999 Challenge June update

Have slowed down with the challenge, as I have been trying to pick up books to fill up the categories. 2 more groups completed and now I have read at least 2 books from each category.

Group 1: Oceania and Islands 9/9
1. Reef
2. Mr. Pip
3. The Flamboya Tree
4. Masters of the Dew
5. Theft A Love Story
6. Mr. Potter
7. The Book Thief
8. The House at Riverton
9. The Pirate's Daughter

Finally getting somewhere with Group 2, have changed it a wee bit so it now includes all Portuguese speaking writers:
2/9 Books about Portugal or written by Portuguese speaking writers. I have recently moved to Portugal and feel I should get to know more about the people and culture.
1. The Journal of Beckford in Portugal and Spain read
2. 50 years of dictatorship currently reading
3. Dona Flor and her two husbands read

Group 3 - finished

Group 4:
Children's Books 3/9
1. The 13 Clocks
2. Aesop's Fables
3. Mau Começo

Group 5:
British Writers (pref. new to me) 9/9
1. The Thirteenth Tale (new author)
2. When will there be good News
3. The Second Plane
4. Enduring Love
5. Evelina (new author)
6. The Moonstone (new author)
7. Emotionally Weird in Portuguese
8. Amsterdam
9. To the lighthouse (new author)

Group 6:
Controversial or banned Books 7/9
1. Petals of Blood
2. The Satanic Verses
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Gulliver's Travels
5. Lolita
6. Beloved
7. Their Eyes were watching God

Group 7:
Travel 8/9
1. [The Emigrants]
2. [Wall to Wall A Woman's Travels from Beijing to Berlin]
3. [Facing it: Angel Valerie]
4. [Something of Samoa]
5. [The interesting Narrative of Oluanah Equiano]
6. [Four Corners A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea]
7. [Snow]
8. [Blood River]

Group 8:
Canongate Books - a great Scottish press. 4/9
1. The poison that Fascinates
2. The end of Mr. Y
3. A Night out with Robert Burns
4. Tsotsi

Group 9: complete

Feeling happy about this challenge, not only has it helped me shape my reading, but also helped fill in gaps. Already thinking about next year, which categories, which books ... Glutton for punishment?!