Read The World Challenge 2021

Read The World 2021
January to June
hosted by end.notes
instagram challenge: #readtheworld21
January: Japan

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
Fantasy, Time Travel, Japan, (audio) | Published: 2019 (first 2015) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
importance of the present

February: South / East Africa

The Down Days
by Ilze Hugo
Dystopia, South Africa | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
grief, hair, ghostbusters

March: Korea

If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha
Literay, Feminism, South Korea | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
beauty standards, friendship
April: Australia / New Zealand

The Wife and the Widow
by Christian White
Mystery, Thriller, Australia | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
cool character twist
May: Mexico

VIDAS
Deep in Mexico and Spain
by Edward Stanton
Travel, Memoir, Mexico, Spain | Published: March 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
vignettes with male perspective experiences in these countries
gets into some nooks and crannies of some cities
includes sprinkling of b/w photos
June: Scandinavia

Wretchedness
by Andrzej Tichý
translated by Nichola Smalley
Literary, Sweden | Published: 2020 (first 2016) | Goodreads

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