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A to Z Challenge -- Location Edition 2017
5/26K: Kansas- dark places by Gillian Flynn
7/26T: Tennessee- water for elephants by sara gruen. Just one of the places the circus stops at.
Mie wrote: "Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Mie wrote: "I simply haven't been able to find a novel in Danish with an X-location, so for now I will settle for this:Update msg 53: 25/26
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I didn't like it at all until I started comparing it to politics, which is the point of the book. I still don't love the book, but I love that I read it.
Hi All,I have statistics! This was something I did every month last year, and I hope I will be able to do every month going forward.
So, as of June we have 166 members participating in this challenge and have read 1555 books. 10 members have finished the challenged!
Great job everyone and keep reading!
19/26F- Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone)
K- King Cross Station ( Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
update to message #228progress: 15/26
T: Tokija, Japāna - Aitas medīšanas piedzīvojumi /Haruki Murakami
There it is! I have finished all of the letters. Took me 48 books to fill in all the slots. :)A to Z, Location Edition
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A - Auschwitz and Aplerbeck, from The Women in the Castle (Also Burg Lingenfels and Berlin and Braunschweig and Buchenwald, Chelmno and Cambridge, Dresden and Dortmund and Deer Island, Ehrenheim, Fruhlinghausen and Frankfurt, Germany and Galicia, Hamburg, Kutno, Lublin and Lower Silesia and Luxembourg, Mauthausen and Munich and Moosburg and Momsen and Maine and Massachusetts, Neukolln, Poland, Russia and Ravensbruck, Salem Castle town and Saarsbrucken, Thuringia and Tollingen, Weisslau and Warthegau)
B - Berkeley, from 808 Conversation Starters for Couples: (place of publication)
C - Cincinnati and Charleston, from Almost Missed You (also Ashville, Florida, Kentucky, Miami, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and St. Augustine)
D - Damaidi and Daoxiangdu and Donghai, from Bronze and Sunflower (also China, Jiangnan, Youmadi)
E - Edwards Air Force Base, from Rise of the Rocket Girls: (also Alabama and Arroz Seco, Brevard County, California, Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, Florida, Goldstone Dry Lake, Houston and Huntsville, Juarez Mexico and Jupiter, Moon and Mojave Desert and Muroc and Mars and Mercury, Neptune, Outer Space, Pasadena, Redstone Armory, Uranus, Venus) also Alabame, Juarez, Mojave Desert, Redstone Arsenal, Tularosa Basin, Washington D.C
F - Florida, from The Secret River
G - Glenelg, from Black Fox of Lorne (also Abington Cross, Crianlarich, Dundugal, Edens boro and Ethelred and England, Firth of Lorne and Firth of Forth and Falkirk, Lothian and Lorne, Norway and North Sea, Orkney Islands, Scotland and Stirling and Strathfillan, Western Isles and Winged Isles)
H - Havenwood, from Peach Pies and Alibis (also Partridge Hill, Georgia)
I - Italy, from The Taming of the Shrew (also Padua and Pisa, Verona and Venice)
J - Japanese Whaling Ground, from Moby-Dick (also, Nantucket, Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean, South Sea, Sumatran Strait)
K - Killingworth and Kent, from Henry VI, Part 2 (also London, Tower of London, England, York, St. Ablans, Bury St. Edmunds, Berwick, Blackheath, Isle of Man, France, Anjou, Maine, Southwark, Warwickshire)
L - London, from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 1
M - Minnesota, from Brain Trust (also, North Carolina, Atlanta, Willmington, Castle, Florida)
N - New York City, from 'Tis (also, Bronx and Brooklyn, Dachau, Fort Dix, Germany, Ireland, Limerick, Ireland and Lenggries, Germany, Munich and Manhattan, Queens, Rhode Island, Staten Island, Tiverton and Toome)
O - Oakland, from The Worry Trick: How Worry Controls You and What You Can Do to Take Back your Life (place of publication)
P - Phnum Sress and Phnom Penh and Poipet, from Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge (also 007 Refugee Camp, Battambang and Big River, Cambodia and Chhunbury and California, Dangrek Mountains and Dalam, Fullerton and Fresno, Hudsonville, Kampuchea and Kampong Tom and Khao-I-Dang, Lupini and Lvea, Moung and Mongol Borei and Meirut and Michigan, Nong Chan, Ou Tom, Siem Reap and Svay Sisophon and Sadao, Thailand and Tapan)
Q - Queens, from Wonderstruck (also, Gunflint, Hoboken, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York City)
R -Rome, from Titus Andronicus
S - Silicon Valley, from A Human Silicon Chip (also California, India, Palo Alto)
T - Tarifa and Tangier, from The Alchemist (also, Africa, Andalusia, Egypt, Oasis, Pyramids, Sahara, Spain)
U - University of Pennsylvania and many others, from The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius (also Harvard, Yale)
V - Vienna, from The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights (also Atlanta and Amsterdam and Azerbaijan, Brussels and Berlin and Budapest, Copenhagen and Connecticut, Denmark, England, Finland and France, Geneva and Georgia and Germany, Helsinki, Italy and India and Indonesia, Japan, London and Leningrad, Milan and Moscow, Norway and New York City, Oslo, Philadelphia and Paris and Prague and Poland, Rome, Salzburg and Stockholm and Sweden and South America and St. Petersburg, Turin, USSR and Ukraine, Washington, D.C.)
W - Warwickshire, from Henry VI Part 2 (also Barnet, Buckingham, Burgundy, Coventry, Daintry, Dunsmore, France, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, London, London Tower, Middleham Castle, Norfolk, Oxford, Ravenspurgh, Sandal Castle, Suffolk, Southam, Towton, Tewkesbury, Wakefield, York)
X - Xingu National Park, Brazil, from The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon because it bothered me that I didn't have a "real"
X book. :) Xi'an, China, from Imperial Lady (although I'm stretching this, as the authors spelled it in the old western way, Ch'ang-an, in my edition)
Y - Yucatan Mountains, Mexico, from The Corn Grows Ripe
Z - Zirin Bog, from The Girl Who Drank the Moon This is my one fictional location
Update!Progress: 2/17 (on Round 2)
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update Msg. 91 A-Z Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017
19/ 26 Completed
Date Completed:
A: Afghanistan - Blue by Danielle Steel 01/10/17
B: Boston The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
C: Charleston, SC Looking for Me
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E: Egypt - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 01/09/17
F: Fairbanks
G: Georgia, Atlanta Someone Elses Love Story
H: Hollywood - Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
I: Illea - The Selection by Kiera Cass 01/13/17
J: Janus Rock The Light Between Oceans
K: Kansas The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
L: London The BFG
M: Mallocca, Spain The Vacationers
N: New Jersey Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
O: Oria Province - Matched by Allie Condie
P Parma, Italy Playing for Pizza
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S: Sweden A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
T: Texas The Lost Husband
U: Utah, The Uinta Mountains - The Mountains Between Us by Charles Martin 01/14/17
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W: Wisconsin - A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard
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Update to post 44:Z: Zold - Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Progress: 21/26
A-Z Reading Challenge 2017COMPLETED! (14th December) 26/26
A. Azores: Shooting Stars are the Flying Fish of the Night - Lynn Michell
B. Bessapara: The Power - Naomi Alderman
C. Camberwell, London: The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters
D. Dresden, Germany: Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
E. Essex, England: The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
F. France: Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
G. Galapagos Islands: Archipelago - Monique Roffey
H. Helsinki, Finland: Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words - Boel Westin
I. Iceland: Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
J. Judean Desert: Quarantine - Jim Crace
K. Krompachy, Slovakia: The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
L. London: Noonday - Pat Barker
M. Munich: Address Unknown - Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
N. New York: Close to the Knives - David Wojnarowicz
O. Orkney Islands: The Outrun - Amy Liptrot
P. Paris: Les Enfants Terribles - Jean Cocteau
Q. Quebec, Canada: Ru - Kim Thúy
R. Ravensbruck, Germany: If This is a Woman - Sarah Helm
S. Seoul, South Korea: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
T. Turkey: Madonna in a Fur Coat - Sabahattin Ali
U. Utah, USA: A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
V. Venice: Death in Venice - Thomas Mann
W. Warwick, England: Outside of a Dog - Rick Gekoski
X. Xingu River, Brazil: Xingu - Edith Wharton
Y. Yorkshire, England: Dracula - Bram Stoker
Z. Zennor, England: Zennor in Darkness - Helen Dunmore
Update: 23/26X - Xi'an (province in China)
The Terracotta Army: The History of Ancient China’s Famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses by Charles River Editors (3 stars)
Update!Progress: 3/17 (on Round 2)
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Update Message 22215/26
N-New York City- Auntie Mame-An Irreverent Escapade
(Patrick Dennis)
Update #73H: Hogsmeade
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Completed 7/6/17 Rating 5 stars
20/20
Challenge completed
Update:C: Colorado
The Book of Broken Hearts- Sarah Ockler
M: Mississippi
The Help- Kathryn Stockett
N: New Mexico
The Vow: The true Events that inspired the movie- Kim & Krickett Carpenter
4/26 complete!
CopycatI-Illinois
Never Trust a Stranger
O-Oakland
Mad MaXXX Children Of The Catacombs
W-Wash DC
The Heretic's Creed
Y-Yorkshire
16/26
Update!Progress: 4/17 (on Round 2)
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UPDATED original post too - A: Aurora Borealis The Woman in Cabin 10
B: Boston Iron Cast
C: Castle Rock Gwendy's Button Box
L: Lenningrad Deathless
N: New York The Couple Next Door
S: Stratton (NJ) Version Control
U: United States The Underground Railroad
Update!Progress: 5/17 (on Round 2)
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21/26A- America (Trial by fire)
U- United Kingdom (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Update!Progress: 6/17 (on Round 2)
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I finished my original goal of 13, but I'd like to continue with this challenge. So, I am starting Round 2 with a goal of 17 books. I've read 1 so far:
***ROUND 2***
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