paulkaefer / read-the-world

Webpage/SVG generator for reading books from every country of the world.
http://paulkaefer.com/read-the-world/
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add Honorable Mentions table/visual #6

Open paulkaefer opened 3 years ago

paulkaefer commented 3 years ago

I read "How the World Forgot Darfur" which isn't really book-length.

I could debate including that specific title, since I would argue it's as valid to include as a children's picture book. However, a new table would be neat -- I could also track short stories I've read (like "Jambula Tree").

I could call this table "Shorter works" and provide context ("How the World Forgot Darfur" by the author of War is Boring and "Jambula Tree" as inspiration for the film Rafiki). Optionally, there could be a way to populate or include them in the map. Such as layers that can be toggled.

paulkaefer commented 3 years ago

These might be more valid to count as full books, but I figure this was a good place to track them before having read them:

paulkaefer commented 3 years ago

I also have collections like Africa 39 and Jambula Tree and Other Stories.

paulkaefer commented 2 years ago

I started reading Our Stories Carried Us Here: A Graphic Novel Anthology, and figured an "honorable mention" box, perhaps in the top right, would be suitable.

paulkaefer commented 2 years ago

A Mission to Cook and Always Goodbye span multiple countries. Likewise, I've read American Born Chinese, which I chose not to list under China.

paulkaefer commented 2 years ago

Implementation strategy:

paulkaefer commented 2 years ago

Table is done, but leaving open so I can process the recommendations (and possibly to make an honorable mentions queue table?).

paulkaefer commented 2 years ago

I read Blancaflor: The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America by Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio García Sánchez yesterday; there's an excellent webpage here. I'm just not sure I want to mention it yet, since it's short. But if there were a graphic novel collection like this...