bhely-Quenum
BOT Botswana: Maru by Bessie Head
BUR Burkina Faso: The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Somé (library)
BDI Burundi: This Voice in My Heart by Gilbert Tuhabonye
CMR Cameroon: Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono
CPV Cape Verde: Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo by Germano Almeida
CAF Central African Republic: African Tales: Folklore of the Central African Republic, ed. Polly Strong
CHA Chad: Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986 by Esaie Toingar
COM Comoros: Union of the Comoros Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper (World Bank Loan Application, online)
CGO Congo: Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala (library)
CIV Côte d'Ivoire: Grandma Nana by Véronique Tadjo
COD Democratic Republic of the Con: The Antipeople by Sony Labou Tansi
DJI Djibouti: The Land Without Shadows by Abdourahman A. Waberi
EGY Egypt: essay in For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech, published by George Braziller (library)
GEQ Equatorial Guinea: Ndowe Tales by Enenge A'Bodjedi
ERI Eritrea: Unjust Praise by Ghirmai Yohannes (online)
ETH Ethiopia: Notes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega Mezlekia (library)
GAB Gabon: Batouala by Rene Maran
GAM Gambia: Wolof by Tijan M. Sallah (library)
GHA Ghana: The Hypocrisy of the Christian Church in the Third World by Samuel Donkor (borrowed)
GUI Guinea: The Guardian of the Word by Camara Laye
GBS Guinea-Bissau: Island by Amilcar Cabral (online)
KEN Kenya: Owen & Mzee by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu
LES Lesotho: Blanket Boy by A. S. Mopeli-Paulus
LBR Liberia: Folk Tales of Liberia by J. Luke Creel with Bai Gai Kiahon (library)
LBA Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: The Right Course by Ibrahim al-Koni (online)
MAD Madagascar: poems by Jean-Joseph Rabearrivelo and Flavien Ranaivo in The Penguin Book of Modern Poetry (library)
MAW Malawi: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry. Poem by Jack Mapanje
MLI Mali: The fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ
MTN Mauritania: poetry by Oumar Ba in Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (library>
MRI Mauritius: poetry by Edouard Maunick in Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (library)
MAR Morocco: Racism Explained to My Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun (library)
MOZ Mozambique: We killed Mangy-Dog and other Stories by Luis Bernardo Honwana (library)
NAM Namibia: The Orphan Calf and the Magical Cheetah: Cheetah Poems, Essays, and Illustrations by Namibian People by Stephen De Vincent
NIG Niger: Bemba, an African Adventure by Andree Clair (library)
NGR Nigeria: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
RWA Rwanda: Left to tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza (library)
STP Sao Tome and Principe: Ossobo: Essays on the Literature of Sao Tome and
Principe by Donald Burness
SEN Senegal ring: Ambiguous Adventure
SEY Seychelles: Indian Ocean Folktales by Lee Haring (library)
SLE Sierra Leone: The Devil That Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna
SOM Somalia: Desert Flower by Waris Dirie (library)
RSA South Africa: Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer
SUD Sudan: Minaret by Leila Aboulela (library)
SWZ Swaziland: All the King's Animals by Cristina Kessler, foreword by Mswati III, King of Swaziland (library)
TOG Togo: An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie
TUN Tunisia: I Introduce Myself To The World by Amina Saïd (online) and The Colonizer and the Colonized by Abert Memmi (library)
UGA Uganda: Snakepit by Moses Isegawa (library)
TAN United Republic of Tanzania: The Princess Who Lost Her Hair by Tololwa Mollel
ZAM Zambia: Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens (library)
ZIM Zimbabwe: Zenzele by J. Nozipo Maraire
Continent of OCEANA:
ASA American Samoa: Alchemies of Distance by Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard
AUS Australia: The Children Must Dance by Tony Maniaty
COK Cook Islands: Cook Islands Legends by Jon Jonassen
FSM Federated States of Micronesia: Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood
FIJ Fiji: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers. Story by Raymond Pillai
GUM Guam: Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood, et. al.
KIR Kiribati: The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
MHL Marshall Islands: Marshall Island Legends by Daniel A. Kelin
NRU Nauru: Stories from Nauru
NZL New Zealand: The Little Kowhai Tree
PLW Palau: Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood
PNG Papua New Guinea: Gutsini Posa by Regis Stella
SAM Samoa: The Birth and Death of the Miracle Man by Albert Wendt
SOL Solomon Islands: The Confession and Other Stories by Julian Maka'a
TGA Tonga: Langakali by Konai Helu Thaman
TUV Tuvalu: Songs of Tuvalu by Gerd Koch
VAN Vanuatu: Black Stone by Grace Mera Molisa
OCA Continent of ASIA:
AFG Afghanistan: Devil's Playground by Said Yassin Zia
BRN Bahrain: Quixotiq by Ali Al Saeed
BAN Bangladesh: Brick Lane by Monica Ali
BHU Bhutan: The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden
BRU Brunei Darussalam: 'Punched' Lines: Sit-Down Comedy from Southeast Asia ed. Helena Hon
CAM Cambodia: A Cambodian Odyssey by Haing Ngor
TPE Chinese Taipei: The Butchers Wife by Ang Li (library)
PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Second Encounter by Han Ung-bin (online)
HKG Hong-Kong: The Feng Shui Detective by Nury Vittachi (library)
IND India: The Tiger Ladies by Sudha Koul
INA Indonesia: The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (library)
IRQ Iraq: essay in For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech, published by George Braziller (library)
IRI Islamic Republic of Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
JPN Japan: Mon The Gate by Natsume Soseki
JOR Jordan: Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif
KAZ Kazakhstan: Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (library)
KOR Korea: Korea Unmasked by Won bok Rhie
KUW Kuwait: A Man's Staff by Fatima Yousef al-Ali (online)
KGZ Kyrgyzstan: The Place of the Skull by Chingiz Aitmatov (library)
LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic: Stories from Laos by Outhine Buunyauong (online)
LIB Lebanon: Beirut Blues by Hanan Al Shaykh
MAS Malaysia: Kadazan Folklore by Rita Lasimbang
MDV Maldives: Various (online)
MGL Mongolia: The Khan's Daughter by Laurence Yep (library)
MYA Myanmar: Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi
NEP Nepal: Arresting God in Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay
OMA Oman: Behind the Veil by Unni Wikan (library)
PAK Pakistan: Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidwa
PLE Palestine: Sharon and My Mother-in-law by Suad Amiry (library)
CHN People's Republic of China: The Good Women of China
PHI Philippines: Filipino Children's Favorite Stories by Liana Romulo (library)
QAT Qatar: Qatari Women: Past and Present by Abeer Abu Saud
KSA Saudi Arabia: Princess Sultana's Daughters by Jean Sasson
SIN Singapore: The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim
SRI Sri Lanka: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers by Shyam Selvadurai
SYR Syrian Arab Republic: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry. Poem by Adonis
TJK Tadjikistan: Index on Censorship: Banned Poetry. Poem by Bozor Sabir and
A Love Poem by Iskandar Khatloni
THA Thailand: Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (library)
TLS Timor-Leste: Black & White Christmas by Afonso Busa Metan and
Maubere Poems (online poems)
TKM Turkmenistan: Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy by Jonathan Maslow (library)
UAE United Arab Emirates: The Wink of the Mona Lisa by Mohammad Al Murr
UZB Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan On the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century by Islam Karimov
VIE Viet Nam: The Tapestries by Kien Nguyen (library)
YEM Yemen: Sold: Story of Modern-day Slavery (ring)
EOC Continent of EUROPE:
ALB Albania: The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare
AND Andorra: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Michele Gazier)
ARM Armenia: The Buddha by David Kherdian
AUT Austria: Wittgensteins Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
AZE Azerbaijan: The Girl From the Golden Horn by Kurban Said, aka Lev Nussimbaum
BLR Belarus: Pack of Wolves by Vasil Bykov
BEL Belgium: In The Shadow of the Ark by Anne Provoost (library)
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
BUL Bulgaria: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Blaga Dimitrova) and works of Elena Alexieva
CRO Croatia: Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic (library)
CYP Cyprus: online poems and prose by Nora Nadjarian
CZE Czech Republic: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
DEN Denmark: I am David by Anne Holm
EST Estonia: ray A Selection of Hyperboles by E. Spriit
FIN Finland: The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson
MKD Former Yugoslav Republic of Ma: Hourglass by Danilo Kis (library)
FRA France: Stairway C by Elvire Murail
GEO Georgia: The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (library)
GER Germany: Laura's Star by Klaus Baumgart
GBR Great Britain: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
GRE Greece: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (library)
HUN Hungary: In Praise of Older Women by Stephen Vizinczey
ISL Iceland: Absolution by Olaf Olafsson
IRL Ireland: The Horse Goddess by Morgan Llywelyn
ISR Israel: My Michael by Amos Oz
ITA Italy: A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo
LAT Latvia: online Latvian Poetry
LIE Liechtenstein poem Free as a Bird by Elisabeth Buchel (online)
LTU Lithuania: Poetry from Lithuania (online)
LUX Luxembourg: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Guy Rewenig)
MLT Malta: The Fixer by Joe Sacco (library)
MNE Montenegro A Stranger's Supper: an Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro by Zorka Milich
MON Monaco: But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen by Anthony Burgess (library)
NED Netherlands: The Assault by Harry Mulisch
NOR Norway: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
POL Poland: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
POR Portugal: Blindness by Jose Saramago
MDA Republic of Moldova: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Vitalie Ciobanu)
ROM Romania: A Bar in Brooklyn by Andrei Codrescu
RUS Russian Federation: A Week Like Any Other by Natalya Baranskaya
SMR San Marino: library How To Travel With A Salmon & Other Essays by Umberto Eco
SRB Serbia: The Days of the Consuls by Ivo Andric and St Sava and the Devil (online)
SVK Slovakia: Views from the Bridge of Europe (story by Martin Simecka)
SLO Slovenia: Poems by Lucija Stupica (online)
ESP Spain: Abel Sanchez and other stories by Miguel De Unamuno
SWE Sweden: April Witch by Majgull Axelsson (library)
SUI Switzerland: The White Masai (ring)
TUR Turkey: Snow by Orhan Pamuk
UKR Ukraine: Two Lands, New Visions: Stories from Canada and Ukraine
PASO Continent of AMERICAs:
ANT Antigua and Barbuda: The Man Who Loved Attending Funerals by Frank Collymore
ARG Argentina: Pubis Angelical by Manuel Puig
ARU Aruba: Poetry by Rosabelle Maria Illes (online)
BAH Bahamas: Poems by Nicolette Bethel and Christian Campbell in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16
BAR Barbados: Flickering Shadows by Kwadwo Agymah Kamau
BIZ Belize: Stories by Julie Babcock in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16
BER Bermuda: Mesoamerican Mythology by Graham Faiella (library)
BOL Bolivia: Turing's Delirium by Edmundo Paz Soldan
BRA Brazil: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
IVB British Virgin Islands: The Answer by Jennie N Wheatley (online)
CAN Canada: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
CAY Cayman Islands: So, You Want to Live on an Island by Gay Morse
CHI Chile: Paula by Isabel Allende
COL Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
CRC Costa Rica: And We Sold the Rain. Stories by Samuel Rovinski, Carmen Naranjo
CUB Cuba: The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier
DMA Dominica: ray Rhythm & Revolt - Tales of the Antilles
DOM Dominican Republic: Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (library)
ECU Ecuador: The Galapagos Phat Guide by Antonio Adrian
ESA El Salvador: One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta
GRN Grenada: tide running by Oonya Kempadoo
GUA Guatemala: El Señor Presidente by Miguel Asturias (library)
GUY Guyana: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers. Story by Rooplall Monar
HAI Haiti: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
HON Honduras: And We Sold the Rain. Stories by Roberto Castillo, Julio Escoto, et al
JAM Jamaica: Summer Lightning and Other Stories by Olive Senior
MEX Mexico: The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel
AHO Netherlands Antilles: The Sign of Jonah by Boeli Van Leeuwen
NCA Nicaragua: The Inhabited Woman by Giaconda Belli (library)
PAN Panama: And We Sold the Rain. Stories by Pedro Rivera, Bertalicia Peralta
PAR Paraguay: excerpt from Hijo de hombre by Augusto Roa Bastos in Latin American Literature Today
PER Peru: story by Ciro Alegria in Latin American Literature Today
PUR Puerto Rico: Perez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale (library)
SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis: A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips (library)
LCA Saint Lucia: Collected Poems 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott (library)
VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Story by Cecil A Williams in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16
SUR Suriname: ray Rhythm & Revolt - Tales of the Antilles
TRI Trinidad and Tobago: Stories by Winston Hackett and others in The Caribbean Writer, Vol 16
USA United States of America: Bad Habits by Dave Barry
URU Uruguay: The House on the Dunes by Roberto Viola
VEN Venezuela: story by Arturo Uslar Pietri in Latin American Literature Today
ISV Virgin Islands: Seasoning for the Mortar; Virgin Islanders Writing in The Caribbean Writer