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A to Z Challenge -- Location Edition 2017
Update #73D: Devil's Acre, London
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs Completed 7/4/17 Rating 3 stars
K: Know-Alls Land
The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Completed 13/4/17 Rating 4 stars
R: Russia
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy Completed 16/4/17 Rating 3 stars
U: USA
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Completed 3/4/17 Rating 5 stars
V: Vienna, Austria
The Third Man by Graham Greene Completed 20/4/17 Rating 3 stars
18/20
Having just read Travelled Far: A Collection Of Hiking Adventures which has many many destinations in it I have crossed off Zubiri and Fromista :)Great book
24/26 completed
Update to post 44:A - Albuquerque, New Mexico – Choose Your Own Adventure – Neil Patrick Harris
16/26
My current list7/13 completed
C: China, The Three-Body Problem
D: Den Haag - Tulpenliefde
G: Germany - Black earth, The holocaust as history and warning
J: Japan - Lost in a good book
O: Oslo,Norway - The Owl Always Hunts At Night
S: Swindon, UK - Eyre Affair
W: Washington DC - Mother of Storms
Update message 174: P-Peru from Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon by Yossi Ghinsberg.
Finished Distance set in Queensland.I'm all done except for X and so far no idea of a book set in a place beginning with X - not one I want to read anyway.
Found a town in Ohio called Xenia, but so far no luck in finding a book set there!
25/26 completed
Heather wrote: "Finished Distance set in Queensland.I'm all done except for X and so far no idea of a book set in a place beginning with X - not one I want to read anyway.
Found a town in Ohio ca..."
There's the Xanth series by Piers Anthony (A Spell for Chameleon) that could cover "X" for you.
This one isn't a book (unless you read the complete works or something), but there's also Coleridge's Kubla Khan poem which features Xanadu.
Not sure if you're interested in either, but I thought I'd throw a couple out there, just in case. :) Good luck!
Update:18/26 BOOKS Completed ✔
A : AMHERST, MA- The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian [Read 4/6/2017]
B : BATH, Somerset- The Sisters by Claire Douglas [Read 2/11/2017]
C : CENTRAL CITY- City of Light(Outcast #1) by Keri Arthur [Read 1/09/2017]
D : New DEVON, Haven Crest- Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross [Read 4/19/2017]
E : Mount Eskel- Princess Academy (Princess Academy #1) by Shannon Hale [Read 3/26/2017]
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G : Ancient GREECE- Religion & the Gods (World Of Ancient Greece) [Read 4/19/2017]
by Robert Hull
H : Lucky HARBOR- Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis [Read 3/2/2017]
I : Bloomville, INDIANA- The Boy Is Back by Meg Cabot [Read 1/11/2017]
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K : KINDRED, Tennessee- Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs [Read 2/19/2017]
L : LONDON, British Empire time- Imprudence by Gail Carriger [Read 1/31/2017]
M : MAINE- Danger in a Red Dress by Christina Dodd [Read 2/22/2017]
N : NEKROS City Central Precinct- Grave Visions by Kalayna Price [Read 1/20/2017]
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P : PLYMOUTH Meeting, PA- Fall with Me by J. Lynn [Read 1/14/2017]
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R : RAINSHADOW- Siren's Call by Jayne Castle [Read 01/03/2017]
S : SEATTLE, Washington- When All The Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz [Read 01/06/2017]
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V : Richmond, Virginia- Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter [Read 3/24/2017]
W : WHITE LION- Slated by Terri Terry [Read 3/18/2017]
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Y : YORKSHIRE, England-Irresistible by Mary Balogh [Read 4/16/2017]
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UPDATE!I've completed 6/13 so far.
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C: Carving (Crossed)
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E: Endstone (Reached)
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O: Oria (Matched)
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S: Settlement (Werewolf Defender)
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U: Usk (Outbreak: the Zombie Apocalypse)
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W: Wuthering Heights (Wuthering Heights)
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Read Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton - I was sent an advanced reader proof copy...really good! Will be published next month. 15/26 books completed. Location: Wild West Edited msg 56 :)
Update!I've completed 7/13 so far.
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C: Carving (Crossed)
D: Denmark (The Postcard Killers)
E: Endstone (Reached)
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Updated message 4021/26
Forgot about this one.
U:Ushuaia, Argentina - Where'd you go, Bernadette 4-27-17
Update!I've completed 8/13 so far.
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C: Carving (Crossed)
D: Denmark (The Postcard Killers)
E: Endstone (Reached)
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N: Northanger Abbey (Northanger Abbey)
O: Oria (Matched)
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S: Settlement (Werewolf Defender)
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U: Usk (Outbreak: the Zombie Apocalypse)
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W: Wuthering Heights (Wuthering Heights)
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Update to #60 - COMPLETED 20/20 :D I'll keep going and see how many more I can get before the end of the year
Zoë wrote: "Update to #60 - COMPLETED 20/20 :D I'll keep going and see how many more I can get before the end of the year"Congrats! I still have a few more to go! Good job!
Please update #91 15/26
A: Afghanistan Blue
B:
C: Charleston, SC Looking for Me
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E: Egypt The Alchemist
F: Fairbanks, Alaska Manhunt
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H: Hollywood, Why Not Me?
I: Illea The Selection
J: Janus Rock The Light Between Oceans
K: Kansas The Persian Pickle Club: 20th Anniversary Edition
L: London, England The BFG
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N: New Jersey Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
O: Oria Province Matched
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S: Sweden A Man Called Ove
T: Texas The Lost Husband
U: Utah, The Uinta Mountains The Mountain Between Us
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W: Wisconsin A Theory of Relativity
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Update to message #23 - challenge complete!A: Agincourt - Henry V
B: Briny Beach - The Bad Beginning
D: Devil's Moor - Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
F: Fraser's Ridge - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
H: Hollywood - I Am Spock
J: Jerusalem's Lot - 'Salem's Lot
L: Lake Lachrymose - The Wide Window
M: Manor Farm - Animal Farm
N: Night Vale - Welcome to Night Vale
P: Paltryville - The Miserable Mill
S: Sicily - The Winter's Tale
T: Takamatsu - Kafka on the Shore
V: Vermont - It Can't Happen Here
I've met my goal of 13, but I'll continue to add here anyway :)
Books mentioned in this topic
Gathering Blue (other topics)Hope To Escape (other topics)
Christmas Letters (other topics)
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Haruki Murakami (other topics)Robert Galbraith (other topics)
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I've completed 5/13 so far.
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