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My Spot - I'll be doing Level One :)Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City Names
September 1, 2019 to Completion
Level One
14/14
City Names
Marion: COMPLETED
M - Mystery at the Manor | Matthew Costello 9/9/19****
A - Back in the Habit | Alice Loweecey 9/6/19****
R - The Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware 9/3/19***
I - Isabel from: Dead Woman Walking | Sharon J. Bolton 9/8/19****
O - On Division | Goldie Goldbloom 9/11/19***
N -Natural Thorn Killer | Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 10/8/19***
Kingston: COMPLETED
K - The Road to Paradise | Karen Barnett 6/12/20**
I - Inspector Shanti de Silva from: Trouble in Nuala | Harriet Steel 7/15/20****
N - Deadly Sanctuary | Sylvia Nobel 8/9/20***
G - Ghost of a Chance | Yasmine Galenorn 10/13/19***
S - Suspect | Robert Crais 10/10/19**
T - A Tale of Time City | Diana Wynne Jones 10/31/19**
O - Ollie from: Texas Troubles | N.C. Lewis 6/24/20***
N - Nero's Fiddle | A.W. Exley 9/5/20***
Fairfield: COMPLETED
F -Four Seasons | Melanie Jackson 7/22/20****
A - Alexa from: Molten Mud Murder | Sara E. Johnson 9/8/19***
I - A Zany Slice of Italy | Ivanka Di Felice 11/13/19**
R - Still Life with Murder | P.B. Ryan 9/29/19****
F - First Degree | David Rosenfelt 10/17/19****
I - In the Bleak Midwinter | Julia Spencer-Fleming 11/21/19****
E - A Room Full of Bones | Elly Griffiths 8/7/20****
L - A Legacy of Murder | Connie Berry 9/21/19****
D - The Trouble with Turkeys | Kathi Daley 11/28/19***
Greenville: COMPLETED
G - Georgiana from: Her Royal Spyness | Rhys Bowen 1/4/20 ***
R - The Cuckoo Clock of Doom | R.L. Stine 11/9/19***
E - Elenore from: A Dream of Death | Connie Berry 9/ 16/19****
E - Emily from: A Quiet Life In The Country | T E Kinsey 9/29/19***
N - Nun Too Soon | Alice Loweecey 10/8/20*****
V - When Dreams are Calling | Carol Vorvain 10/20/19**
I - Icabod from: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Washington Irving 11/5/19***
L - Libby from: The Passengers | John Marrs 6/11/20***
L - Lowcountry Boneyard | Susan M. Boyer 8/10/20****
E - Elise from: The Sweet Taste of Murder | CeeCee James 10/20/20**
Riverside: COMPLETED
R - Recipes for Love and Murder | Sally Andrew 10/3/19****
I -The Invention of Wings | Sue Monk Kidd 10/13/20**
V - Viola from: The Corpse in the Cabana | Shéa MacLeod 12/9/19***
E - A Dying Fall | Elly Griffiths 10/4/20*****
R - Raissa from: The Book of Beloved | Carolyn Haines9/29/20****
S - Snowblind | Matthew Costello 10/7/20***
I - India from: The Watchmaker's Daughter | C.J. Archer 10/18/20**
D - Deadly Gamble | Connie Shelton 10/23/20***
E - Ebenezer from: Jacob T. Marley | R. William Bennett 11/26/20**
Springfield: COMPLETED
S - Spiced and Iced | Jenny Kales 12/15/19**
P - Sleuthing at Sweet Springs | Maggie Pill 12/4/19****
R - The Devil Aspect | Craig Russell 5/31/20***
I - Igraine from: The Mists of Avalon | Marion Zimmer Bradley 12/16/20*****
N - Novena for Murder | Carol Anne O'Marie 1/16/21***
G - Fun House | Chris Grabenstein 10/8/20***
F - Find Me | Anne Frasier 7/4/20****
I - Ivy from: The Phantom of Oz | Cindy Brown 2/4/21***
E - Edward Adrift | Craig Lancaster 2/11/21***
L - The Long Way Home | Louise Penny 7/2/20*****
D - Death on the Danube | Jennifer S. Alderson 11/13/20*
Salem: COMPLETED
S - Still Waters | Melanie Jackson 7/18/20***
A - Aunt Bessie Assumes | Diana Xarissa 6/23/20***
L - Lemonade and Lies | Agatha Frost 9/23/19**
E - Journey to the River Sea | Eva Ibbotson 8/2/20****
M - Murder by Moonlight | Matthew Costello 9/12/19****
Madison: COMPLETED
M - The Curse of Mabb's Farm | Matthew Costello 10/5/20***
A - Back on Bonaire | Andrew Jalbert 7/26/20****
D - Deadfall | Donna Ball| 12/31/19***
I - Ill Wind | Melanie Jackson 8/25/20***
S - The Sun Down Motel | Simone St. James 4/20/20 **
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver 12/21/19**
N - Nola from: Peaches and Scream | Susan Furlong 1/15/20 ***
Georgetown: COMPLETED
G - Growing Season | Melanie Lageschulte 11/2/20***
E - Evaline from: The Carnelian Crow | Colleen Gleason 11/1/20****
O - An Occupied Grave | AG Barnett 10/1/20****
R - Cartier's Hope | M.J. Rose 6/12/20***
G - Guilia from: Veiled Threat | Alice Loweecey 9/22/20****
E - Evaline from: The Zeppelin Deception | Colleen Gleason 11/5/20****
T - Thick as Thieves | Matthew Costello 10/4/20****
O - Only Time Will Tell | Jeffrey Archer 10/3/20**
W - Wild East | Melanie Jackson 7/17/20****
N - No Time Like the Past | Jodi Taylor 12/20/20***
Chester: COMPLETED
C - Crimes Against a Book Club | Kathy Cooperman 10/6/19****
H - A Country Year: Living the Questions | Sue Hubbell 6/20/20**
E - Under the Mistletoe | Sherry Ewing 11/30/20***
S - Single Malt Murder | Melinda Mullet 9/29/20***
T - The Body in the Lake | Matthew Costello 10/5/20***
E - Edward from: 600 Hours of Edward | Craig Lancaster 2/9/21****
R - Threading My Prayer Rug | Sabeeha Rehman 11/21/20***
Arlington: COMPLETED
A - The House Next Door | Anne Rivers Siddons 8/3/20****
R - Romeow and Juliet |Kathi Daley 8/15/20**
L - Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos | R.L. LaFevers 9/18/20****
I - Irish Stewed | Kylie Logan 2/21/21*
N - The Nature of the Beast | Louise Penny 1/20/21*****
G - The Ghost and Mrs. McClure | Alice Kimberly 12/26/20***
T - Tracking Game | Margaret Mizushima 11/6/19****
O - The Observations | Jane Harris 11/8/20***
N - Across a Thousand Miles | Nadia Nichols 2/13/21***
Clinton: COMPLETED
C - A Cozy Christmas | Melanie Jackson 7/23/20***
L - Last Train to London | Matthew Costello 10/4/20****
I - Ice Land | Betsy Tobin 2/25/21**
N - Nate from: Lowcountry Bordello | Susan M. Boyer 2/18/21****
T - Thin Air: A Ghost Story | Michelle Paver9/25/20****
O - The Outcast Dead | Elly Griffiths 1/3/21****
N - Madison NIGHT from: Apprehend Me No Flowers | Diane Vallere 1/5/21***
Washington: COMPLETED
W - The Mozart Season | Virginia Euwer Wolff 8/23/20*****
A - The Apple Orchard | Susan Wiggs 9/17/20**
S - Something Light | Margery Sharp 9/10/20**
H - Howliday Inn | James Howe 9/12/20**
I - I Let You Go | Clare Mackintosh 2/25/21**
N - Sinful Folk | Ned Hayes 3/12/21*
G - Gwen from: Killman Creek | Rachel Caine 12/31/20****
T - Mooseletoe | Tiffinie Helmer 11/126/19**
O - Ben O'KEEFE from: Death at Whitewater Church | Andrea Carter 2/16/21****
N - An Expert in Murder | Nicola Upson 2/17/21**
Franklin: COMPLETED
F - Fingersmith | Sarah Waters 10/31/19****
R - The Return of the King | J.R.R. Tolkien 10/25/20***
A - Raven Black | Ann Cleeves 10/30/20***
N - Nadya from: The Silence of Trees | Valya Dudycz Lupescu11/28/20***
K - Kyreol from: Moon-Flash | Patricia A. McKillip 8/19/20****
L - Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris | R.L. LaFevers 10/9/20***
I - Ice | Kevin Tinto 12/5/20**
N - Nick from: Christmas to the Rescue! | Anne Chase 11/23/20****
Jan, the link in Look What’s New is linked to a private group rather than this thread.
Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City Names
Date: September 1, 2019 to Completion
Completed: 10/14
May use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
✔ Marion:
M: Meg Donohue - Every Wild Heart 19/10/19
A: Assels, Kathrine - For Milena 13/09/19
R: Redondo, Dolores - Den usynlige vogter 07/09/19
I: Iweala, Uzodinma Iweala - Speak No Evil 23/10/19
O: Offergaven by Dolores Redondo 24/09/19
N: Nærmeste Pårørende by Elsebeth Egholm 05/10/19
✔ Kingston:
K: Kvinden mellem os by Greer Hendricks 15/09/19
I: Iskold by Tess Gerritsen 10/11/19
N: Niviaq Korneliussen - HOMO sapienne 05/11/19
G: Gavalda, Anna - Jeg ville ønske, der var én, der ventede på mig et eller andet sted 13/10/19
S: Skjulte Fejl og Mangler by Elsebeth Egholm 27/09/19
T: Treason by Jo MacAuley 12/09/19
O: Olive from The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 02/11/19
N: Nic from All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 06/11/19
✔ Fairfield:
F: Forestillingen om et ukompliceret liv med en mand by Helle Helle 14/10/19
A: Andersen, Jens - Under bjælken: Et portræt af Kronprins Frederik 03/10/19
I: Isles, Maura from Dø igen by Tess Gerritsen 23/11/19
R: Redondo, Dolores - De glemte børn 21/09/19
F: Fredrik Backman - Bjørneby 21/11/19
I: Ilmar Taska - Pobeda 1946 30/01/20
E: En helt normal familie by Mattias Edvardsson 02/09/19
L: Louise Penny - Still Life 24/10/19
D: Downham, Jenny - Unbecoming 09/09/19
✔ Greenville:
G: Griffiths, Elly - Huset på klippen 07/12/19
R: Richie from Det Onde by Stephen King 26/10/19
E: Elsey Come Home by Susan Conley 06/09/19
E: Evanovich, Janet - Love Overboard 11/09/19
N: Nesbø, Jo - Doktor Proktor redder julen...? 06/12/19
V: Vida from Historien om Nissen by Bjarne Reuter 20/12/19
I: Ildvidnet by Lars Kepler 13/03/20
L: Louise Penny - A Fatal Grace 04/11/19
L: Louise Penny - The Cruelest Month 19/12/19
E: En meget fjern kyst by Jenny Colgan 13/09/19
✔ Riverside:
R: Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard - Blink: da jeg mistede livet og lærte at leve 30/10/19
I: I tvillingernes tegn by Rosamunde Pilcher 29/02/20
V: Vanessa Curtis - Jorden Synger 12/02/20
E: Elsebeth Egholm - Selvrisiko 28/09/19
R: Ruth from Pigen under jorden by Elly Griffiths 26/11/19
S: The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs by Michael Morpurgo 10/12/19
I: Inger Gammelgaard Madsen - Dukkebarnet 01/05/20
D: Det lille bageri på strandpromenaden by Jenny Colgan 10/09/19
E: Elsebeth Egholm - Personskade 30/09/19
✔ Springfield:
S: Susan from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 22/12/19
P: Paige Toon - A Christmas Wedding 17/12/19
R: Ruth from Løgnens hus by Elly Griffiths 03/12/19
I: Inger Gammelgaard Madsen - Drab efter begæring 03/05/20
N: Nola from Sandheden om Harry Quebert-sagen by Joël Dicker 01/02/20
G: Griffiths, Elly - Døden på museet 28/12/19
F: Fredrik Backman - Min mormor hilser og siger undskyld 10/12/19
I: Inger Gammelgaard Madsen - Fremmed indtrængen 05/05/20
E: Elsebeth Egholm - Liv og legeme 06/10/19
L: Lewis, C.S. - Troldmandens nevø 21/12/19
D: Dashing Through the Snow: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber 09/12/19
✔ Salem:
S: Sarah Meuleman - Find Me Gone 24/02/20
A: A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig 11/12/19
L: Lewis, C.S. - The Horse and His Boy 23/12/19
E: Elsebeth Egholm - Vold og magt 10/10/19
M: Mærket for livet by Emelie Schepp 01/11/19
✔ Madison:
M: Matt Haig - Father Christmas and Me 13/12/19
A: Amelia from The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig 12/12/19
D: Det tredje tegn by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 05/02/20
I: Isabelle Lacoste from How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny 16/06/20
S: Swain, Heidi - The Cherry Tree Café 26/02/20
O: Owens, Delia - Hvor flodkrebsene synger 15/11/19
N: Nelson from Det tavse vidne by Elly Griffiths 22/02/20
✔ Georgetown:
G: Gamache, Armand from The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny 02/04/20
E: Eget ansvar by Elsebeth Egholm 12/10/19
O: Oscar from Kidnapning by Bjarne Reuter 20/12/19
R: Ruby from Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market by Heidi Swain 17/12/19
G: Griffiths, Elly - De udstødte 17/04/20
E: Elsebeth Egholm - Kød og blod 16/10/19
T: Tavse skrig by Angela Marsons 01/03/20
O: Olsen, Jussi Adler- - Kvinden i buret 05/01/20
W: Watson from Sherlock Holmes' eventyr by Arthur Conan Doyle 08/05/20
N: Nors, Dorthe - Spejl, skulder, blink 02/03/20
✔ Chester:
C: C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian 28/12/19
H: Heksen by Camilla Läckberg 12/01/19
E: Elsebeth Egholm - Dødvægt 17/10/19
S: Sandmanden by Lars Kepler 10/04/20
T: To uger i Toscana by Domenica De Rosa 13/04/20
E: Evanovich, Janet - Two for the Dough 06/11/19
R: Rent guld i posen by Bjarne Reuter 20/12/19
Arlington:
A: Jussi Adler-Olsen - Fasandræberne 26/01/20
R: A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny 22/03/20
L: Lars Kepler - Paganinikontrakten 14/02/20
I
N: Nelson from The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths 26/05/20
G: Gamache, Armand from Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny 27/04/20
T: Ting, min søn skal vide om verden by Fredrik Backman 23/04/20
O: Olga Tokarczuk - Kør din plov over de dødes knogler 27/02/20
N: Nelson from The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths 05/06/20
Clinton:
C: Carl from Flaskepost fra P by Jussi Adler-Olsen 29/02/20
L: Lars Kepler - Stalker 16/05/20
I
N: Nelson from The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths 09/06/20
T: A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny 22/05/20
O: Onde spil by Angela Marsons 08/03/20
N: The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny 29/06/20
Washington:
W: Watson from De fires tegn by Arthur Conan Doyle 25/04/20
A: Alexis from Øen by Victoria Hislop 19/02/20
S: A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro 09/05/20
H: Hypnotisøren by Lars Kepler 18/01/20
I
N: Nelson from The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths 09/07/20
G: The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib 11/06/20
T: The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny 08/06/20
O: Oyinkan Braithwaite - Min søster er seriemorder 15/03/20
N: Nora Roberts - Løgneren 16/09/20
Franklin:
F: Folk med angst by Fredrik Backman 01/01/20
R: Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 14/05/20
A: Angela Marsons - Forsvundne piger 26/03/20
N
K: Kaninjægeren by Lars Kepler 16/07/20
L: The Long Way Home by Louise Penny 19/06/20
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Jillian wrote: "Jan, the link in Look What’s New is linked to a private group rather than this thread."Thanks for letting me know Jillian!! All fixed :)
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Level One: Spell out each of the 14 city names
PART 1 of 2 parts
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✔ Marion
M - MOYES, Jojo / After You ✔ – 29Sep19
A - Ally Carter / Uncommon Criminals ✔ – 18Sep19
R - Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London ✔ – 08Sep19
I -I Always Loved You ✔ – 13Sep19
O - OLLINGER is m.c. in Ban This Book ✔ – 23Sep19
N - Not Quite Nice ✔ – 07Sep19
✔ Kingston
K - KIT is m.c. in Summer Hours at the Robbers Library ✔ – 11Sep19
I - I'd Kill For That ✔ – 15Oct19
N - Nella Larsen / Passing ✔ – 07Oct19
G - Grace Among Thieves ✔ – 11Oct19
S - Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery ✔ – 13Oct19
T - TYLER, Anne / Clock Dance ✔ – 26Sep19
O - OWEN is m.c. in Things You Save in a Fire ✔ – 26Sep19
N - NICHOLS, John / The Milagro Beanfield War ✔ – 04Dec19
✔ Fairfield
F - Fact of a Body ✔ – 23Oct19
A - All the Stars in the Heavens ✔ – 06Oct19
I - India Ink / Scent to Her Grave ✔ – 15Nov19
R - Rebecca Adler / Here Today, Gone Tamale ✔ – 07Nov19
F - Flight Behavior ✔ – 30Nov19
I - Irish Country Doctor ✔ – 15Nov19
E - ELLA is m.c. in Quentins ✔ – 21Sep19
L - Love and Ghost Letters ✔ – 04Oct19
D - Design For Murder ✔ – 22Sep19
✔Greenville
G - Gary Stevens / The Perfect Ride ✔ – 19Oct19
R - RODRIGUEZ, Joseph A. / Latinos in Milwaukee ✔ – 01Dec19
E - Elizabeth Peters / The Curse of the Pharaohs ✔ – 24Sep19
E - Empty Mansions ✔ – 09Oct19
N - Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn / Patsy ✔ – 01Feb2020
V - The Vintage Caper ✔ – 02Sep19
I - ISHMAEL is m.c. in Moby Dick ✔ – 16Dec19
L - Little Beach Street Bakery ✔ – 28Oct19
L - LOCKE, Tembi / From Scratch ✔ – 13Dec19
E - ERDRICH, Louise / The Game of Silence ✔ – 18Oct19
✔ Riverside
R - RADZOWILL is m.c. in The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters ✔ – 22Dec19
I - Ike and Kay ✔ – 09Jan2020
V - VERNE. Jules / Around the World in Eighty Days ✔ – 02Nov19
E - Elizabeth Berg / Ordinary Life ✔ – 20Oct19
R - REGRET is m.c. in Honolulu ✔ – 28Dec19
S - Sudden Light ✔ – 25Oct19
I - Indianapolis: The True Story ✔ – 11Feb2020
D - Diva Haunts the House ✔ – 17Nov19
E - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows ✔ – 30Dec19
✔ Springfield:
S - SIDDONS, Anne Rivers / The House Next Door ✔ – 31Oct19
P - Prisoner of Heaven ✔ – 14Oct19
R - Riders of the Purple Sage ✔ – 17Jan2020
I - IRIS is m.c. in Blue Asylum ✔ – 26Feb2020
N - NASLUND, Sena Jeter / Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer ✔ – 24Feb2020
G - Grace Takes Off ✔ – 26Oct19
F - Fun Home ✔ – 16Dec19
I - Irin Carmon / Notorious RBG ✔ – 23Mar2020
E - Elsa Hart / Jade Dragon Mountain ✔ – 18Jan2020
L - The Lost Girls of Paris ✔ – 19Dec19
D - Diane Hammond / Hannah's Dream ✔ – 08Dec19
✔ Salem
S - Sarah Jio / Blackberry Winter ✔ – 03Nov19
A - Accidental Further Adventures of the 100-Year-Old Man ✔ – 10Nov19
L - LONG, Kelly / The Amish Christmas Kitchen ✔ – 14Jan2020
E - EMMY is m.c. in Dear Mrs. Bird ✔ – 03Feb2020
M - Margi Preus / Heart of a Samurai ✔ – 22Oct19
✔ Madison
M - Man's Search for Meaning ✔ – 07Nov19
A - A.J. Finn / The Woman in the Window ✔ – 06Dec19
D - Don Quixote ✔ – 17Jan2020
I - Ivan Doig / English Creek ✔ – 28Mar2020
S - Story Hour ✔ – 15Dec19
O - ORLEAN, Susan / The Library Book ✔ – 08Oct19
N - News of the World ✔ – 16Feb2020
Continued in NEXT POST
Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City NamesBegins: 01Sep19 / Ends: OPEN
Level One: Spell out each of the 14 city names
PART 2 of 2 parts
51 / 51 Completed THIS post
✔Georgetown
G - Gennifer Choldenko / Al Capone Shines My Shoes ✔ – 03Jan2020
E - EVIE is main char in Would Like to Meet ✔ – 21Jan2020
O - ORANGE, Tommy / There There ✔ – 11Nov19
R - Ruth Ware / The Turn of the Key ✔ – 05Feb2020
G - Giovanni's Room ✔ – 18Feb2020
E - Ellery Adams / Pies and Prejudice ✔ – 27Feb2020
T - There's Something about Christmas ✔ – 12Dec19
O - Only Road ✔ – 03Mar2020
W - Ways to Hide in Winter ✔ – 29Sep19
N - Nancy Thayer / Let It Snow ✔ – 21Feb2020
✔ Chester
C - Candy Chang / Before I Die ✔ – 02Oct19
H - H.P. Lovecraft / The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories ✔ – 23Apr20
E - Ellery Adams / Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20
S - Snow Leopard ✔ – 06Apr2020
T - True Cowboy Christmas ✔ – 15Feb2020
E - Eva Gates / By Book or By Crook ✔ – 31Mar2020
R - RIGLER, Laurie Viera / Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict ✔ – 20Feb2020
✔ Arlington
A - AMORY, Cleveland / The Cat Who Came for Christmas ✔ – 01Jan2020
R - ROBSON, Jennifer / The Gown ✔ – 06Mar2020
L - LASKIN, David / The Children's Blizzard ✔ – 08Feb2020
I - Isabella Alan / Murder, Plain and Simple ✔ – 09Apr2020
N - Nora Roberts / Montana Sky ✔ – 29Feb2020
G - Good Yarn ✔ – 14Feb2020
T - Tayari Jones / An American Marriage ✔ – 23Feb2020
O - Overstory ✔ – 19Apr2020
N - NELSON, Willie / It's a Long Story: My Life ✔ – 21Apr2020
✔ Clinton
C - CLINTON, Bill / The President Is Missing ✔ – 09Jan2020
L - Liam Callanan / Paris by the Book ✔ – 11Feb2020
I - INDIA is m.c. in Because of Winn-Dixie ✔ – 11Apr2020
N - NAZARIO, Sonia / Enrique's Journey ✔ – 31Mar2020
T - Tara Conklin / The Last Romantics ✔ – 19Mar2020
O - Odds Against ✔ – 27Apr2020
N - NELLE is m.c. in The Mockingbird Next Door ✔ – 07May2020
✔ Washington
W - Wife of the Gods ✔ – 30Jan2020
A - As Nature Made Him ✔ – 23Feb2020
S - SHATTUCK, Jessica / The Women in the Castle ✔ – 16May2020
H - Hideaway ✔ – 12May2020
I - ISHIGURO, Kazuo / The Remains of the Day ✔ – 26May2020
N - NINA is m.c. in The Bookish Life of Nina Hill ✔ – 18June2020
G - Gift of Rain ✔ – 06Mar2020
T - Tom Wolfe / The Right Stuff ✔ – 28Mar2020
O - O Pioneers! ✔ – 20may2020
N - Nickel Boys ✔ - 07Aug20
✔ Franklin
F - Finders Keepers ✔ – 05June2020
R - REICHERT, Amy E. / The Simplicity of Cider ✔ - 26Apr20
A - ANNIE is m.c. in The Preacher's Daughter ✔ – 05Mar2020
N - Next Year in Havana ✔ – 28Aug2020
K - KOTZ, Mary Lynn / Upstairs at the White House ✔ – 24Mar2020
L - Lab Girl ✔ – 25Jan2020
I - Ivan Doig / Work Song ✔ – 29June2020
N - NEWTON, Heather / Under the Mercy Trees ✔ - 27Sep20
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September 1, 2019 to Completion
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Marion:
M - Mum's the Word - Kate Collins - 10/2/19
A - Angela Marsons - Child's Play - 9/1/19
R - Red Russia - Tanya Thompson - 1/5/20
I - Jane Isaac - An Unfamiliar Murder - 10/22/19
O - On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle - 1/2/20
N - Nevada Barr - Flashback - 9/16/19
Kingston:
K - Karen Rose - You Belong to Me - 10/10/19
I - I Am Legend - Richard Matheson - 9/7/19
N - Nefertiti - Michelle Moran - 9/22/19
G - Garry Disher - The Dragon Man - 10/22/19
S - Stephen King - 11/22/63 - 11/21/19
T - That Night - Chevy Stevens - 3/9/20
O - George Orwell - 1984 - 1/3/20
N - Nora Roberts - Bed of Roses - 11/24/19
Fairfield:
F - Five Smooth Stones - Ann Fairbairn - 9/17/19
A - Adam LeBor - The Budapest Protocol - 9/13/19
I - Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer - 11/25/19
R - Rachel Caine - Sword and Pen - 10/24/19
F - Forget Me Knot - Mary Marks - 10/13/19
I - If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern - 12/14/19
E - Elin Hilderbrand - The Perfect Couple - 9/15/19
L - The Long Call - Ann Cleeves - 11/23/19
D - Dorothy Gilman - Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha - 9/9/19
Greenville:
G - Peter Geye - Safe from the Sea - 1/16/20
R - Deanna Raybourn - A Dangerous Collaboration - 11/15/19
E - Kate Ellis - The Funeral Boat - 9/24/19
E - Elevator Pitch - Linwood Barclay - 12/29/19
N - Northwest Angle - William Kent Krueger - 10/25/19
V - Vendetta in Death - J.D. Robb - 9/19/19
I - Isabella Alan - Murder, Served Simply - 1/4/20
L - The Lady of Sorrows - Anne Zouroudi - 9/18/19
L - Lindsay Ashford - The Snow Gypsy - 12/8/19
E - Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Princess of Mars - 1/24/20
Riverside:
R - Ron Rash - Above the Waterfall - 11/26/19
I - Isabella Alan - Murder, Plainly Read - 1/27/20
V - Vivian Conroy - The Butterfly Conspiracy - 9/27/19
E - Kate Ellis - A Painted Doom - 1/31/20
R - Ravished - Amanda Quick - 11/28/19
S - The Selection - Kiera Cass - 12/30/19
I - Ian McGuire - The North Water - 2/28/20
D - The Doomsday Key - James Rollins - 10/17/19
E - Kendra Elliot - The Last Sister - 2/19/20
Springfield:
S - Sandra Balzo - Uncommon Grounds - 12/5/19
P - Paradise Lost - J.A. Jance - 1/8/20
R - Ron Rash - Serena - 12/15/19
I - In the Woods - Tana French - 3/20/20
N - Nora Roberts - Vision in White - 2/10/20
G - The Giver of Stars - Jojo Moyes - 3/30/20
F - The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa - 12/2/19
I - Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro - Rachel Slade - 3/30/20
E - Evil Games - Angela Marsons - 1/13/20
L - Live to Tell - Lisa Gardner - 12/22/19
D - Dianne Day - The Bohemian Murders - 11/3/19
Salem:
S - Sawyer Bennett - The Hard Truth About Sunshine - 11/2/19
A - Aunt Bessie Considers - Diana Xarissa - 9/20/19
L - The Lost Order - Steve Berry - 12/31/19
E - Allen Eskens - The Life We Bury - 12/4/19
M - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew J. Sullivan - 11/6/19
Madison:
M - Mortal Fall - Christine Carbo - 12/7/19
A - Already Dead - Jaye Ford - 9/23/19
D - Dust to Dust - Tami Hoag - 11/7/19
I - In the Darkness - Mike Omer - 9/8/19
S - Shell Shaker - LeAnne Howe - 11/11/19
O - Old Bones - Douglas Preston - 10/26/19
N - Nora Roberts - The Villa - 12/23/19
Georgetown:
G - Gabi Kreslehner - Rain Girl - 11/4/19
E - Ellison Cooper - Buried - 1/11/20
O - The One-in-a-Million Boy - Monica Wood - 12/16/19
R - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World - Stephen Brusatte - 12/6/19
G - Grand Hotel - Vicki Baum - 3/29/20
E - Ed McBain - Cop Hater - 12/17/19
T - This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger - 1/10/20
O - One of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus - 3/28/20
W - Wedding Cake Crumble - Jenn McKinlay - 9/5/19
N - The Night Fire - Michael Connelly - 10/27/19
Chester:
C - Chris Carter - The Caller - 9/10/19
H - Heads You Win - Jeffrey Archer - 9/14/19
E - Kate Ellis - The Bone Garden - 11/13/19
S - Sarah J. Maas - Heir of Fire - 10/4/19
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris - 11/19/19
E - Ellison Cooper - Caged - 12/20/19
R - Redemption Road - John Hart - 1/18/20
Arlington:
A - Acqua Alta - Donna Leon - 9/28/19
R - The Rook - Steven James - 11/18/19
L - Linda Castillo - Shamed - 9/21/19
I - I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll - 11/8/19
N - Not My Father's Son - Alan Cumming - 9/11/19
G - Golden in Death - J.D. Robb - 3/2/20
T - The Temporary Gentleman - Sebastian Barry - 9/4/19
O - James Oswald - Written in Bones - 10/28/19
N - The Nothing Girl - Jodi Taylor - 12/24/19
Clinton:
C - Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella - 9/3/19
L - Loreth Anne White - A Dark Lure - 11/20/19
I - Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs - 11/12/19
N - Nadia Hashimi - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - 10/5/19
T - Triple Jeopardy - Anne Perry - 11/16/19
O - Over the Edge - Suzanne Brockmann - 3/25/20
N - Nora Roberts - Savor the Moment - 4/5/20
Washington:
W - William Kent Krueger - Vermilion Drift - 9/29/19
A - The American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin - 9/12/19
S - Sarah J. Maas - Queen of Shadows - 10/12/19
H - Home - Harlan Coben - 9/25/19
I - Iain Reid - Foe - 2/20/20
N - Nancy E. Turner - These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories - 4/1/20
G - Garry Disher - Bitter Wash Road - 10/6/19
T - Tumbled Graves - Brenda Chapman - 11/10/19
O - The Orchardist - Amanda Coplin - 3/25/20
N - Nora Roberts - Black Hills - 3/14/20
Franklin:
F - Far From Shore - Mark Stone - 10/14/19
R - Riley Sager - The Last Time I Lied - 10/21/19
A - Anna Hackett - Uncharted - 10/3/19
N - Nancy Horan - Under the Wide and Starry Sky - 3/14/20
K - Karen Robards - The Ultimatum - 9/2/19
L - Lee Child - Blue Moon - 11/9/19j
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope - 3/13/20
N - The Night Stages - Jane Urquhart - 2/21/20
I'm ready to play! I'm doing Level 2, PLUS I'm adding my own home town, which I know is in several other states as well.Most Common US City Names
Timeframe: 9/1/19 to 6/13/21
245/245
15/15 Cities
Marion, Wisconsin (15/15)
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole Edwards - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Whittal, Yvonne - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cait Flanders - The Year of Less - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sidney Halston - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
Kingston, Rhode Island (19/19)
K - Kelly Jamieson - Playing Hurt - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nightingale Way by Emily March - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
H - Heller, Joseph - Catch-22 - 2/9/20 ♥♥
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
S - Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Fairfield, Utah (13/13)
F - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Forged in Ember by Trish McCallan - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dear Santa by Karen Templeton - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
H - Heir to a Dark Inheritance by Maisey Yates - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
Greenville, Georgia (17/17)
G - Gallant, Jannine - Wilde One - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orion, Doreen - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Riverside, Delaware (17/17)
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Saving Grapes by J.T. Lundy - 5/13/20 ♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Darynda Jones - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
D - Dallen, Maggie - Her Leading Hero - 8/10/20 ♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Resilient - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
Common Cities - Part 2Springfield, Massachusetts (24/24)
S - Silkstone, Barbara - Zo White and the Seven Morphs - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
I - If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
G - Gerritsen, Tess - The Surgeon - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 10/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic - 8/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
L – Lindsey, Julie Anne - Apple Cider Slaying - 11/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Danielle Steel - Loving - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Evanovich, Janet - The Big Kahuna - 11/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe by Monique X - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
Salem, New Hampshire (17/17)
S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anna James Watson - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
E - Erma Bombeck - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession - 7/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
M – My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman - 12/2/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - 8/20/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle - 8/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - Misconduct by Samantha Kane - 8/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paige Shelton - Fruit of All Evil - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ice Hot by Tracy Goodwin - 8/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elle Casey - Wrong Place, Right Time - 9/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
Madison, Nebraska (15/15)
M – Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber - 11/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
A – Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell? by Vivian Cook - 12/3/20 ♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - Stroke of Midnight - 9/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups by Sharon Eliza Nichols - 10/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
S – Sawyer Bennett - Van - 11/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Braun, Lilian Jackson - The Cat Who Played Post Office - 8/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
S – Samantha Kane - The Courage to Love - 11/30/20 ♥♥♥
K - Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - 8/2/20 ♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
Georgetown, Ohio (14/14)
G - The Girl in the Corner by Amanda Prowse - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Enough to Know Better by Vicki Lewis Thompson - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roosevelt, Elliott - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
G - Giliotti, Laurence - Murder In Missoula - 9/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Place Like You by Emma Douglas - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard to Fall by Marquita Valentine - 4/23/20 ♥♥
I - Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro - 11/10/20 ♥♥♥
O - Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Chester, Vermont (14/14)
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Shannon Stacey - Flare Up - 7/25/20 ♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reborn by Kristen Ashley - 8/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
V - Valentine Murder by Leslie Meier - 9/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D.17065 - Leverage in Death - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tara Sivec - Below Deck - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
Common Cities - Part 3Arlington, Colorado (17/17)
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robin McKinley - Water - 9/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Laura Lippman - Sunburn - 6/27/20 ♥♥♥
I - I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg - 11/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Brophy - Hell On The Heart - 8/27/20 ♥♥♥
G - Gabrielle Zevin - Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - 10/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nathan Belofsky - Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages - 9/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cristin Cooper - Until Now - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Woman by Sandie Jones - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Penny - A Fatal Grace - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - On September Hill by Leigh Michaels - 7/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Doughty, Caitlin - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥
O - Opal Carew - Stroke of Luck - 8/14/20 ♥♥♥
Clinton, Alabama (14/14)
C - Carolyn Keene - Password to Larkspur Lane - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Played Brahms - 7/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Irresistible Force by D.D. Ayres - 11/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Poor Little Daddy's Girl - 9/27/20 ♥♥
T - Taste by Tracy Ewens - 7/31/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Beloved by Mary Balogh - 9/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - 10/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lisa Jackson - You Don't Want To Know - 7/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ava Dellaira - Love Letters to the Dead - 7/30/20 ♥♥♥
B - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan - 10/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ally Carter - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - 8/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - MacLean, Julianne - The Color of Heaven - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥
A - All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark - 8/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Washington, Maine (15/15)
W - Westover, Tara - Educated - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Night with the Cowboy by Soraya M. Lane - 10/22/20 ♥♥♥
S - Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs - 10/21/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hannah McKinnon - The Lake Season - 10/18/20 ♥♥♥
I - In the Frame by Dick Francis - 12/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nadine Gonzalez - Unconditionally Mine - 10/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥
T - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Jules Barnard - 10/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole Michaels - Win Me Over - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - Miranda P. Charles - The Unyielding Bachelor - 10/31/20 ♥♥♥
A - The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 11/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - If You Tell by Gregg Olsen - 3/8/21 ♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas / Gabriel's Angel - 12/14/20 ♥♥♥
E - Everett, Lily - Sanctuary Island - 10/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
Franklin, Connecticut (19/19)
F - Fluke, Joanne - Sugar Cookie Murder - 11/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Apprentice in Death - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - Partners in Crime - 9/2/20 ♥♥♥
N - N or M? by Agatha Christie - 3/2/21 ♥♥♥
K - Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline - 9/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lawrence Block - Burglars Can't Be Choosers - 8/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch - 4/6/21 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole McLaughlin - Maybe I Do - 3/22/21 ♥♥♥♥
C - Carly Phillips - The Playboy - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus - 11/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The New Husband by D.J. Palmer - 3/29/21 ♥♥♥♥
N - Niccolò Ammaniti - I'm Not Scared - 5/16/21 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elle Casey - Wrong Question, Right Answer - 10/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Circe by Madeline Miller - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn - 8/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In It to Win It by Kelly Jamieson - 4/15/21 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
T - Taking a Chance by Maggie McGinnis - 9/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
Ashland, Kentucky (15/15)
A - Ava Finch - Fishing with RayAnne - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Soraya M. Lane - Cowboy Stole My Heart - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Huge Deal by Lauren Layne - 10/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Albom, Mitch - For One More Day - 11/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nadine Miller - The Unlikely Angel - 5/24/21 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard - 10/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kelly Jamieson - Must Love Dogs...and Hockey - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - 11/16/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton - 6/13/21 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thomas, Jodi - Welcome to Harmony - 9/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley - 8/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Carew, Jean - The Marrying Kind - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kent, Lavinia - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
Y - Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥
*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 6/13/21*****
Have fun BC, Lynda & "brave" Connie!!
Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City NamesDuration: 9/1/19-???
Level 2
Marion, Alabama
M: Murder in Hatterton Crow- Ormolu Mockingbird- 9/24/19
A: Among the Living- Jordan Castillo Price- 9/16/19
R: Rare Find- Dale Mayer- 10/27/19
I: Doctor Who: In the Blood- Jenny T. Colgan- 9/16/19
O: The One- Kiera Cass- 9/5/19
N: No Crones About It- Amanda M. Lee- 9/3/19
A: Archangel's Viper- Nalini Singh- 9/22/19
L: Loved by a Dragon- Linda K. Hopkins- 9/30/19
A: Archangel's Prophecy- Nalini Singh- 9/23/19
B: Betsy-Tacy- Maud Hart Lovelace- 9/16/19
A: Archangel's War- Nalini Singh- 9/26/19
M: Mine to Possess- Nalini Singh- 10/6/19
A: Alaskan Alliance- Kathi Daley- 11/7/19
Kingston, New York
K: Knock, Knock…- Dale Mayer- 10/23/19
I: Into the Abyss- Dale Mayer- 12/2/19
N: Now You See Her...- Dale Mayer- 11/14/19
G: Ghostly Fears- Lily Harper Hart- 9/4/19
S: Star of the Morning- Lynn Kurland- 9/12/19
T: Tailing a Tabby- Laurie Cass- 9/9/19
O: Oracles & Obituaries- Amanda M. Lee- 9/12/19
N: Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1- Nalini Singh- 12/21/19
N: No Crone Unturned- Amanda M. Lee- 3/5/20
E: Exiled- J.C. Diem- 9/19/19
W: Windsworn- Derek Alan Siddoway- 9/2/19
Y: You Cannoli Die Once- Shelley Costa- 9/2/19
O: Outcast- J.C. Diem- 9/27/19
R: Raven, Red- Connie Suttle- 11/2/19
K: Kitten Kaboodle- Kathi Daley- 11/20/19
Fairfield, Idaho
F: Fated for Felony- Victoria Laurie- 9/13/19
A: Aunt Bessie Assumes- Diana Xarissa- 12/24/19
I: The Incubus Impasse- Amanda M. Lee- 12/4/19
R: Reindeer Roundup- Kathi Daley- 11/22/19
F: Fireworks in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/29/19
I: Itsy Bitsy Spider- Dale Mayer- 12/15/19
E: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library- Chris Grabenstein- 10/11/19
L: The Laird- Sandy Blair- 10/24/19
D: Destined- J.C. Diem- 10/11/19
I: Infinity- Sherrilyn Kenyon- 3/20/20
D: Derby Divas- Kathi Daley- 10/16/19
A: Alien Tango- Gini Koch- 4/15/20
H: Hunting Fear- Kay Hooper- 9/25/19
O: ONLY THE LOST- AMANDA M LEE- 10/1/19
Greenville, North Carolina
G: Ghostly Echoes- William Ritter- 9/5/19
R: Real Murders- Charlaine Harris- 12/11/19
E: Eyes to the Soul- Dale Mayer- 10/31/19
E: Easter Escapade- Kathi Daley- 11/21/19
N: Nightshades- Melissa F. Olson- 3/6/20
V: Vendetta in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/3/19
I: If Walls Could Talk- Juliet Blackwell- 4/8/20
L: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder- Joanne Fluke- 2/16/20
L: Lowcountry Boil- Susan M. Boyer- 4/14/20
E: Eye of the Falcon- Dale Mayer- 12/12/19
N: New Media & Old Grudges- Amanda M. Lee- 3/13/20
O: Once Hunted, Twice Shy- Mandy M. Roth- 2/22/20
R: Romeow and Juliet- Kathi Daley- 1/20/20
T: Treasure in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/28/19
H: Halloween in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/28/19
C: Christmas in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/28/19
A: Alien in the Family- Gini Koch- 4/20/20
R: Radiance- Grace Draven- 5/22/20
O: On the Street Where You Live- Mary Higgins Clark- 3/24/20
L: Libriomancer- Jim C. Hines- 5/26/20
I: Into the Light- Christopher Johns- 5/31/20
N: Nocturnal Magic- C.N. Crawford- 4/27/20
A: Alien Proliferation- Gini Koch- 5/11/20
Riverside, Ohio
R: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos- Donna Andrews- 5/25/20
I: The Island of Dr. Libris- Chris Grabenstein- 7/26/20
V: Valkyrie- Kate O'Hearn- 1/23/20
E: An Easy Death- Charlaine Harris- 12/29/19
R: Ravishing in Red- Madeline Hunter- 6/25/20
S: Some Buried Caesar- Rex Stout- 9/19/19
I: I See Me- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 8/3/20
D: Dark Heart of Magic- Jennifer Estep- 11/7/19
E: Enter the Janitor- Josh Vogt- 2/20/20
O: Open Cockpit- Arthur Stanley Gould Lee- 3/30/20
H: How to Save an Undead Life- Hailey Edwards- 10/10/19
I: Into the Dragon's Den- Christopher Johns- 9/11/20
O: Only The Devout- Amanda M. Lee- 4/10/20
Springfield, IllinoisS: Siren's Desire- Devyn Quinn- 9/21/19
P: Puppies in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/28/19
R: Redshirts- John Scalzi- 8/12/20
I: Imperium Knight Chaos Rising- Timothy Ellis- 10/19/20
N: Nightchaser- Amanda Bouchet- 5/5/20
G: God Of Mayhem- J.C. Diem- 9/8/19
F: A FISTFUL OF DEMONS- Lily Harper Hart- 10/2/19
I: Imperator- Timothy Ellis- 10/20/20
E: Eye Spy- Mercedes Lackey- 2/22/20
L: Lord Peter Views the Body- Dorothy L. Sayers- 6/10/20
D: Deadly Prospects- Lily Harper Hart- 11/10/19
I: In the Woods- Tana French- 1/4/21
L: Lokahi- Edie Claire- 8/30/20
L: Light My Fire- Katie MacAlister- 9/21/20
I: Ice Maiden- Dale Mayer- 1/18/21
N: Never Again- Michele Bardsley- 5/16/20
O: Old Dog, New Tricks- Hailey Edwards- 4/19/20
I: I Scream, You Scream- Wendy Lyn Watson- 3/17/21
S: Second Sight- Amanda Quick- 9/21/19
Salem, Massachusetts
S: Skylark- Meagan Spooner- 10/3/19
A: Alien Diplomacy- Gini Koch- 5/15/20
L: The Long Road to Gaia: An Interlude Novel between Parts 2 & 3- Timothy Ellis- 10/3/20
E: Éclair and Present Danger- Laura Bradford- 3/22/20
M: The Mark of the Dragonfly- Jaleigh Johnson- 10/8/19
M: Maddy's Floor- Dale Mayer- 10/9/19
A: The Adventures of the Mountain Men: True Tales of Hunting, Trapping, Fighting, Adventure, and Survival- Stephen Vincent Brennan- 6/10/20
S: Slouch Witch- Helen Harper- 10/12/19
S: The Secrets of Solace- Jaleigh Johnson- 10/15/19
A: The Ancient Future: The Dark Age- Traci Harding- 6/30/20
C: Christmas Crazy- Kathi Daley- 10/1/19
H: Hostage to Pleasure- Nalini Singh- 10/14/19
U: Unmasked- Dale Mayer- 12/18/19
S: The Sleeping Beauty- Mercedes Lackey- 10/21/19
E: Electric Curse- Stacey Brutger- 6/15/20
T: Thanksgiving in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 10/9/19
T: Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies- Kathi Daley- 10/26/19
S: Sleeping with Fear- Kay Hooper- 10/25/19
Madison, Wisconsin
M: Maui Madness- Kathi Daley- 10/10/19
A: Alien vs. Alien- Gini Koch- 7/4/20
D: Dark Desires After Dusk- Kresley Cole- 11/25/19
I: Into the Hells- Christopher Johns- 4/14/21
S: Spark- Brigid Kemmerer- 11/3/19
O: Outcast- Annabel Chase- 8/27/20
N: Never Sorry- Edie Claire- 9/18/20
W: Windswept- Derek Alan Siddoway- 9/14/19
I: Into the Darkness- Christopher Johns- 5/2/21
S: Soul Surrender- Kathi Daley- 11/15/19
C: Cupid's Curse- Kathi Daley- 10/2/19
O: One August Morning: The True Story of Lizzie Borden- Troy Taylor- 8/29/20
N: Nightworld Academy: Term One- L.J. Swallow- 11/28/20
S: Santa Sleuth- Kathi Daley- 11/19/19
I: IQ- Joe Ide- 5/3/21
N: Never Look Back- W.J. May- 12/6/20
Georgetown, Kentucky
G: God Of Malice- J.C. Diem- 9/13/19
E: Every Which Way But Dead- Kim Harrison- 7/19/20
O: Outclassed- Annabel Chase- 10/7/20
R: Raven's Shadow- Patricia Briggs- 9/19/20
G: Garden of Sorrow- Dale Mayer- 10/16/19
E: Embrace the Grim Reaper- Judy Clemens- 8/24/20
T: Trick or Treason- Kathi Daley- 11/22/19
O: Only The Strong- Amanda M. Lee- 10/7/20
W: Windbreak- Derek Alan Siddoway- 9/24/19
N: No Nest for the Wicket- Donna Andrews- 1/18/21
K: Kiss of a Demon King- Kresley Cole- 12/4/19
E: Emerald Blaze- Ilona Andrews- 8/25/20
N: No Ghouls Allowed- Victoria Laurie- 1/19/21
T: To Catch a Vampire- Jennifer Harlow- 1/17/20
U: Unnatural Death- Dorothy L. Sayers- 2/14/20
C: Chill of Fear- Kay Hooper- 10/3/19
K: Kiss of Snow- Nalini Singh- 12/5/19
Y: The Yard- Alex Grecian- 12/25/19
Chester, Pennsylvania
C: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys- Erle Stanley Gardner- 10/5/19
H: House Rules- Jodi Picoult- 10/18/19
E: Evans Above- Rhys Bowen- 9/29/20
S: Shamrock Shenanigans- Kathi Daley- 11/20/19
T: Trouble Is My Business- Raymond Chandler- 3/2/20
E: Evan Help Us- Rhys Bowen- 10/15/20
R: Reaper's Crossroad- Timothy Ellis- 10/14/20
P: Play of Passion- Nalini Singh- 11/11/19
E: Ensign Spacemage- Timothy Ellis- 10/20/20
N: Not His Werewolf- Annie Nicholas- 2/26/21
N: No Ifs, Ands, or Bears About It- Celia Kyle- 4/25/21
S: The Summoner's Handbook- Taran Matharu- 11/27/19
Y: Your Killin' Heart: A Mystery- Peggy O'Neal Peden- 5/1/20
L: Lady Luck- Kristen Ashley- 10/8/20
V: Veiled in Moonlight- C.J. Archer- 5/21/20
A: Alien in the House- Gini Koch- 8/13/20
N: 9 from the Nine Worlds- Rick Riordan- 6/7/21
I: Into the Storm- Christopher Johns- 5/10/21
A: Assaulted Caramel- Amanda Flower- 8/31/20
Arlington, NebraskaA: Aunt Bessie Believes- Diana Xarissa- 9/8/20
R: Rogue Unit- Timothy Ellis- 10/21/20
L: Legend of Dreamwalker- Timothy Ellis- 10/19/20
I: Into the Wild- Christopher Johns- 5/11/21
N: Night Child- Jes Battis- 7/31/21
G: Ghostly Graveyard- Kathi Daley- 11/19/19
T: Tilling the Truth- Julia Henry- 3/15/20
O: Obsidio- Amie Kaufman- 1/5/21
N: Night Shifter- Lucia Ashta- 8/20/21
N: The Night Beat- Gini Koch- 12/27/21
E: Evanly Choirs- Rhys Bowen- 10/22/20
B: Bikinis in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/27/19
R: A Rule Against Murder- Louise Penny- 10/24/20
A: Aunt Bessie Considers- Diana Xarissa- 9/15/20
S: Shattered- Dale Mayer- 11/28/19
K: Keeping Secret- Sierra Dean- 12/21/19
A: The Accidental Vampire- Lynsay Sands- 9/16/20
Clinton, Connecticut
Washington, Missouri
Franklin, New Hampshire
Most Common US City NamesSeptember 1, 2019 - ?
Progress: 8/14
Marion:
M - Maxine Trottier, Blood Upon Our Land :The North West Resistance Diary Of Josephine Bouvier 9/3/19
A - An American Spring: Sofia's Immigrant Diary by Kathryn Lasky 9/29/19
R - Rebecca: An American Girl by Jacqueline Dembar Greene 11/18/19
I - Innie Moretti, Under Copp's Hill by Katherine Ayres 10/27/19
O - Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
N - Neuvel, Sylvain, The Test 11/12/19
Kingston:
K - Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White 9/15/19
I - If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor by Jean Little 12/9/19
N - No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn by Julie Lawson 11/27/19
G - Gillian Chan, An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling 12/25/19
S - Susan Campbell Bartoletti, The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie 9/28/19
T - These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner 9/23/19
O - Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little 9/26/19
N - Nellie Lee Love, Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia C. McKissack 12/12/19
Fairfield:
F - Factory Girl by Pamela Oldfield 9/14/19
A - Alyssa Maxwell, Murder at Marble House 10/26/19
I - Irvine, Coco, Through No Fault of My Own: A Girl's Diary of Life on Summit Avenue in the Jazz Age 12/29/19
R - My Story: Road to War by Valerie Wilding 11/25/19
F - Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918 by Jim Eldridge 11/20/19
I - Ivy Weatherall, A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall by Sarah Ellis 12/29/19
E - An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 9/6/19
L - Linda Lawrence Hunt, Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America 9/20/19
D - Danger at the Wild West Show by Alison Hart 9/12/19
Greenville:
G - Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal by Elizabeth McDavid Jones 9/20/19
R - Romanov, Anastasia, Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer 11/28/19
E - Eleanora E. Tate, The Minstrel's Melody 10/5/19
E - Ellis, Sarah, That Fatal Night: The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton 11/15/19
N - Norman Scott, A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston 12/17/19
V - Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White 11/13/19
I - Idle, Eric, The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America 1/25/20
L - The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian 10/16/19
L - Lasky, Kathryn, A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen 11/25/19
E - Eldridge, Jim, My Story: The Trenches 11/25/19
Riverside:
R - Rhys Davies, Eleanor, Berlin Olympics by Vince Cross 1/15/20
I - Ian Livingstone, Board Games in 100 Moves 1/28/20
V - Verity Wingate, Least Likely to Marry a Duke by Louise Allen 1/5/20
E - Eliza Bates, Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates by Jean Little 12/8/19
R - Robertson, Noreen, To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 by Barbara Haworth-Attard 2/1/20
S - Samantha's Boxed Set by Valerie Tripp 10/8/19
I - I am Canada, Sniper Fire: The Fight for Ortona, Paul Baldassara, Italy, 1943 by Jonathan Webb 3/12/20
D - Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford by Sarah Ellis 9/14/19
E - Edwards, Grace, Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards by Katelan Janke 1/14/20
Springfield:
S - The Strange Case of Baby H by Kathryn Reiss 10/17/19
P - Pénélope Bagieu, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World 11/23/19
R - Ridel, Sophie, Sophie's Secret War: A Second World War Girl's Diary, 1939-1940 by Jill Atkins 2/16/20
I - Ishmael, Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 5/9/20
N - Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen by Perry Nodelman 1/9/20
G - Girls of Many Lands, Kathleen: The Celtic Knot by Siobhán Parkinson 1/30/20
F - Fleischman, Paul, Bull Run 2/14/20
I
E - Emil, The Storm to Come: Two boys on the run from the Nazis, Vienna, 1939 by Yankev Glatshteyn 2/6/20
L - Larson, Kirby, Hattie Big Sky 12/7/19
D - Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky 10/8/19
Salem:
S - The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry 10/23/19
A - Angela, Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson 11/7/19
L - Levine, Beth Seidel, When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer 12/9/19
E - Edie, Blitz: The Diary of Edie Benson, London, 1940-1941 by Vince Cross 2/19/20
M - Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway by Kirkpatrick Hill 9/15/19
Madison:
M - Mystery at Chilkoot Pass by Barbara Steiner 9/28/19
A - Allan McBride, Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917 by John Wilson 11/30/19
D - Drinkwater, Carol, Suffragette 11/15/19
I
S - Scott, Bronwyn, One Night with the Major 12/22/19
O - One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss by Barry Denenberg 2/2/20
N - Neela: Victory Song by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2/5/20
Georgetown:
G - The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale 1/2/20
E - Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss by Jean Little 2/19/20
O - Osborne, Mary Pope, My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 2/28/20
R - Reid, Sue, War Nurse: The Diary of Kitty Langley, 1939-1940 2/17/20
G - Gillian Chan, Defend or Die: The Siege of Hong Kong, Jack Finnigan, Hong Kong, 1941 3/1/20
E - Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg 2/21/20
T - Twentieth Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington, London, 1899-1900 by Carol Drinkwater 9/29/19
O - Owens, Biddy, The Journal Of Biddy Owens, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers 4/10/20
W - William Durbin, The Journal Of Otto Peltonen, A Finnish Immigrant 10/18/19
N - Nanea, Growing Up with Aloha: A Nanea Classic Volume 1 by Kirby Larson 2/23/20
Chester:
C - A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 9/26/19
H - Hope In My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary by Kathryn Lasky 9/29/19
E - Eli Sisters, The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt 2/26/20
S - Swift, Minnie, Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky 1/7/20
T - Toughboy and Sister by Kirkpatrick Hill 10/29/19
E - Eldridge, Jim, Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII 2/29/20
R - Roger, Peter, U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945 by Bryan Perrett 3/16/20
Arlington:
A - American Girl, Kit: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp 1/12/20
R - Robinson, Barbara, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 3/23/20
L - Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry 12/9/19
I
N - Nancy Drew, The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene 2/23/20
G - Greta Gilbert, Seduced by Her Rebel Warrior 3/27/20
T - Theodosia, Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian 2/13/20
O - Once and for All by Sarah Dessen 4/19/20
N - Nowhere to Run: A Second World War refugee's diary, 1938-1943 by Carol Drinkwater 3/9/20
Clinton:
C - A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 by Judy Blundell 10/18/19
L - Larson, Kirby, Hattie Ever After 12/12/19
I
N - Nancy Drew, High Survival by Carolyn Keene 4/9/20
T - Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein by Carol Matas 3/1/20
O - One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 4/20/20
N - Nancy Drew, The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene 4/12/20
Washington:
W - Winter Camp by Kirkpatrick Hill 10/29/19
A - Alistair Morrison, Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942 by Hugh Brewster 3/11/20
S - Setterington, Ken, Branded by the Pink Triangle
H - Home at Last: Sofia's Immigrant Diary by Kathryn Lasky 9/29/19
I
N - No Strings Attached by Carolyn Keene 4/14/20
G - Grant, Marianne, The Earl's Runaway Governess by Catherine Tinley 4/3/20
T - Tripp, Valerie, Molly: An American Girl : 1944 3/16/20
O - Owens, Nobody, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 4/23/20
N - Nancy Drew, The Orchid Thief by Carolyn Keene 4/21/20
Franklin:
F - Franklin W. Dixon, The Tower Treasure 3/5/20
R - Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick 3/25/20
A - Andrea Davis Pinkney, With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 5/14/20
N
K - Keene, Carolyn, Captive Witness 10/20/19
L - Larson, Kirby, Hula for the Home Front: A Nanea Classic Volume 2 2/26/20
I
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*****COMPLETED 4/11/21*****Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City Names
Date: September 1, 2019 to Completion
Completed: 14/14
May use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
For letters Q, X, Y and Z, you may use a book in which the letter is found anywhere in the title, series, author or MC name.
Marion:
M- Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
A- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
R- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
I- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19 - 289p.
O- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
N - Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 12/5/19
Kingston:
K- Kindle by Fuin K. 1/23/20
I-In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
N- The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp-2/13/20
G-A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
S- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
T- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19
O- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
N - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon 3/6/20
Fairfield:
F- The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
A- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
I- Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming 1/23/20
R- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket 11/8/19
F- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19
I- Goldfinger by Ian Fleming-9/14/20
E-Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
L- Life on a Coral Atoll: Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands by Paul Oates 7/29/20D - The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard-11/26/19
Greenville:
G-Godfrey St. Peter- MC in The Professor's House by Willa Cather 1/22/20
R- In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
E- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
E-Edward Weston in
N- Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli-4/7/20
V- A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
I- The Island of South Georgia by Robert K. Headland-11/20/20
L- Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L. Kennedy 4/25/20
L- Marion Lafournier- character in This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples 7/2/20
E -Emily Pollifax-MC in The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 4/10/20
Riverside:
R- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6/30/20
I- For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming-1/6/21
V- Volpone by Ben Jonson 10/28/19
E- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
R- The Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter 5/15/20
S- Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
I- Dr. No by Ian Fleming 5/16/20
D- Divine Comedy by Sabri Bebawi 2/9/20
E - Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller-6/15/20
Springfield:
S- [The Blind Owl|45967] by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
P- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
R- Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey 12/4/19
I- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
N- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography b [booky [author:Neil Patrick Harris|620872] 10/18/19
G- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19
F- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford 10/25/19
I- Hard Rain by Irma Venter-2/24/21-
E- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/13/20
L-The Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker 1/19/20
D - Atomic Number Sixty by Dave Johnston -11/5/19
Salem:
S- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 1/1/20-
A- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
L- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20
E-Emily Pollifax- MC in The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 1/17/20
M -The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
Madison:
M- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
A- The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/3/19
D- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
I- Broken April by Ismail Kadare-3/4/21
S- Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd
O- Oriane...MC in The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust 7/24/20
N - Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 4/12/20
Georgetown:
G- Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
E- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
O- Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene-4/21/20
R-The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 5/13/20
G- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet 10/10/19
E- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten -4/18/20
T- Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
O- Openly Bob by Bob Smith-12/6/20
W- The White Devil by John Webster 10/20/19
N - -Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams 7/7/20 by Emlyn Williams 7/7/20
Chester:
C- The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
H- Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy 12/8/19
E-Edward Weston- character in Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë 2/8/20
S- Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 12/9/19
T- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 10/29/19
E- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 10/24/19
R- Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs 2/2/20
Arlington:
A- Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi 4/30/20
R- For You Mom, Finally by Ruth Reichl 1/11/20
L- Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20
I- The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch 7/8/20
N- Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer-7/15/20
G- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 1/31/20
T- Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
O- Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett 10/22/19
N- The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen 9/23/20
Clinton:
C- Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe 10/26/19L
I- Indiana by George Sand 5/24/20
N- The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o-1/24/21
T- The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 12/3/19
O-Owen Griffith, a MC in The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 5/18/20
N- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 1/4/21
Washington:
W- The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
A- Add a Dash of Pity by Peter Ustinov 12/15/19
S- The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 10/30/19
H-Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
I- Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming-6/21/20
N- Winter by Christopher Nicholson-4/11/21
G- Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 4/17/20
T- The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella 10/24/19
O- Orlando by Virginia Woolf-2/8/20
N- The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo 4/29/20
Franklin:
F- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
R- The Overstory by Richard Powers 1/9/20
A- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton 12/11/19
N- No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
K- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
L- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos 1/2/20
I- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
N- I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron 3/2/20
Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City NamesSeptember 1 - Completion
Marion, North Carolina:
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205. WC: TRAVEL TRIVIA SPELL - MOST COMMON US CITY NAMES (Part 1)
Date: 09/01/19 - 01/08/21
Level: Two
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Challenge Link: WC: Travel Trivia Spell - Most Common US City Names
✱1. MARION, ARKANSAS:
✔1. M = The Murder at the Vicarage|Agatha Christie|09.01.19|★★★★
✔2. A = The American Agent|Jacqueline Winspear|09.15.19|★★★★
✔3. R = The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories|Agatha Christie|09.15.19|★★★
✔4. I = If I Can't Have You|Gregg Olsen|09.02.19|★★★
✔5. O = One Hundred Years of Solitude|Gabriel García Márquez|09.20.19|★★
✔6. N = Nesbø, Jo|Police|09.11.19|★★
✔7. A = American Ghost|Hannah Nordhaus|09.25.19|★
✔8. R = Rosenfelt, David|Bury the Lead|09.09.19|★★★
✔9. K = Knit the Season|Kate Jacobs|10.08.19|★★
✔10. A = Angel's Rest|Emily March|09.24.19|★★
✔11. N = The 19th Wife|David Ebershoff|10.06.19|★
✔12. S = Sugar Cookie Murder|Joanne Fluke|09.18.19|★★★
✔13. A = After the War is Over|Jennifer Robson|10.14.19|★★
✔14. S = The Strangler|William Landay|10.05.19|★★
✱2. KINGSTON, GEORGIA
✔15. K = Keith Scribner|Old Newgate Road|10.10.19|★★
✔16. I = I Said Yes to Everything|Lee Grant|09.14.19|★★
✔17. N = No Rest for the Dead|Andrew Gulli|10.20.19|★
✔18. G = The Golden Tresses of the Dead|Alan Bradley|10.13.19|★★★
✔19. S = The Savage City|T.J. English|09.13.19|★★★
✔20. T = The Tudor Vendetta|C.W. Gortner|09.12.19|★★★
✔21. O = Open|Andre Agassi|09.23.19|★★★
✔22. N = Nine Perfect Strangers|Liane Moriarty|10.28.19|★★
✔23. G = Gillian Gill|We Two|10.02.19|★★★
✔24. E = Evanovich, Janet|Motor Mouth|09.03.19|★★
✔25. R = The River Wife|Jonis Agee|10.15.19|★★
✔26. O = An Ocean of Minutes|Thea Lim|10.31.19|★
✔27. G = Goodwin, Daisy|Victoria|09.16.19|★★★★
✔28. I = Improbable Cause|J.A. Jance|10.09.19|★★★
✔29. A = The Atomic City Girls|Janet Beard|10.16.19|★★
✱3. FAIRFIELD, TEXAS:
✔30. F = Forbidden Falls|Robyn Carr|10.04.19|★★★
✔31. A = Autumn in Venice|Andrea di Robilant|10.18.19|★★
✔32. I = It Was Me All Along|Andie Mitchell|10.19.19|★★★
✔33. R = Radio Girls|Sarah-Jane Stratford|10.22.19|★★
✔34. F = Flynn, Vince|The Third Option|11.09.19|★★★★
✔35. I = In the Morning I'll Be Gone|Adrian McKinty|10.21.19|★★
✔36. E = Elizabeth Gaskell|Wives and Daughters|09.07.19|★★★★
✔37. L = Lady Catherine, the Earl, & the Real Downton Abbey|Fiona Carnarvon|09.17.19
✔38. D = Death of a Glutton|M.C. Beaton|09.06.19|★★★
✔39. T = Take the Fall|Marquita Valentine|10.11.19|★★
✔40. E = Ellery Adams|Poisoned Prose|10.24.19|★★★
✔41. X = Xiaolong, Qiu 9155|A Loyal Character Dancer|11.18.19|★★★
✔42. A = Archer, Jeffrey|Be Careful What You Wish For|09.04.19|★★★★
✔43. S = Summer Knight|Jim Butcher|10.12.19|★★
✱4. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA:
✔44. G = A Good Month for Murder|Del Quentin Wilber|01.06.20
✔45. R = Radiant Angel|Nelson DeMille|10.23.19|★★★
✔46. E = Erin McCarthy|Hot Finish|10.26.19|★★★
✔47. E = Ellery Queen|The Dutch Shoe Mystery|11.11.19|★★★
✔48. N = Noel Streatfeild|Ballet Shoes|10.25.19|★★★★
✔49. V = Vendetta|James Neff|01.12.20
✔50. I = I Know Who You Are|Alice Feeney|10.27.19|★
✔51. L = Lethal Letters|Ellery Adams|11.19.19|★★★
✔52. L = The Little Giant of Aberdeen County|Tiffany Baker|11.21.19|★★
✔53. E = Emily Yellin|Our Mothers' War|11.13.19|★★
✔54. S = Steve Berry|The Malta Exchange|09.10.19|★★★★
✔55. O = Olsen, Jack|Doc|10.30.19|★★★
✔56. U = An Unexplained Death|Mikita Brottman|09.08.19|★★
✔57. T = The Thirst|Jo Nesbø|10.17.19|★★
✔58. H = The Heroes' Welcome|Louisa Young|09.05.19|★★★
✔59. C = Carolyn Haines|Buried Bones|09.26.19|★★★
✔60. A = Arthur Conan Doyle|The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes|09.21.19|★★★
✔61. R = The Ranger|Ace Atkins|11.04.19|★★
✔62. O = Owens, Delia|Where the Crawdads Sing|11.12.19|★★
✔63. L = The Lies We Told|Camilla Way|11.24.19|★★
✔64. I = Indelible|Karin Slaughter|11.03.19|★★★
✔65. N = Nesbø, Jo|Knife|11.28.19|★★
✔66. A = Alafair Burke|The Wife|09.22.19|★★★
✱5. RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA:
✔67. R = Robb, J.D.|Survivor In Death|12.14.19|★★★★
✔68. I = If She Wakes|Michael Koryta|11.25.19|★
✔69. V = Valentine, Genevieve|The Girls at the Kingfisher Club|02.10.20
✔70. E = Elly Griffiths|The Blood Card|11.14.19|★★★
✔71. R = Robyn Carr|Angel's Peak|12.16.19|★★★
✔72. S = Shakespeare's Landlord|Charlaine Harris|11.06.19|★★
✔73. I = If You Only Knew|M. William Phelps|01.16.20
✔74. D = Death of a Travelling Man|M.C. Beaton|11.10.19|★★★
✔75. E = Elly Griffiths|The Chalk Pit|11.20.19|★★★
✔76. C = Cover Her Face|P.D. James|10.07.19|★★★
✔77. A = Aunt Dimity's Good Deed|Nancy Atherton|11.02.19|★★
✔78. L = Larkin, Jillian|Diva|11.30.19|★★
✔79. I = In the Distance with You|Carla Guelfenbein|01.23.20
✔80. F = The Forgotten|David Baldacci|12.13.19|★★★
✔81. O = The One-in-a-Million Boy|Monica Wood|11.15.19|★★
✔82. R = Reckless Daughter|David Yaffe|01.21.20
✔83. N = Nez, Chester|Code Talker|12.17.19|★★★★
✔84. I = In the Blood|Lisa Unger|02.09.20
✔85. A = Anthony E. Zuiker|Whodunnit? Murder on Mystery Island|10.29.19|★★
205. WC: TRAVEL TRIVIA SPELL - MOST COMMON US CITY NAMES (Part 2)✱6. SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI:
✔86. S = The Sandcastle Girls|Chris Bohjalian|11.23.19|★★
✔87. P = Prince William|Penny Junor|12.02.19|★★★
✔88. R = Ruth Ware|The Turn of the Key|02.02.20
✔89. I = I Was Anastasia|Ariel Lawhon|03.06.20
✔90. N = The Nickel Boys|Colson Whitehead|01.18.20
✔91. G = The Girl You Left Behind|Jojo Moyes|01.10.20
✔92. F = Four Souls| Louise Erdrich|02.04.20
✔93. I = Isabel Allende|The House of the Spirits|03.08.20
✔94. E = Every Move You Make|M. William Phelps|12.05.19|★★★
✔95. L = Laura Levine|This Pen for Hire|12.28.19|★★★
✔96. D = The Diva Takes the Cake|Krista Davis|11.22.19|★★
✔97. M = A Mind to Murder|P.D. James|01.14.20
✔98. I = Ike and Kay|James MacManus|03.16.20
✔99. S = Something Wicked|Carolyn G. Hart|12.15.19|★★
✔100. S = Saving CeeCee Honeycutt|Beth Hoffman|12.21.19|★★★★
✔101. O = Odds Against|Dick Francis|01.13.20
✔102. U = Unger, Lisa|The Red Hunter|10.03.19|★★★★
✔103. R = Robinson, Patrick|Diamondhead|02.15.20
✔104. I = If Looks Could Kill|Kate White|03.23.20
✱7. SALEM, OREGON:
✔105. S = Shot In the Dark|Cleo Coyle|01.07.20
✔106. A = Agatha Christie: An Autobiography|Agatha Christie|12.10.19|★★★
✔107. L = The Lost Man|Jane Harper|03.03.20
✔108. E = Ellery Queen|The Greek Coffin Mystery|01.17.20
✔109. M = Main Street|Sinclair Lewis|02.06.20
✔110. O = The Only Living Witness|Stephen G. Michaud|01.28.20
✔111. R = Ruth Ware|The Lying Game|03.21.20
✔112. E = Evanovich, Janet|Twisted Twenty-Six|02.11.20
✔113. G = Gallows View|Peter Robinson|01.25.20
✔114. O = Origin in Death|J.D. Robb|02.28.20
✔115. N = No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy|Jim Proser|02.14.20
✱8. MADISON, WISCONSIN:
✔116. M = My Lovely Wife|Samantha Downing|02.26.20
✔117. A = American Predator|Maureen Callahan|01.27.20
✔118. D = Death by Darjeeling|Laura Childs|02.29.20
✔119. I = Iles, Greg|Cemetery Road|04.03.20
✔120. S = The Sixes|Kate White|01.08.20
✔121. O = The Other Mrs.|Mary Kubica|03.02.20
✔122. N = Never Grow Up|Jackie Chan|03.18.20
✔123. W = Where the Mountain Meets the Moon|Grace Lin|03.09.20
✔124. I = If You Tell|Gregg Olsen|04.10.20
✔125. S = 2nd Chance|James Patterson|02.25.20
✔126. C = Cross the Line|James Patterson|11.05.19|★★★
✔127. O = Ortolon, Julie|Almost Perfect|03.26.20
✔128. N = Not Our Kind|Kitty Zeldis|02.07.20
✔129. S = Sunburn|Laura Lippman|03.14.20
✔130. I = Iggulden, Conn|Lords of the Bow|05.03.20
✔131. N = Neggers, Carla|The Whisper|03.11.20
✱9. GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY:
✔132. G = Gone at Midnight|Jake Anderson|05.15.20
✔133. E = Emma Rous|The Au Pair|03.04.20
✔134. O = Open Your Eyes|Paula Daly|03.29.20
✔135. R = Riders of the Purple Sage|Zane Grey|04.08.20
✔136. G = Greer Hendricks|You Are Not Alone|05.18.20
✔137. E = Ellery Adams|Writing All Wrongs|03.10.20
✔138. T = Triangle|David von Drehle|11.07.19|★★★★
✔139. O = Once They Moved Like The Wind|David Roberts|04.25.20
✔140. W = Winterkill|C.J. Box|04.04.20
✔141. N = Nevins, Sheila|You Don't Look Your Age|03.05.20
✔142. K = Kate Quinn|The Huntress|02.18.20
✔143. E = Emily March|Hummingbird Lake|03.17.20
✔144. N = Next Year in Havana|Chanel Cleeton|04.05.20
✔145. T = Two Little Girls in Blue|Mary Higgins Clark|11.26.19|★★★
✔146. U = The Unidentified Redhead|Alice Clayton|12.12.19|★
✔147. C = Carved in Bone|Jefferson Bass|12.22.19|★★★
✔148. K = Killed at The Whim of a Hat|Colin Cotterill|01.09.20
✔149. Y = You Can't Make This Up|Al Michaels|09.19.19|★★★
✱10. CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA:
✔150. C = The Camel Club|David Baldacci|02.20.20
✔151. H = Half Moon Hill|Toni Blake|12.18.19|★★
✔152. E = Exit the Actress|Priya Parmar|04.12.20
✔153. S = Songs of Willow Frost|Jamie Ford|03.20.20
✔154. T = Tess Gerritsen|The Bone Garden|01.22.20
✔155. E = Elizabeth Gilbert|The Signature of All Things|04.13.20
✔156. R = Roberts, Nora|Tears of the Moon|06.07.20
✔157. P = Patricia Cornwell|The Bone Bed|01.04.20
✔158. E = Elizabeth Taylor|Kitty Kelley|04.16.20
✔159. N = Nancy Reagan|Kitty Kelley|04.07.20
✔160. N = Nicola Cornick|House of Shadows|05.05.20
✔161. S = The Sixth Victim|Tessa Harris|03.27.20
✔162. Y = Young, Kate|Southern Sass and Killer Cravings|01.05.20
✔163. L = Louis L'Amour|Yondering|01.24.20
✔164. V = The Vanishing Box|Elly Griffiths|05.29.20
✔165. A = Ann Rule|Lust Killer|02.08.20
✔166. N = New York Dead|Stuart Woods|05.14.20
✔167. I = Imperfect: An Improbable Life|Jim Abbott|05.08.20
✔168. A = The Associate|John Grisham|03.07.20
205. WC: TRAVEL TRIVIA SPELL - MOST COMMON US CITY NAMES (Part 3)✱11. ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS:
✔169. A = Agatha Christie|Sad Cypress|03.09.20
✔170. R = Red Seas Under Red Skies|Scott Lynch|06.15.20
✔171. L = Last to Die|Tess Gerritsen|03.12.20
✔172. I = I Shouldn't Be Telling You This|Kate White|06.24.20
✔173. N = Neumann, Ariana|When Time Stopped|05.16.20
✔174. G = The Game of Kings|Dorothy Dunnett|06.17.20
✔175. T = Those Who Save Us|Jenna Blum|04.06.20
✔176. O = Orwig, Sara|Entangled With a Texan|04.27.20
✔177. N = Nuala O'Connor|Becoming Belle|06.20.20
✔178. M = M.C. Beaton|Beating About the Bush|02.21.20
✔179. A = Arthur Conan Doyle|The Hound of the Baskervilles|03.25.20
✔180. S = State of the Onion|Julie Hyzy|04.17.20
✔181. S = Sierra Crane Murdoch|Yellow Bird|05.17.20
✔182. A = Above Suspicion|Joe Sharkey|03.31.20
✔183. C = Christie, Judy|Before and After|01.11.20
✔184. H = Heaven is for Real|Todd Burpo|01.01.20
✔185. U = A Useful Woman|Darcie Wilde|01.03.20
✔186. S = Shiver|Lisa Jackson|05.20.20
✔187. E = Eliot, Marc|Steve McQueen|04.20.20
✔188. T = The Third Rainbow Girl|Emma Copley Eisenberg|05.07.20
✔189. T = Thereby Hangs a Tail|Spencer Quinn|05.09.20
✔190. S = Steve Berry|The Warsaw Protocol|05.27.20
✱12. CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI:
✔191. C = Clear and Present Danger|Tom Clancy|04.30.20
✔192. L = Laurie R. King|The Beekeeper's Apprentice|02.23.20
✔193. I = I Love You Too Much|Alicia Drake|06.02.20
✔194. N = News of Our Loved Ones|Abigail DeWitt|06.03.20
✔195. T = Transcription|Kate Atkinson|05.10.20
✔196. O = The Other Einstein|Marie Benedict|05.13.20
✔197. N = Neff, James|The Wrong Man|06.25.20
✔198. M = Mozart's Sister|Nancy Moser|04.11.20
✔199. I = In Pieces|Sally Field|06.04.20
✔200. S = Steel, Danielle|Leap of Faith|07.02.20
✔201. S = Sennefelder, DebraThe Uninvited Corpse||07.13.20
✔202. I = Invisible|James Patterson|06.28.20
✔203. S = Swanson, Peter|The Kind Worth Killing|07.19.20
✔204. S = The Sense of an Ending|Julian Barnes|07.21.20
✔205. I = In the Hurricane's Eye|Nathaniel Philbrick|07.07.20
✔206. P = Presumed Innocent|Scott Turow|02.24.20
✔207. P = Phelps, M. William|The Devil's Rooming House|05.26.20
✔208. I = Indriðason, Arnaldur|Jar City|07.16.20
✱13. WASHINGTON, INDIANA:
✔209. W = What Alice Forgot|Liane Moriarty|03.15.20
✔210. A = Andrews, Donna|You’ve Got Murder|04.09.20
✔211. S = Stuart Woods|Under the Lake|07.22.20
✔212. H = Heartstone|C.J. Sansom|01.20.20
✔213. I = Imogen Robertson|Anatomy of Murder|08.07.20
✔214. N = The Night Circus|Erin Morgenstern|06.27.20
✔215. G = Geraldine Brooks|Caleb's Crossing|07.10.20
✔216. T = Tatiana de Rosnay|The House I Loved|05.12.20
✔217. O = Olsen, Jack|The Misbegotten Son|05.24.20
✔218. N = Nelson DeMille|The Deserter|07.09.20
✔219. I = In a Dark, Dark Wood|Ruth Ware|08.09.20
✔220. N = Nelson DeMille|Up Country|07.27.20
✔221. D = Dog on It|Spencer Quinn|03.19.20
✔222. I = Ian Fleming|Doctor No|08.14.20
✔223. A = Arthur Conan Doyle|The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: Volume 1|04.15.20
✔224. N = Need to Know|Karen Cleveland|08.18.20
✔225. A = The Ashford Affair|Lauren Willig|05.02.20
✱14. FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE:
✔226. F = Felder, Don|Heaven And Hell|06.05.20
✔227. R = Ruth Ware|The Death of Mrs. Westaway|07.18.20
✔228. A = Ace Atkins| The Lost Ones|05.04.20
✔229. N = Now You See Them|Elly Griffiths|08.27.20
✔230. K = Knit One, Kill Two|Maggie Sefton|04.14.20
✔231. L = Lincoln's Last Trial|Dan Abrams|04.02.20
✔232. I = Island of Bones|Imogen Robertson|08.17.20
✔233. N = NYPD Red 4|James Patterson|08.31.20
✔234. T = Tracy Walder|The Unexpected Spy|05.21.20
✔235. E = Elly Griffiths|The Dark Angel|07.29.20
✔236. N = Nala's World|Dean Nicholson|01.07.21
✔237. N = Notes on a Silencing|Lacy Crawford|01.08.21
✔238. E = An Empire of Ice|Edward J. Larson|07.31.20
✔239. S = See, Lisa|Flower Net|02.16.20
✔240. S = Sonia Purnell|A Woman of No Importance|08.12.20
✔241. E = Erik Larson|The Splendid and the Vile|08.06.20
✔242. E = Elly Griffiths|The Stranger Diaries|08.10.20
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I knew you would take on the harder level jingles!! Have fun :)
Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City NamesDuration: Sept 1, 2019 - ???
Progress: 14/14
Marion:
M Jacob's Ladder by Z.A. Maxfield 1/26/20
A Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day 1/30/20
R Sanford Hospital by Ron Ripley 2/15/20
I Iron by Terry Bolryder 7/23/20
O Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales by Yasmine Galenorn 7/31/20
N The Dead of Winter by Jack Night 4/21/20
Kingston:
K Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis by Tonya Kappes 1/27/20
I The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 7/30/20
N Blood Games by Chloe Neill 4/22/20
G Jack and the Giant Killer by Christopher Greyson 12/19/19
S Wounded by Shannon Mayer 11/8/19
T Tracker by Shannon Mayer 10/25/19
O Off Base by Annabeth Albert 8/6/20
N Lucky Break by Chloe Neill 8/30/20
Fairfield:
F Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman 9/13/19
A Possession by C.J. Archer 1/8/20
I The Invited by Jennifer McMahon 11/6/20
R Balance Point by Katherine Rhodes 10/12/19
F Firefighter Pegasus by Zoe Chant 10/5/19
I In the Roar by Milly Taiden 11/7/20
E World After by Susan Ee 11/3/19
L Chili to Die for by Lilly York 12/20/19
D Her Dark Legion by Pippa DaCosta 11/7/19
Greenville:
G Gravity by Dannika Dark 4/17/20
R Kurkow Prison by Ron Ripley 3/10/20
E Karma's A Bitch by Shannon Esposito 2/24/20
E Lion and the Falcon by Eve Langlais 2/22/20
N Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh 5/19/20
V Veiled Threat by Shannon Mayer 10/31/19
I Inappropriate by Vi Keeland 10/17/20
L Lullaby by J.L. Bryan 4/28/20
L Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson 4/27/20
E Eat You Up by Lucy Leroux 4/30/20
Riverside:
R Return to Tradd Street by Karen White 12/27/19
I Indexing by Seanan McGuire 2/1/21
V Vampire Kitten by Dawn Harshaw 11/29/19
E Siren's Song by Ella Summers 2/1/20
R Tall, Dark & Lonely by R.L. Mathewson 1/18/20
S Blind Salvage by Shannon Mayer 10/14/19
I Into the Darkness by K.F. Breene 1/30/21
D Don't Look Inside by Spike Black 12/30/19
E End of Days by Susan Ee 2/20/20
Springfield:
S Steel by Terry Bolryder 9/10/19
P Cards & Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape 11/16/19
R His Human Rebel by Renee Rose 9/29/19
I Dark Ride by Iain Rob Wright 9/3/19
N Crossing Over Easy by Nova Nelson 9/9/19
G Guardian by Shannon Mayer 10/27/19
F Feral Gaze by Athena Wright 9/11/19
I Irresistible by Lisa Lace 9/30/19
E Witch's Cauldron by Ella Summers 9/24/19
L Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye 11/18/19
D Prince of Dreams by Pippa DaCosta 10/10/19
Salem:
S Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern 10/12/19
A Until Lilly by Aurora Rose Reynolds 9/24/19
L Fortune's Fatal Fool by Regina Leigh 11/21/19
E Angelfall by Susan Ee 10/21/19
M Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer 9/28/19
Madison:
M Rising Darkness by Shannon Mayer 11/27/19
A Bloodstone by Barbra Annino 9/26/19
D Dead Reckoning by Pandora Pine 11/13/19
I Incarceron by Catherine Fisher 5/5/20
S Shadowed Threads by Shannon Mayer 10 10/9/19
O Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout 5/12/20
N Wild Things by Chloe Neill 3/29/20
Georgetown:
G Hex on the Beach by Gina LaManna 2/10/20
E Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan 2/19/20
O Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett 6/12/20
R Moon Dance by J.R. Rain 2/2/20
G Feed by Mira Grant 1/13/20
E Evermore by C.J. Archer 5/29/20
T Taking the Heat by Scott Hildreth 12/5/19
O Ostrich and the 'Roo by Eve Langlais 7/5/20
W The Sea Queen by Jovee Winters 11/16/19
N House Rules by Chloe Neill 2/16/20
Chester:
C Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas 11/2/19
H Pucked by Helena Hunting 11/14/19
E Heart of the Kraken by A.W. Exley 1/24/20
S Stitched by Shannon Mayer 11/14/19
T Pestilence by Laura Thalassa 9/21/19
E Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank 1/22/20
R Shift by Rachel Vincent 1/2/20
Arlington:
A Apocalypse Z: Book 1 by Baileigh Higgins 1/11/20
R Red Russia by Tanya Thompson 1/19/20
L Lust, Loathing And A Little Lip Gloss by Kyra Davis 1/4/20
I I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga 6/25/20
N Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh 2/13/20
G The Ghost Hunter Next Door by Danielle Garrett 12/1/19
T The Haunting by Hope C. Tarr 12/13/19
O Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee 3/17/20
N Biting Bad by Chloe Neill 3/14/20
Clinton:
C The Passage by Justin Cronin 9/8/19
L Perfect For Me by Lexy Timms 12/28/19
I Immune by Shannon Mayer 9/18/19
N The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin 10/11/19
T Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 10/18/19
O Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout 10/19/19
N Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill 9/27/19
Washington:
W Bad, Bad Prince by Wren Williams 10/2/19
A Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds 10/31/19
S A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir 9/20/19
H Hunter of Demons by Jordan L. Hawk 9/26/19
I Inn Over Her Head by Dixie Davis 11/23/19
N Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill 11/9/19
G How Beauty Loved the Beast by Jax Garren 11/11/19
T Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 1/15/20
O Becoming by Michelle Obama 2/9/20
N Drink Deep by Chloe Neill 11/22/19
Franklin:
F Forever Lies by Jill Ramsower 11/10/19
R Tallulah's Temptation by Robyn Peterman 10/28/19
A Axel by Harper Sloan 12/2/19
N Biting Cold by Chloe Neill 12/10/19
K Blood Rights by Kristen Painter 10/26/19
L Scarred by Marie Long 12/23/19
I The Ice Queen by Jovee Winters 11/29/19
N The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 12/1/19
Glad you are joining us Sunshine!
Most Common US City NamesDate: September 1, 2019 to Completion
This post: 66 books, 8 cities
8/8 cities done
66/66 books-this part finished 5/10/20
May use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or the)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
Marion--done:
Mary Ellen Hughes, author--A Curio Killing Mary Ellen Hughes 9/9/19
A An Untidy End Candice Prentice 9/3/19
Richardson, Lucy, mc--Booked for Trouble Eva Gates 9/14/19
I In Cave Danger Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 9/12/19
O Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Tracy Gardner 9/5/19
Novel Idea, series--Buried in a Book Lucy Arlington 9/10/19
Kingston-done:
King, Bailey, mc--Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 9/6/19
I It's Your Party, Die If You Want To Vickie Fee 9/28/19
Nancy Coco, author--Fudge Bites Nancy CoCo 9/21/19
Ginger Gold, mc--Murder at Hartigan House Lee Strauss 10/3/19
Singleton, Carrie, mc--Buried in the Stacks Allison Brook 9/11/19
T Toxic Toffee Amanda Flower 9/8/2019
O'Connor, Carlene, author--Christmas Cocoa Murder Carlene O'Connor 9/20/19
Naomi Miller, author--Blueberry Cupcake Mystery Naomi Miller 10/9/19
Fairfield-done:
F Fatal Cajun Festival: A Cajun Country Mystery Ellen Byron 9/13/19
Addie Greyborne, mc--Murder in the First Edition Lauren Elliott 9/22/19
I I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Ally Carter 11/19/19
R Reading Up a Storm Eva Gates 9/27/19
F First of September: An Amelia Bay Cozy Mystery Kathleen Joyce 9/15/19
I Invitation Only Murder Leslie Meier 11/28/19
Everly Swan, mc--Tide and Punishment Bree Baker 9/23/19
L Last Pen Standing Vivian Conroy 9/17/19
Daphne Templeton, mc--Something Borrowed, Something Mewed Bethany Blake 9/18/19
Greenville-done:
Goldstein, Debra H. Two Bites Too Many Debra H. Goldstein 9/24/19
R Read and Buried Eva Gates 10/7/19
Ellie Alexander, author--Beyond a Reasonable Stout Ellie Alexander 10/2/19
Ellen Byron, author--Body on the Bayou Ellen Byron 10/19/19
Nolan, Anna-mc--Framed for Murder Cathy Spencer 10/30/19
Victoria Hamilton, author--Bran New Death Victoria Hamilton 10/8/19
Iris Buckley, mc--Hems and Homicide Elizabeth Penney 1/19/20
Laurel Benson, mc--A Case of Murder by Monte Carlo: Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery, Book 1 Becki Willis 10/16/19
L Last Gasp Karen Chester 10/22/19
Early, Hope-mc--Three Widows and a Corpse Debra Sennefelder 11/5/19
Riverside-done:
RJ Wascom, mc--Chickenlandia Mystery Daisy Pettles 10/11/19
I In Cold Chamomile Joy Avon 2/8/20
Vallere, Diane-author--Masking for Trouble Diane Vallere 10/20/19
Eleanor Swift, mc--Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder Chris Cavender 11/18/19
Robertson, Nola-author--Death and Doubloons Nola Robertson 10/12/19
Salem B&B, series--Mrs. Morris and the Ghost Traci Wilton 9/25/19
Isabella Alan--Murder, Plain and Simple Isabella Alan 3/21/20
D Death of a Coupon Clipper Lee Hollis 9/29/19
Endicott, Nell-mc--A Murderous Tangle Sally Goldenbaum 11/23/19
Springfield: done
Shelton, Paige--Bookman Dead Style Paige Shelton 3/19/20
P A Potion to Die For Heather Blake 10/4/19
Resnick, Lucy-mc--Mistletoe Murder Karen MacInerney 12/6/19
Irish Village series--Murder in an Irish Village Carlene O'Connor 3/17/20
N Negative Exposure Lisa B. Thomas 1/4/20
Gayle Trent, author--Murder Takes the Cake: A Daphne Martin Cake MysteryGayle Trent 12/8/19
Feldstein, Casey, mc--Yarn to Go Betty Hechtman 9/30/19
Izzy Paterson mc-A Corpse at the Castle R.B. Marshall 4/6/20
Eleanor Wilde, mc--Potions Are for Pushovers Tamara Berry 11/30/19
Lillard, Amy-author--Can't Judge a Book By Its Murder Amy Lillard 10/28/19
Donovan, Zoe-mc--Christmas Crazy Kathi Daley 10/17/19
Salem-done:
Samantha Washington, mc--Bookmarked for Murder V.M. Burns 11/22/19
A Appliqued to Death: A Home Economics Mystery, book 1 Kathleen Suzette 9/26/19
Lucy Burdette, author--An Appetite for Murder Lucy Burdette 11/20/19
Erdahl, ML-author--Winter Takes All ML Erdahl 12/9/19
Mollie Cox Bryan, author--Christmas Cow Bells Mollie Cox Bryan 9/17/19
Madison done:
M Muffin But Murder Victoria Hamilton 10/10/19
Anne Canadeo, author--Hounds of the Basket Stitch Anne Canadeo 10/6/19
Daley, Kathi-author--The Trouble with Turkeys Kathi Daley 10/14/19
Ice Cream Parlor series-A Deadly Inside Scoop Abby Collette 5/10/20
Sarah Fox, author--An Ale of Two Cities Sarah Fox 11/30/19
O Of Spice and Men Sarah Fox 10/5/19
Nancy Coco, author--Death Bee Comes Her Nancy CoCo 1/14/20
Post 2, 51 books, 6 cities)51/51 books
6/6 cities done--7/7/20
Georgetown-done:
Georgie Tanner, mc--Cherry Pie or Die CeeCee James 1/15/20
Ehrhart, Peggy-author--Murder, She KnitPeggy Ehrhart 1/9/20
O One Corrupt Cookie Jill-Ayn Martin 11/22/19
Roxy Cane, mc--Holiday Roast Mortem Tonya Kappes 12/30/19
G Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 1/17/20
E. Earle, author--The Girl With Nine Lives E. Earle 2/6/20
Tabby Moon, mc--Jam Up and Jelly Fright Donna Walo Clancy 10/18/19
O One Bad Apple Sheila Connolly 1/20/20
Wiken, Linda-author--Toasting Up Trouble Linda Wiken 11/18/19
Nell Endicott, mc--Death by Cashmere Sally Goldenbaum 1/30/20
Chester: done
Creature Comforts series--Homicide by Horse Show Arlene Kay 10/13/19
H Halloween Hijinks Kathi Daley 10/1/19
Erickson, Alex author--Death by Tea Alex Erickson 3/15/20
S Southern Fried Tonya Kappes 3/13/20
Tonya Kappes, author--Stamped Out Tonya Kappes 11/13/19
Emily Selby-The Long Island Iced Tea Goodbye Emily Selby 3/30/20
Rita Mae Brown, author--Murder, She Meowed Rita Mae Brown 11/7/19
Arlington: done
A Apple Cider Slaying Julie Anne Lindsey 11/7/19
R Raining Men and Corpses Anne R. Tan 1/12/20
Leslie Meier, author of the 3rd story--Christmas Sweets Joanne Fluke 10/31/19
Izzy Greene mc-Murder She Typed Sylvia Selfman 5/19/20
Nora Pennington, mc--The Book of Candlelight Ellery Adams 2/3/20
Gilbert, Victoria-author--Bound for Murder Victoria Gilbert 1/22/20
T Take the Monkeys and Run Karen Cantwell 11/21/19
Orgain, Diana author--Yappy Hour Diana Orgain 2/19/20
Newsom, Phyllis mc--A Peach of a Murder Livia J. Washburn 2/14/20
Clinton: done
Christy Murphy, author--Milkshakes and Murder Christy Murphy 10/15/19
Lyndsey Cole, author--BlackBuried Pie Lyndsey Cole 1/3/20
Isabel Addington mc-Sugar and Vice: Cupcake Truck Mysteries Emily James
Nell Valenti mc--Al Dente's Inferno Stephanie Cole 2/23/20
TTheater Nights Are Murder Libby Klein 1/2/20
O On What Grounds Cleo Coyle 3/26/20
Nantucket Candle Maker series--Murder Makes Scents Christin Brecher 3/2/20
Washington: done
Waverly, Violet-mc--Verse and Vengeance Amanda Flower 12/23/19
Anderson, James-author--Murder, She Wrote The Murder of Sherlock Holmes James Anderson 11/24/2019
Sophie Winston, mc--The Diva Takes the Cake Krista Davis 12/31/19
Holford, Jody-author--Deadly Ride Jody Holford 10/24/19
I It Takes a Witch Heather Blake 6/17/20
N Night of the Living Deed E.J. Copperman 4/12/20
Goddess of Greene St. series-- Statue of Limitations Kate Collins 1/28/20
T There's A Murder Afoot Vicki Delany 1/5/20
O'Hara, Maxine mc-To Brew or Not to Brew Joyce Tremel 3/29/20
Natalie Barnes mc-Dead and Berried Karen MacInerney 5/6/20
Franklin:
F Fan Mail: An Aspen Adams Novel of Suspense Daryl Wood Gerber 11/15/19
Ray, Deany-author--Jammed Deany Ray 1/13/20
Archer, Courtney-mc--Cobblered to Death Rosemarie Ross 11/26/19
Nancy Coco-All You Need Is Fudge Nancy Coco 6/30/20
Kay Driscoll, mc--Murder Under the Tree Susan Bernhardt 12/4/19
Lee Hollis, author--Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury Lee Hollis 1/8/20
Imogene Plimp-Murder at the Snowed Inn Imogene Plimp 7/7/20
Natalie Barnes mc-Murder Most Maine Karen MacInerney 5/8/20
That's probably a good idea Tari!! I may have to do that too.
Jan wrote: "That's probably a good idea Tari!! I may have to do that too." Thanks, Jan! I think it was jingles who said in her groups that typically 75 book links can fit in a post. I left my book totals in the posts to help anyone that might want to split theirs too. :)
Hehe, I LOVE when a spell out lets us opt to use the articles. That may or may not have been the deal breaker when I decided to do this one ;)
Tari wrote: "Hehe, I LOVE when a spell out lets us opt to use the articles. That may or may not have been the deal breaker when I decided to do this one ;)"All my spell-outs have that option. We need all the help we can get..LOL.
Travel Trivia Spell Out: Most Common US City NamesDate: September 1, 2019 to Completion
Completed: 14/14 - 15/6/20
May use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
✔️ Marion:
M - The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers, 20/12/19, MC: Murphy
A - Legacy by Alan Judd, 5/10/19
R - Research by Philip Kerr, 3/9/19
I - The Librarian of Auschwitz: Based on the True Story of Dita Kraus by Antonio Iturbe, 9/10/19
O - The Muse by Jessie Burton, 5/9/19, MC: Odelle Bastien
N - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris, 11/9/19
✔️ Kingston:
K - A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America by Kathleen Krull, 15/12/19
I - I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones, 25/11/19
N - Copperhead by Bernard Cornwell, 13/12/19, MC: Nate Starbuck
G - The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory, 9/9/19
S - Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell, 7/9/19
T - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, 7/12/19
O - The Other Girl by Pam Jenoff, 20/10/19
N - Rebel by Bernard Cornwell, 8/12/19, MC: Nate Starbuck
✔️ Fairfield:
F - The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson, 10/9/19
A - Uncommon Enemy by Alan Judd, 12/10/19
I - White Teeth by Zadie Smith, 26/12/19, MC: Samad Iqbal
R - The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen, 22/9/19
F - Flight to Afar by Alfred Andersch, 11/9/19
I - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, 26/1/20
E - The School of Ups and Downs: The Story of a Summer Camp by Elsie J. Oxenham, 24/10/19
L - Armadillo by William Boyd, 13/9/19, MC: Lorimer Black
D - A Crowning Mercy by Bernard Cornwell, 30/11/19, MC: Dorcas
✔️ Greenville:
G - The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory, 12/9/19
R - The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff, 20/10/19, MC: Ruth Nowak
E - Patience Joan, Outsider by Elsie J. Oxenham, 3/11/19
E - Patience and Her Problems by Elsie J. Oxenham, 3/11/19
N - Battle Flag by Bernard Cornwell, 16/12/19, MC: Nate Starbuck
V - The Dressmaker's War by Mary Chamberlain, 6/9/19, MC: Ada Vaughan
I - Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta, 3/2/20, MC: Ijeomo
L - Love is Blind by William Boyd, 14/9/19
L - The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams, 23/10/19, MC: Leonora Randolph
E - Evelina by Frances Burney, 7/12/19
✔️ Riverside:
R - Sharpe's Prey by Bernard Cornwell, 25/10/19, MC: Richard
I - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, 30/4/20
V - The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory, 7/9/19
E - Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, 21/12/19
R - Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell, 27/10/19, MC: Richard
S - The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal, 13/9/19
I - Cinder by Marissa Meyer, 10/4/20, MC: Iko
D - Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore, 10/11/19
E - The Confession by Jessie Burton, 7/1/20, MC: Elisa Morceau
✔️ Springfield:
S - Sharpe's Fortress by Bernard Cornwell, 17/10/19
P - The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal, 14/9/19
R - Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell, 28/10/19, MC: Richard
I - The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead, 30/4/20
N - The Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwell, 17/12/19, MC: Nate Starbuck
G - The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 25/9/19
F - Fallen Angels by Bernard Cornwell, 3/12/19
I - I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, 15/5/20
E - Deb at School by Elsie J. Oxenham, 30/12/19
L - Leibhaftig by Christa Wolf, 17/12/19
D - Sharpe's Devil by Bernard Cornwell, 2/1/20, MC: Don Blas
✔️ Salem:
S - Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell, 20/10/19
A - According to Yes by Dawn French, 18/10/19
L - The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, 29/12/19, MC: Robert Langford
E - Educated by Tara Westover, 4/1/20
M - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, 8/1/20
✔️ Madison:
M - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur, 28/12/19
A - Faithful by Alice Hoffman, 22/12/19
D - The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth by William Boyd, 21/9/19
I - Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagler, 16/2/20
S - Sharpe's Fury by Bernard Cornwell, 4/11/19
O - Deb of Sea House by Elsie J. Oxenham, 31/12/19
N - Scat by Carl Hiaasen, 19/5/20, MC: Nick
✔️ Georgetown:
G - At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier, 26/12/19, MC: Sadie Goodenough
E - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, 4/2/20, MC: Emilia
O - Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman, 15/1/20, MC: Oliver
R - Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell, 29/10/19, MC: Richard
G - Tidelands by Philippa Gregory, 6/2/20
E - Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, 25/2/20
T - A Divided Spy by Charles Cumming, 18/12/19, MC: Thomas
O - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, 19/1/20
W - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 6/10/19
N - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 22/12/19
✔️ Chester:
C - Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell, 9/11/19
H - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, 13/10/19
E - America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, 30/1/20
S - Sharpe's Gold by Bernard Cornwell, 30/10/19
T - Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks, 22/12/19, MC: Tariq
E - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 31/1/20
R - Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell, 2/11/19, MC: Richard
✔️ Arlington:
A - A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming, 27/12/19, MC: Amelia
R - Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell, 7/11/19, MC: Richard
L - The Last Dance and Other Stories by Victoria Hislop, 31/12/19
I - The Huntress by Kate Quinn, 18/2/20, MC: Ian
N - The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer, 23/12/19
G - Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood, 29/12/19
T - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 23/12/19
O - Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi, 1/2/20
N - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, 24/1/20, MC: Frannie Nolen
✔️ Clinton:
C - Sharpe's Sword by Bernard Cornwell, 14/11/19
L - The Man Between by Charles Cumming, 31/12/19, MC: Lara
I - The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, 9/4/20
N - NW by Zadie Smith, 8/2/20
T - The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith, 11/1/20
O - Open Road Summer by Emery Lord, 8/4/20
N - The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, 27/2/20, MC: Nick
✔️ Washington:
W - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, 19/9/19
A - Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding, 28/12/19, MC: Augustin
S - Sharpe's Enemy by Bernard Cornwell, 15/11/19
H - The Return by Victoria Hislop, 23/11/19
I - A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood, 24/5/20
N - Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom by Andrew P. Napolitano, 1/3/20
G - Golden Child by Claire Adam, 27/1/20
T - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, 13/1/20
O - Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, 14/4/20
N - Landline by Rainbow Rowell, 21/5/21, MC: Neal
✔️ Franklin:
F - Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges, 15/12/19
R - Sharpe's Honor by Bernard Cornwell, 16/11/19, MC: Richard
A - The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, 2/1/20, MC: Achilles
N - The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns, 3/2/20, MC: Naoko
K - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, 16/12/19, MC: Keiko
L - Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan, 11/1/20, MC: Pino Lella
I - Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende, 15/6/20
N - News of the World by Paulette Jiles, 15/6/20
Reserved in case I need the extra space.
Glad you are joining the fun Hannah!
Just a small update...✱1. MARION, ARKANSAS:
✔1. M = The Murder at the Vicarage|Agatha Christie|09.01.19|★★★★
✔2. A = The American Agent|Jacqueline Winspear|09.15.19|★★★★
✔3. R = The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories|Agatha Christie|09.15.19|★★★
✔4. I = If I Can't Have You|Gregg Olsen|09.02.19|★★★
✔5. O = One Hundred Years of Solitude|Gabriel García Márquez|09.20.19|★★
✔6. N = Nesbø, Jo|Police|09.11.19|★★
✔7. A = American Ghost|Hannah Nordhaus|09.25.19|★
✔8. R = Rosenfelt, David|Bury the Lead|09.09.19|★★★
✔9. K = Knit the Season|Kate Jacobs|10.08.19|★★
✔10. A = Angel's Rest|Emily March|09.24.19|★★
✔11. N = The 19th Wife|David Ebershoff|10.06.19|★
✔12. S = Sugar Cookie Murder|Joanne Fluke|09.18.19|★★★
✔13. A = After the War is Over|Jennifer Robson|10.14.19|★★
✔14. S = The Strangler|William Landay|10.05.19|★★
✱2. KINGSTON, GEORGIA
✔15. K = Keith Scribner|Old Newgate Road|10.10.19|★★
✔16. I = I Said Yes to Everything|Lee Grant|09.14.19|★★
✔17. N = No Rest for the Dead|Andrew Gulli|10.20.19|★
✔18. G = The Golden Tresses of the Dead|Alan Bradley|10.13.19|★★★
✔19. S = The Savage City|T.J. English|09.13.19|★★★
✔20. T = The Tudor Vendetta|C.W. Gortner|09.12.19|★★★
✔21. O = Open|Andre Agassi|09.23.19|★★★
✔22. N = Nine Perfect Strangers|Liane Moriarty|10.28.19|★★
✔23. G = Gillian Gill|We Two|10.02.19|★★★
✔24. E = Evanovich, Janet|Motor Mouth|09.03.19|★★
✔25. R = The River Wife|Jonis Agee|10.15.19|★★
✔26. O = An Ocean of Minutes|Thea Lim|10.31.19|★
✔27. G = Goodwin, Daisy|Victoria|09.16.19|★★★★
✔28. I = Improbable Cause|J.A. Jance|10.09.19|★★★
✔29. A = The Atomic City Girls|Janet Beard|10.16.19|★★
Nicely done jingles! I keep forgetting to update this one. I need to get busy.
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This challenge is inspired my one of my daily Travel Trivia emails. We are going to spell out the most used city names in the USA.
Level One: Spell out each of the 14 city names
Level Two: For All you spell out fanatics!!
Find a state that has a CITY by that name and spell out BOTH the city and state name. (view spoiler)[You may repeat state names as many times as you would like. To find the states with that city name type in the city in Wikipedia. Scroll down to USA and choose a state. Be sure it is the city and not the county or township. (hide spoiler)]
You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
For letters Q, X, Y and Z, you may use a book in which the letter is found anywhere in the title, series, author or MC name.
Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have finished the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and re-post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.
Trivia Info Taken From: (view spoiler)[Travel Trivia.com
Info Confirmed at: Most Common US place names (hide spoiler)]
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City Names
Marion: 26 Different States
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Kingston: 26 Different States
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Fairfield: 26 Different States
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Greenville: 26 Different States
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Riverside: 26 Different States
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Springfield:26 Different States
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Salem: 27 Different States
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Madison: 27 Different States
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Georgetown: 27 Different States
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Chester: 27 Different States
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Arlington:28 Different States
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Clinton: 29 Different States
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Washington: 29 Different States
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Franklin: 35 Different States
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