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2019 LOCATIONS, A TO ZDate: 09/01/19 - 08/31/20
Our next A to Z challenge will focus on locations.
To complete the challenge, read a book that is set in a location that begins with a letter of the alphabet, working your way from A through Z.
For those difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z - the letter need only appear in the location name somewhere. It does not need to be the first letter.
Locations can be real or fictional.
The challenge begins September 1, 2019 and ends August 31, 2020.
*****COMPLETED 5/8/20*****2019 LOCATIONS, A TO Z
Date: 09/01/19 - 08/31/20
For those difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z - the letter need only appear in the location name somewhere. It does not need to be the first letter.
Locations can be real or fictional.
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A-Australia- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19
B-Babylon- Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
C-Cameroon-A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
D-Dagestan- Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy 12/8/19
E-England- Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
F-France- Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
G-Germany- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
H-Havana, Cuba- Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene-4/21/20
I-Italy- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
J- Japan- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
K-Kiev, Ukraine- The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 5/8/20
L- London- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19 - 289p.
M-Malaysia- Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
N- New York City- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
O-Oakland, CA- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
P-Persia-[The Blind Owl|45967] by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
Q- French EQuatorial Africa (now Chad)- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
R- Russia- The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
S-Santa Monica, CA-They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
T-Tilling, England- The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
U- UK- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
V-Virginia- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
W-Washington State- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
X-Mexico- Queer by William S. Burroughs1/5/20
Y- New York CitY-They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
Z-New Zealand-The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
All Challenges All The Time2019 Locations, A to Z
Date: 09/01/19 - 08/31/20
Progress: 26 out of 26
Our next A to Z challenge will focus on locations.
To complete the challenge, read a book that is set in a location that begins with a letter of the alphabet, working your way from A through Z.
For those difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z - the letter need only appear in the location name somewhere. It does not need to be the first letter.
Locations can be real or fictional.
The challenge begins September 1, 2019 and ends August 31, 2020.
A: Ardmore, Oklahoma: My First Five Husbands... And the Ones Who Got Away by Rue McClanahan - *** - 10/27/2019 - 352 Pages
B: Broken Wheel, Iowa: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald - ***** - 2/7/2020 - 394 Pages
C: Canada: The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee - *** - 10/15/2019 - 368 Pages
D: Sally, Dixie, USA: A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 2/13/2020 - 304 Pages
E: England: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas - ***** - 10/25/2019 - 323 Pages
F: France: Again, but Better by Christine Riccio - ***** - 5/11/2020 - 373 Pages
G: Greenwich Village, New York City, New York: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle - ***** - 12/24/2019 - 275 Pages
H: Heaven’s Beach, North Carolina: Joyland by Stephen King - ***** - 9/23/2019 - 283 Pages
I: Chicago, Illinois: Beautiful Bitch by Christina Lauren - **** - 10/9/2019 - 160 Pages
J: Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand - **** - 10/2/2019 - 435 Pages
K: Kentucky: Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/15/2019 - 324 Pages
L: London, England: Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay - ***** - 9/6/2019 - 281 Pages
M: Kansas City, Missouri: Unchained by Shayne Silvers - ***** - 1/3/2020 - 282 Pages
N: New York City, NY: Lothaire by Kresley Cole - ***** - 9/17/2019 - 468 Pages
O: Orlando, Florida: The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - ***** - 9/19/2019 - 390 Pages
P: Pepperville Beach, California: For One More Day by Mitch Albom - ***** - 1/4/2020 - 197 Pages
Q: Queens, NY: Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult by Jayanti Tamm - ***** - 10/16/2020 -
R: Russia: The Professional by Kresley Cole - **** - 1/6/2020 - 400 Pages
S: San Francisco Bay Area, California: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh - **** - 10/21/2019 - 432 Pages
T: Thesolo: A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole - ***** - 9/23/2019 - 360 Pages
U: United States of America: First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 4/19/2020 - 384 Pages
V: Virgin River, CA: Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr - ***** - 8/28/2020 - 416 Pages
W: Seattle, Washington: We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach - *** - 9/11/2019 - 370 Pages
X: Red Deer, Texas: One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 9/25/2019 - 340 Pages
Y: New York City: Falling Stars by V.C. Andrews - **** - 9/29/2019 - 416 Pages
Z: ollverein (Germany): All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - **** - 2/24/2020 - 531 Pages
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FINISHED 12.7.19For those difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z - the letter need only appear in the location name somewhere. It does not need to be the first letter.
Locations can be real or fictional.
The challenge begins September 1, 2019 and ends August 31, 2020.
A - Argentina - In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin 11.3.19
B - Bucharest - For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastien 9.9.19
C - Casterbridge, England - Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 10. 8..19
D - Denmark The Midnight Witness by Sara Blaedel 11.4.19
E - England False Scent by Ngaio Marsh 9.6.19
F - Field End, England - The Fingerprint by Patricia Wentworth 10.2.19
G - Gothenburg, Sweden -Frozen Tracks by Ake Edwardson 9.19.19
H - Haifa, Israel Gaza Blues: Different Stories by Etgar Keret and Samir El-Youssef 11.13.19
I - Isola - Fuzz by Ed McBain 10.6.19
J - Jerusalem - Suddenly, Love by Aharon Appelfeld 9.22.19
K - Kaliningrad (Russian Federation) Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith 12.7.19
L - Lafferton, England The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill 9.10.19
M - Moscow - Homo Sovieticus by Aleksandr Zinoviev 9.29.19
N - Norway - Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller 9.13.19
O - Odessa, Ukraine - The Darkening Field by William Ryan 10.23.19
P - Paris - The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 10.10.19
Q - Quebec - A Better Man by Louise Penny 9.6.19
R - Russia Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev 9.4.19
S - Stockholm - The Messiah of Stockholm by Cynthia Ozick 9.18.19
T - Three Pines, Quebec - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny 10.30.19
U - United States - When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins 10.17.19
V - Venice - The Ghost of Hannah Mendes by Naomi Ragen 11.10.19
W - Wyoming - Force Of Nature by C. J. Box 9.28.19
X - OXford, England The Black Ascot by Charles Todd 10.28.19
Y - PervYse, Belgium Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front by Diane Atkinson 9.15.19
Z - Zurich Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community by Daniel Raviv 11.7.19
*****COMPLETED 5/8/20*****2019 LOCATIONS, A TO Z
Date: 09/01/19 - 08/31/20
For those difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z - the letter need only appear in the location name somewhere. It does not need to be the first letter.
Locations can be real or fictional.
26/26
A-Australia- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19
B-Babylon- Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
C-Cameroon-A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
D-Dagestan- Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy 12/8/19
E-England- Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
F-France- Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
G-Germany- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
H-Havana, Cuba- Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene-4/21/20
I-Italy- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
J- Japan- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
K-Kiev, Ukraine- The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 5/8/20
L- London- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19 - 289p.
M-Malaysia- Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
N- New York City- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
O-Oakland, CA- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
P-Persia-[The Blind Owl|45967] by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
Q- French EQuatorial Africa (now Chad)- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
R- Russia- The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
S-Santa Monica, CA-They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
T-Tilling, England- The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
U- UK- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
V-Virginia- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
W-Washington State- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
X-Mexico- Queer by William S. Burroughs1/5/20
Y- New York CitY-They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
Z-New Zealand-The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
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Date: 09/01/19 - 08/31/20
Our next A to Z challenge will focus on locations.
To complete the challenge, read a book that is set in a location that begins with a letter of the alphabet, working your way from A through Z.
For those difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z - the letter need only appear in the location name somewhere. It does not need to be the first letter.
Locations can be real or fictional.
The challenge begins September 1, 2019 and ends August 31, 2020.
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