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message 151: by Katelyn (last edited Jan 04, 2017 12:39AM) (new)

Katelyn Couch (katelyncouch) | 3 comments Hello! This reading challenge sounds super fun! I am looking forward to exploring some new and exciting places in 2017 so please sign me up for the goal of trying to read books from all 26 different location categories! Thank you and happy reading/exploring!

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message 152: by Kiawi (last edited Sep 30, 2017 03:46PM) (new)

Kiawi | 114 comments 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


message 153: by Ze Peng (new)

Ze Peng  (zepengt_) | 76 comments Progress:2/26

W: Washington D. C. (The raven King)


message 154: by Lindsay (new)

Lindsay | 1337 comments Update msg 28

2/26

Northampton - Running with Scissors


message 155: by Ze Peng (new)

Ze Peng  (zepengt_) | 76 comments Progress: 3/26

B: Boston (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer)


message 156: by Gwen S. (new)

Gwen S. (gwen1629) | 449 comments Please update msg 111:

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!


message 157: by Nik (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments [1/26] (OM 78)

12. Lakeside, Wisconsin, US, in American Gods. 2017.01.04, ★★★★☆.


message 158: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 526 comments Updated message 71
2/13

✔O: OASIS (Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon) in Ready Player One

Take your pick. He seems to like places that start with O.


message 159: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) Update: 2/26
J - Japan

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (4 stars)


message 160: by Lynette (new)

Lynette Caulkins | 147 comments I finished my first book for this - going with J - Japanese Whaling Ground, in Moby Dick


message 161: by Meaghan (new)

Meaghan (immortalraine) | 284 comments I'm in for all 26 please!


message 162: by Adriana (new)

Adriana | 3888 comments T: Tortall Alanna: The First Adventure 5/26 books read


message 163: by Miriam (last edited Oct 20, 2017 02:30AM) (new)

Miriam | 112 comments I am finished! Finally read the book set in Québec and now I'm done! YAY!

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


message 164: by Tania (new)

Tania | 1118 comments Updating message 150

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


message 165: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (melaniebopp) I'd like to give it a shot! I'm going to try for the whole alphabet, so 26.


message 166: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (pumpkins29) | 143 comments Will update message 76 as soon as I can get goodreads to work on my computer.

2/26


message 167: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie Rose | 258 comments I'd like to do this challenge please.


message 168: by Maxine (new)

Maxine Robinson Update Msg 12
4/26
Thank you


message 169: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (goodreadscomwanda_williams) | 45 comments Count me in for 26. Thanks


Cassie_Reads_Books C: California "Lucy in the Sky"


message 171: by Austen_Wodehouse (new)

Austen_Wodehouse | 65 comments 1/26 -- Message 77 has been updated
C- Cape Cod, MassachusettsLife, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism


message 172: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) Book number 2 done I See You
L- London

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message 174: by Lynette (new)

Lynette Caulkins | 147 comments Second selection finished - Minnesota from Brain Trust


message 175: by Owlonmywrist (new)

Owlonmywrist | 478 comments Update to post 44:

H: Highbury, England – Emma by Jane Austen

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message 176: by Meaghan (new)

Meaghan (immortalraine) | 284 comments Update:

P: Prythian - A Court of Thorns and Roses

1/26


message 177: by cobean. (new)

cobean. (cobean) | 65 comments A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017
Goal: 2/13

- C: California - The Savage Boy | 01.06.2017


message 178: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 5.

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message 180: by Miriam (new)

Miriam | 112 comments Update to message #170: N: Naples, Italy: Meine geniale Freundin


message 181: by Jill (last edited Jan 07, 2017 07:59AM) (new)

Jill Tool Jill wrote: "A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017

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Z: Zollverein, Germany - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr...FINISHED 1/5/17

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr


message 182: by Jill (new)

Jill Tool Updated my post # 129 Zollverein, Germany


message 183: by Exokiwi (new)

Exokiwi | 122 comments I am in for 12 hopefully more
A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017
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message 184: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (Smitten For Fiction) (smittenforfiction) Read "Moms who Drink and Swear" by Nicole Knepper Dewey. Illinois


message 185: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2164 comments Update - 2/26
✅ Watership Down from Watership Down ⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️)


message 186: by Kadijah Michelle (new)

Kadijah Michelle (kadmich) | 2176 comments Amanda wrote: "Read "Moms who Drink and Swear" by Nicole Knepper Dewey. Illinois"

Loved that book! What did you think?


message 187: by Nik (last edited Jan 07, 2017 06:17PM) (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments [2/26] (OM 78)

12. Lakeside, Wisconsin, US, in American Gods. 2017.01.04, ★★★★☆.

Today's addition:
13. Molching, Germany, in The Book Thief. 2017.01.07, ★★★★☆.


message 188: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) Update: 3/26
Letter I - Iceland

The Greenhouse by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (4 stars)


message 189: by Brianna (new)

Brianna (bebecburt) | 375 comments 01.01.17 - 01.07.17

read → 01 | 20

Kentucky → Dare You To by Katie McGarry | ★★★


message 190: by Ze Peng (new)

Ze Peng  (zepengt_) | 76 comments Progress: 4/26

S: Savage (The Creeping)


message 191: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Stealing Candy
P for Philadelphia
Nefarious
B for Baltimore
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message 192: by Christina (last edited Jan 21, 2017 12:09PM) (new)

Christina | 141 comments Count me in for 13 locations.

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message 193: by Miriam (new)

Miriam | 112 comments Updated message 170
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message 194: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey (roseangel1011) | 39 comments I would like to sign up for this challenge for all 26! Thanks! :)


message 195: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Barstad (maidenoflight) | 326 comments update msg 24


message 196: by Adriana (new)

Adriana | 3888 comments W: Winterfalls Dreamer's Pool 6/26 books read


message 197: by Lynette (new)

Lynette Caulkins | 147 comments I got my 3rd finish - Palo Alto in A Human Silicon Chip


message 198: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (pumpkins29) | 143 comments Updated message 76

3/26


message 199: by Meaghan (new)

Meaghan (immortalraine) | 284 comments Update

I: Ireland - A Short History of Ireland
P: Prythian - A Court of Thorns and Roses

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message 200: by Donna Bradley (new)

Donna Bradley | 2 comments I love a challenge so will try for all 26!

2017 A To Z Challenge-Location Edition
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017

Progress: 4/26

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C: Cooma - For Love of Country - Anthony Hill
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