^Thank you very much for some great information.
Even if I don't read Andrzej Sapkowski next year, he will certainly be on the list. I have Polish ancestry on my dad's side so devling a little more into books from Poland is on my list. I'm sort of 50-50 on fantasy. I've read a lot from a few authors, but haven't gone that wide in reading and I've got a little slant towards trying to read books that telll of that place for this challenge. That said, I might take the opportunity to throw in another Jersild book or another Pratchett.
On a good year, if I read like a demon and keep the books shortish I can probably get to 70 countries. I'm trying to keep the list to 50 right now so I have some route options, but having extras from other countries on the way would be good. I need to make sure I've got an out to other locations from the last country and I think I've given myself that.
Of course that brought me to looking at wikipedia's guide to
Regions of the World as another way of seeing if my itinerary is covering the globe.
Which leads me to ask which definition should I use for subdividing the globe?