A to Z Challenge -- Location Edition 2017 Showing 951-1,000 of 1,092

[Maxine]

update msg 12

22/26

Thanks

[Mindy]

Update to message 80:

18/26

[Charity]

Updated message 5.

21/26

[Amanda]

Edited msg 56

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 44:

U - United Kingdom – God Save the Queen by Kate Locke

23/26

[Eirelyn]

Update!

Progress: 12/17 (on Round 2)

A:
B:
C: Carbonel Downs (The Knife of Never Letting Go)
D:
E: England (The Girl on the Train)
F: France (Anna and the French Kiss)
G: Greece (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
H:
I:
J:
K:
L: Los Angeles (Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between)
M: Marble Spring (Chase)
N: New Beijing (Cinder)
O: Ohio (The 5th Wave)
P: Prague (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
Q:
R: Rieux (Scarlet)
S: Scorch (The Scorch Trials)
T:
U:
V:
W: Washington D.C. (Cross Kill)
X:
Y:
Z:

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

25/26

V: Vaes Dothrak - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

[Austen_Wodehouse]

10/26

Message 77 has been updated

Tokyo, Japan The Guest Cat

[Cheri]

Update: 26/26 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!
Letter W: Wyoming
American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David Baron (3 stars)

[Paula]

Cheri wrote: "Update: 26/26 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!
Letter W: Wyoming
American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by [author:David Baro..."

Well done, Cheri!

[Paula]

Update to message 903 (31st July): 19/26

S: Seoul, South Korea - The Vegetarian by Han Kang

[Eggp]

July update:
Goal: 25/26, 96.15%

Y - Yoknapatawpha County: The Sound and the Fury - 10 Jul 2017, 3/5

[Kelly]

Updated #52.

Y - York - Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt ✔

22/26 complete

[Maris]

Update message 623

11/20

[Kristina]

Update: 14/26

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 Finished 5/2/2017
F: Florida from Their Eyes Were Watching God Finished 3/2/2017
G: Georgia from In For A Penny
H: Harlem from Behold the Dreamers Finished 1/8/2017
I: Ireland from The Wonder Finished 5/21/2017
J: Japan from Memoirs of a Geisha
K: Korea from The Vegetarian Finished 3/5/2017
L: Lakeside from Etched in Bone Finished 5/14/2017
M: Michigan from A Million Junes Finished 7/20/2017
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: Swindon from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Finished 5/10/2017
T: Tuskegee from Up from Slavery Finished 2/27/2017
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: Wragby from Lady Chatterley's Lover Finished 7/17/2017
X: Xanth from A Spell for Chameleon
Y: Yorkshire, England from Fellside
Z: Zollverein, Germany from All the Light We Cannot See

[Heather]

Well after being stuck for ages needing a book for a location beginning with X - finally I had one recommended A Spell for Chameleon
That concludes this challenge for me

26/26 completed

[Teresa]

Post 642 Updated 8/3/17 10/30

[Amanda]

Edited post 56

[Pamela]

Update Message 222

19/26

U- Upland- Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong)

R- Roxborough- Rumor Has It (Jill Mansell)

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 32
11/26

[Kadijah Michelle]

Updated as of today!

We have 168 participants and have read 1788 books.

18 members have finished this challenge! Great job guys!

Keep up the good work everyone!

[Tania]

Updating message 150: Completed 8/9/2017 (26/26)

X: Xanth - A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony

[Paula]

I am now 20/26 (10th August) with:

J. Judean Desert - Quarantine by Jim Crace

[Katerina]

I am now at 8/10.


I had to rearrange one book. Here is my current list:
D: Denmark in Hamlet
E: England in Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
G: Glome in Till We Have Faces ✓
I: India in Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity ✓
M: Mediterranean Sea in Man Overboard!: The Story of Jonah
N: Narnia in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe ✓
O: Ohio in Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
W: Wisconsin in American Gods

[Audrey]

I'm in for all 26. :)

Progress: 22/26

A - Alaska - Into the Wild
B - Bristol - What She Knew
C -Cuba - Refugee
D - Dooling - Sleeping Beauties
E - Ekaterinburg - The Romanov Conspiracy
F
G - Goose Creek - The Most Famous Illegal Goose Creek Parade
H - Hungary - The Angel Makers
I - Iraq - Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog
J
K
L - Lake Forest, IL - Stories I'd Tell in Bars
M -Matrus -The Gender Game
N - New York City - Dad Is Fat
O - Oz - The End of Oz
P - Poland - Prisoner B-3087
Q - Quantico - The Silent Corner
R - Roswell Station - All the Truth That's in Me
S - Seattle - Girl Last Seen
T - Tennessee - Weird Tennessee: Your Travel Guide to Tennessee's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
U - Umfraville - The Assassin Game
V
W - Washington DC - Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
X - Xanth - A Spell for Chameleon
Y - Yorkshire - Wuthering Heights
Z - Zimbabwe - Still Life With Elephant

[Eirelyn]

Update!

Progress: 13/17 (on Round 2)

A: Africa (Cress)
B:
C: Carbonel Downs (The Knife of Never Letting Go)
D:
E: England (The Girl on the Train)
F: France (Anna and the French Kiss)
G: Greece (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
H:
I:
J:
K:
L: Los Angeles (Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between)
M: Marble Spring (Chase)
N: New Beijing (Cinder)
O: Ohio (The 5th Wave)
P: Prague (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
Q:
R: Rieux (Scarlet)
S: Scorch (The Scorch Trials)
T:
U:
V:
W: Washington D.C. (Cross Kill)
X:
Y:
Z:

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #15.

✅ G Germany from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆

15/24

[Eirelyn]

Update!

Progress: 14/17 (on Round 2)

A: Africa (Cress)
B:
C: Carbonel Downs (The Knife of Never Letting Go)
D:
E: England (The Girl on the Train)
F: France (Anna and the French Kiss)
G: Greece (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
H:
I:
J:
K:
L: Los Angeles (Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between)
M: Marble Spring (Chase)
N: New Beijing (Cinder)
O: Ohio (The 5th Wave)
P: Prague (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
Q:
R: Rieux (Scarlet)
S: Scorch (The Scorch Trials)
T:
U: Urbana (The Infinite Sea)
V:
W: Washington D.C. (Cross Kill)
X:
Y:
Z:

[Chelsea]

Update: Message 96
13/13 CHALLENGE COMPLETED (but I'm still going)
T: Timbuktu - The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

[Kelly]

Updated #52.

A - Atlanta - Wing Jones by Katherine Webber ✔
B - Brighton - Becoming Betty by Eleanor Wood ✔
C - California - How Hard Can Love Be? by Holly Bourne ✔
D - Dublin - The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín ✔
E - Edinburgh - A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard ✔
F - Fennbirn Island - Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake ✔
G - Greece - Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo ✔
H - Holksea - The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood ✔
I - Izman - Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton ✔
J - Jersey City - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona ✔
K - Kent - My Sister's Bones by Nuala Ellwood ✔
L - London - 1984 by George Orwell ✔
M - Marrakech - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor ✔
N - Norta - King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard ✔
O - Oklahoma - Front Lines by Michael Grant ✔
P - Penzance - The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr ✔
Q - Quatre Bras - Dancing into Battle by Julian Fellowes ✔
R - Rushton - All About Mia by Lisa Williamson ✔
S - San Francisco - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon ✔
T - Trisda - Caraval by Stephanie Garber ✔
U - Uzbekistan - Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor ✔
V - Vesk - A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab ✔
W - Wales - Margot & Me by Juno Dawson ✔
X - Xicha - Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton ✔
Y - York - Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt ✔
Z - Zosma - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor ✔

COMPLETE: 26/26 [16.08.2017]

[Amanda]

updated message 71
20/13

✔K: Kolkata in Lion

[Miriam]

updated message 169,
finally found a book I liked for X!

missing only one (Q)

25/26 done!

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 44:

Q: Quebec – The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Julia Whelan

24/26

[Chelsea]

Update Message 96:
14/13
V: Veii - The Wedding Shroud

[Pamela]

Update Message 222

V - Vermont - We Have Always Lived In The Castle

P - Perriwee (Autralia)- Big Little Lies

21/26

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 44:

K: Kenettra – The Young Elites by Marie Liu

25/26

[Charity]

Updated message 5.

23/26

[Maris]

Update message 623

13/20

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 44:

Ypsilanti – Slammed by Colleen Hoover

26/26 - COMPLETED!!!

[Berit]

Edited post #313
24/26

P: Panama: Oh, wie schön ist Panama

[Gretchen]

Edit msg 89
Read 15/15
Challenge Complete!

[Eirelyn]

Update!

Progress: 17/17 (on Round 2) ***FINISHED***

A: Ashbury (The Girl on the Train)
B: Boston (Cell)
C: Cincinnati (The 5th Wave)
D:
E: Elsewhere (The Giver)
F: France (Anna and the French Kiss)
G: Greece (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
H: Haven (The Knife of Never Letting Go)
I:
J:
K: Kufra (Cress)
L: Los Angeles (Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between)
M: Marble Spring (Chase)
N: New Beijing (Cinder)
O: Ohio (The Infinite Sea)
P: Prague (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
Q:
R: Rieux (Scarlet)
S: Scorch (The Scorch Trials)
T:
U: United Kingdom (My Not So Perfect Life)
V:
W: Washington D.C. (Cross Kill)
X:
Y:
Z:

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I plan to go for Round 3 soon. Not sure how many I'll shoot for though. :D

[Audrey]

Update post 1002 - 17/26

[Chelsea]

Update: Message 96
15/13

E: Europe - The Club Dumas

[Exokiwi]

Finished my A-Z challenge 2017 This is my final list. Will continue though to see where I'll end and up the challenge for next year I think

A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017
13/13 completed


A:
B: Beijing - Dark Forest
C: China, The Three-Body Problem
D: Den Haag - Tropenjaren
E:
F:
G: Germany - Black earth, The holocaust as history and warning
H: Haarlem - Tulpenliefde
I: inverness - The North Coast 500 Guide Book 20
J: Japan - Lost in a good book
K:
L:
M: Mannheim - Germany De erfenis van Mozart
N: Napels - My Brilliant Friend
O: Oslo,Norway - The Owl Always Hunts At Night
P:Pluto - Death's End
Q:
R:
S: Swindon, UK - Eyre Affair
T:
U:
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W: Washington DC - Mother of Storms
X:
Y:
Z

[Julie]

updated message 98

[Maxine]

Update
23/26
Thankyou

[Greg]

Finally got my Q for Qandir in Lord of Emperors. Now only have X and Z to find.

24/26

[Audrey]

Update message 1002 - 18/26

[Eirelyn]

On to round 3!!! I'm shooting for 15 this time.

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Progress: 1/15 (on Round 3)

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