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How do we submit the book titles and locations?
Just add a comment, listing the location for each book. It will be added to the map during the next update.
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Can we add 'x' location to our list? (i.e. break up Canada into provinces)
We are somewhat limited by the map software. The site has numerous other maps available but our use of these maps will be determined by the number of book read for these locations. Last year, there were few readers who provided specific Canadian provinces, for instance.
There are also some locations missing from the world map, even though they are a country/province (i.e. French Polynesia). These are still marked off on our list but are unfortunately not represented on the graphic.
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Can we add fantasy or space locations?
I am open to members' ideas for this. They would not be represented by the mapchart graphic, for obvious reasons. But we can list them in some other way if people are interested.
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Are there any special "accomplishments"?
If you finish the first book for a location (since the start of the group reading map) then you earn a badge. Click over to the badge section to claim yours!
Locations that Need Checked Off
Andorra
Aruba
Bahamas
Bahrain
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Brunei
Burundi
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Chad
Comoros
Curaçao
Djibouti
El Salvador
Eritrea
Fiji
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Honduras
Kosovo
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Mayotte
Micronesia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Nauru
Niger
North Macedonia
Puerto Rico
Reunion
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Seychelles
South Sudan
St. Helena
Suriname
Swaziland
São Tomé and Príncipe
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
Western Sahara
Not positive I am posting this correctly, but I finished a book that takes place in Tennessee, USA.
I just finished Pines, by blake crouch set in Idaho.
I have read Three Junes by Julie Glass, It is set in Scotland and NYC and also Greece. If you have to choose one location - I will say Scotland is where the majority of the book takes place.
Finished The Starless Sea. Set in New York and a fictional world. But a large part of the story takes place in New York.
Michigan - No Farm, No FoulEngland - Great Expectations
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas - `England - UKThe Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock - England, UK
Brown Girl Dreaming - South Carolina and New York, USA
US - Colorado - Across the Universe (this is set almost entirely on a spaceship apart from the first chapter which doesn't say where they are on earth, but the main character comes from Colorado most recently so I'm going with that)
Slash and Burn, by Colin Cotterill — Laos
Nigeria. my sister the serial killer.Arkansas. true grit.
Scotland : Winter SolsticeFrance : Sous le Street Art, le Louvre. Quand l'art classique inspire l'art urbain
Belgium : Khalil
Morocco : Confidences à Allah
Canada - As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Paris, France - Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War IGalicia, Spain - All This I Will Give to You
Ghana: Solo (the first portion takes place in California, but over half takes place in Ghana)California: Starters
Iceland (reykyavik) - Moonstone/ Sjon.
USA - San Francisco (#murdertrending)
Adding my reads for weeks 1-5 of the 2020 challengeColombia: Delirium
France: After the Crash
Three books set in different countries of the UK
England: The Red House Mystery
Scotland: Bloody January
Wales: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Greece - The Silence of the GirlsUS, Idaho - Educated
UK, England - The Confession, The Autograph Man
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We're off to a great start! We don't have any brand new locations yet.
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Around the Year 2020 Group Map
Interactive Version: https://infogram.com/world-map-1h7k23...
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Object:
Read at least one book set in every country around the world, as a group. We will also be breaking down the United States into each of the 50 states.
It became pretty evident in 2019 that some of the areas of the world are a bit (or a lot) more neglected in our reading habits. In order to really highlight those destinations that tend to be ignored, all new locations will be specially marked in this list by being italicized. If a location is checked off but not italicized, that just means it was read in both 2019 and 2020.
If you're the (awesome) member who reads a book from one of those neglected locations then you will earn a special badge (see more info about Badges here.
Rules:
Only submit the books you've finished reading.
Sure, a lot of us have our reading plans solidified for the whole year but plans have a way of changing even when we don't expect them to. It is for this reason we ask that you only submit books that you're done reading. This way, if that book you thought you'd love ends up in your did-not-finish pile or you take an unexpected hiatus from the group, we won't have to go back and try and figure out what was or wasn't read and we can end the year with a pretty accurate record.
Around the Year Challenge books only, please.
We're going to limit this to books for the main challenge to keep things simpler.
Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter.
As long as the book is set in or references events that occurred in a real location we can include it.
Multiple locations:
We know that there are many books set in multiple locations. If that is the case, pick one as the main setting. If you feel like there is no distinct main setting for the book (like road trip books, time travel books, part fantasy world/part real world, etc.) then feel free to post your situation here and we can troubleshoot as a group. I noticed a lot of books in 2019 with multiple locations. If people want to start adding these to the map then we could potentially mark secondary locations in some special way (i.e. a unique color)
What do the different colors mean?
If you see that someone else has already mapped a country, submit your book anyway. The map color will change as we read more and more books set in a country.
Special requests? (i.e. more specific locations) Post them in the comments!