Book Around The States Reading Challenge
I got this challenge from http://bookaroundthestates.blogspot.com/2007/07/50-states-of-mind.html
http://www.shelfari.com/groups/30828/about
The United States is a union of 50 states. Let's "book around the states" and find at least one excellent book for each state of the union. The book should help us learn something ABOUT that state and not just be one written by somebody who lives there.
Ex: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is in Alabama
I personalized this challenge so that for me is has no start or end date.
My list will hopefully consist of books where the culture of the state is ingrained in the book. However, I suspect many will be novels that take place in said state. This list will also overlap with other challenges.
- AL = ALABAMA
- AK = ALASKA
- AZ = ARIZONA
- AR = ARKANSAS
- CA = CALIFORNIA ***The Cop and Calamity Jane (San Francisco)
- CO = COLORADO
- CT = CONNECTICUT
- DE = DELAWARE
- FL = FLORIDA
- GA = GEORGIA
- HI = HAWAII
- ID = IDAHO
- IL = ILLINOIS
- IN = INDIANA
- IA = IOWA
- KS = KANSAS
- KY = KENTUCKY
- LA = LOUISIANA ***No Love Lost by Eleanor Woods (New Orleans)
- ME = MAINE
- MD = MARYLAND
- MA = MASSACHUSETTS
- MI = MICHIGAN
- MN = MINNESOTA
- MS = MISSISSIPPI
- MO = MISSOURI
- MT = MONTANA ***Love at First Sight by B.J. Daniels (Missoula)
- NE = NEBRASKA
- NV = NEVADA
- NH = NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NJ = NEW JERSEY
- NM = NEW MEXICO
- NY = NEW YORK ***If The Slipper Fits by Elizabeth Harbison
- NC = NORTH CAROLINA
- ND = NORTH DAKOTA
- OH = OHIO
- OK = OKLAHOMA
- OR = OREGON
- PA = PENNSYLVANIA
- RI = RHODE ISLAND
- SC = SOUTH CAROLINA
- SD = SOUTH DAKOTA ***Black Hills by Nora Roberts 01/25/2011
- TN = TENNESSEE
- TX = TEXAS ***Haunted Spouse by Heather Allison (Dallas, Houston)
- UT = UTAH
- VT = VERMONT
- VA = VIRGINIA
- WA = WASHINGTON
- WV = WEST VIRGINIA
- WI = WISCONSIN
- WY = WYOMING
- DC = DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
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