11 in 11 Category Challenge: Last Quarter

The last quarter:

Category 1: Latin America

9. Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
10.Queen of the South
11.A death in the Sanchez Family





Category 2: 1001 Books
10. Under the Net
11. Burmese Days


Category 3: History
Fiction and Non-Fiction

10. El Capitan Alatriste
11. Rebel Heiress

Category 4: Books in a Series

8. Murder at Deviation Junction - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
9. Life, the Universe and Everything - part of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
10. So long, and thanks for the fish- part of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
11. Mostly Harmless- part of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series


Category 5: Asia Already Completed



Category 6: Mystery
Mysteries, Crime, Detective Fiction.

5. An Arsonist´s Guide to Writers´ Homes in New England
6. Bombay Ice
7. Death on a Branch Line - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
8. A Case of Exploding Mangoes
9. The Last Train to Scarborough - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
10. The Somme Stations - part of the Jim Stringer Series starting with The Necropolis Railway
11. Crime and Punishment
 

Category 7: German Speaking World

8. Corazon de Tinta
9. The Rings of Saturn ** 1001 Book
10. All Quiet on the Western Front ** 1001 Book
11. Sangre de Tinta in Spanish

Category 8: Film and Adaptations
 Already completed
 
Category 9: Links

9. Jane Austen: A Life- Jane Austen link to I was Jane Austen's Best Friend
10. A Christmas Carol - also by Charles Dickens ** 1001 book
11. Vanity Fair ** 1001 book, mentioned in The Story of Lucy Gault

 
Category 10: Travel

6. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy **1001 Book
7. The Restaurant at the end of the Universe
8. The Great Railway Bazaar
9. Seven Years in Tibet
10. Closely Observed Trains **1001 Book
11. Duende



Category 11: British Authors

10. El Emperador
11. Lost Innocence



Top reads for the quarter:
I read some very good 1001 books, the best being  All Quiet on the Western Front (a reread), Closely Observed Trains
 and Burmese Days.  I thoroughly enjoyed  A Case of Exploding Mangoes, I will be looking out for more by the author. Captain Pantoja and the Special Service amused me terribly, Jane Austen: A Life was informative without being dry. Finally, I read 2 of Cornelia Funke's Inkheart Trilogy, Corazon de Tinta and Sangre de Tinta, and I can't wait to get my hands on the third book.



As for weaker books, I think there were 2: Bombay Ice and  Lost Innocence .  While neither book was really bad, I felt that Bombay Ice didn't live up to the start and Lost Innocence just wasn't my cup of tea.