2010 A-Z Location Challenge

[Lu]

Use the location/place a book plays out in, between January 01, 2010 - December 31, 2010. The location/place must correspond to a certain letter.

You can use books you read for other challenges. So total books to be read is 26.

X is excluded

[Lu]

A
B - Bosnia - [Refuge:]e by Adnan Mahmutovic
C - Caldwell - Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
D - District 12 - The Hunger Games
E - Eyri - Riddler's Gift, The: First Tale of the Lifesong by Greg Hamerton
F - Fell's Church - The Awakening by L.J. Smith, The Struggle by L.J. Smith, The Fury by L.J. Smith
G - Geneva - Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
H - Hogwarts - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I - Italy/India/Indonesia - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
J
K
L - London - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
M - Morganville - Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
N - New Orleans - Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
O
P - Pennsylvania - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Q
R - Roke - A Wizard of Earthsea
S - San Francisco - 1st to Die by James Patterson and 2nd Chance by James Patterson
T - Troy - Doomed Love by Virgil
U - United States - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
V
W
X --------
Y - Yorkshire Wuthering Heights
Z

[Lauren]

I wasn't going to do this one, but LibraryThing has a usefull little tool that lists all the places your books take you to :)

A - Ankh-Morpork, Discworld - Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
B - Battle School - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
C - Clichy - Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller
D - Dublin, Ireland - The Visitor by Maeve Brennan
E - England - Dogsbody by Dianna Wynne Jones
F - Fife - The Wasp Factory by Iain M. Banks
G - Gont - A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursual K. Le Guin
H - Himalayas - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
I - Ithaca, Greece - The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
J - Johannesburg - Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
K - Krikket - Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
L - Las Vegas - Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
M - Madrid, Spain - The Club Dumas
N - New York - Ghosts by Paul Auster
O - Oxford - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
P - Prague - Despair by Vladimir Nabokov
Q -
R - Red - Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
S - Shropshire, Engliand - The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan Coe
T - Troy - Doomed Love by Virgil
U - Ul Quoma - The City and the City by China Mieville
V - Virginia - Spares by Michael Marshall Smith
W - Westphalia - Candide by Voltaire
Y -
Z - Zedelghem - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

[[deleted user]]

A: Ammityville (Ammityville Horror)
B:
C: California (The Angel Experiment)
D: District 12 (The Hunger Games)
E: East Hampton (The Beach House)
F: Florida (Breathing underwater)
G: Glasgow (Watermelon)
H: Hogwarts (Harry Potter #1)
I: Ithaca (The Penelopiad)
J: Japan (Memoirs of a Geisha)
K: Konigsberg (Critique of Criminal Reason)
L: London (Clockwork Angel)
M: Maycomb Alabama (To Kill a Mockingbird)
N: New York (Percy Jackson)
O:
P: Paarl South Africa (Die Uurwerk Kantel)
Q:
R: Rome (The Borgia Bride)
S: Siberia (Vampire Academy #4)
T: Tallahasee (The Stranger Beside me)
U: United Kingdom (The White Queen)
V: Vermont (The Island of Lost Girls)
W: West Egg Long Island (The Great Gatsby)
Y: Yorkshire (Wuthering Heights)
Z: Zimbabwe (Nervous Conditions)

[Lauren]

This one's so hard; I'm terrible at remembering places unless they're a key part of the plot.

[[deleted user]]

I know! I had to go back to all the books I've read and go see if GoodReads shows where they were located at. And also because I read series some of my books end up to be all in the same place!

[Lauren]

I used LibraryThing - it gives you a list of places you've been to in your books.

[[deleted user]]

Where is that? Where can I find it? I think I need it :)

[Lauren]

www.librarything.com

It's a lot like Goodreads - you catalogue your books, chat to members, etc. Unfortunately, you can only catalogue 200 books, then you have to pay, so I just use it for some of the books I've already read (no wishlists, no owned but unread books). The message boards are pretty good.

You'll have to catalogue your books to get a list of places. You can also get other info, like characters, awards, how many male vs. female authors you read, how many controversial books, etc.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Lauren :)

[[deleted user]]

Updated mine again...

[Lauren]

I'd really like to finish this but I don't think I'm going to make it.

[Lauren]

Damn, I'm reading a book with a 'Y' place in it, but I won't be able to read one for Q before the 31st, so I'll be just one short :(

[[deleted user]]

Dont worry Lauren, I'm still 3 short...
Cant remember if I read a book with Queens in it... still need B, O and Q