7 Wonders

[Celia]

I'll do location for all of them, just to see what I can do and hopefully broaden my horizons.

7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)
✔Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq)
Kiss the Dust (3/30)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

New 7 Wonders of the World
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Chichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico)
Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
✔Great Wall of China (China)
American Shaolin (2/2)
Machu Picchu (Cuzco Region, Peru)
Petra (Ma'an Governorate, Jordan)
Giza Pyramid Complex (Giza, Egypt)

7 Wonders of the Medieval World
Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England)
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (Alexandria, Egypt)
Great Wall of China (China)
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (Nanjing, China)
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

7+ Wonders of the Natural World
The Grand Canyon (Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona.)
Great Barrier Reef (Off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mt Everest (Mahalangur section of the Himalayas - border between China and Nepal)
Aurora Borealis (Arctic and Antarctic)
✔Parícutin (Mexico) Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico (5/21)
Mt Kiliminjaro (Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania, Africa)
Victoria Falls (Southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.)
Norwegian Fjords (Border with Russia to the border with Sweden. )
Galápagos Islands (West of continental Ecuador.)

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Welcome Celia!

[Katherine]

7 Wonders
1/1/2019 - 7/31/2019

7 Wonders of the Natural World
The Grand Canyon: 12/14 letters
(view spoiler)[✔T- Trust Me: 1/31/19
✔H- Hart, Carolyn - Death On Demand: 6/16/19
✔E- Ellie Alexander - The Pint of No Return: 1/9/19

✔G- Go to My Grave: 1/11/19
✔R- Ryan, Sofie - The Whole Cat and Caboodle: 1/22/19
✔A- Adams, Ellery - The Secret, Book, & Scone Society: 4/29/19
✔N- Night of the Living Deed: 1/26/19
✔D- A Dark and Twisting Path: 1/12/19

✔C- The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle: 1/26/19
✔A- Amy Patricia Meade - Cookin' the Books: 6/11/19
✔N- Neal Shusterman - Dry: 7/21/19
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✔O- Open Carry: 5/19/19
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Great Barrier Reef: 10/16 letters
(view spoiler)[✔G- The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: 1/26/19
✔R- Ross, Barbara - Steamed Open: 2/21/19
✔E - Edwin Hill - Little Comfort: 1/19/19
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✔T- T.M. Logan - Lies: 2/9/19

✔B- Brackkston, Paula: The Little Shop of Found Things: 1/13/19
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✔R- Rosemary Harris- Pushing Up Daisies: 7/27/19
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✔E- Ezra Jack Keats - The Snowy Day: 1/25/19
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✔E- Elizabeth J. Duncan - Untimely Death: 2/12/19
✔E- E.J. Copperman - An Uninvited Ghost: 3/29/19
✔F- Forever and a Day: 1/6/19
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Mt Everest: 3/9 letters
(view spoiler)[✔M- Murder in Her Stocking: 2/4/19
✔T- Telling Tails: 6/7/19

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✔S- Sadie: 1/6/19
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Aurora Borealis: 4/14 letters
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✔O- Owens, Delia - Where the Crawdads Sing: 7/8/19
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✔B- Buy a Whisker: 2/18/19
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✔L- The Lost Traveller: 3/10/19
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✔S- Slayed on the Slopes: 2/12/19
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Norwegian Fjords 5/15 letters
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✔W-A Whisker of Trouble: 4/7/19
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✔G- Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service: 5/10/19
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✔J-Jacqueline Davies - The Lemonade Crime: 2/10/19
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✔D- Death of a Country Fried Redneck: 2/25/19
✔S- A Spell of Murder: 2/24/19
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Mt Kiliminjaro: 5/13 letters
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✔M- McKevett, G A - Bitter Sweets: 5/8/19
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✔K- Kate E. Dyer-Seeley - Silenced in the Surf: 5/4/19
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✔L- Lee Goldberg - Killer Thriller: 5/13/17
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✔M- Muse of Nightmares: 5/23/19
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✔J- Just Desserts: 4/12/19
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Victoria Falls: 4/13 letters
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✔C- Claire Gibson - Beyond the Point: 5/25/19
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✔F- The First Lady: 6/9/19
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✔L- Liar Liar: 5/17/19
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✔S- S.C. Perkins - Murder Once Removed: 6/1/19
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Welcome Jamie!

[Nicole]

1/7 Read, 2/7 Currently Reading

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✔E - The Epic Crush of Genie Lo

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A - Adaptation
P - Primavera con una esquina rota
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[Ebb]

Fun challenge! I think I'll try to read a nonfic book about each Wonder.

Challenge dates: August 14, 2019 - March 14, 2020

Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq, Nineveh)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

Potential reading list:
Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists

[Lau]

Finally finished here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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congratulations Lau Maia!

[Suzanne]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
7 Wonders
Duration: 10/1/2020 - 4/30/2021

Progress: 0 out of 18+

7 (of course) months from date of start.

Read 7 (or more) books related to the Seven Wonders of the World. Choose either the Location or Spell-It-Out option. Re-reads are acceptable. So are audiobooks. Update your original comment, or post a new one with each update. Just let us apprised of how you are doing!

There are numerous other “Seven Wonders” categories as well, such as 7 Wonders of the Medieval World, 7 Wonders of the Industrial World, 7 Natural Wonders of the World, 7 Wonders of the Underwater World, etc., that can be found at: Wonders of the World

If you find one you would prefer over the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World that is listed, please post it in this thread for others to enjoy.

7 Wonders of the Ancient World
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq, Nineveh)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

Spell-It-Out Challenge Option: Using book or series titles, authors’ first or last names, spell out the Wonder or the main focus of the Wonder. You can ignore the article (a, an, the, etc.) or use it.

[aikaterine]

I'm totally in! I think I'll start first with the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, and then once completed, I will challenge myself with the rest of the list!

Duration: May 8th, 2021 - December 8th, 2021

7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) - The Empire of Gold
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq, Nineveh)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

Books read:

[Tamie-lee]

7 Wonders
Duration: 23 May - 22 December, 2021
Location Challenge 0/28

7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq, Nineveh)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey)
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece)
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Turkey)
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)

New 7 Wonders of the World
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Chichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico)
Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Great Wall of China (China)
Machu Picchu (Cuzco Region, Peru)
Petra (Ma'an Governorate, Jordan)
Giza Pyramid Complex (Giza, Egypt)

7 Wonders of the Medieval World
Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England)
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (Alexandria, Egypt)
Great Wall of China (China)
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (Nanjing, China)
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

7 Wonders of the Natural World
The Grand Canyon (Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona.)
Great Barrier Reef (Off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mt Everest (Mahalangur section of the Himalayas - border between China and Nepal)
Aurora Borealis (Arctic and Antarctic)
Parícutin (state of Michoacán, in Mexico)
Mt Kiliminjaro (Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania, Africa)
Victoria Falls (Southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.)
Norwegian Fjords (Border with Russia to the border with Sweden. )
Galápagos Islands (West of continental Ecuador.)

[Helen]

YEARLY

10 Wonders of the Natural World

November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021
0 out of 10

The Grand Canyon (Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona.)
Great Barrier Reef (Off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mt Everest (Mahalangur section of the Himalayas - border between China and Nepal)
Aurora Borealis (Arctic and Antarctic)
Parícutin (state of Michoacán, in Mexico)
Mt Kiliminjaro (Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania, Africa)
Victoria Falls (Southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.)
Norwegian Fjords (Border with Russia to the border with Sweden.
Galápagos Islands (West of continental Ecuador.)

Location Challenge Option: Read a book set in the country or exact location where each of the Wonders is located.