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Use the location/place a book plays out in, between January 01, 2012 - December 31, 2012. 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

A - Albania - Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
B - Birch Grove - Dark Companion
C - California - Shadowland
D - Dublin - Artemis Fowl
E - Enchantment - Fated
F - Forks - Twilight
G - Gentry - The Replacement
H - Hell - Tomorrow, When the War Began
I - Illinois - The Ghost and the Goth
J - Junktown - Farro
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L - Lake Superior - Lies Beneath
M - Manderley - New Girl
N - New Salem - The Initiation
O - Ohio (Blue Springs) - One Moment
P - Perth - Azuri Fae
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R - Rome - Angels and Demons
S - Scree - The Peculiars
T - Texas - Tantalize
U - United States - Deadly Little Secret
V - Verona - Romeo and Juliet
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Y -
Z -

18/25

A - Atlantis The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
B - The Bay of Foxes The Bay of Foxes by Sheila Kohler (also Paris, Rome)
C - Couraz Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
D - Dadfar God's War by Kameron Hurley
E - The Ezekial The Antithesis: Book Three Alpha by Terra Whiteman
F - France Perfume by Patrick Suskind
G - Grant's World Prador Moon by Neal Asher
H - Hollywood The Fourth Wall by Walter Jon Williams
I - Italy The Pillars of Hercules by David Constantine
J - Johannesburg The Beggars' Signwriters by Louis Greenberg
K - Korea Enormity by W.G. Marshall
L - London Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
M - Midgard Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
N - New York Falling Man by Don DeLillo
O - Ostar Blonde Bombshell by Tom Holt
P - Pentexore The Habitation of the Blessed by Catherynne M. Valente
Q - Queens The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
R - Ridgeview Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
S - Scarnsea Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
T - Texas Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale
U - USA The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett
V - Valley of Ten Crescents Thieves at Heart by Tristan J. Tarwater
W - Watersmeet The Spellcoats by Diana Wynne Jones
X (optional) -
Y - Ypres Strindberg's Star by Jan Wallentin
Z - Zimbabwe The White Shadow by Andrea Eames

Progress: 25/25

A - Attica - Dead Beautiful
B - Boston - Darkness Falls
C - Chicago - Perfect Chemistry
D - denver - The Lightning Thief
E - East Meadow - Partials
F - Florida - Wither
G - Guerande - Grave Mercy
H - Haga - Hanna's Daughter
I - Ireland - Shine
J - Jackson Hole - Unearthly
K - Khalidor - Beyond the Shadows
L - Long Island - Demon Kissed
M - Michigan - Angefire
N - New York - Haven
O -
P - Petersburg - Anna Karenina
Q -
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S - Sounis - The Thief
T - Tanlili - Huntress
U - Uru'baen - Inheritance
V -
W - West Lowing - Immortal Beloved
X -
Y -
Z -

Total 18

Hey? So if I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I use the B?

Gotta be sure about this. In my family, it's the girls wot got the brains. Us males just got birdseed between our ears. And if we lie down, it dribbles out.

If it is in Brooklyn then yea :)

Okay, here we go. But listen, I'm putting in an X, okay. I mean, what if I read X Marks The Spot by Nancy Drew? Then X gotta be a location, tee-hee.

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C - Chicago (where the novel starts)... Die Trying, by Lee Child.
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G - Georgia ... Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell.
H - Hudson River ... Fly By Wire by William Langewiesche.
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L - Las Vegas ... V is for Venfeance, by Sue Grafton.
M - Monterey ... Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck. (Believe it or not, this Challenge is not on my screen. I have to use Lu's link. Many thanks, Lu.)
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Q - This gonna be a tough one. Maybe there's a book called Cucumbers.
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W - Watership Down (a hill in Hampshire)... by Richard Adams.
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My new year's resolution is to take part in ALL the challenges. Could be a tricky one...

1/26

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T - Tokyo: 1Q84, #2
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This can be helpful... ;)

Pierre: "Q - This gonna be a tough one. Maybe there's a book called Cucumbers"

Why not read a Kathy Reichs book? Some of them are set in Quebec, I think. And they're Quite good. Quality stuff. Quick reads.

:P

Katherine wrote: "Pierre: "Q - This gonna be a tough one. Maybe there's a book called Cucumbers"

Why not read a Kathy Reichs book? Some of them are set in Quebec, I think. And they're Quite good. Quality stuff. Qui..."

Nah. That's too easy. Much more fun making it as difficult as possible, tee-hee. Like not walking on the lines in case the bears get you.

A - Afghanistan (The Kite Runner)
B
C - Canada (Alias Grace)
D
E
F - Florence (Misguided Angel)
G
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I - Ireland (Frankenstein - A part takes place there)
J
K - Kansas (The Wizard of Oz)
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M - Massachusetts (Crave)
N - New York (Gossip Girl)
O
P - Palm Springs (Bloodlines)
Q
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S - Switzerland (Eleven Minutes)
T
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V
W - The Wall (A Dance with Dragons)
Y
Z

A - Al Khali - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
B - Bradgate - The Sisters who would be Queen by Leanda de Lisle
C - Cyprus - Aphrodite the Diva by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
D - Death's Domain - Mort by Terry Pratchett
E - Ephebe - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
F - Flennpass - Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones
G - Gardale - The Crown of Dalemark
H - Hever Castle - Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy
I - Iron Islands - A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
J - John Smiths's Valley - The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough
K - King's Landing - A storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
L - London - The Third Circle By Amanda Quick
M - Mount Olympus - Athena The Wise By Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
N - New Flate - Drowned Ammet by Diana Wynne Jones
O - Oriana - Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz
P - Pandemonium - Eric by Terry Pratchett
Q - Qarth - A clash of kings by George R.R. Martin
R - Rome -Een Nieuwer Testament By Hella S. Haasse
S - Stone Canyon - White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz
T - Twickenham - Bloody Ham by Brian Kavanaugh
U - Urû'baen - Inheritance by christopher Paolini
V - Virginia - De vlucht van de wilde zwaan by Celsete de Blasis
W - Watersmeet - The Spellcoats by Dianne Wynne Jones
X - Xhaldia - Planet X by Michael Jan Friedman
Y - Yorkshire - Surrender by Amanda Quick
Z - Zoellen - Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey (Kargad, Innisclan)

COMPLETED

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Might as well ...

A - Ankh-Morpork - Mort
B - Bradfield - The Torment Of Others
C - Concord - The Night Circus
D - Dublin - Playing with Fire
E - Edwinstowe - Scarlet
F - Forest Province - Taming the Forest King
G - Gaul - Dreaming the Eagle
H - Hogsmead - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I - Italy - Bloodrose
J - Jellicoe - On the Jellicoe Road
K - Kular A - Steal Across the Sky
L - Las Vegas - Hollowland
M - Mona - Dreaming the Bull
N - New York - Prospero in Hell
O - Oregon, USA (no town/city given) - Prospero Lost
P - Prospero's Island - Prospero Regained
Q - Quebec - Cross Bones
R - Roarhaven - Mortal Coil
S - Sweden - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
T -Tucker Point - My Life As a White Trash Zombie
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V - Vienna - The Piano Teacher
W - Winter - Draw the Dark
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Z - Zanzibar - Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon

(23/26)

a Question - Would this have to a real location or could it be fantasy, mythical or virtual ?

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F - Florida USA : Wolf Hunt
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As long as the location plays a major part it can be anything. It can be Avalon or Walhalla or Middle Earth or etc.

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This one is going to kick my butt, I just know it.

18/26

A - Appalachia - Reckoning
B -
C - California - Out of the Pocket
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E - Everlost - Everwild
F - Florida - Moonshine
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H - Hoboken - Peeps
I - Iowa - Rotters
J - Jesmen's Bend - Darkness Falling
K - Kansas - Deadline
L - Los Angeles - Sandman Slim
M - Marbury - The Marbury Lens
N - New York - When You Reach Me
O - Oklahoma - Intertwined
P - Prentisstown - The Knife of Never Letting Go
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R - Rat Portage - The Curse of the Wendigo
S - San Francisco - Lola and the Boy Next Door
T - Trinity - The Warrior Heir
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W - Washington - Envy
X - Xanth - A Spell for Chameleon
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12/26




A- Alagaesia ( Brisingr Christopher Paolini)
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C- Carvahall ( Eldest - Christopher Paolini)
D- Derry ( Insomnia - Stephen King)
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F- France ( The Burning Shore - Wilbur Smith)
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J- Jefferson Tract (Dreamcatcher - Stephen King)
K- The Kalahari (Power of the Sword - Wilbur Smith)
L- Las Vegas ( Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson)
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S- St Louis ( Dragon's Oath - Kristen Cast)
T- Tronjheim ( Eragon - Christopher Paolini)
U- UruBean (Renamed to Ilirea) ( Inheritance - Christopher Paolini)
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W- Western Pennsylvania ( From a Buick 8 - Stephen King )
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Z- Zimbabwe ( The Leopard Hunts in Darkness - Wilbur Smith)

Lu wrote: "Use the location/place a book plays out in, between January 01, 2012 - December 31, 2012. The location/place must correspond to a certain letter.

You can use books you read for other challenges...."

Can you only use 1 place per book?
Or can I use several countries/places eg: Canada, New York, Portugal etc

Lu wrote: "...So total books to be read is 26.

X is excluded "
One location per book as I understand from the first post.

Henri is right, and this is the rule for all challenges. You can only use a book once in a challenge. You can't use it to complete multiple tasks/letters.

Lauren wrote: "Henri is right, and this is the rule for all challenges. You can only use a book once in a challenge. You can't use it to complete multiple tasks/letters."

Awesome I'm in...if I had actually given it some thought - it was have been obvious :)

15/26


America (don't think it specifies where) - Room
Bald Slope - The Sugar Queen
California - Steve Jobs
District 12 - The Hunger Games
Eathesbury - Entwined
F
Georgia, USA - The Firefly Dance
H
India - The Marriage Plot
J
K
Lisbon, Portugal - Every Secret Thing
M
Nashville, TN - Wanderlove
Orlon, Florida - The Ice Queen
Pennsylvania, USA - The Lovely Bones
Q
R
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The Community - The Giver
U
V
Walls of Water - The Peach Keeper
X
Yorkshire, - A Weekend with Mr Darcy
Zululand - Running Rural

I have a question, say i read a series of 3 books, all 3 plays off in johannesburg, south africa. Would it be valid to use book one
(s) outh africa
Book 2, (a) africa
Book 3, (j) ohannesburg
And even book 4 (g) auteng (as technically all 4 is true to the location it plays off in)

My gut says no and I have never done it like that. I have always understood the callenge as that the location has to be named in the book and has to play an important part in the story and if it is for example a country then the person has had to be travelling in that country and visit multiple places.
If we would allow it then technically you could take this really far and even to extremes. Because then you can also use the e for Earth, the s for The Solar System, the m for The Milky Way and the U for the Universe for any book that takes place anywhere here on Earth. I know it sounds crazy but to use your own argument technically all 4 is true to the location it plays off in.

I think South Africa and Johannesburg is fine. But Africa and Gauteng might be taking it too far.

I often have to use United States or something when I don't know in which city it is set. But I think the continent and province is a no no.

Ok, am currently reading From a Buick 8 and it plays off in a small town in western pennsylvania. Im sure the name of the town might be mentioned somewhere. It is speccified as western penn, but now, should i use w or p, or either one?

I think because it is specified as WP go with W. It's easier to get a P later anyway :)

Ok, didn't know the country was allowed. Not that I need it or can use it now but it is a good thing to keep in mind.

Well i have probably the next 30 or so books i qwant to read lined up and decided on the order (or80% of the order) and i am not holding much hope of finishing many challenges this year. My only aim is to set a goal to beat next year. So easier or harder, dont matter much. Will go with w though, as it feels right.

I just have to ask all these questions as I do get over enthusiastic at timez and dont want to cheat.

Henri wrote: "Well i have probably the next 30 or so books i qwant to read lined up and decided on the order (or80% of the order) and i am not holding much hope of finishing many challenges this year. My only ai..."

No problem :)

Barbara wrote: "Ok, didn't know the country was allowed. Not that I need it or can use it now but it is a good thing to keep in mind."

Sometimes books only say in which Country they play off (which is really irritating) so you have no choice :)

Barbara wrote: "Ok, didn't know the country was allowed. Not that I need it or can use it now but it is a good thing to keep in mind."

When reading adventure especially it is hard in a lot of cases to tie it down to a singlee city ortown.

The way i see it, or understand the challange, is that the place used for this challenge should have some major part in the story. I guess thats as close to fair you canget in cases where a book plays off in more than 1 location more orless equally.

Henri wrote: "The way i see it, or understand the challange, is that the place used for this challenge should have some major part in the story. I guess thats as close to fair you canget in cases where a book pl..."

That is how I played the game. Most of the books I read don't play out in one place so I took a place that was important to the story.

Sometimes they don't say anything about the location. Some books only mention streetnames and not the city or country and most times you will know the country but it is never mentioned and then I have no clue what to do and won't use the book in the challenge. I read enough books to use anyway so I don't mind.

I used the country a couple of times. Like for The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's nest, the characters moved around so much, and half the time I had no clue if the names mentioned was a city, a place in the city, some kind of street or a town. All the "xxx-gatan" places confuzzled my brain.

And I used Italy for one because in the book it seemed like the author had no clue that Italy is a whole country and not a city, lol.

I try to always be as specific as possible though. If I find other locations to use for the countries I already have I'll change it.

I also go for locations that are mentioned most often, or use the whole country if the story moves around a lot.

Not sure why you can use the country but not the province though? The province (as well as a county or state) is more specific than the whole country.

Well my reasoning behind it is that authors will say a story is set in south africa or johannesburg and so on. But nobody says it is set in gauteng or limpopo.

Unless it is used the whole time I think it is pushing it and then we can do the whole thing, milky way etc. like Barbara said.

Unless you think i'm wrong?

Lu wrote: "Well my reasoning behind it is that authors will say a story is set in south africa or johannesburg and so on. But nobody says it is set in gauteng or limpopo."

That's true, but does it apply to all places then? If a story is set in New York City only, for example, then is it ok to use the USA or America for your location? Because according to that rule it's ok to use the whole country.

Hhaha yea it is a bit catch 22 isn't it. I find that the books I read never tell me where in US they are. So I use US then. If they tell me in New York I use New York.

I think maybe everyone should just use their own judgement and use what works for them (within reason).
Because one book is going to differ from the next :)

What you think?

Yes, it can be tough to decide. Perhaps we could just set out some guidelines? Such as
- use locations that have a significant role in the story (ie. no places that a character visits for one scene)
- be as specific as possible. Eg. don't use the whole country/state/province when the story is set in one city or town
- if the story moves to many locations in one area (such as a country, state or province) however, then you can use the whole area instead of just a town/city

In my opinion though, an exception should be made in fantasy or sci fi. I think it's ok to use an entire planet in sci fi, if you're reading space opera and the characters travel to several different planets. In fantasy, I think it's ok to mention a whole world - eg. Middle Earth - instead of just a part of it, eg. Hobbiton.

I also think it's ok to use an institution - such as a school - if most of the narrative takes place on the grounds.

Yea I fully agree. To be honest location/setting is so subjective, to some of us one location will stick in our head and another one to another person.

Aslong as we all just do our best and don't go too wild it will be fine :)

Unless it's very important to the story, I tend to forget locations. If I'm reading on my Kindle I often highlight the names of major locations, especially if they start with one of the harder letters.

Lauren wrote: "Yes, it can be tough to decide. Perhaps we could just set out some guidelines? Such as
- use locations that have a significant role in the story (ie. no places that a character visits for one scen..."

Agreed then. I usually go for locations with signifigance. For example, in Eldest, I used Carvahall as my location. Its not the most mentioned, but in my opinion, it is very important as a lot happened there which led to things later in the book. I think different people will have different opinions, so this one is not as straight forward.
Like Lu said... catch22.

25/25

A - Adenwold Death on a Branch Line
B - Bournemouth Whatever Happened To Margo?
C - Cape Town Like Clockwork
D - Discworld The Color of Magic
E - Egypt The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile
F - Fethering Death on the Downs
G - Guernsey The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
H - Hulme Welford A Breath of Fresh Air
I - India The Great Hedge of India: The Search for the Living Barrier that Divided a People
J - Johannesburg Fighting for Justice
K - Koom Valley Thud!
L - Lafferton The Various Haunts of Men
M - Montreal Déjà Dead
N - New York Final Jeopardy
O - Omnia Small Gods
P - Paris The Chatelet Apprentice
Q - Quee, BC I Heard the Owl Call My Name
R - Rome A Season For The Dead
S - Satellite City The Supernaturalist
T - Trenton, NJ Smokin' Seventeen
U - Uberwald The Fifth Elephant
V - Venice A Question of Belief
W - Worldsoul Worldsoul
Y - Yorkshire Before The Poison
Z - Zambia The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream

Henri wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Yes, it can be tough to decide. Perhaps we could just set out some guidelines? Such as
- use locations that have a significant role in the story (ie. no places that a character visi..."

I think Carvahall is a good location for that book. The events are significant enough. I think if something happens in a place and (one of) the main character(s) is plagued by it throughout the book, or that event leads to dramatic decisions or sets them on a quest/journey it is important enough. it is something different if the just stopped there to buy an icecream while on a roadtrip. Then it would not be important enough.

I am done including an X-location :)

Good luck to the participants that are still busy completing this challenge!

Nice! Congratz Barbara :)

Congrats!