2022 A-Z Location Challenge

[Carolien]

The goal of this challenge is to use the the first letter of a location of a book you have read about between January 01, 2022 - December 31, 2022 and list it below. The first letter in the name of a location must correspond to a certain letter in the alphabet. Locations may be countries, states or provinces, city or town names or specific places like the name of a manor house or theatre, etc.

You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.

Total books to be read is 25. You may not use the same book twice.

One letter can be excluded at your discretion. It can be any one of them.

Please remember that only books with 120 pages or more counts.

You can keep track of your challenge in this thread.

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[Lu]

My Spot

[Wayne]

Wayne J's 2022 Location Challenge (25/25)

A : Algeria - Children of the New World -
B : Bulawayo (city in south-western Zimbabwe. The novel in Southern Rhodesia, which became Zimbabwe at independence.) : Butterfly Burning
C : Cameroon - Travels in West Africa
D : Durban - The Whistleblowers
E : Equador - The Villagers
F : Frascheta - Baudolino
G : Gypsy's Acre - Endless Night
H : Hogwarts - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I : Italy - Death at La Fenice: A Novel of Suspense
J : Japan - Shogun: A Novel of Japan
K : Kliprug - Susters van Eva
L : Lagos - No Longer at Ease -
M : Maputo - Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
N : New York - Yes Please -
O : Owl's House - Winnie-the-Pooh
P : Paris - The Razor's Edge
Q : Quebec - The Kill Artist
R : Rome - Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love
S : Sancerre - The Late Monsieur Gallet
T : Tarragona - Homage To Catalonia -
U : Ulanbaatar - Capital Of Mongolia. Apparently the original name, with Ulan Bator an anglicised form) The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia
V : Vienna - Setting Free the Bears-
W : Washington D.C. - The Lost Symbol
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Y : Yorkshire - Wuthering Heights
Z : Zurich - The Bourne Identity

[Marlese]

My spot: 24/25

A: Alaska - Dance with the devil
B: Branson - Bloody Bones
C: Colorado - Claimed
D: Desengano (Baja California,Mexico) - Untamed Shore
E: Edinburgh - Espresso Tales
F: Fortuna Tau - Out of darkness
G: Genesis Valley - You can run
H: Houston (Texas,USA) - Emerald Blaze
I: Ireland - The Winter Laird
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K: Kythia - Dark planet warriors
L: Lower Earth orbit - Forged in shadow
M: Mayo (Ireland) - The dark witch
N: Nova Terra - Dark planet falling
O: Oceanic Republic - Into the light
P: Pine Creek - Loving the Highlander
Q: Questura Venice - Death in a Strange country
R: Richmond, Virginia - Black notice
S: Somerset - Our game
T: Tamanrasset - Electric Heart
U: USA - Guilty Pleasures
V: Venice - Death at La Fenice
W: Wyoming - Heart of a cat
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Y: Yorkshire - Death’s disciple
Z: Zimbabwe - The Summoner

[Monique]

Completed: 3/25
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N: New York - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ] by V.E. Schwab
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P: Panem - The Hunger Games
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S: South Africa - Ikarus by Deon Meyer
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[Carolien]

25/25

A - Andamans - Death in the Andamans
B - Berkshire - Unholy Writ
C - Cullingoak - The Religious Body
D - Denmark - The Dangerous Age
E - Epping - Dictator's Way
F - Fordingham - Murder at Monk's Barn
G - Gabarone - A Death in the Family
H - Hatton Gardens - Inspector French's Greatest Case
I - India - Black Narcissus
J - Jaipur - The Henna Artist
K - Kent - The Thursday Murder Club
L - London - A Study in Scarlet
M - Maputo - The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
N - Norley - Angel
O - Oman - Celestial Bodies
P - Palestine - Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
Q - Qafar - The Ardent Swarm
R - Ravenskirk - Dear Hugo
S - Shrewsbury - Dead Man's Ransom
T - Terezin - The Lost Wife
U - Uilkraal - Susters van Eva
V - Vienna - Murder in Vienna
W - Wimblingham - Tragedy at Law
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Y - Yorkshire - Arabella
Z - Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions

[Diane]

Diane's Spot:

22/25

A – Arizona - Missing & Endangered [Joanna Brady #19] by J.A. Jance
B - Boston - The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
C – California - Kindred by Octavia Butler [also Maryland]
D - Drogheda, Australian sheep station - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
E – Eyam Village, England - Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks
F – Florida: - Black Coral: Underwater Investigation Unit #2 by Andrew Mayne
G - Greece - I am Costa by Costa Carastavrakis
H - Hampshire, England - North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
I – Indianapolis – The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
J - Jamaica - Grave Descend by John Lange
K - Katmandu - Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
L - Los Angeles, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
M – Mexico – The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
N - Niger - Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
O – Ohio – Everthing I never told you by Celeste Ng
P - Pakistan - State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
Q - Qatar - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
R – Rome – Catch-22 by Jospeh Heller
S – Seoul – Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
T – Texas - The Last Thing He Told me by Laura Dave
U - United Kingdom - The Party by Lisa Hall
V - Verd [Slovenia] - The Long Ships Rode Orm #1-2 by Frans G. Bengtsson Michael Meyer Translator
W - Washington - -Frederick Douglas: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
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[Wayne]

Finished with the Location Challenge for 2022. Will be on the lookout for a locality starting with X.

[Carolien]

Well done, Wayne!

[Wayne]

Carolien wrote: "Well done, Wayne!"

Thanks Carolien. Did a bit of admin.

[Marlese]

Wayne wrote: "Finished with the Location Challenge for 2022. Will be on the lookout for a locality starting with X."

Congrats Wayne

[Carolien]

Another last minute completion.