Nordic Challenge

Dates

January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011

Rules for the Nordic Challenge

There is no need to make a list beforehand.  We can count any book set in a Nordic country or by any author born in a Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and/or Sweden).  Books from this challenge would also apply to my open-ended Book Around the World challenge.

Levels (I'll probably read 3-5 books)

• Huginn and Muninn ~ read 2 books
• Freya ~ read 3-5 books
• Tor ~ read 6-10 books
• Odin ~ read 11-20 books
• Valhalla ~ read 20+ books

Links for our reviews

• January-March reviews
• April-June reviews
• July-September reviews
• October-December reviews

My book list (which may change)

1. Hanna's Daughters ~ by Marianne Fredriksson, 1994 (English 1996, 1998), fiction (Sweden), 8/10
2. Simon's Family ~ by Marianne Fredriksson, 1985, English 1997, fiction (Sweden)
3. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name ~ by Vendela Vida, 2007, fiction (Finland), 9/10
4. Independent People ~ by Halldór Laxness, 1946 (Iceland)
5. A Doll's House ~ by Henrik Ibsen, 1879 (translated by R. Farquharson Sharp and Eleanor Marx-Aveling, 1993), fiction (Norway), 8/10

NOTE (5-6-12):  I didn't keep up with this challenge at all.  That's terrible.  Simon's Family, which I own, would have been a re-read like Hanna's Daughters.  I checked my list of books completed in 2011 and found only the three "rated" above.  I checked out Independent People but returned it to the library without reading it.  Those links above go to a Library Loot post, since I didn't review any of these books.  I did, however, reach the Freya level, if reading and not reviewing counts.