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A-Z Challenge: Locations - 2023

J-Jamaica - Frying Plantains. https://www.goodreads.com/work/661799...
K-Kauai, HI, vacations can be murder. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
L- Libya , Flight of the Phoenix. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
M- Mumbai , India -Murder at the Grand Raj Palace. https://www.goodreads.com/work/572054...
N-North Carolina-Blanche on the Lam. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
O-Oxford- Babel. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
P-Pickaxe- the Cat Who series, book 27-the cat who went bananas. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
Update Message 59
4/26
A: Addamsville, Indiana Now Entering Addamsville
H: Harth, Kingdom of In Deeper Water
K: Kisapmata The Sacrifice
M: Manhattan, New York Lock Every Door
4/26
A: Addamsville, Indiana Now Entering Addamsville
H: Harth, Kingdom of In Deeper Water
K: Kisapmata The Sacrifice
M: Manhattan, New York Lock Every Door

5/26
⚡️A
⚡️B
⚡️C
⚡️Denmark- Hamlet
⚡️E
⚡️F
⚡️G
⚡️H
⚡️I
⚡️J
⚡️K
⚡️L
⚡️M
⚡️New York City- Charming as a Verb
⚡️O
⚡️P
⚡️Q
⚡️R
⚡️Seattle- The Ex Talk
⚡️Tokyo- Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café
⚡️U
⚡️V
⚡️Wall Street- Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
⚡️X
⚡️Y
⚡️Z

B - Basgiath War College Fourth Wing
C - California Lessons in Chemistry
D - Detroit Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story
E - England The Secret Keeper
F -
G - Ganymede Caliban's War
H - Harlem The Invisible Man
I - Italy Murder at Midnight
J -
K - Kaigen The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story
L - Lake Eden Chocolate Cream Pie Murder
M - Malaysia The Night Tiger
N - New York City Tight
O - Ohio True Biz
P - Prythean - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Q - Quebec - The Cruelest Month
R - Russia - The Diamond Eye
S - San Francisco Spoiler Alert
T - Tennessee - Suttree
U - United Kingdom The Beekeeper's Apprentice
V - Vienna, Austria The Thing I'm Most Afraid Of
W - Washington - Moon Called
X -
Y - Yemen - The Monk of Mokha
Z -

B - Briarwood - Forging Silver into Stars
F - France - One by One
G - Glasgow - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
L - London - The Ink Black Heart
N - Nigeria - The Death of Vivek Oji

A - Ascalun (A Day of Fallen Night)
C - Camp Jupiter (The Son of Neptune)
D - Discworld (The Light Fantastic)
L - London (The Left-Handed Booksellers of London)
Y - Yorua (Raybearer)

2/13
C: Chester, (Washington or Oregon - Pacific Northwest, drivable to Tacoma/Seattle, a state wasn't mentioned, though for some reason, I kept thinking Oregon) - What Lies in the Woods

Books read - 18/26
√ - Finished
√ A: APPALACHIA: Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
√ B: BALTIMORE (Maryland): Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
√ C: CLEVELAND: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
√ D: DUBLIN: In the Woods by Tana French
E: EVLONTUS: Cassius and Ellendarra by D.C. Armstrong
√ F: FLORIDA: High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life by Tiffany Jenkins
√ G: GALAPAGOS: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
√ H: HARLEM (New York): Push by Sapphire
√ I: ILLINOIS: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
J: JERICHO: Daughter of Deliverance by Gilbert Morris
K: KOREA (South): If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
√ L: LONDON: A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
√ M: MINNESOTA: The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
√ N: NEW YORK: The Fifth Avenue Artists Society by Joy Callaway
√ O: OKLAHOMA: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
√ P: PACIFIC NORTHWEST: Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles
Q:
R: REPUBLIC OF GILEAD: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
√ S: SAN FRANSICO (California): On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
√ T: TRENTON (New Jersey): One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
√ U: UNITED KINGDOM: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
√ V: VIENNA: All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman
√ W: WASHINGTON, DC: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
X:
Y: YUMA (Arizona): A Place to Stand by author:Jimmy Santiago Baca|26162]
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PROGRESS: 4/26
1. B: BALTIMORE (MARYLAND)

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
2. S: SAN FRANSICO (CALIFORNIA)

On the Rooftop by
3. H: HARLEM (NEW YORK)

Push by Sapphire
4. G: GALAPAGOS

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

3/26 only using Graphic Novels
G: Gideon Falls: Gideon Falls, Vol.1: The Black Barn by Jeff Lemire
P: Plains of the Horned Beast: Twig, Volume 1 by Skottie Young (also Bog of Nekromancer, Dark Pines)
T: "The Trench": Snow Angels by Jeff Lemire

11/26
V - Virginia. The Only Plane in the Sky. ByGarrett Graff
B - Blackpool, England. The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

E - Earth (Arch-Conspirator)
N - New Destiny (Frontier)
U - United Kingdom (The Sinister Booksellers of Bath)

Challenge complete! Thank you for leading, Ilona!
🔠 A-Z: LOCATIONS - Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023
Progress: 26/26 -- COMPLETE
Congrats! :)

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E: Elmsbrook, New York This is Where I Leave You