For my 2022 reading challenge I have decided to read 1-3 books from every country in the world. This past year I attempted to do the same but the lack of preparation meant I was bogged down finding and waiting for books. Below is my reading list I have compiled as several people have mentioned they were interest.
Facts
It contains 520ish books with two countries I still need to find something for. 40% are female, 55% are male, and 5% are by various authors. There is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. It includes everything from memoirs, cookbooks, histories, anthologies, legends, folkstories, poetry, plays, fantasy, romance, chick-lit, and scifi. The bulk is literary fiction.
Methodology
I started with the books I owned that I haven't read or wish to reread. I then looked through my TBR list on goodreads and reassigned those. From there I looked up my favorite authors on https://www.literature-map.com/, and included other authors similar to my favorites. From there I googled each country for their top 1-2 most popular authors. I finished with suggestions from reddit (including the country threads on r/books) and the amazing https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/ . Authors with unlisted titles are because I was not able to find a copy of any book by the author at my library or for purchase (<7$) secondhand. These will need to be ILL and Iβll be deciding on the exact title when I apply for the loan.
Updates
I will be updating reviews of the books, as I go, on a subreddit I made for this called r/worldwidebooks . People are welcome to join me in the challenge for all of them, parts, or just to laugh.
List
Afghanistan
- Qais Akbar Omar, Fort of Nine Towers
- Nelofer Pazira, A Bed of Red Flowers
- Farah Ahmedi, The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
Albania
- Gjergj Fishta, The Highland Lute
- Kadare, Spring Essence
- Elvira Dones, Sworn Virgin
Algeria
- Camus, Myth of Syshus
- Horne, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
- Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Chaos of the Senses
Andorra
- Albert SalvadΓ³, The Teacher of Cheops
Angola
- Pepetela, The Return of the Water Spirit
- Jose Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
- Ondjaki, The Whistler
Antigua and Barbuda
- Jamaica Kincaid , A Small Place
- Joanne C. Hillhouse , Lost
- Althea Price , Being Black
Argentina
- Borges , Labryinth, Ficciones
- Julio CortΓ‘zar , Blow Up and Other Stores
- Silvina Ocampo , Thus Were Their Faces
#FT: Iraq 1-1 Syria
Iraq scorers: Amir Al-Ammari (86' PEN)
Syria scorers: Omar Al-Soma (79')
Venue: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
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Iraq
Fahad Talib Raheem, Rebin Solaka, Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, Frans Dhia Haddad, Mohanad Jeahze, Mustafa Nadhim (Ibrahim Bayesh), Amjad Attwan, Mohammed Ali (Mohammed Qasim), Bashar Resan Bonyan (Sajad Jassim), Ali Al-Hamadi (Alaa Abdul Zahra).
Subs: Ali Adnan Kadhim, Muntadher Mohammed, Ahmed Fadhil, Jiloan Hamad, Hussein Ammar, Ali Yaseen, Hassan Abdul-Karim.
^____________________________
Syria
Khaled Haj Othman, Omar Al-Midani, Thaer Krouma, Muayad Khouli (Aias Aosman) (Israa Hamwiah), Khaled Kurdaghli, Mouhamad Anez (Kamel Hmeisheh), Fahad Youssef, Mahmoud Al-Mawas, Ahmad Ashkar, Omar Khrbin, Omar Al-Soma.
Subs: Ibrahim Alma, Mohammad Sehioni, Taha Mosa, Mohammad Al-Marmour, Yosief Mohammad, Mahmood Al Baher, Mohammad Rihanieh, Amro Jeniat, Mohammed Othman.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
32' Mustafa Nadhim Yellow Card
45' On: Ibrahim Bayesh|Off: Mustafa Nadhim
54' On: Kamel Hmeisheh|Off: Mouhamad Anez
60' On: Amir Al-Ammari|Off: Ahmed Fadhil
70' On: Aias Aosman|Off: Muayad Khouli
73' On: Mohammed Qasim|Off: Mohammed Ali
73' On: Sajad Jassim|Off: Bashar Resan Bonyan
86' Amir Al-Ammari Penalty - Scored
86' On: Alaa Abdul Zahra|Off: Ali Al-Hamadi
87' Amir Al-Ammari Yellow Card
89' On: Israa Hamwiah|Off: Aias Aosman
90' Mahmoud Al-Mawas Yellow Card
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Do your worst!
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
#FT: Iraq 0-3 IR Iran
IR Iran scorers: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (2'), Mehdi Taremi (69'), Ali Gholizadeh (90')
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium
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Iraq
Fahad Talib Raheem, Dhurgham Ismail, Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, Ali Faez Atiyah, Sherko Kareem (Frans Dhia Haddad), Humam Tariq Faraj (Mohammed Qasim), Bashar Resan Bonyan (Justin Meram), Amjad Attwan, Safaa Hadi Al-Furaiji (Alaa Abdul Zahra), Amir Al-Ammari (Mohannad Ali Kadhim), Ayman Hussein.
Subs: Alaa Ali Mhawi, Suad Natiq Naji, Ibrahim Bayesh, Maytham Jabbar, Ahmed Basil, Mohammed Salih, Sajad Jassim.
^____________________________
IR Iran
Alireza Beiranvand, Shojae Khalilzadeh, Sadegh Moharrami, Hossein Kanani, Omid Norafkan, Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Karim Ansarifard), Saeid Ezatolahi (Saman Ghoddos), Vahid Amiri, Ahmad Nourollahi, Sardar Azmoun (Mehdi Ghayedi), Mehdi Taremi (Ali Gholizadeh).
Subs: Mehdi Torabi, Milad Mohammadi, Amir Abedzadeh, Aref Aghasi, Sayedpayam Niazmand, Mohammad Zobeir Niknafs, Siavash Yazdani, Saleh Hardani Kherad.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
28' On: Justin Meram|Off: Bashar Resan Bonyan
37' Saeid Ezatolahi Yellow Card
39' Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Yellow Card
45' On: Frans Dhia Haddad|Off: Sherko Kareem
45' On: Mohannad Ali Kadhim|Off: Amir Al-Ammari
58' On: Saman Ghoddos|Off: Saeid Ezatolahi
63' Alireza Jahanbakhsh Yellow Card
71' On: Mohammed Qasim|Off: Humam Tariq Faraj
78' On: Alaa Abdul Zahra|Off: Safaa Hadi Al-Furaiji
87' On: Ali Gholizadeh|Off: Mehdi Taremi
87' On: Karim Ansarifard|Off: Alireza Jahanbakhsh
90'+3' On: Mehdi Ghayedi|Off: Sardar Azmoun
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For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
Buenosdillas
Theyβre on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
[Removed]
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
Why
Itβs pronounced βNoel.β
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
-
Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
-
French/Finnish art
-
Country/Canadian rap
-
Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
-
Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
For my 2022 reading challenge I have decided to read 1-3 books from every country in the world. Last year I attempted to do the same but the lack of preparation meant I was bogged down finding and waiting for books. Below is my reading list I have compiled as several people have mentioned they were interest.
Facts
It contains 520ish books with two countries I still need to find something for. 40% are female, 55% are male, and 5% are by various authors. There is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. It includes everything from memoirs, cookbooks, histories, anthologies, legends, folkstores, poetry, plays, fantasy, romance, chick-lit, and scifi. The bulk is literary fiction.
Methodology
I started with the books I owned that I haven't read or wish to reread. I then looked through my TBR list on goodreads and reassigned those. From there I looked up my favorite authors on https://www.literature-map.com/, and included other authors similar to my favorites. From there I googled each country for their top 1-2 authors. I finished with suggestions from reddit (including the country threads on r/books) and the very popular https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/ . Authors with unlisted titles are because I was not able to find a copy of any book by the author at my library or for purchase (<7$) secondhand. These will need to be ILL and Iβll be deciding on the exact title when I apply for the loan.
Updates
I will be updating reviews of the books, as I go, on a subreddit I made for this called r/worldwidebooks . People are welcome to join me for all of them, parts, or just to laugh.
List
Afghanistan
- Qais Akbar Omar, Fort of Nine Towers
- Nelofer Pazira, A Bed of Red Flowers
- Farah Ahmedi, The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
Albania
- Gjergj Fishta, The Highland Lute
- Kadare, Spring Essence
- Elvira Dones, Sworn Virgin
Algeria
- Camus, Myth of Sisyphus
- Horne, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
- Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Chaos of the Senses
Andorra
- Albert SalvadΓ³, The Teacher of Cheops
Angola
- Pepetela, The Return of the Water Spirit
- Jose Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
- Ondjaki, Good Morning Comrades
Antigua and Barbuda
- Jamaica Kincaid , A Small Place
- Joanne C. Hillhouse , Lost
- Althea Price , Being Black
Argentina
- Borges , Labryinth, Ficciones
- Julio CortΓ‘zar , Blow Up and Other Stores
- Silvina Ocampo , Thus Were Their Faces
Armenia
- Wil
#FT: South Korea 0-0 Iraq
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium
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South Korea
Kim Seung-Gyu, Hong Chul, Kim Min-Jae, Kim Young-Gwon, Kim Moon-Hwan (Lee Yong), Lee Jae-Sung (Kwon Chang-Hoon), Son Heung-Min, Son Jun-Ho (Nam Tae-Hee), Hwang In-Beom, Song Min-Kyu (Hwang Hee-Chan), Hwang Ui-Jo.
Subs: Ji-Su Park, Kwon Kyung-Won, Ju Se-Jong, Cho Hyun-Woo, Gu Sung-Yun, Dong-Gyeong Lee, Gyu-Seong Jo, Sang-Woo Kang.
^____________________________
Iraq
Fahad Talib Raheem, Ali Adnan Kadhim (Dhurgham Ismail), Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, Ali Faez Atiyah, Sherko Kareem, Bashar Resan Bonyan (Alaa Abdul Zahra), Amjad Attwan, Ibrahim Bayesh, Mohammed Qasim (Mohannad Ali Kadhim), Amir Al-Ammari, Ayman Hussein.
Subs: Alaa Ali Mhawi, Frans Dhia Haddad, Maytham Jabbar, Ahmed Basil, Mohammed Salih, Karrar Amer, Sajad Jassim.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
45' On: Nam Tae-Hee|Off: Son Jun-Ho
58' On: Hwang Hee-Chan|Off: Song Min-Kyu
58' On: Lee Yong|Off: Kim Moon-Hwan
61' On: Dhurgham Ismail|Off: Ali Adnan Kadhim
66' On: Alaa Abdul Zahra|Off: Bashar Resan Bonyan
69' On: Kwon Chang-Hoon|Off: Lee Jae-Sung
78' Alaa Abdul Zahra Yellow Card
81' Amir Al-Ammari Yellow Card
85' On: Mohannad Ali Kadhim|Off: Mohammed Qasim
90' Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Yellow Card
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#FT: South Korea 0-0 Iraq
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium
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South Korea
Kim Seung-Gyu, Hong Chul, Kim Min-Jae, Kim Young-Gwon, Kim Moon-Hwan (Lee Yong), Lee Jae-Sung (Kwon Chang-Hoon), Son Heung-Min, Son Jun-Ho (Nam Tae-Hee), Hwang In-Beom, Song Min-Kyu (Hwang Hee-Chan), Hwang Ui-Jo.
Subs: Ji-Su Park, Kwon Kyung-Won, Ju Se-Jong, Cho Hyun-Woo, Gu Sung-Yun, Dong-Gyeong Lee, Gyu-Seong Jo, Sang-Woo Kang.
^____________________________
Iraq
Fahad Talib Raheem, Ali Adnan Kadhim (Dhurgham Ismail), Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, Ali Faez Atiyah, Sherko Kareem, Bashar Resan Bonyan (Alaa Abdul Zahra), Amjad Attwan, Ibrahim Bayesh, Mohammed Qasim (Mohannad Ali Kadhim), Amir Al-Ammari, Ayman Hussein (Justin Meram).
Subs: Alaa Ali Mhawi, Frans Dhia Haddad, Maytham Jabbar, Ahmed Basil, Mohammed Salih, Karrar Amer, Sajad Jassim.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
45' On: Nam Tae-Hee|Off: Son Jun-Ho
58' On: Hwang Hee-Chan|Off: Song Min-Kyu
58' On: Lee Yong|Off: Kim Moon-Hwan
61' On: Dhurgham Ismail|Off: Ali Adnan Kadhim
66' On: Alaa Abdul Zahra|Off: Bashar Resan Bonyan
69' On: Kwon Chang-Hoon|Off: Lee Jae-Sung
78' Alaa Abdul Zahra Yellow Card
81' Amir Al-Ammari Yellow Card
85' On: Mohannad Ali Kadhim|Off: Mohammed Qasim
85' On: Justin Meram|Off: Ayman Hussein
90' Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Yellow Card
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#FT: Iraq 0-3 IR Iran
IR Iran scorers: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (2'), Mehdi Taremi (69'), Ali Gholizadeh (90')
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium
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Iraq
Fahad Talib Raheem, Dhurgham Ismail, Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, Ali Faez Atiyah, Sherko Kareem (Frans Dhia Haddad), Humam Tariq Faraj (Mohammed Qasim), Bashar Resan Bonyan (Justin Meram), Amjad Attwan, Safaa Hadi Al-Furaiji (Alaa Abdul Zahra), Amir Al-Ammari (Mohannad Ali Kadhim), Ayman Hussein.
Subs: Alaa Ali Mhawi, Suad Natiq Naji, Ibrahim Bayesh, Maytham Jabbar, Ahmed Basil, Mohammed Salih, Sajad Jassim.
^____________________________
IR Iran
Alireza Beiranvand, Shojae Khalilzadeh, Sadegh Moharrami, Hossein Kanani, Omid Norafkan, Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Karim Ansarifard), Saeid Ezatolahi (Saman Ghoddos), Vahid Amiri, Ahmad Nourollahi, Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Taremi (Ali Gholizadeh).
Subs: Mehdi Torabi, Milad Mohammadi, Amir Abedzadeh, Mehdi Ghayedi, Aref Aghasi, Sayedpayam Niazmand, Mohammad Zobeir Niknafs, Siavash Yazdani, Saleh Hardani Kherad.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
28' On: Justin Meram|Off: Bashar Resan Bonyan
37' Saeid Ezatolahi Yellow Card
39' Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Yellow Card
45' On: Frans Dhia Haddad|Off: Sherko Kareem
45' On: Mohannad Ali Kadhim|Off: Amir Al-Ammari
58' On: Saman Ghoddos|Off: Saeid Ezatolahi
63' Alireza Jahanbakhsh Yellow Card
71' On: Mohammed Qasim|Off: Humam Tariq Faraj
78' On: Alaa Abdul Zahra|Off: Safaa Hadi Al-Furaiji
87' On: Ali Gholizadeh|Off: Mehdi Taremi
87' On: Karim Ansarifard|Off: Alireza Jahanbakhsh
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