2024 A-Z Locations Challenge

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie!

[Ferenc]

Completed!

A-Z Locations Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Tasks: 26/26

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

List:
A - Arkansas (Fayetteville) - Come and Get It - Kiley Reid - 03/15/24
B - Baton Rouge, Louisiana - A Flicker in the Dark - Stacy Willingham - 02/16/24
C - Chile - Violeta - Isabel Allende - 02/02/24
D - Dumfries, Virginia - The Little Grave - Carolyn Arnold - 01/13/24
E - England - Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute - Talia Hibbert - 02/13/24
F - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Sea Castle - Andrew Mayne - 02/25/24
G - Galactic Empire - Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov - 04/09/24
H - Hogwarts - Harry Potter és a Titkok Kamrája - J.K. Rowling - 01/14/24
I - Ireland - The Missing Sister - Lucinda Riley - 02/10/24
J - Japan (Tokyo) - Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence - Tsugumi Ohba - 02/28/24
K - Kenya - The Sun Sister - Lucinda Riley - 01/06/24
L - Los Angeles, California - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb - 01/17/24
M - Minooka, Illinois - Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Principles for Delicious Living - Nick Offerman - 03/04/24
N - New York City - Undiscovered Country Vol. 2: Unity - Scott Snyder & Charles Soule - 02/20/24
O - Oxford, England - Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang - 02/08/24
P - Paris, France - The Paris Apartment - Lucy Foley - 01/31/24
*Q - Iraq - Primary Target - Jack Mars - 08/07/24
R - Rwanda - Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust - Immaculée Ilibagiza - 08/26/24
S - Seattle, Washington - The Pervert - Michelle Perez - 04/25/24
T - Tokyo, Japan - Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom - Tsugumi Ohba - 01/28/24
U - United States of America - Undiscovered Country Vol. 1: Destiny - Scott Snyder & Charles Soule - 01/12/24
V - Virginia - The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates - 03/21/24
W - Warsaw, Poland - The Keeper of Hidden Books - Madeline Martin - 01/28/24
*X - Texas (Vandergriff) - A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill - 01/23/24
*Y - Infinity 8 (spaceship) - Infinity 8 Vol. 4: Symbolic Guerrilla - Lewis Trondheim - 02/22/24
*Z - Arizona (Phoenix) - Jett - Sawyer Bennett - 04/21/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Ferenc!

[Lali & Michelle]

FINISHED!

A-Z Locations Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

26/26

List:
A = Arborville, New Jersey: Knit One, Die Two by Peggy Ehrhart 6/23/24
B = Blérancourt, France: Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles 6/15/24
C = California: Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 6/18/24
D = Dharma, California: Pages of Sin by Kate Carlisle 8/10/24
E = Ellington, Massachusetts: Let's Fake a Deal by Sherry Harris 6/30/24
F = Fishing village: Much Ado About You by Samantha Young 7/1/24
G = Gloucestershire, England: Death Around the Bend by T.E. Kinsey 7/11/24
H = Hanging Woman Creek, Montana: Hanging Woman Creek by Louis L'Amour 6/13/24
I = Iowa: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron 6/27/24
J = Japan: A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1 by Umi Sakurai 8/24/24
K = Kingdom: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 8/27/24
L = Los Angeles, California: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center 6/19/24
M = Maine and Massachusetts: Iced Under by Barbara Ross 6/29/24
N = New York: One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin 6/25/24
O = Oregon: On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 8/2/24
P = Panga: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers 6/16/24
Q = Quiet Key, Florida: Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon 7/19/24
R = Rhode Island: Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell 6/22/24
S = Sinful, Louisiana: Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon 6/20/24
T = Texas: Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood 7/25/24
U = United Kingdom: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 7/2/24
V = Village: The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander 8/7/24
W = Wales: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 8/11/24
X = Texas: Death, Taxes, and a Sequined Clutch by Diane Kelly 6/24/24
Y = Blossom Valley, West Virginia: Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey 6/17/24
Z = Ozark Mountains: Malice in Maggody by Joan Hess 8/31/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Michelle!

[Caraina]

A-Z Locations Challenge - FINISHED
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Goal: Read 26 books, each one with a location/setting that begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

*The majority of the book should be set in the location/places to count.*

You may use the names of countries, states, counties, cities or towns.
Fictional settings are allowed, like Disc in The Color of Magic. Non-specific places maybe used like a ranch or a bakery.

Completed: 0/26

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

A: Arizona - Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci 1/3/24
B: Blackbird Beach - Gulf Coast Cottage - Maggie Miller 7/19/24
C: California - Kissing Under the Mistletoe - Marina Adair 1/1/24
D: Delos - Slave, Warrior, Queen - Morgan Rice 9/6/24
E: Edisto Island - The Time Between - Karen White 1/5/24
F: France - Light Through the Vines - Fiona Valpy 7/15/24
G: Greece - Olives Forever - Lynn Joseph 8/17/24
H: Henrietta - The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater 1/7/24
I: Indiana - All Good People Here - Ashley Flowers 7/7/24
J: Japan - Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi 7/13/24
K: Kent - The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman 7/8/24
L: London - Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine 1/4/24
M: Minnesota - Undead and Unappreciated - MaryJanice Davidson 8/15/24
N: Natchez - Where Wild Peaches Grow - Cade Bentley 1/8/24
O: Ohio - A Deadly Inside Scoop - Abby Collette 8/7/24
P: Paris - Private Paris - James Patterson 8/12/24
Q: Quebec - The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny 1/10/24
R: Red Deer, TX - Clean Sweep - Ilona Andrews 8/18/24
S: Scotland - A Rip Through Time - Kelley Armstrong 1/8/24
T: Tanzania - Afterlives - Abdulrazak Gurnah 1/2/24
U: Ukraine - The Last Green Valley - Mark T. Sullivan 3/5/24
V: Virginia - Winter Cottage - Mary Ellen Taylor 1/5/24
W: Washington, DC - The Street Lawyer - John Grisham 8/11/24
X: Texas - Long, Hot Texas Summer - Carolyn Brown 6/26/24
Y: New York - The Marriage Bargain - Jennifer Probst 9/18/24
Z: Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga 9/17/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Caraina!

[Olivermagnus]

~~~ Complete ~~~

A-Z Locations Challenge
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

26 of 26 Complete

A - Alaska - Lost Hours - Paige Shelton - 1/10/24
B - Brazil - Journey to the River Sea -'Eva Ibbotson - 3/22/24
C - California - The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren - 1/16/24
D - Delaware- The Saint of Lost Things - /Christopher Castellani - 9/1/24
E - England - An Impossible Impostor - Deanna Raybourn - 1/2/24
F - Florida- Rich Blood - Robert Bailey - 5/18/24
G - Georgia - Triptych - Karin Slaughter - 4/19/24
H - Hawaii - Red Sky Over Hawaii - Sara Ackerman - 9/14/24
I - Iceland - Burial Rites - Hannah Kent - 1/6/24
J - Japan - The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino - 1/3/24
K - Kansas - Dark Places - Gillian Flynn - 7/4/24
L - Louisiana- The Seamstress of New Orleans - Diane C. McPhail - 2/16/24
M - Minnesota - Judgment Prey - John Sandford - 1/21/24
N - Nigeria - Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 1/9/24
O - Ohio - Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng - 7/9/24
P - Pennsylvania - The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - 1/12/24
Q - Quebec - The Nature of the Beast - Louise Penny - 11/3/24
R - Rhode Island - Murder at the Breakers - Alyssa Maxwell - 1/21/24
S - Sweden - Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson - 6/1/24
T - Turkey - Intrigue in Istanbul - Erica Ruth Neubauer - 1/4/24
U - Utah - Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey - 7/4/24
V - Vietnam - The Refugees - Viet Thanh Nguyen - 2/13/24
W - West Virginia - The Jury Master - Robert Dugoni - 9/11/24
* X - meXico - The Ruins - Scott Smith - 8/7/24
Y - Yellowstone- Celine - Peter Heller - 3/31/24
* Z - moZambique - A Treacherous Paradise - Henning Mankell - 8/4/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Lynda!

[Shash]

Finished! :)

2024 A-Z Locations Challenge
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

*For Q, X, Y, and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in its name.

A - Auricon, Charlotte and the Cozy Cottage by Abigail Manning (3/5/24)
B - Bramble Cottage, Reforming Lord Neil by Sally Britton (3/10/24)
C - Cadell, Jacklyn and the Twisted Beanstalk by Callie Thomas (2/20/24)
D - Denver, Niall by Diane Darcy (4/24/24)
E - England, Lady at Arms by Tamara Leigh (1/6/24)
F - France, Kissing for Keeps by Martha Keyes (1/6/24)
G - Georgia, So That Happened by Katie Bailey (5/1/24)
H - Harvest Hollow, A Groom of One's Own by Emma St. Clair (6/17/24)
I - Island, Saving Miss Everly by Sally Britton (3/7/24)
J - Joy Island, Match You Like Crazy by Johnnie Alexander (12/8/24)
K - Korikosta, To Heal a Broken Heart by Aveline Brooke (3/1/24)
L - London, Lily for My Enemy by Laura Rollins (1/8/24)
M - Marin, A Dance of Silver and Shadow by Melanie Cellier (1/2/24)
N - North Carolina, How to Kiss Your Best Friend by Jenny Proctor (2/4/24)
O - Opona, The Sorcerer and the Swan Princess by Lucy Tempest (2/28/24)
P - Palinar, A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (1/3/24)
Q* - Quinn Valley, Addie's Adventurer by Amelia C. Adams (12/9/24)
R - Ranch, Silver Dollar Duke by Sally Britton (12/8/24)
S - Solalune, Willow and the Harvest Moon by Kayla Eshbaugh (2/4/24)
T - Taika, Mask of Deception and Sacrifice by Callie Thomas (4/7/24)
U - USA, How to Kiss Your Grumpy Boss by Jenny Proctor (4/20/24)
V - Valley, Deceived by Cami Checketts (5/16/24)
W - Wisconsin, The Order of Blood and Ruin by K.M. Shea (4/20/24)
X* - teXas, Fairest of Heart by Karen Witemeyer (2/10/24)
Y* - new York, Not Happy Campers by Ash Keller (2/17/24)
Z* - ariZona, Necessary Risk by Christy Barritt (10/31/24)

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Shash!

[Sarah-Jane]

💚 Finished 💛
A-Z Locations Challenge 2024
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2024 - Dec. 31st, 2024
26/26

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the title only needs to have that letter somewhere in it.

A: Australia - Outback, Patricia Wolf, Feb 17
B: Blunder Hall - The Blunders, David Walliams, Jan 20
C: Charon's Crossing - Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune, Jan 14
D: Dingle - The Irish Cottage: Finding Elizabeth, Juliet Gauvin, July 19th
E: Evelyn Bay - The Survivors, Jane Harper, Jan 11
F: Finnegans Gap - Treasure & Dirt, Chris Hammer, Feb 12
G: Georgia - The Good Daughter, Karin Slaughter, Aug 10
H: Hallowell - The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon, Apr 12
I: Iola - Go As A River, Shelley Read, Jan 27
J: Japan - XXX Allergy, Meguru Hinohara, Jan 25
K: Korea - Y/N, Esther Yi, Feb 25
L: London - The Shape Of Snakes, Minette Walters, Feb 9
M: Miami - The Wild Zone, Joy Fielding, Jan 15
N: New York - Win, Harlan Coben, Feb 23
O: Ohio - If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio, May 24th
P: Phoenix - Out at the Plate: The Dot Wilkinson Story, Lynn Ames, Mar 17
Q: Aquarium - Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt, Jan 18
R: Rhode Island - Keeper of Enchanted Rooms, Charlie N. Holmberg, Dec 17
S: Scotland - The Library of the Dead, T.L. Huchu, Jan 30
T: Texas - Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer, Michael Stockham, Feb 18
U: USA - Wolf in White Van, John Darnielle, Feb 2
V: Vermont - Dead Poets Society, N.H. Kleinbaum, Mar 1
W: Washington - Slay, Brittney Morris, May 4th
X: Orient Express - Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie, Jan 17
Y: New York - The Recovery Agent, Janet Evanovich, Jan 13
Z: New Zealand - Paper Cage, Tom Baragwanath, Mar 25

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Sarah-Jane!

[Karen]

Missed this by one for 2024 - missing Q

A-Z Locations Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the location only needs to have that letter somewhere in it's name.

Progress: 25/26

List:
A - Alaska - Dawn's Hidden Threat: A Missing in Alaska, Romantic Suspense Novella by Elizabeth Goddard (4/20/24)
B - Brighton Kingdom - A March Bride by Rachel Hauck (5/6/24)
C - California - The Recipe by Candace Calvert (10/13/24)
D - Delaware - Stay Calm and Collie On by Lane Stone (5/20/24)
E - Everglades National Park - Everglades Entanglement by Cindy M. Amos (4/5/24)
F - Florida - Keeping Christmas by Dan Walsh (12/16/24)
G - Grand Canyon National Park - Grand Encounters by Jen Turano (10/29/24)
H - Hawaii - Love, Suite Love by Colleen Coble (5/13/24)
I - Idaho - Wilderness Sabotage (9/7/24)
J - Joplin, Missouri - Intrigue a la Mode by Regina Jennings (8/30/24)
K - Kansas - Engaging the Competition by Melissa Jagears (12/12/24)
L - Louisiana - Deadly Countdown by Margaret Daley (3/18/24)
M - Mesa Verde National Park - Mesa Verde Meltdown by Cindy M. Amos (2/4/24)
N - North Dakota - Cowboy Walking Away by Jessie Gussman (7/25/24)
O - Oklahoma - For Mercie's Sake by Sharon Srock (10/27/24)
P - Pennsylvania - The Wedding Quilt Bride by Colleen Coble (5/26/24)
Q -
R - Rhode Island - Chasing Amanda by Robin Patchen (9/4/24)
S - Saudi Arabia - Dead Sea Conspiracy by Jerry B. Jenkins (5/13/24)
T - Tennessee - Vanished in the Night by Lynette Eason (9/19/24)
U - Utah - Rescued by Love by Cami Checketts (9/28/24)
V - Vermont - One Royal Christmas by Melissa Tagg (9/13/24)
W - Wrangler's Corner - Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason (1/9/24)
X - New Mexico - A Flood of Love by Tracie Peterson (10/29/24)
Y - Yellowstone National Park - Deadly Yellowstone Secrets by Kari Trumbo (12/20/24)
Z - Zoo - Fiona's Train Ride: Level 1 by Zondervan (12/4/24)

[JoAnne]

So sorry Karen!

[Jessica]

✅Done!!!✅



~Locations~
26/26

Alice Island: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry ★★★★★ 4 March
Brooklyn: Libertie ★★ 25 February
California: The Final Girl Support Group ★★ 26 March
Delaware: We Dream of Space ★★★★ 25 June
England: Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame ★★★★ 6 May
France: Midnight on the Marne ★★★ 31 March
Georgia: One Summer in Savannah ★★★ 19 March
Hickory Valley, Maryland: Squished: A Graphic Novel ★★★★ 22 January
Iowa: Playlist for the Dead ★★★ 27 April
Juniper, Scotland: A Kind of Spark ★★★★★ 21 February
Kentucky: Starling House ★★★ 13 May
Larenville, North Carolina: Not an Easy Win ★★★★ 9 January
Maine: The Only One Left ★★★★ 30 January
North Carolina: Evil Eye ★★★★★ 4 January
Oklahoma: Black Birds in the Sky: The ... 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ★★★★ 3 February
Pennsylvania: Ruptured ★★★★ 15 January
town sQuare: The Pumpkin Spice Café★★ 15 November
Rye: Mascot ★★★ 19 March
Scottsville, Ohio: Dungeons and Drama ★★★★ 8 March
Traverse City, Michigan: Tom Lake ★★★★ 27 January
Ukraine: Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis ★★★★ 19 April
Victoria, Canada: A Deal with the Bossy Devil ★★★★ 12 July
Wildwood, Tennessee: Hummingbird ★★★★ 5 April
OXfordshire, England: Bringing Down the Duke ★★★★ 12 June
Yoknapatawpha County: As I Lay Dying ★ 14 April
AlcatraZ: Al Capone Does My Shirts ★★★ 11 August


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Books read:

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Jessica!