Sunday, July 22, 2007

Reading Around the 50 States

Bonnie is planning a Reading Around the 50 States Challenge, and since I love to make lists, I'm going to see how this goes. As I read a book from a state, I'll update the map and add the link to the review. The rest of the states and books are just future ideas.
2007: 11 states visited
2008: 7 states visited
2009: 6 state visited
2010: 5 states visited: Indiana, Texas, Nevada, Washington, Wisconsin


visited 28 states (56%)
Create your own visited map of The United States

Alabama: Looking for Alaska by John Green 2009
Alaska:
Arizona: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver 2015
Arkansas: Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris 2007
California (southern): Killer Swell by Jeff Shelby 2007
Colorado: Booked to Die by John Dunning 2008
Connecticut: Sacred Cows by Karen E Olsen 2009
Florida: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate diCamilleo 2009 (no review)
Georgia: Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White 2007
Hawaii: Molokai by Alan Brennert 2013
Illinois: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen 2007
Indiana: She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel 2010
Iowa: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson 2008
Kansas: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 2007
Louisiana: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toule 2007
Maine: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 2009
Maryland: A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler 2015
Massachusetts: Mercy by Jodi Picoult 2007
Michigan:
Minnesota: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Ladvik 2008
Mississippi: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan 2008
Missouri:
Montana:
Nebraska: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers 2007
Nevada: The Missing Ink by Karen E Olson 2010
New Hampshire: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 2007
New Jersey: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 2007
New Mexico:
New York: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn 2008
North Carolina: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B Ross 2007
North Dakota:
Ohio: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread by Don Robertson 2009
Oregon:
Pennsylvania: Love Walked in by Maria De los Santos
South Carolina: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 2008
South Dakota:
Tennessee: A Death in the Family by James Agee 2009
Texas: Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, 2010
Utah:
Vermont:
Virginia: The Known World, 2012
Washington: Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos 2010
Wisconsin: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink 2010
West Virginia: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 2008
Wyoming:



Ideas:
http://framedbookaroundthestates.blogspot.com/
from Ken Jennings A - Missouri, and Montana - Wyoming