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message 201: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments updated msg 29


message 202: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) Update: 4/26
Letter Y - Yixian (city in China)

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (4 stars)


message 203: by Owlonmywrist (new)

Owlonmywrist | 478 comments Update to post 44:

Oak Knoll, California – Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag

3/26


message 204: by Gretchen (new)

Gretchen (eab2012) | 596 comments Edit Msg 89
Read 2/10


message 205: by Nik (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments [3/26] (OM 78)

12. Lakeside, Wisconsin, US, in American Gods (2017.01.04, ★★★★☆).
13. Molching, Germany, in The Book Thief (2017.01.07, ★★★★☆).

Today's addition:
03. Chicago, US, in Divergent (2017.01.09, ★★★★☆).


message 206: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Updated message 40

3/26


message 207: by Dorian (new)

Dorian | 19 comments Kadijah Michelle wrote: "
How to Participate

1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can..."


I would like to go in for all 26. Sounds like fun.


message 208: by Dorian (last edited Jan 09, 2017 01:46PM) (new)

Dorian | 19 comments A to Z Challenge - Location Edition Book List:
Duration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
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message 209: by Dorian (new)

Dorian | 19 comments Kadijah Michelle wrote: "
How to Participate

1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can..."


I have completed a book for the A to Z challenge.


message 210: by Sharon (new)

Sharon (sharint) | 749 comments I just saw this challenge, count me in for 26! Hopefully, I will have lots of different locations :)


message 211: by Amanda (new)

Amanda R (fairyteapot) | 1559 comments Updated #73

C: Cairnholm Island, Wales
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars

P: Pokrovskoye, Russia
Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars

2/20


message 212: by Owlonmywrist (new)

Owlonmywrist | 478 comments Update to post 40:

C: Cave – The Timekeeper by Mitch Albom

4/26


message 213: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments I've completed 2/26:

S: Summer Island from The Encyclopedia of Early Earth

T: Tokushima, Japan from Pull Me Under: A Novel


message 214: by Pamela (last edited Aug 26, 2017 07:21PM) (new)

Pamela | 91 comments Sounds like fun to me. I'm in for all 26!
A - Australia - The Husband's Secret
B - Bon Temps, Louisiana-Dead Until Dark
C - Cairnholm Island, Wales-Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar
Children
D - Diagon Alley - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Dallas - Living Dead in Dallas
E - Elmwood Springs, MO -Welcome to the World Baby Girl
F - Folly Island - Folly
G - Godric's Hollow - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
H - Hogwarts - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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J - Jackson, Mississippi - Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
K- Kingston-upon-Thames - Little Bee
L - Lake Eden, Minnesota-Fudge Cupcake Murder
M - Melbourne, Australia-The Rosie Project
N - New York City-Auntie Mame-An Irreverent Escapade
O - Oxford, England-Alice I Have Been
P - Perriwee (Australia) Big Little Lies
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R - Roxborough - Rumor Has It
S - Sweden-A Man Called Ove
T - Tiburon, South Carolina - The Secret Life of Bees
U - Upland - Goodbye, Vitamin
V - Vermont - We Have Always Lived In The Castle
W - Wonderland-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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message 215: by Pamela (last edited Jan 16, 2017 07:09PM) (new)

Pamela | 91 comments Update to Message 222

1 of 26 completed

E- Elmwood Springs, MO Welcome to the World Baby Girl
by Fannie Flagg


message 216: by Carri (new)

Carri | 316 comments Progress 01/26

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message 217: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) Third one done, A - Australia Big Little Lies - an excellent book

3/26


message 218: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (Smitten For Fiction) (smittenforfiction) Read "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Edited Message 56.


message 219: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (melaniebopp) A few read! 4/26 so far

Cadeleonia from Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale
New York, New York from Where We Left Off by Roan Parrish
Philadelphia, PA from Out of Nowhere by Roan Parrish
Widdershins, NY from Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk


message 220: by Santa (last edited Oct 14, 2017 11:52AM) (new)

Santa Excited to participate. I`m going for all 26.
Progress: 20/26

A: Africa - Zīds /Alessandro Baricco
B: Berlin-Puisēns svītrainā pidžamā /John Boyne
C: Cuba-The Cat King of Havana /Tom Crosshill
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E: England-In Defence of English Cooking /George Orwell
F: Fort Pitt Tunnel-The Perks of Being a Wallflower /Stephen Chbosky
G: Germany-Norwegian Wood /Haruki Murakami
H: Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom-To the Lighthouse /Virginia Woolf
I: Island Books bookstore - Grāmatnieks, kurš atrada dzīvi /Gabrielle Zevin
J: Japan-1Q84 BOOK 1 /1Q84 BOOK 2 / 1Q84 BOOK 3 by Haruki Murakami (it seems silly to place them under separate letters)
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L: London-Misters Gvins /Alessandro Baricco
M: Massachusetts, USA-Maggie Cassidy /Jack Kerouac
N: New York - Pilsētas šamaņi /Svens Kuzmins
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P: Pennsylvania-Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog /John Grogan
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R: Rīga-Pārbaudes laiks /Gundars Ignats
S: Saint-Tropez-Bonjour tristesse /Françoise Sagan
T: Tokija , Japāna - Aitas medīšanas piedzīvojumi /
Haruki Murakami
U: Ulbroka, Latvia - Parādu piedzinēji /Aldis Bukšs
V: Vienna, Austria - Mocarta kungs pamostas /Eva Baronsky
W: Wall Street-Lopu ekspresis /Tom Crosshill
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Y: Yorkshire, United Kingdom-The Cuckoo's Calling, Vol. 1 /Robert Galbraith
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message 221: by Carri (new)

Carri | 316 comments Progress 02/26 done

A. Afghanistan - Blue by Danielle Steel 01/10/17

E: Egypt - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 01/09/17


message 222: by Pamela (last edited Jan 16, 2017 07:09PM) (new)

Pamela | 91 comments Update to Message 222

Just Completed
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
Cairnholm Island, Wales

2/26


message 223: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 5.

2/26


message 224: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Pretty Kings 4: Race's Rage
M for Maryland
3/26


message 225: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 500 comments 1/26
N: North Korea The Orphan Master's Son

I'm freaking out not having any idea for X!


message 226: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 500 comments Oh make that 2/26

O: Obernewtyn The Red Queen


message 227: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 500 comments Btw, if you go to https://www.goodreads.com/places you can see a list of settings that have been marked by goodreads. It doesn't label that many books but it might be helpful. It was not helpful for X!


message 228: by bookswithchaipai (last edited Feb 08, 2017 03:21AM) (new)

bookswithchaipai | 120 comments Editted Message 122:

A-Z Challenge - Location Edition

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M - Mars - Red Rising
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message 229: by Nik (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments Meg wrote: "Btw, if you go to https://www.goodreads.com/places you can see a list of settings that have been marked by goodreads."

Oh, wow. Thanks, Meg!


message 230: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2164 comments Update msg. 53: 3/26
✅ B for Bath from Persuasion ⭐️⭐️⭐️


message 231: by Mindy (new)

Mindy Jones (mindyrecycles) Here are the X places from the list:

Xanos
Xanth
Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
Xian
Xiccarph
Xinjiang
Xxania Hethhh

I'm planning to read In Xanadu: A Quest


message 232: by XandreRL (new)

XandreRL | 11 comments A: Agloe, NY, USA: Ciudades de Papel - John Green
B: Barcelona, El laberinto de los espíritus (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #4)
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H: Hollywood, California, USA: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
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M: Madrid, Spain: El laberinto de los espíritus (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #4) ; El alquimista impaciente
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O: Orlando, Miami, USA: Ciudades de Papel - John Green
P: Paris, France: El laberinto de los espíritus (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #4)
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R: Ribeira Sacra, Galicia: Izan o da saca by Xabier Quiroga
S: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia: Izan o da saca by Xabier Quiroga
T: Tennesse, USA: Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
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message 233: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 526 comments Updated message 71
4/13

✔L: Lakeside, Wisconsin in American Gods
✔M: Mars in Red Rising


message 234: by Chelsea (last edited Jan 11, 2017 03:58PM) (new)

Chelsea Chiosa | 73 comments I'm going for all 26 books!

Currently Reading: The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1) by Evelyn Skye

I have read 0 out of 26 books.

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E. EDINBURGH 44 Scotland Street
F. FRANCE Dragonfly in Amber
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message 235: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Death of a Witch
S-Scotland
4/26


message 236: by Tiffany (new)

Tiffany (justthatbookishgirl) Update message 87
Progress 4/26


message 237: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #15.

C Chicago from American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆

1/24


message 238: by Miriam (new)

Miriam | 112 comments Updated message 170:

3/13


message 239: by Lindsay (new)

Lindsay | 1337 comments Update msg 28

4/26


message 240: by Greg (last edited Jan 12, 2017 04:37PM) (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Edge of Eternity. Although this book is set all over the world, a large portion of it is Washington DC. So, there is my W.

3/26


message 241: by Pamela (new)

Pamela | 91 comments Update to Message 223

Just Completed "A Man Called Ove" (Sweden)

3/26


message 242: by Dorian (new)

Dorian | 19 comments Kadijah Michelle wrote: "
How to Participate

1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can..."


I completed another book for the A - Z challenge


message 243: by Dorian (last edited Feb 06, 2017 07:13AM) (new)

Dorian | 19 comments Dorian wrote: "A to Z Challenge - Location Edition Book List:
Duration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
A: Asheville, NC - Good Behavior - Blake Crouch
B: Baltimore - Still Life - Dani Pettrey
C: California - No Limits: A Dark Romance- Lauren Landish
D: Dubai Hotel - All That He Wants, Volume 1 - Olivia Thorne
E: Elpitha Island - Rescued by Love- Melissa Foster
F: Fairbanks, Alaska - Snowbound - Blake Crouch
G: Georgia - Rock Me Hard - Olivia Thorne
H: Hollywood - All That He Loves - Olivia Thorne
I: Italy - THE BILLIONAIRE'S WEDDING - Olivia Thorne
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K: Kentucky - Exposed in Darkness - Heather Sunseri
L: Las Vegas - Rock All Night - Olivia Thorne
M: Marlboro - Hidden - James Patterson
N: New York - Hard as Rock - Olivia Thorne
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P: Palisades Park - Love Shots #2: Trust - Roxy Callahan
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S: Southland - The Final Trade - Joe Hart
T: Torreon, Mexico - Taming Cross - Ella James
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message 244: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (Smitten For Fiction) (smittenforfiction) Just finished "Truly Madly Guilty" by Liane Moriarty, edited Message 56


message 245: by Megan BG (last edited Mar 06, 2017 12:24PM) (new)

Megan BG (meganbgreads) | 1562 comments Trying for all 26!

5/26

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C: California (Santa Cruz) - Wit's End - 3/4
D: Devil's Point, WI - Somebody tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead - 2/24
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message 246: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey (roseangel1011) | 39 comments S-Scotland:Half-bad by Sally Green
1/26 completed!


message 247: by Carri (new)

Carri | 316 comments 3/26 Completed
A: Afghanistan - Blue by Danielle Steel 01/10/17
E: Egypt - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 01/09/17
I: Illea - The Selection by Kiera Cass 01/13/17


message 248: by Marissa (last edited Jan 13, 2017 07:05PM) (new)

Marissa | 390 comments Update to Message #13
Progress: 2/26

Y: Yugoslavia - Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (01/13/17)


message 249: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (pumpkins29) | 143 comments Updated message 76

4/26


message 250: by Joe (last edited Jan 28, 2017 01:29PM) (new)

Joe | 110 comments A to Z Challenge - Locations
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