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A to Z Challenge -- Location Edition 2017

A: Asheville Road from The Forgetting Time Finished 2/18/2017
B: Baker Street from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
C: Chicago from Agnes Finished 1/2/2017
D: Denver from The Shining
E: England from The Mysterious Affair at Styles
F: France from The Nightingale
G: Georgia from In For A Penny
H: Harlem from Invisible Man
I: Ireland from The Wonder
J: Japan from Memoirs of a Geisha
K: Korea from The Vegetarian Finished 3/5/2017
L: Los Angeles from The Sympathizer
M: Maine from Shorecliff
N: New Beijing from Cinder
O: Omaha, Nebraska from The Swan Gondola
P: Poland from The History of Love Finished 2/13/2017
Q: Queens, NY from The Man in 3B
R: Rhode Island from The Forgotten Room
S: South Carolina from The Secret Life of Bees
T: Toronto from The Blind Assassin
U: United States from American Gods Finished 1/31/2017
V: Venus from All Summer in a Day - short story in A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories
W: Williamsburg, Brooklyn from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
X: Xanth from A Spell for Chameleon
Y: Yorkshire, England from A God in Ruins or Fellside
Z: Zollverein, Germany from All the Light We Cannot See

Goal: 12/26
A: Auchinmurn Isle - Hollow Earth
B: Bath - Northanger Abbey
C: China - The Three-Body Problem
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F: Faerie - Stardust
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H: Hell - Sacrifice
I: Ireland - A Short History of Ireland
J: Johannesburg - Born a Crime
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O: Öland, Sweden - The Darkest Room
P: Prythian - A Court of Thorns and Roses
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D: Devil's Moor (Hemmersmoor) - Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
11/13
Update to message #15.
✅ B Baltimore from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
10/24
✅ B Baltimore from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
10/24

Edited message 56. I'm at the halfway mark 13/26 :)

2/13 so far. I'm working on "U" & "W" at the moment.
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✅ F for Frederiksberg from Mordet på Moster og Dobbeltmordet på Peter Bangs Vej ⭐️⭐️

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A- America from An Abundance of Katherines
C- California from Soul Whisperer
E- England from Casanova
S- Spain from The Third Reich

Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017.
(7/26)
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C: Calgary - A Family for Christmas - Mona Ingram
D: Denver - On his Watch - Katie Ruggle
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F: France - Beauty and the Beast Lost in a Book - Jennifer Donnelly
G: Georgia -- Real Murders - Charlaine Harris
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M: Michigan - Offside - Juliana Stone
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B: Black Heart
C: A Court of Mist and Fury
D: Demons of the Ocean
E: Empire of Night
F: Forbidden Heat
G: Ghost Town
H: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I: Immortal War
J: Jealousy
K: The Kiss
L: Lily's Mistake
M: My Favorite Distraction
N: No Holding Back
O: The Offering
P: Passenger
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R: Remember Me?
S: Shiver
T: Tide of Terror
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V: Vampire Academy
W: Wedding Night
X:Xenocide
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Z: Zom-B Angels

22/26 completed
Update to message #15.
✅ S Spain from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
11/24
✅ S Spain from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
11/24

12/26 completed.
N: New York - We Are Okay
W: Watership Down, Hampshire, England - Watership Down

Books added in March and beginning of April
B: Belle River, New Hampshire in It's Always the Husband
C: Casterbridge in The Mayor of Casterbridge
J: Jurisfiction in Lost in a Good Book
K: Kerrith in Rebecca
L: Luna in Cress
Y: Yorkshire in Dracula

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D - Death Row- The Green Mile by Stephen King
W - West Coast – What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
15/26

A-Alexandria, VA-The Diva Paints the Town
B-Boston-The Kind Worth Killing
C-California-"Brownie Points"
D-Denmark-The LIttle Book of Hygge
E-East Hampton Better Homes and Corpses
F-France-French Kids eat Everything
G-Germany The German Girl
H-HongKong Expatriates
I-Iraq - All In - the education of David Patreaus
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K-Kenya - Circling the Sun
L-Lake Eden-Cherry Cheesecake Murder
M-Maryland-Hidden Figures
N-NYC-On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)
O-Oregon Shoedog
P-Phoenix, AZ Yews with Caution
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R-Russia/Siberia-Between Shades of Grey
S-San Francisco The Japanese Lover
T-Texas -The Hopefuls
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V-Virginia - Commonwealth
W-Waskeke-Seating Arrangements
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