European Reading Challenge Wrapup 2025

 

I read my last European book a while ago as it turned out, but you never know...

I visited nine countries by review this year, over the five I pledged for the challenge, but not all the countries I did visit--some reviews never got written. But here's the ones that did:

1.) Anabel Loyd/The Dervish Bowl (Slovakia)

2.) Volker Weidermann/Ostend (Belgium)

3.) Angus Wilson/Hemlock & After (U.K.)

4.) Janwillem van de Wetering/Tumbleweed (Netherlands)

5.) Rüdiger Safranski/Goethe: Life as a Work of Art (Germany)

6.) Tim Blanning/Augustus the Strong (Poland)

7.) Ford Madox Ford/Parade's End (France)

8.) Patricia Moyes/Death on the Agenda (Switzerland)

9.) Cesare Pavese/The Moon and the Bonfires (Italy)

 

No new countries visited this year.  The standout visits this year were Germany and France.

 

Now to post the signup for the new year!