A-Z Challenge: Locations - 2023

[Mary Ellen]

I'm in for 20!

Progress: 1/20

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K - (Kabul) The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller, John DeSimone
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T - (Tokyo) Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (16 January)
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[Anu]

Hi,

I'd like to sign up for this challenge.
Status: 5/26

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B: Bath, England (Northanger Abbey)
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L: London (The Family Upstairs)
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N: New York (84, Charing Cross Road)
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S: Singapore (Ponti)
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V: Vietnam (The Quiet American)
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[Jana]

I'M IN FOR 26!

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M - Manchester, England (Blink by KL Slater)
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[Rachael]

Update to message #65 2/26 read 🔤

[Patricia]

Hi, may I join this challenge for just 12 letters (books)?

[Manda]

I'd like to sign up for 26.
Don't know if I'll make it, but it sounds like a fun challenge.
Thanks for hosting!

Alabama - To Kill a Mockingbird
Björnstad - Beartown
Canada - The Maid
Deane - The White Girl
England - The Picture House by the Sea
Foxwell - Promise Me
Greece - The Song of Achilles
Harvard - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Iceland - Girls Who Lie
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Lagos - My Sister, the Serial Killer
Memphis - The Client
Netherlands - Schemerleven
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Poland - Een zomer in Venetië
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Tehran - Rooftops of Tehran
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Winchester - The No-Show
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[Amy]

Updated message 82-- 2/26

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Gwen wrote: "Does anyone have any tips on finding locations ahead of reading to create your reading list? Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there's a master-list of locations in books"

Gwen, you can go to Browse/All Genres and type in the name of a country. That will pull up books that readers have shelved with that country name. It's not perfect, but it helps. It will also show relevant Listopias.

You can see the results I got by searching for Zambia here:
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/zambia

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Another possibility draws from "place" data that has been added for some books. I saved the link once when I clicked on a book's setting.
https://www.goodreads.com/places

Unfortunately this also has limitations. There are 100 pages of place data that you can click around in, but it only goes up through the letter M. I haven't figured out how to browse the N-Z places. Not a user-friendly search.

If anyone discovers how to browse the last half of the place data, please send me a message. 😊

[Karen]

Gwen wrote: "Does anyone have any tips on finding locations ahead of reading to create your reading list? Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there's a master-list of locations in books"

If you're a mystery reader, "Stop You're Killing Me" has a list of books by location at http://stopyourekillingme.com/Locatio...

[Deidre]

I will sign up for 20.

[=MYSTIQUE=]

Updated message #50

🥀A - Australia
- Finders Keepers 1/2/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀E - Emralis
- Undersea 1/3/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Progress: 3/26

[Monica]

Updated message 90 1/26

[Craig]

Update to Message 64:

Progress 1/26

W - Washington, DC - Six Frigates (Read) 1/4/23

[Shelley]

Status Update for Message #34: 1/13

[Maria]

Please update msg 4

4/26

[Christina]

Count me in for 10.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Karen wrote: "If you're a mystery reader, "Stop You're Killing Me" has a list of books by location at http://stopyourekillingme.com/Locatio..."

That's a great resource. It'll help with A-Z, To Boldly Go, and the bonus rank in Magical Mystery Tour, too. Thanks, Karen!

[Kristin]

Update message 43: 2/20

[Gwen]

Progress: 11/26

Gwen's 2023 Challenges

[Bion]

Update to message 31:

L - Lon Haven, Scottish Islands - The Lighthouse Witches

[Amy]

Updated message 82-- 3/26

[Kylie]

Msg 48 updated: 1/18

[Maria]

Updated msg 4

5/26

A:Allagash Lake, Maine- Hard Fire (Jon Reznick #10) 1-6
C:CAPE COD - The Wicked Truth:Madigan Wicked (The Wickeds:Dark Knights at Bayside #4) 1-5
E:(EDENTON,NORTH CAROLINA) - The Rescue 1-3
F:(FRANCE)-The Season of Dreams (Escape to France #2) 1-2
T:(TICKLED PINK, WISCONSIN)-Rich in Your Love (Tickled Pink #2) 1-1

[Roop]

Update to message #91: 2/23

Roop wrote: "I am in for 23 books”

B - Blue Belle, Texas (Beauty and the Baller)
N - New York City, New York (Recursion)

[Sarah]

Message 37 Updated
Progress: 1/26

[Mickaël]

Hello,
I’d like to participate, with 15 :)

[Laureen]

Update Message #26:

S: San Marco Island/Southern California: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

3/22

[Ana]

Update to message #22 - 1/26

[TCampbell]

Update to Message #42
4/15 Read

A: Azure Nebula Mere Mortals READ ★★★
H: Hungary Night READ ★★★★
K: Korea Crying in H Mart READ ★★★★★
U: UK How to Stop Time READ ★★★★★

[Robynne]

Msg 5 Update - now 2/26

[Amanda]

A - Z Challenge: Locations
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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China The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian 14/1/23 3 stars
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Hill House The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 2/1/23 5 stars
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Leicester, England The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend 19/1/23 4 stars
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White London A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab 8/1/23 4 stars
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4/20

[Greg]

Update to message 41:

B - Boston from Chance

2/26

[[deleted user]]

Update to message 59 1/25 books read
Now Entering Addamisville by Francesca Zappia

[Henriette]

I'd like to try for all 26!

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[Ilona]

Updated!
Welcome everyone :)

[Chalmation]

Updated message #6

1/20

[Zita]

Update msg. 40 - now 1/26

[Jana]

MESSAGE 107 UPDATE

I'M IN FOR 26!

A ALASKA- THE CALL OF THE WILD - JACK LONDON
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M - Manchester, England (Blink by KL Slater)
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P - POLAND - THE SNOW HARE - PAULA LICHTAROWCZ
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3/26 BOOKS

[Craig]

Update to Message 64

2/26

D - Dubai (Leadership and the One Minute Manager)

A bit of a stretch but one of the examples included a leader from Dubai :)

[Chrissie]

Update to message #27 - 2/26

[Erika]

Count me in for 26

2/26

P- Paris Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
V- Vancouver A Photo Finish

[Sarah]

Message 37 Updated
Progress: 2/26

[Laureen]

Update to Message #26:

H: Hollywood: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4/22

[Ashleigh]

Update to #28

1/26

V - Vermont, USA - Truly Devious

[Maria]

Updated msg 4

8/26
A: (ALASKA)-Under the Northern Lights 1-10
C:(CAPE COD) - The Wicked Truth:Madigan Wicked (The Wickeds:Dark Knights at Bayside #4) 1-5
E:(EDENTON,NORTH CAROLINA) - The Rescue 1-3
F:(FRANCE)-The Season of Dreams (Escape to France #2) 1-2
G:(GEORGIA)-The Pretender (21 Rumors #2) 1-8
M:(Allagash Lake, MAINE)- Hard Fire (Jon Reznick #10) 1-6
S: (SALEM, MASS) - Beautiful Graves 1-9
T:(TICKLED PINK, WISCONSIN)-Rich in Your Love (Tickled Pink #2) 1-1

[Cynthia]

I'm in for 26! I'll have to go back and see where my first two 2023 books took place.

Progress: 15/26

A - Antarctica Cold People
B - Beacon, Melbourne, Australia The Stranger Upstairs
C - California Privacy
D - Denmark Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden A Baking Book
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F - Finland The Last Grudge
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M - Meadowbrook, MA The Block Party
N - New York The Bridesmaids Union
O - Oregon Scenes of the Crime
P - Palm Beach Gardens, FL Cul-de-sac
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T - Texas It's Not a Cult
U - United Kingdom Amazing Grace Adams
V - Virginia: The New Neighbor
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[Tammy]

update to message #79

Progress: 1/15

I: Ivy House in Magical Midlife Challenge

[Ashleigh]

Update to #28

2/26

W - West Virginia, USA - United as One

[Marta]

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