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A to Z Challenge -- Location Edition 2017

20/26 completed.
A: Arnes (Red London) - A Darker Shade of Magic
B: Belle Terre, Louisiana - This Is Our Story
C: Cairnholm, Wales - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
D: Dvernik, Polnya - Uprooted
E: Ellison, Georgia - Sisters Red
F: Florida (Calypso) - We Are the Ants
G: Germany - The Book Thief intended
H: Hogwarts - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
I: Iceland - Burial Rites
J: Japan (Tokyo) - Warcross
K: Khorasan - The Wrath & the Dawn
L: London, England (or Hertfordshire) - Pride and Prejudice
M: Melbourne, Australia - The Rosie Project
N: New York - We Are Okay or Nashville, Tennessee - Goodbye Days
O: Os Alta - Siege and Storm intended
P: Providence, Rhode Island - The Marriage Plot or Paris, France - Anna and the French Kiss
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R: Roanoke General Hospital - The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
S: Shady Creek, Georgia - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
T: Thunder Bay, Ontario - Anna Dressed in Blood
U: United States (El Paso, Texas) - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
V: Venice or Versailles - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue intended
W: Watership Down, Hampshire, England - Watership Down
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Z: Zurich, Switzerland - Me Before You

A: Auckland- Just For You ( Escape to New Zealand. Book 1) by Rosalind James
Letters A,,N, R, & S- completed.
Completed 4/26 so far, 22 more to go!

2/13
✔O: OASIS (Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon) in Ready Player One
Take your pick. He seems to like places that start with O.

I am in for 13 - As a first-timer with any of the challenges I don't want to aim too high and hope I'll be able to finish the 13!
As of today (January 29) I am changing my aim to all 26, as I am doing so well so far :-)
Finished books for this challenge: 26/26
A- Amgash, (Illinois): My Name is Lucy Barton
B - Barnard's Crossing (USA): Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
C - Cambridge (England):Der Lügner
D - Dschibuti: Black Mamba Boy
E - England: Rivers of London: Body Work, #3
F - Furusund (Sweden):Die Menschheit hat den Verstand verloren: Tagebücher 1939-1945
G - Göteborg (Sweden): Jagdrevier
H - Hollywood: Sirius
I- Israel: Warum bist du nicht vor dem Krieg gekommen?
J - Jerusalem: Hochzeit in Jerusalem
K - Kallio (a part of Helsinki, Finland): Die Sache mit Norma
L - Le Havre (France):Der Hut des Präsidenten
M - Morocco: Abdel
N - Naples :Meine geniale Freundin
O - Ostseestrandort: Förster, mein Förster
P - Pisa:Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens
Q - Québec (province, Canada) Still Life
R - Russia (the Soviet Union): Die Listensammlerin
S - Stars Hollow: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
T - Tyburn: The Hanging Tree
U- USA: The Book of Unknown Americans
V - Växjö (Sweden): In stürmischer Nacht
W - Wuppertal (Germany): Plötzlich Shakespeare
X - Xanten (Germany): Kalter Zorn
Y - Yellowknife (Canada): Das Geräusch des Lichts
Z - Zürich (Switzerland): Elefant

Progress: 1/26
N: New York - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham

C- Cape Cod, MassachusettsLife, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism

A - Amsterdam The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
C - Cornwall Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
D - Dune Dune by Frank Herbert
E - England The Queen's Witch by Karen Chance
F - France All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
G - Georgia The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
I - Illinois Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
K - Kentucky Remember My Beauties by Lynne Hugo
N - New York Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
O - Omaha Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
S - Stanford When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
T - Trenton Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
V - Venice Shopaholic on Honeymoon by Sophie Kinsella

Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017
Goal: 2/13
- C: California - The Savage Boy | 01.06.2017

✔ J: Japan - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017
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Loved that book! What did you think?

12. Lakeside, Wisconsin, US, in American Gods. 2017.01.04, ★★★★☆.
Today's addition:
13. Molching, Germany, in The Book Thief. 2017.01.07, ★★★★☆.

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2017 A To Z Challenge-Location Edition
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
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Authors mentioned in this topic
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Jack Kerouac (other topics)
Tom Crosshill (other topics)
Virginia Woolf (other topics)
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