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message 1: by Lea Ann (last edited Oct 30, 2015 03:24AM) (new)
Jan 07, 2014 06:19PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Just for fun, I'm setting up a place to log the settings of the books I'm reading this year.

Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland: Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf , We Fought Back Teen Resisters of the Holocaust by Allan Zullo
France: The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings
Germany: Erika's Story by Ruth Vander Zee
Haiti: Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg
Japan: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Pakistan: I Am Malala The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Russia: Anastasia The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Royal Diaries #5) by Carolyn Meyer
U.K.:
1. England Wolven (Wolven, #1) by Di Toft , The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye (Enola Holmes Mysteries, #6) by Nancy Springer The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan Crispin The Cross of Lead (Crispin #1) by Avi Planet Janet (Planet Janet, #1) by Dyan Sheldon Montmorency Thief, Liar, Gentleman? (Montmorency, #1) by Eleanor Updale Imagined London A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City by Anna Quindlen , Westminster Abby by Micol Ostow
2. Ireland A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
U.S.:
1. Arizona: Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
2. California: Remembering Walt Favorite Memories of Walt Disney by Howard E. Green West from Home Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 (Little House #11) by Laura Ingalls Wilder Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Too Old to be a Hooker, Too Young to be a Madam by Elissa Eaton Unraveling (Unraveling, #1) by Elizabeth Norris
3. Connecticut: Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
4.Idaho: King of the Mild Frontier An Ill-Advised Autobiography by Chris Crutcher
5. Louisiana: Bayou Suzette by Lois Lenski Zane and the Hurricane A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick
6. Massachusetts: Guests by Michael Dorris , The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
7. Missouri The River Wife by Jonis Agee , Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell See the Ozarks: The Touristic Image
8. Montana: Thunder Rolling in the Mountains by Scott O'Dell
9. Nebraska O Pioneers! (Great Plains Trilogy, #1) by Willa Cather
10. New Hampshire Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
11. New York Rush (Breathless, #1) by Maya Banks Floors by Patrick Carman The Thing About Jane Spring by Sharon Krum , Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac
12. Washington Feels Like the First Time by Shawn Inmon Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3) by E.L. James

Other (fantasy, dystopia, etc)
Son (The Giver Quartet, #4) by Lois Lowry Lord of the Flies by William Golding


message 2: by Lea Ann (new)
Jan 30, 2014 07:27PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) I see a trend.


message 3: by Lea Ann (new)
Apr 26, 2014 05:21AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Picked up a few new settings! Haiti, and Czechoslovakia, Poland and Germany. Finally reading books not set in England!


message 4: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 08, 2014 04:59AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Russia!


message 5: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 11, 2014 09:42PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Idaho!


message 6: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 17, 2014 11:22AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Montana!


message 7: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 18, 2014 09:59AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Louisiana!


message 8: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 26, 2014 06:56PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Nebraska


message 9: by Lea Ann (new)
Nov 27, 2014 05:50AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Louisiana


message 10: by Lea Ann (new)
Jan 02, 2015 08:26PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) 12 countries, 12 U.S. states

I think I need to work on reading something set outside of England. lol


message 11: by Lea Ann (last edited Dec 21, 2015 06:26PM) (new)
Jun 03, 2015 12:48PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) 2015 Travel Log
Belgium: The Book of Time (Book of Time, #1) by Guillaume Prévost This story was about a time traveling boy, so there were many settings of which this is one.
Cuba: Enchanted Air Two Cultures, Two Wings A Memoir by Margarita Engle
Egypt: Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander (this book had multiple settings, so I'm going with one)
England: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley , The Great War Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War by David Almond
France: My Life in France by Julia Child , The Private Realm of Marie Antoinette by Marie-France Boyer , Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
Germany: Surviving Hitler A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
Germany, Switzerland, France: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
Greece: Alexander the Great Master of the Ancient World by Doug Wilhelm
Hungary and Germany: Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel
Ireland: Top O' the Mournin' (Passport to Peril, #2) by Maddy Hunter
Italy: The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente
Mexico: Middleworld (The Jaguar Stones, #1) by Jon Voelkel
Norway: Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Poland: Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli , Quiet Hero by Rita Cosby
Russia: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich A Novel (FSG Classics) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Wales: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs
United States:
Illinois: Up in the Air The Story of Bessie Coleman by Philip S. Hart
Louisiana: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (I Survived, #3) by Lauren Tarshis
Michigan: Hidden by Helen Frost
Missouri: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, #1) by Mark Twain
New Mexico: Inseparable by Ann Major
Ohio: Sula by Toni Morrison
Pennsylvania: Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen , Curiosity by Gary L. Blackwood
South Dakota: A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Bruchac
Texas: Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Virginia: A Voyage to Virginia in 1609 Two Narratives Strachey's "True Reportory" & Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas by William Strachey

Vietnam: I Pledge Allegiance (Vietnam, #1) by Chris Lynch

Other (Utopian/Dystopian/Futuristic:
Terrible Things An Allegory of the Holocaust by Eve Bunting , Altered Voices by Lucy Sussex


message 12: by Lea Ann (new)
Oct 30, 2015 03:25AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Italy!


message 13: by Lea Ann (new)
Dec 31, 2015 09:05AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) 2015: 20 countries, 10 states.

Most read countries: France, Germany (lots of war stories - 3 each)

Most read state: Pennsylvania (2)


message 14: by Lea Ann (last edited Jun 10, 2017 04:50PM) (new)
Dec 31, 2015 09:05AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) 2016 Travel Log

Africa: The Monkey Tree
Argentina: Ghost Hands by T.A. Barron
Canada: Finding Winnie The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick , This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
China: Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
England: Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2) by Ransom Riggs , Pooh's Poems
France: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens , A Dish Taken Cold by Anne Perry
Germany: The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
India: The Wolf Girls An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen , Balarama A Royal Elephant by Ted Lewin
Ireland: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) by Eoin Colfer
Japan: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived, #8) by Lauren Tarshis
Mexico: Shark Beneath the Reef by Jean Craighead George
Poland: The Girl Who Survived A True Story of the Holocaust by Bronia Brandman
Russia: Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
Thailand: The White Elephant


United States:
Connecticut One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt , Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1) by Brandon Mull , Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Florida Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm Troublemaker (Alex Barnaby #3) by Janet Evanovich , Troublemaker 2 (Alex Barnaby #4) by Janet Evanovich
Illinois The Widows' Adventures by Charles Dickinson
Kansas May B. by Caroline Starr Rose , The Dust Bowl by Allison Lassieur
Louisiana
Maine Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt , Moo by Sharon Creech
Massachusetts Sleds on Boston Common A Story from the American Revolution by Louise Borden
Michigan Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Minnesota Wingwalker by Rosemary Wells
Missouri I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 (I Survived, #12) by Lauren Tarshis, Folklore and Early Customs of Southeast Missouri
New York Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Wonder by R.J. Palacio The Julian Chapter (Wonder Story) by R.J. Palacio, Auggie & Me Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio
North Carolina The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Ohio Sweet Mercy by Ann Tatlock,Heaven by Angela Johnson,
Oregon Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Pennsylvania Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews, Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
South Carolina Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Tennessee A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Texas Diamond Jim Dandy and the Sheriff by Sarah Burell
Vermont Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
Virginia>/i> The Sand Castle (Runnymede, #4) by Rita Mae Brown
Washington The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart


Vietnam: Sharpshooter (Vietnam, #2) by Chris LynchFree-Fire Zone (Vietnam, #3) by Chris Lynch


Other (fantasy, dystopian, etc):
Alledia: The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1) by Kazu Kibuishi
Country of Hearts: Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 1 (Alice in the Country of Hearts, #1-2) by QuinRose
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt

15 countries, 21 states


message 15: by Lea Ann (new)
Feb 20, 2016 05:51AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Vietnam!


message 16: by Lea Ann (new)
Apr 03, 2016 06:31AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Russia!


message 17: by Lea Ann (new)
May 15, 2016 02:05PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Poland


message 18: by Lea Ann (new)
May 25, 2016 05:47AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Pennsylvania


message 19: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 30, 2016 04:06AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Oregon


message 20: by Lea Ann (new)
Nov 19, 2016 05:04AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Michigan and Tennessee


message 21: by Lea Ann (last edited Dec 31, 2017 05:52PM) (new)
Jan 14, 2017 04:42PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) 2017 Travel Log

Ambiguous setting: The Iron Trial (Magisterium, #1) by Holly Black , Perfect by Natasha Friend , Terrible Things An Allegory of the Holocaust by Eve Bunting , Rump The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff , Anthem by Ayn Rand , My Brother's Book by Maurice Sendak ,The Wild Robot


Canada: Klondike Gold by Alice Provensen
Cuba: Refugee
Greece: I Am Pan! by Mordicai Gerstein
Guatemala: Caminar by Skila Brown
Israel: At Jerusalem's Gate Poems of Easter by Nikki Grimes , The Golden City Jerusalem's 3,000 Years by Neil Waldman
Italy: Volcanoes by Rob Shone
Jerusalem: The Cat at the Wall
Kenya: Zebras by Sandra Markle
China: The Only Child by Guojing , A New Year's Reunion by Yu Li-Qiong
England: The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter , The War that Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life #1) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
France: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Naunerle Farr
Germany: A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Japan: Alien Hunter (Daniel X, #1.5) by James Patterson , The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder
Pakistan: Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan Two Stories of Bravery by Jeanette Winter
United States:
Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Etched in Stone by Tom Ewart
California: Tony and Me A Story of Friendship by Jack Klugman , Tell Me Three Things
Colorado: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Hawaii: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Illinois: Tofu and T. Rex by Greg Leitich Smith
Louisiana: Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
Massachusetts: The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1) by Rick Riordan
Minnesota: The Quilt by Gary Paulsen
Missouri: 32 Minutes in May: The Joplin Tornado, St. Louis Then and Now by Elizabeth McNulty , Ragtime Tumpie by Alan Schroeder
New Jersey: Blockade Billy by Stephen King
New York: Monster by Walter Dean Myers , My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) by Jean Craighead George , Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff , Local Girls by Alice Hoffman , Dirt on Their Skirts The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World Championship by Doreen Rappaport , Uncle Sam by Hal Marcovitz , Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg , New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne , Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman , Wonder
Pennsylvania: Laugh Lines by Holly Jacobs
Utah: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr , To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party
Virginia: Loving vs. Virginia A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell , El Deafo by Cece Bell , The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
Washington: Ivan The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate


message 22: by Lea Ann (last edited Dec 31, 2017 05:53PM) (new)
Jan 24, 2017 03:55AM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Setting Stats
2017 - 14 countries, 15 states
2016-15 countries, 21 states
2015 - 20 countries, 10 states
2014 -12 countries, 12 states


message 23: by Lea Ann (last edited Jun 11, 2017 07:36PM) (new)
Jun 11, 2017 07:35PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) I stumbled onto a book set in Utah!!!


message 24: by Lea Ann (new)
Jun 21, 2017 12:26PM

Lea Ann (buntingla) Canada


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