Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

January - March 2024

Let’s read books that feature in some fashion the following places where adventures of all sorts are likely to happen. Please share how your book fits for each task.

Rules:
* books may only be used for one place
* Rereads okay.
* No page minimum
* Please repost your completed challenge when you are finished.

Places:
Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

Alex
Andrea

Beth

Carissa
Charlene
Crystal

Fifi

Hannah

Jenn

Karen
Kate
Katrina

Lauri
Loraine
Lynnette

Missy

Writer

I'm in!

Circus


Zoo


Theme Park


Aquarium


Wild West


Grand Canyon


Skate Park


Trailer Park
Darby lives in a trailer park, and some of the story takes place there.



National Park


Lake


Ocean
The setting is a beach town on the ocean, and in the book Callie goes for early morning walks to the ocean, ends up connecting with someone there, and her time at the ocean becomes part of her healing process.



Cruise Ship
The RMS Carpathia was operating as a cruise ship at the time it aided in rescuing passengers from the Titanic.



Mountain
Set in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky



Lodge
The Burnt Pine Tree Hunting Lodge is a big piece of this story! It's where Matt was murdered, investigations take place, suspects hike, and other things key to the book happen.




Cabin
The Well Spring Ranch is where "the three" are taken for their first training session, and the main location on the ranch where they gather and lodge is "the main cabin".


Foreign City (which one?)
Israel



Island
Setting is a remote North Carolina Island named Lantern Beach



Beach
Quite a bit of the crime in this book happens somewhere along the beach.



Pirate Ship


Bed and Breakfast


Town Square


Museum


Monument


Garden


Botanical Garden


Bike Trail


Dog Park


Coffee Shop
Marlene turns the old building into an ice cream shop in the summer and coffee shop that also sells baked goods in the winter.



Bookshop


Movie Theater
There were several scenes at the movie theater, and the movie theater played a role in the overall story line. The key event that led to all others in this book happened while the sisters were in line at the movie theater, waiting to get their tickets.



One-Room Schoolhouse
There were a few scenes inside the one room schoolhouse. But a lot of the story focused on Coras efforts and work that surrounded what happened in the one room school houses that were spread across the Appalachian Mountains in Rowan County. Her focus and work she ended up being known for was her impact in eradicating literacy and that took place in the one room school houses.


Kitchen
Several scenes happen in the kitchen of either Henry or his nieces home.



Backyard


Gymnasium

I'm in!

Circus
Zoo

Theme Park
(Mar 6/24)
Main character builds a rollercoaster for a theme park.

Aquarium

Wild West
(Feb 5/24)
Set in Colorado in 1877... lots of cowboys and cowgirls.

Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park

National Park
(Feb 12/24)
Much of the book took place in Kannery National Park Montana


Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin

Foreign City (Copenhagen)
(Jan 18/24)

Island


Beach
(Jan 11/24)
In both timelines characters were in scenes on the beach near the Ocracoke Inn.
(Mar 21/24)
I would say that an emergency landing of a plane on a beach was quite the adventure!

Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument

Garden
(Jan 21/24)
An important scene takes place in a gazebo in a garden...

Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park

Coffee Shop
(Jan 13/24)
Sadie is at a coffee shop in the very first sentence in the book!

Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse

Kitchen
(Jan 1/24)
They snuck away from the ball to play a game of Snapdragon in the kitchen.

Backyard
(Jan 31/24)
Many scenes in the backyard of Libby's house. Libby and Henry meet there.

Gymnasium

I'm in.

Adventure Awaits
Jan - Mar 2024

1. Foreign City: London, England
The Words I Never Wrote by Jane Thynne (GM) 1/1/24
2. National Park: Redwood National Park
Where Trees Touch the Sky: A Redwood National Park Novel by Karen Barnett 1/18/24
3. Beach: California
We'll Meet Again by Melody Carlson 1/19/24
4. Garden
A Heart Most Certain by Melissa Jagears 1/23/24
5. Bookshop
Silver Bell Secrets by Cara Putman 1/28/24
6. Mountain
Something New by Joanne Bischof 2/8/24
7. Wild West
The Boden Birthright by Mary Connealy 2/22/24
8. Coffee Shop
Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book? by Ally Carter (GM) 2/28/24
9. Garden
Of Gardens and Pixies and Chocolate Cake by Kara Swanson (not on GR) 3/11/24
10. Museum (in an Exposition)
Knowing You by Tracie Peterson 3/16/24
11. Bookshop
Shadows of the White City by Jocelyn Green 3/21/24

I'm in! This looks fun and some of the books on my 2024 pile already fit!


Adventure Awaits
Jan - Mar 2024

Circus


Zoo
(3/25/24)


Theme Park

Aquarium


Wild West
(1/29/24) (3/6/24) (3/6/24) (3/30/24)


Grand Canyon
(2/22/24)


Skate Park

Trailer Park


National Park
Big Bend National Park - (1/18/24)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - (1/25/24)
Mesa Verde National Park - (2/4/24)


Lake

Ocean

Cruise Ship


Mountain
(1/7/24) - escaped into the mountains
(1/8/24) - rescued from kidnappers in the mountains


Lodge


Cabin
(2/2/24) (2/3/24) - both books - part of story takes place in remote cabin in northern Alaska


Foreign City (which one?)


Island
(1/19/24) - takes place on Stepping Stones Island
(3/13/24) - takes place on Hope Island


Beach
(1/30/24) - included a beach wedding


Pirate Ship

Bed and Breakfast


Town Square
(3/17/24) - some major scenes take place in the town square


Museum
(3/8/24) - takes place in Meriwether County Historical Museum


Monument

Garden

Botanical Garden

Bike Trail

Dog Park


Coffee Shop
(3/31/24)


Bookshop


Movie Theater
(1/21/24) - Seb Pierce is renovating an old movie theater to reopen by Christmas


One-Room Schoolhouse


Kitchen
(1/15/24) - good portion of the book takes place in the kitchen baking, kitchen at culinary school, or helping in restaurant kitchen
(3/18/24) - many scenes take place in kitchen at lumber camp


Backyard
(2/11/24) - several scenes take place in backyard of childhood home


Gymnasium

I'm in!

Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

I am in.

Beth - ;)
in Calgary

I'm in!

Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

I'm in!

Circus - You See a Circus, I See... A young boy who is the son of Circus parents explains what you see at the circus compared to what he sees.)

Zoo - The Zoo: A Can-You-Find-It Book (Each page is filled with a party of Zoo animals and other objects. At the bottom of the page are pictures with names underneath for children to find.)

Theme Park - The Carousel ( A Carousel was in the park along with other rides where the couple often went.)

Aquarium - (The murder takes places in a large aquarium that is part of a sea life museum.)

Wild West - (Fort was in the unsettled territories in the west and dealt with cowboys, Indians, and criminal gangs)

Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park

National Park (State Park) - Lilac Cottage ( The entire story takes place at Mackinac Island State Park)

Lake - Pretense (One of the main characters has a house on Lake Tahoe.)

Ocean- A Shore Thing: An Otter Bay Novel (Two of the main characters walked the dog and played down at the shore of Otter Bay on the Pacific Ocean)
A Dish Best Served Cold (Two of the main characters walked the dog and played down at the shore of Otter Bay on the Pacific Ocean.)

Cruise Ship - (First third of the story set on the Titanic and Carpathia)

Mountain - Reunions Can Be Murder (Much of the action takes place in the White Mountains of Arizona.)

Lodge
Cabin - (A schoolteacher who went blind received help from the town to renovate a cabin where she could live.)


Foreign City (London England) If I Were You (World War II in England)

Island - ((Newport is on Aquidneck Island and the story was about a lighthouse keeper and his daughter on the island)

Beach - Fade to Blue (The main characters like to picnic at Otter Bay which was a beach on the Pacific Ocean.)

Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast

Town Square -

Museum - Dinosaurs Are Different A group of Children tour a dinosaur museum and find out about dinosaurs)

Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park

Coffee Shop - (The 4 young women often gathered at Mountain Perks Coffee Shop to catch up with each other.)

Bookshop
Movie Theater

One-Room Schoolhouse - After the Shadows (The new schoolteacher was a widower who along with his son were main characters in the story along with events that took place in the school.)

Kitchen - Loudmouse by Wilbur Richard (1991-05-01) Hardcover (Loud Mouse keeps running into the kitchen to try and get Mr. Dowd’s cheese)

Backyard - Home Before Dark (Daleigh’s dad was murdered at the end of the pier in their back yard)


Gymnasium

I'm in!

Places:
Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium

✔️Wild West ~ the entirety of this book has a 'Wild West' feel, complete with a Texas Ranger as the hero! Fairest of Heart (finished 23 January)

✔️Grand Canyon ~ the hotel where Myrtle is a Harvey Girl is located at the rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Encounters (finished 20 March)

Skate Park
Trailer Park

✔️National Park ~ Autumn is a ranger for (and the action takes place in) an unnamed national park in Virginia in Mountain Survival (finished 24 March)

✔️Lake ~ an all-girls' school located (and called!) at a lakeside is one of the main settings of Ladies of the Lake (finished 15 February)

Ocean

✔️Cruise Ship ~ Leora, John, and Alana take a sunset cruise to celebrate Leora's birthday in the final story in Sisters by the Sea (finished 15 January)

✔️Mountain ~ while she and her son are trying to escape their captors, Jennie falls down part of a mountain in Desert Rescue (finished 12 January)

Lodge

✔️Cabin ~ the McLaughlin family (who helps rescue Vin after his fall from the cliff) settle in a rustic cabin in 1822 Ohio in Until Then (finished 20 February)

✔️Foreign City (which one?) ~ Libby and her '1914 mother' visit London, England in When the Day Comes (finished 5 January)

✔️Island ~ Cody's grandfather lived on an Island (and said island features heavily into the storyline) in Trailing a Killer (finished 23 February)

Beach
Pirate Ship

✔️Bed and Breakfast ~ The women of the Summers family runs a 'guest house' in Sidmouth, Devonshire in A Winter by the Sea (finished 18 January)

✔️Town Square ~ Gretchen reacquaints herself with her hometown by taking a walk on her first evening there, including around 'La Plaza Vieja' (the Old Plaza/Square) in A Flood of Love (finished 8 January)

Museum
Monument

✔️Garden ~ Colleen and Rylan have a very important conversation in a family friend's estate garden in Irish Meadows (finished 3 March)

Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park

✔️Coffee Shop ~ Eunice treats Eric to a coffee and a cinnamon bun at the local coffee shop in Where the Blue Sky Begins (finished 5 February)

Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse

✔️Kitchen ~ Augusta is in the kitchen making her daughter's favourite pancakes in the first scene between them in The Tapestry of Grace (finished 7 January)

✔️Backyard ~ Kristin and Luke have a good 'get to know you' type of conversation sitting in her backyard in Hidden Peril (finished 3 February)

✔️Gymnasium ~ the 'baddie' takes a nefarious phone call as they are leaving the gym in Dark Ambitions (finished 25 February)

I’m in!

January - March 2024
Rules:
* books may only be used for one place
* Rereads okay.
* No page minimum
* Please repost your completed challenge when you are finished.

Places:

Circus:

Zoo:

Theme Park: Six Flags
Chop, Chop by L.N. Cronk
(03/12/24)

Aquarium:

Wild West: A traveling Wild West show
Valley of Dreams byLauraine Snelling
(02/12/24)

Grand Canyon:

Skate Park:

Trailer Park: Higher Grounds Trailer Park
The Potluck Club by Linda Evans Shepherd & Eva Marie Everson
(03/20/24)

National Park: pg. 50 mentions hiking in a National Park
The Third Target by Joel C. Rosenberg
(02/05/24)

Lake: Wren Lake
An Eye for an Eye by Irene Hannon
(03/23/24)

Ocean: Crossed when traveling between America and Europe
When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer
(01/09/24)

Cruise Ship: RMS Olympic has accident
Irish Meadows by Susan Anne Mason
(03/05/24)

Mountain: Ed was Santa @ Stone Mountain Park for many years
The Red Suit Diaries: A Real-Life Santa on Hopes, Dreams, and Childlike Faith by Ed Butchart
(01/15/24)

Lodge:

Cabin: MC, Andra, lives in a cabin in the mountains
Sanctuary Lost by Lisa Phillips
(01/13/24)

Foreign City: Brussels, Warsaw, Jerusalem, others
A Child Without a Shadow: A Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor and a World Famous Doctor by Shaul Harel
(01/31/24). GM

Island: Hawaiian & South Pacific islands
Screen Play by Chris Coppernoll
(02/17/24)

Beach: pg. 118…when a bonfire at the beach got out of hand.
Where the Blue Sky Begins by Katie Powner
(02/10/24)

Pirate Ship:

Bed and Breakfast: Edith has turned their home into a B&B
The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson
(02/22/24)

Town Square: Courthouse Square in Noble Springs, MO
Where Wildflowers Bloom by Ann Shorey
(03/16/24)

Museum: Trinity History Theater and Museum
Always Look Twice by Elizabeth Goddard
(03/26/24)

Monument: Nelson’s Column
Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin
(02/28/24)

Garden: MC, Phoebe, loves working in her rose garden.
Archer by Camille Elliot
(01/25/24)

Botanical Garden:

Bike Trail: They ride bikes to school, work, grocery store, etc
Anna's Courage by Kristin Noel Fischer
(03/21/24)

Dog Park:

Coffee Shop: A couple of coffee shop mentions.
Predator by Terri Blackstock
(02/25/24)

Bookshop: MC owns a Christian bookshop.
Ciao, Bella by Ryan M. Phillips
(01/05/24)

Movie Theater: Mama B & Dr. Wilson go to a movie
A Time to Dance by Michelle Stimpson
(02/23/24)

One-Room Schoolhouse: Briefly mentions school only thru 8th grade
Embers of Love by Tracie Peterson
(03/31/24)

Kitchen: Catherine is trying to learn how to cook
Deeply Devoted by Maggie Brendan
(03/10/24)

Backyard: Brianna’s dad tries to kidnap her from Lynda’s backyard
Evidence of Mercy by Terri Blackstock
(02/14/24)

Gymnasium: Veteran’s wheelchair basketball game(s)
Driving Force by Lynette Eason & Kate Angelo
(03/08/24)

January - March 2024

Circus
(1/19) Zoo
Theme Park
(4/22)Aquarium
Wild West
(3/15) Grand Canyon
Skate Park
(1/26) Trailer Park
(2/16) National Park (1 chapter is in Yellowstone)
(1/21) Lake
(1/24) Ocean
Cruise Ship
(4/24) Mountain
(2/26) Lodge
Cabin
(1/17) Foreign City (Warsaw, Ploand)
(3/8)Island
(1/27) Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
(2/5)Monument (Empire State Building)
(4/6) Garden
(2/23) Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
(2/1) Coffee Shop
Bookshop
(3/21) Movie Theater -the younger sister goes to the movies with a friend
One-Room Schoolhouse (4/17)
(1/30) Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

I’m in!

Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

I’m in.

Places:
Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

Welcome, all! Linked up to here.

I’m in!

I’m in!

Places:
Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

Welcome, Alex and Hannah!

I'll give it a try
Places:
Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium
Wild West
Grand Canyon
Skate Park
Trailer Park
National Park
Lake
Ocean
Cruise Ship
Mountain- Mountain town in North Carolina
Lodge
Cabin
Foreign City (which one?)-London:
Island
Beach
Pirate Ship
Bed and Breakfast- Main character's family owns a B&B.
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop
Bookshop-
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

Welcome, Carissa!

A question about the 'bed and breakfast' place . . . does it need to actually be CALLED a bed and breakfast? The book I'm reading right now ( ) is about a family who runs a 'guest house' in 1819, which essentially functions as a type of bed and breakfast, though now that I think of it, bed and breakfasts are usually not for longer term stays (just for a few nights), and this one definitely takes in longer term guests?

I'll take "guest house" for that, as it's very similar.

great!

Hoping to give it a go, Andrea. ;))

Places:

Circus
Zoo
Theme Park
Aquarium

Wild West
Fun read as an Annie Oakley protege pursues the cowboy in her sights.

Grand Canyon
Skate Park

Trailer Park
Amish sleuth investigates trailer park residents.

National Park

Lake
Fav Home Reno show hosted by former family friend..

Ocean Cruise Ship
Cozy mystery focus of Delish cruise food.

MountainLodge -

Cabin
Financial Intrigue hideaway.

Foreign City -which one = Bethlehem

Island
Enjoyed colourful tropical beach location descriptions and travel storyline.

Beach
Paths cross for two new Nantucket arrivals …

Pirate Ship

B&B
MC has established a local B&B yet family ties keep her connected to the Amish world.

Town Square
Historical town square settings contribute to dramatic dual timelines.

Museum
Jane Austen’s home and museum included in the Sisters’ UK tour.


Monument along Silk Road cycling adventure.
P
Garden
Home Garden provides place of grounding for this MC.


Exotic Botanical Garden in Monaco.


Bike Trail

Dog Park

Coffee Shop
MC ‘s proprietorship of local coffee shop provides backdrop for recipes.

Bookshop
Bookshop owner’s inventive cooperation in this WW novel.

Movie Theatre
Beth’s humourous descriptions of movie theatre’s role in her small town life.

One-Room Schoolhouse
MC faces life away from home during WW active prejudices of town management.

Kitchen
Central focus of this MC’s cookery exploits.


Backyard Escape and adventure for children as they process an imminent move.

Gymnasium
Community and humorous personal connections for a new school teacher.

Welcome, Writer!

Andrea wrote: "Welcome, Writer!"

Thankyou, Andrea, and for these fun reading additions ;))

You're welcome.

Andrea will you take state park instead of skate park. I just read a book that the whole setting was in a state park!

A skate park is where skateboarders and BMX practice their skills. Vastly different than a state park.

However, I will accept state park for the national park category, as those are very similar.

Andrea wrote: "A skate park is where skateboarders and BMX practice their skills. Vastly different than a state park.

However, I will accept state park for the national park category, as those are very similar."

Thanks! BTW I do know what a skate park is LOL:)

Oh good. I'm never sure who knows what, so I tend to overexplain at times. Habits from tutoring for twenty years, I suppose.

Andrea wrote: "Oh good. I'm never sure who knows what, so I tend to overexplain at times. Habits from tutoring for twenty years, I suppose."

Totally understand as a teacher for 37 years!!

High five! I love a good connection between friends.

Finished 18 out of 34.

✔️Wild West ~ the entirety of this book has a 'Wild West' feel, complete with a Texas Ranger as the hero! Fairest of Heart (finished 23 January)

✔️Grand Canyon ~ the hotel where Myrtle is a Harvey Girl is located at the rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Encounters (finished 20 March)

✔️National Park ~ Autumn is a ranger for (and the action takes place in) an unnamed national park in Virginia in Mountain Survival (finished 24 March)

✔️Lake ~ an all-girls' school located (and called!) at a lakeside is one of the main settings of Ladies of the Lake (finished 15 February)

✔️Cruise Ship ~ Leora, John, and Alana take a sunset cruise to celebrate Leora's birthday in the final story in Sisters by the Sea (finished 15 January)

✔️Mountain ~ while she and her son are trying to escape their captors, Jennie falls down part of a mountain in Desert Rescue (finished 12 January)

✔️Cabin ~ the McLaughlin family (who helps rescue Vin after his fall from the cliff) settle in a rustic cabin in 1822 Ohio in Until Then (finished 20 February)

✔️Foreign City (which one?) ~ Libby and her '1914 mother' visit London, England in When the Day Comes (finished 5 January)

✔️Island ~ Cody's grandfather lived on an Island (and said island features heavily into the storyline) in Trailing a Killer (finished 23 February)

✔️Bed and Breakfast ~ The women of the Summers family runs a 'guest house' in Sidmouth, Devonshire in A Winter by the Sea (finished 18 January)

✔️Town Square ~ Gretchen reacquaints herself with her hometown by taking a walk on her first evening there, including around 'La Plaza Vieja' (the Old Plaza/Square) in A Flood of Love (finished 8 January)

✔️Garden ~ Colleen and Rylan have a very important conversation in a family friend's estate garden in Irish Meadows (finished 3 March)

✔️Coffee Shop ~ Eunice treats Eric to a coffee and a cinnamon bun at the local coffee shop in Where the Blue Sky Begins (finished 5 February)

✔️Kitchen ~ Augusta is in the kitchen making her daughter's favourite pancakes in the first scene between them in The Tapestry of Grace (finished 7 January)

✔️Backyard ~ Kristin and Luke have a good 'get to know you' type of conversation sitting in her backyard in Hidden Peril (finished 3 February)

✔️Gymnasium ~ the 'baddie' takes a nefarious phone call as they are leaving the gym in Dark Ambitions (finished 25 February)

16 adventurous places found . . . not bad!

Loraine wrote: "Finished 18 out of 34."

Great job, Loraine!

Kate wrote: "16 adventurous places found . . . not bad!"

Great job, Kate!

I only managed 15.

I finished with 25 of 34.

Circus:

Zoo:

Theme Park: Six Flags
Chop, Chop by L.N. Cronk
(03/12/24)

Aquarium:

Wild West: A traveling Wild West show
Valley of Dreams byLauraine Snelling
(02/12/24)

Grand Canyon:

Skate Park:

Trailer Park: Higher Grounds Trailer Park
The Potluck Club by Linda Evans Shepherd & Eva Marie Everson
(03/20/24)

National Park: pg. 50 mentions hiking in a National Park
The Third Target by Joel C. Rosenberg
(02/05/24)

Lake: Wren Lake
An Eye for an Eye by Irene Hannon
(03/23/24)

Ocean: Crossed when traveling between America and Europe
When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer
(01/09/24)

Cruise Ship: RMS Olympic has accident
Irish Meadows by Susan Anne Mason
(03/05/24)

Mountain: Ed was Santa @ Stone Mountain Park for many years
The Red Suit Diaries: A Real-Life Santa on Hopes, Dreams, and Childlike Faith by Ed Butchart
(01/15/24)

Lodge:

Cabin: MC, Andra, lives in a cabin in the mountains
Sanctuary Lost by Lisa Phillips
(01/13/24)

Foreign City: Brussels, Warsaw, Jerusalem, others
A Child Without a Shadow: A Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor and a World Famous Doctor by Shaul Harel
(01/31/24). GM

Island: Hawaiian & South Pacific islands
Screen Play by Chris Coppernoll
(02/17/24)

Beach: pg. 118…when a bonfire at the beach got out of hand.
Where the Blue Sky Begins by Katie Powner
(02/10/24)

Pirate Ship:

Bed and Breakfast: Edith has turned their home into a B&B
The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson
(02/22/24)

Town Square: Courthouse Square in Noble Springs, MO
Where Wildflowers Bloom by Ann Shorey
(03/16/24)

Museum: Trinity History Theater and Museum
Always Look Twice by Elizabeth Goddard
(03/26/24)

Monument: Nelson’s Column
Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin
(02/28/24)

Garden: MC, Phoebe, loves working in her rose garden.
Archer by Camille Elliot
(01/25/24)

Botanical Garden:

Bike Trail: They ride bikes to school, work, grocery store, etc
Anna's Courage by Kristin Noel Fischer
(03/21/24)

Dog Park:

Coffee Shop: A couple of coffee shop mentions.
Predator by Terri Blackstock
(02/25/24)

Bookshop: MC owns a Christian bookshop.
Ciao, Bella by Ryan M. Phillips
(01/05/24)

Movie Theater: Mama B & Dr. Wilson go to a movie
A Time to Dance by Michelle Stimpson
(02/23/24)

One-Room Schoolhouse: Briefly mentions school only thru 8th grade
Embers of Love by Tracie Peterson
(03/31/24)

Kitchen: Catherine is trying to learn how to cook
Deeply Devoted by Maggie Brendan
(03/10/24)

Backyard: Brianna’s dad tries to kidnap her from Lynda’s backyard
Evidence of Mercy by Terri Blackstock
(02/14/24)

Gymnasium: Veteran’s wheelchair basketball game(s)
Driving Force by Lynette Eason & Kate Angelo
(03/08/24)

Finished 17
Circus
Zoo
Theme Park - Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
Aquarium
Wild West - Lonestar Homecoming
Grand Canyon - A Deep Divide
Skate Park
Trailer Park - Sandpiper Cove
National Park - (Big Bend) - Lonestar Angel
Lake - Spoon to be Dead
Ocean - The Bungalow on Shadow Road
Cruise Ship - Undertow
Mountain - Alaskan Avalanche Escape
Lodge
Cabin - Framing the Marshal
Foreign City (which one?) - Switzerland - A Mother's Hope
Island - Shadows at Dusk
Beach - Pelican Point
Pirate Ship - The Nature of a Lady
Bed and Breakfast - All is Bright
Town Square
Museum
Monument
Garden - The Nature of a Lady
Botanical Garden
Bike Trail
Dog Park
Coffee Shop - Blackberry Beach
Bookshop
Movie Theater
One-Room Schoolhouse
Kitchen
Backyard
Gymnasium

Beth - ;)
in Calgary

Karen wrote: "I only managed 15."

That's a great number! Good work!

Lynnette wrote: "I finished with 25 of 34."

Great job!

Beth wrote: "Finished 17"

Great work!

I didn't get as many as I hoped. Part of it was I kept forgetting to keep track, so I am sure there were more adventures in the books I read than I recorded.


Theme Park
(Mar 6/24)
Main character builds a rollercoaster for a theme park.

Wild West
(Feb 5/24)
Set in Colorado in 1877... lots of cowboys and cowgirls.

National Park
(Feb 12/24)
Much of the book took place in Kannery National Park Montana

Foreign City (Copenhagen)
(Jan 18/24)


Beach
(Jan 11/24)
In both timelines characters were in scenes on the beach near the Ocracoke Inn.
(Mar 21/24)
I would say that an emergency landing of a plane on a beach was quite the adventure!

Garden
(Jan 21/24)
An important scene takes place in a gazebo in a garden...

Coffee Shop
(Jan 13/24)
Sadie is at a coffee shop in the very first sentence in the book!

Kitchen
(Jan 1/24)
They snuck away from the ball to play a game of Snapdragon in the kitchen.

Backyard
(Jan 31/24)
Many scenes in the backyard of Libby's house. Libby and Henry meet there.

I didn't do as well as I thought I would and only got 12.


Trailer Park
Darby lives in a trailer park, and some of the story takes place there.


Ocean
The setting is a beach town on the ocean, and in the book Callie goes for early morning walks to the ocean, ends up connecting with someone there, and her time at the ocean becomes part of her healing process.


Cruise Ship
The RMS Carpathia was operating as a cruise ship at the time it aided in rescuing passengers from the Titanic.


Lodge
The Burnt Pine Tree Hunting Lodge is a big piece of this story! It's where Matt was murdered, investigations take place, suspects hike, and other things key to the book happen.


Cabin
The Well Spring Ranch is where "the three" are taken for their first training session, and the main location on the ranch where they gather and lodge is "the main cabin".


Foreign City (which one?)
Israel


Island
Setting is a remote North Carolina Island named Lantern Beach


Beach
Quite a bit of the crime in this book happens somewhere along the beach.


Coffee Shop
Marlene turns the old building into an ice cream shop in the summer and coffee shop that also sells baked goods in the winter.


Movie Theater
There were several scenes at the movie theater, and the movie theater played a role in the overall story line. The key event that led to all others in this book happened while the sisters were in line at the movie theater, waiting to get their tickets.


One-Room Schoolhouse
There were a few scenes inside the one room schoolhouse. But a lot of the story focused on Coras efforts and work that surrounded what happened in the one room school houses that were spread across the Appalachian Mountains in Rowan County. Her focus and work she ended up being known for was her impact in eradicating literacy and that took place in the one room school houses.


Kitchen
Several scenes happen in the kitchen of either Henry or his nieces home.

Katrina wrote: "I didn't get as many as I hoped. Part of it was I kept forgetting to keep track, so I am sure there were more adventures in the books I read than I recorded."

Crystal wrote: "I didn't do as well as I thought I would and only got 12."

Great job, Katrina and Crystal!