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message 201: by Sabrina (new)

Sabrina The Book Lover | 21 comments Apart from reading, travelling is one of my biggest hobbies, so this challenge is right up my alley. I'm going for the location version, reading books set in all those different countries.

Duration: 29th July 2015 - 29th February 2016

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7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

New 7 Wonders of the World
Taj Mahal (India)
Chichen Itza (Mexico)
Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Great Wall of China (China)
Machu Picchu (Peru)
Petra (Ma'an Governorate, Jordan)
Giza Pyramid Complex (Egypt)

7 Wonders of the Medieval World
Stonehenge (UK)
Colosseum (Italy)
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (Egypt)
Great Wall of China (China)
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (China)
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)

7 Wonders of the Natural World
The Grand Canyon (USA)
Great Barrier Reef (Australia) 
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mt Everest (China/Nepal)
Aurora Borealis (Arctic/Antarctic) 
Parícutin (Mexico)
Mt Kiliminjaro (Tanzania) 
Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe)
Norwegian Fjords (Norway)
Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)


message 202: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9626 comments Welcome to the challenge Sabrina :)


message 203: by Katie (last edited Jul 22, 2016 10:26PM) (new)

Katie | 1634 comments 7 Ancient Wonders
10/1/15 - 5/1/16

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L: Long Time Gone - 1/16
I: Into the Dreaming - 1/31
G: Glimmer - 2/11
H: Heaven's Sinners - 1/13
T: Tied with a Bow - 1/10
H: Hudson Kincaid - My Kind of Wonderful - 2/3
O: O'Neal, Butch - Blood Kiss - 4/16
U: Ulean - Night Shivers: An Indigo Court Novella - 7/23
S: Shearin, Lisa - The Brimstone Deception - 1/29
E: Evanovich, Janet - Back to the Bedroom - 12/31

O: Origins - 4/21
F: Firefighter - White Heat - 1/29

A: Andrews, Ilona - Magic Stars - 2/5
L: Lawe's Justice - 1/24
E: Eloisa James - Seduced by a Pirate - 1/25
X: Lexi, Baby - 10/22
A: Alec Nakamura - Page 93 - 2/7
N: Nora Roberts - The Search - 11/17
D: Double Play - 2/4
R: Ryodan - Feverborn - 1/30
I: Instant Attraction - 1/31
A: Arden - Dirty Ride - 2/9


message 204: by Ruth (new)

Ruth (ruthie1) Going to do the spell part...

7 Ancient Wonders
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message 205: by Connie N. (last edited Mar 29, 2017 04:48PM) (new)

Connie N. | 738 comments I'll start with the Ancient World, then work my way through the rest.

7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Timeframe: 10/1/15 to ?
148/148
7/7 Wonders

Great Pyramid of Giza (18/18)
G - Author Sue Grafton - J is for Judgment - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥
R - Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Just Murdered - 10/7/15 ♥♥♥
A - All I Need Is You by Wendy S. Marcus - 10/4/15 ♥♥♥
T - This Pen For Hire by Laura Levine - 10/13/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - Blue Screen - 11/9/15 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Only Love Once by Tori Carrington - 10/26/15 ♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Wildest Dreams - 10/10/15 ♥♥♥
A - All Wound Up by Jaci Burton - 10/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances by Ellen Cooney - 11/18/15 ♥♥
I - The Irresistible Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 10/11/15 ♥♥♥
D - Dawn in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz - 10/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - 10/25/15 ♥♥♥
F - Fire Me Up by Rachael Johns - 11/7/15 ♥♥♥
G - Author Gina Gordon - Rush - 3/25/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark - 11/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zack by Sawyer Bennett - 5/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Astray by Emma Donoghue - 10/17/15 ♥♥♥

Hanging Gardens of Babylon (23/23)
H – Heat Exchange by Shannon Stacey - 5/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder - 10/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Next Always by Nora Roberts - 11/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton - 12/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Last Boyfriend - 11/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Sue Grafton - H is for Homicide - 10/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Hold Me Down - 11/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Bring Me Home for Christmas - 12/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette - 1/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the SandBank - 10/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Perfect Hope - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Suzanne Brockmann - Prince Joe - 10/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only with You by Lauren Layne - 12/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
F - A Farewell to Yarns by Jill Churchill - 11/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Nevada Barr - Ill Wind - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥
A - Author Amanda Lee - The Quick and the Thread - 12/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
B - Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy - 3/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Strip You Bare - 11/16/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich - 11/6/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Witness - 1/28/16 ♥♥♥♥

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (24/24)
T - Author Laura Trentham - Melting Into You - 10/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - The Curse of the Pharaohs - 11/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Mary Higgins Clark - Where Are You Now? - 12/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 15th Affair - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Generation of Women Who Cook by Kathy Johncox - 11/17/15 ♥♥
E - The Escape by David Baldacci - 11/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
F - Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke - 12/24/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Ceremony in Death - 12/23/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Teresa Mummert - White Trash Beautiful - 12/3/15 ♥♥
E - Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - 11/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Bryan Mooney - Christmas in Vermont: A Very White Christmas - 12/20/15 - ♥♥
I - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 1/13/16 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sidney Halston - Fighting Dirty - 10/31/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton - 1/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - 'Tis The Season by Robyn Carr - 1/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Eileen Goudge - The Diary - 1/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Kay - The Billionaire and His Boss - 5/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Karen Erickson - Jane's Gift - 1/21/16 ♥♥♥
S - Author Samantha Kane - Calling the Play - 11/20/15 ♥♥♥
U - unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin - 11/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone - 11/30/15 ♥♥♥♥


message 206: by Connie N. (last edited Mar 29, 2017 04:51PM) (new)

Connie N. | 738 comments 7 Wonders of the Ancient World - Part 2

Statue of Zeus at Olympia (21/21)
S - Author Sara Nović - Girl at War - 12/10/15 ♥♥♥
T - Topped Chef by Lucy Burdette - 2/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Canadeo - While My Pretty One Knits - 1/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Twisted by Emma Chase - 3/1/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin - 12/14/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
F - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BraDBury - 2/28/16 ♥♥
Z - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen - 2/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn - 1/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jamie K. Schmidt - Life's a Beach - 1/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton - 3/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt - 4/14/16 ♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Deborah Larsen - The White - 11/28/15 ♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - 1/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - After Love by Kathy Clark - 3/6/16 ♥♥♥

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (24/24)
M - Author Missy Johnson - Breaking Noah - 3/30/16 ♥♥
A - The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin - 4/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover Bride by Margaret Brownley - 3/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Soraya Lane - Cowboy Take Me Away - 1/15/16 ♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman - 12/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Heist - 3/23/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unspeakable by Laura Griffin - 4/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Karen Marie Moning - Bloodfever - 4/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frisk Me by Lauren Layne - 3/18/16 ♥♥♥
H - The Heat Is On by Katie Rose - 2/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Heat - 4/12/16 ♥♥♥
L - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 12/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Jill Churchill - A Quiche Before Dying - 11/24/15 ♥♥♥
A - Airplane Rides: Observations From Above by Jake Alexander - 4/7/16 ♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Vengeance in Death - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Weddings by Kat Bastion - 5/14/16 ♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome Home, Cowboy - 5/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sarah MacLean - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - 2/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Summer in Eclipse Bay byJayne Ann Krentz - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥
U - Unexpected Rush by Jaci Burton - 3/22/16 ♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Instant Temptation - 2/23/16 ♥♥♥♥

Colossus of Rhodes (16/16)
C - Christmas at the Vicarage by Rebecca Boxall - 1/7/16 ♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - I Wish You Were Mine - 2/6/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn - 2/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas - 3/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Spencer Quinn - The Dog Who Knew Too Much - 3/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
F - Fan the Flames by Michele Dunaway - 3/10/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Conspiracy in Death - 2/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Heat by Carla Swafford - 2/16/16 ♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
D - Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning - 1/22/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Tilt - 4/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 3/19/16 ♥♥♥♥

****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 3/18/17******


message 207: by Connie N. (last edited Apr 16, 2016 06:35PM) (new)

Connie N. | 738 comments Extra


message 208: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9626 comments Welcome to the challenge Katie, Ruth and Connie ☺


message 209: by Srividya (new)

Srividya Vijapure (theinkedmermaid) | 1160 comments Am in and starting from October 1st! I am going to do both the Ancient and New Wonders first and then see how it goes before moving onto the others. Still debating between spell it out and location... Let me see!

7 WONDERS
Duration: 7 months
Period: 10/1/15 - 5/1/16
Books read:


7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq, Nineveh)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

New 7 Wonders of the World

Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Chichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico)
Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Great Wall of China (China)
Machu Picchu (Cuzco Region, Peru)
Petra (Ma'an Governorate, Jordan)
Giza Pyramid Complex (Giza, Egypt)


message 210: by Katie (last edited Feb 13, 2017 07:36PM) (new)

Katie | 1634 comments NBRC: The New 7 Wonders of the World
7/23/16 - 2/23/17


Taj Mahal: 8/8 read
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Chichen Itza: 11/11 read
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Christ the Redeemer: 17/17 read
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Colosseum: 9/9 read
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Great Wall of China: 16/16 read
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Machu Picchu: 11/11 read
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Petra: 5/5 read
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Giza Pyramid Complex: 18/18 read
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