Group Reading Map (2016)

[Mandy]

You Suck
San Francisco, CA

[Angela]

Visitation Street

Red Hook (Brooklyn), New York

[Keri]

The Stranger

Cedarfield, NJ is where it takes place which is fictional but the author grew up in Livingston, NJ which is where he based the fictional town on.

[KM]

Nightfall

New York, New York

[Zaz]

A Darker Shade of Magic

London, England

[Michelle]

Will post these in the AM when I get home from work. :)

[Mariana]

Beautiful Player
Primary: New York, USA

Beautiful Bitch
Primary: Chicago, USA
Secondary: Marseille, France

Beautiful Bombshell
Primary: Las Vegas, USA

Beautiful Beginning
Primary: San Diego, USA

The Night Circus
Primary: New York, USA
London, England
Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Secondary: (places where the circus goes)
Munich, Germany
Lyon, France
Cairo, Egypt
Paris, France
Vienna, Austria
Prague, Czech Republic
Barcelona, Spain
Glasgow, Scotland
Dublin, Ireland
Montreal, Canada

[Angela]

I Am The Messenger

A city in Australia- it's never named, but one of the suburbs is Auburn, which indicates Sydney.

[Adam]

A Wrinkle in Time

Primary:
Camazotz, Outer Space

Secondary:
Connecticut, USA (unspecified)
Uriel, Outer Space
Ixchel, Outer Space

[Andrea]

The Philosopher Kings
Primary: Kallisti-present day island of Santorini, Greece

(view spoiler)[Secondary: The fictional sites of two Lucian Republics-
1) Lucia- fictional home base of the republics where Kebes
lives-somewhere on the island of Lesbos
2) Marissa- fictional initial site of contact between the citizens
of the former Just and Lost Cities- present day Samos, Greece

Voyage through the Aegean to find Kebes/Matthias with brief stops at Amorgos, Ios, Naxos, Paros, Delos, Mykonos [Mikonos], and Ikaria [Icaria]

Other fictional sites:
1) Olympos [Olympus]
2) unnamed planet in a nearby solar system (hide spoiler)]

[Michelle]

Adding now! Get them in while you've got the chance. ;) Added for Andrea, Adam, Angela, Mariana, Zaz, Kiki, Keri Duncan, Mandy, Katie, Kathryn, Katie, Amy, Amii, Jenny, Marina H, Sophie, Megan, Silvia, Jody, Monique and my own most recently completed book for the challenge.

Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
Primary: 10236 Charing Cross Rd, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Secondary: 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Jody - Your book was already listed so I added you as a second submitter. :)

Marina H - The only way to tell if a book has already been added is to do a search. But that will also show you any other time the book has been mentioned in the group so it's a bit of a pain in the rear for you guys to have to do that. It's much easier for me to check for duplicates because if a location is duplicated when I'm adding locations Google Maps automatically shows me all the other marks at that location. I can quickly see if it's already on the list. Even if your book is already added, no worries! Feel free to submit it anyway. I'll add you as an additional reader/submitter on the map. As it happens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was yet to be added. ;)

Jenny - Wyattsville, Virginia didn't map. There is a Wattsville, VA. I'm not sure if that was a typo or if Wyattsville is a fictional location so I just stuck it in Wattsville.

Amy - Is that The Bridge by Kay Bratt? I want to double check I've added the correct book. The Bridge is apparently a popular title. Who knew?

Kathryn - Oops! Sorry I missed your book. It's definitely added this time. Thanks for pointing it out.

Katie - Wow, those are very specific! And very fun to map. I tried to get them as close to your directions as I could.

Zaz - Added you as the secondary on A Darker Shade of Magic.

Mariana - Added you as the second submitter on The Night Circus. Thanks for submitting all the secondary locations! :)

Mod Note: This is an extensive project that I absolutely love doing for the group but carving out the time to add the locations to the map is always dependent on my work schedule, personal obligations, and other mod duties. I want to thank you all again for your patience while waiting for your books to be mapped and your questions to be answered. It is going to be so cool to see it all done at the end of the year!

[Ed]

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Primary- hills north of Florence, Italy

Secondary- Pisa & Rome, Italy; Siwa Oasis and Cairo, Egypt; London and Westbury, England, UK

[Stacey]

I have a couple for you, Emm.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Bolinas, California
Northern California (not sure of the town)

The Story of the Lost Child
Naples, Turin, Genoa & Florence, Italy

[Lieke]

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Top of a high hill in the south of England

Secondary
New York City Central Park

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
? (But inspired by Angling Spring Wood, Great Missenden)

[Mandy]

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Alice Island, Massachusetts (fictional, I think)

[Valerie]

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Alice, Alice Island, Massachusetts (Main) A fictional island
Hyannis, MA
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Boston, MA

[Kathy]

Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly

Devon, England

[Deb]

Anne of Avonlea

Set in the fictional town of Avonlea. My research shows Avonlea is meant to represent the real location Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

[Marina]

Emm wrote: "Marina H - The only way to tell if a book has already been added is to do a search. But that will also show you any other time the book has been mentioned in the group so it's a bit of a pain in the rear for you guys to have to do that. It's much easier for me to check for duplicates..."

You're doing a great job, Emm and thanks for your answer. I was just wondering and if there were any way to make it easy for you, I think we all would want to help :)

[Francesca]

The Alchemist
Main: Sahara desert/Egypt
Andalusia region, Spain

[Pauline]

I forgot to do this, so here are my first 2 books!

A Man Called Ove
Primary:
Sweden (sorry don't know where specifically)

Secondary: Spain

Apple Tree Yard
Primary:
The Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court), London EC4M 7EH, England

Secondary:
Apple Tree Yard, London SW1Y 6LB, England
Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), London SW1A 0AA, England
HM Holloway Prison, London N7 0NU, England
London Borough of Westminster, England
London Borough of Harrow, England

(You should be able to map the actual buildings specifically from the postcodes !)

[Amanda]

A Darker Shade of Magic
London, England

The Ruins of Us
Damman, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Signs Preceding the End of the World
An unnamed town on the Mexican/US border, Mexico
(referred to in the book as "The Little Town" and "slippery b*tch of a city")

Beowulf
Denmark and Sweden (not sure on any cities)

Tears of the Silenced: A true crime and an American tragedy; severe child abuse and leaving the Amish.
Primarily set near Omak, Washington
Secondary location: Pheonix, Arizona

[Kathryn]

The Thirteenth Tale

Primary: near Harrowgate (Yorkshire), England

Secondary: near Banbury, England and Cambridge, England

[Michelle]

The Paris Wife

Primary: Paris, France
Secondary: Chicago, Illinois

[Keri]

Being Jamie Baker

Sacramento, CA

[Anastasia]

The Quest

The book takes place mostly in the wilds of Ethiopia between Addis and Gondar, since Addis Ababa is the capital city I decided to use it as the primary location. It is also the safest place for the protagonists while in that country.

Primary: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Secondary: Gondar, Ethiopia
Secondary: Rome, Italy

[Rachel]

Inside the O'Briens - Boston, MA
The Phantom Tollbooth - I'm not sure what your plan is for fictional places, but I saw that you were thinking of including it. But this book takes place in "The Lands Beyond" especially Digitopolis and Dictionopolis

[Kelly]

Library of Souls

Main- London, England (Devil's Acre Loop)
Secondary- Englewood, Florida

[Jody]

Jude the Obscure

County Wessex, England - the towns he used are all fictional though.

[Michelle]

I'll be adding these in the AM when I get home from work! :)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Variant by Robison Wells

It is set in New Mexico but it never gives a specific location, just that it's out in the middle of the woods.

Let's go with Carson National Forest (Taos, New Mexico)

[Katie]

The Age of Miracles
An unnamed coastal California town 90 miles from Hollywood. The author is from San Diego, so that's what I went with.

[Katie]

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Primary: New Orleans, Louisiana
Secondary: Puerto Cortes, Honduras

[Ed]

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Primary- San Francisco
Secondary - New York City, Las Vegas

[Stacey]

I don't know if you have this one, so my apologies if you've already added it:

The Nightingale

Primary - Paris, France &
Carriveau, France (Loire Valley)

Secondary - Oregon Coast, US (the city is not noted, I'm afraid)

[Marina]

Americanah

Primary: Lagos, Nigeria

Secondary: Princeton, New Jersey
London, UK

[Nicki]

Kingdom of Shadows
Main: Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Secondary: Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England

[Mariana]

Beautiful Stranger

Primary: New York, USA
Secondary: London, UK

[Estelle]

Still Alice
Cambridge, Massachusetts

[Estelle]

Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
Sanaa, Yemen

[Estelle]

Between the World and Me
Main: Baltimore, MD
Secondary: Washington, DC

[Michelle]

Prague, Czech Republic

[Michelle]

So sorry all! I had to work over yesterday and I was exhausted when I got home. I promise these will be up today! Thank you for being so patient.

[Lit_With_Britt]

The Selection
Province of Angeles in illea. (The name "Angeles" is believed to have been derived from the current city in the United States, Los Angeles.)

Smoke
Primary: Carson City, Nevada
Secondary: outside of Vacaville, CA at a fruit orchard. (Sorry I couldn't lock down an exact location.)

[Rachel]

The Promise of Stardust - Portland, Maine

[Valerie]

Emm wrote: "So sorry all! I had to work over yesterday and I was exhausted when I got home. I promise these will be up today! Thank you for being so patient."

Maybe you need an assistant. This could be overwhelming!

[Valerie]

Marina H wrote: "Americanah

Primary: Lagos, Nigeria

Secondary: Princeton, New Jersey
London, UK"

I have not yet finished, but there are also:

Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[Amanda]

Circling the Sun

Primary: Kenya
Secondary: London

[Valerie]

The Metamorphosis

An apartment in what I suppose is Vienna.

[Estelle]

Salvage the Bones
Mississippi