Reading the World
The kind of corner I won’t be able to resist (Hay-on-Wye, Wales – town of books)
Apart from being a real life traveler, I also travel in my reading. Several years back I started Reading the World project in which I made an attempt to read at least one book from each country. But since I moved to London 3 years ago, I had been staying mostly in 19th and 20th century England (almost literally), and had not been actively pursuing new countries to add to my list.
Just a few days ago I decided to renew this endeavor and refocus the effort. I gave the project page a makeover (originally was on my book blog), listing all 193 countries from the UN countries list. Similar to the time when I did a head count for UNESCO World Heritage list, I did a head count on the countries I have read so far: 30 countries.
I’m pretty happy with that starting point, and going to continue reading the countries I have not read. At this point I’m going to make a priority to read countries that I have visited in real life, but have not read anything from, namely: Spain, Austria, Turkey, and Morocco (I also need to fill in Greece and Switzerland, but am finding these two to be difficult). I will also try to read more of European countries.
I love reading a new place, as much as I love going to a new place. I get to learn so much by reading about the culture of the place, the people, and the history. I almost cannot imagine being a traveler without being a reader. What are beautiful sights without the stories behind them?
If you’re a reader traveler like me, check out my Reading the World page (it’s also on the top navigation bar), and hope it helps you in getting good book recommendations!
Mee is an Indonesian-born Australian girl living in London. I write, I read, I travel. I work on visual effects for movies for my day job. Storytelling is a passion. Wandering Mee is my creative sandbox - to hopefully inform, inspire, and entertain the traveler in you. 
