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I've been reading books set in Africa for my Around the World Challenge. I had expected the Africa portion to take about five or six months, but I have discovered so many books and authors I want to read that it may take all year. Africa has produced some amazing writers: Naguib Mahfouz, Alaa Al Aswany, J.M. Coatzee, so many more. Wilbur Smith, who was born and raised in Africa, has written a series of long books that are not ideal choices for South Africa, but are ripping good yarns. Once I leave Africa I may never return so I am reading all the books I want this year. The point of this challenge is to enjoy it and learn something, not check a country off a list. So I am reading all of Mahfouz, Coatzee and several others. This has been my most enjoyable challenge ever.
I finished my Storygraph challenge selection for March and have enjoyed that. How lucky we are to be readers!
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