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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Where Are You Reading?






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This one is all about places. There's one about states but this one counts cities, counties, and fictional locations too. Read a book set in a location for each letter of the alphabet. West Virginia only counts for W, Bowling Green only counts for B, but the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey that is on a fictional planet counts as P ;-)

There is one hard rule, one just for general courtesy, and several guidelines. There are no levels, unless you want to do a second set of letters.

Hard Rules
The book in question must have an ISBN or equivalent. If you can buy it or borrow it, it counts -

General Courtesy
When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post. That way we can find it.

Guidelines
  • You can list your books in advance or as you read them. You can also change your list.
  • Any format, any genre or length of book counts but it must be the complete book, individual books in a collection do not count separately
  • Anyone can join, you don’t need to be a blogger, just let me know in the comments.
  • Reviews are not necessary but a list of books you read is. There will be a link up for reviews if you wish to post them. You can make a list of books you want to read and change them if you'd like.
  • Crossovers for other challenges count
  • Books started before January 1st, 2017 don’t count - unless you start over ;-)

My List:
A: (Alabama) March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell (1/26/17)
B: (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo) The Body Missed the Boat by Jack Iams (3/6/17)
C: (Cannes) Murder at the Masque by Amy Myers (1/16/17)
D: (Delphi; Greece) Decision at Delphi by Helen MacInnes (5/28/17)
E: (England) Death at Swaythling Court by J. J. Connington (1/4/17)
F: (France) The Black Count by Tom Reiss (1/21/17)
G: (Granada) Spice Island Mystery by Betty Cavanna (2/10/17)
H: (Harlem) Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes (5/10/17)
I: (Iowa) The Thursday Turkey Murders by Craig Rice (2/13/17)
J: (Jerusalem) Zadok's Treasure by Margot Arnold (2/22/17)
K: (Kenya) Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley (3/13/17)
L: (London) The Snake on 99 by Stewart Farrar (1/11/17)
M: (Maine) Murder at Teatime by Stefanie Matteson (5/9/17)
N: (New York City) The 24th Horse by Hugh Pentecost (1/13/17)
O: (Ohio) Publish and Perish by Sally Wright (6/23/17)
P: (Pittsburgh) Episode of the Wandering Knife by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2/17/17)
Q: (Quebec) Petty Theft by Pascal Girard (5/16/17)
R: (Rhode Island) The Ghost & the Dead Deb by Alice Kimberly (6/16/17)
S: (Sleepyside-on-Hudson) Trixie Belden & the Gatehouse Mystery by Julie Campbell (3/16/17)
T: (Tennessee) If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb (5/29/17)
U: (United States) Deadly Nightshade by Elizabeth Daly (5/19/17)
V: (Venus) Battle on Venus by William F. Temple (1/7/17)
W: (Wales) Death Finds a Foothold by Glyn Carr (6/14/17)
X: (Xi'an China) The Little Red Guard by Wenguang Huang (6/7/17)
Y: (Yugoslavia--the country as it was when book published; Slovenia was just part of it) The Golden Bird: Folk Tales from Slovenia by Vladimir Kavčič (5/16/17)
Z: (Zimbabwe) Alfred & Emily by Doris Lessing (6/14/17)

4 comments:

  1. I should never have looked at this. LOL!!!

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  2. Thanks Bev!

    Welcome to the challenge! I went looking for this challenge when I realized several of my books counted ;-) so of course, everything you've read so far this year counts.

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