Around the USA in 52 Books discussion

Here goes!


Alabama Alabama Slave Narratives Done !
Alaska Bear Down, Bear North: Alaska Stories Done ! (own)
Arizona Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains (own) Done!
Arkansas Arkansas Three Novellas Done! (own)
California Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore(audiobook) Done!
Colorado Hamlin Garland The Forester's Daughter a Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Done!
Connecticut Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend(own) Done!
Delaware Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Vol. 3 Done!
Florida The Revenge Of The Radioactive Lady Done! (own)
Georgia A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (own) Done!
Hawaii The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii Done!
Idaho and Utah The English Major (own audiobook)
Illinois Erik Dorn Done!
Indiana The House of a Thousand Candles Done!
Iowa NOS4R2 (own) Done!
Kansas The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas: Stories Done! (own)
Kentucky Shadow of Ashland Done! (own)
Louisiana Southern Stories: Retold from St. Nicholas (Illustrated Edition) Done!
Maine A Little Maid of Old Maine Done!
Maryland Winter Sunshine Done !
Massachusetts Thieftaker Done!
Michigan A Michigan Man 1891 Done !
Minnesota Indian Legends of Minnesota Done !
Mississippi A Gentleman from Mississippi Done !
Missouri Mark Twain The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Done!(own)
Montana Conjugations of the Verb To Be: Stories (own) Done!
Nebraska Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains Done!
Nevada Atlanterhavet vokser Done!
New-Hampshire I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away Done! (own)
New-Jersey The Butterfly House Done!(own)
New-Mexico A Daughter of the Dons Done!
New-York Watchbird Done! And Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction Done!
North-Carolina Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle Done! (own)
North-Dakota Travels with Charley: In Search of America Done! (own)
Ohio Winesburg, Ohio (audible) Done/abandoned
Oklahoma Touching Darkness Done! (own)
Oregon The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon Done!
Pennsylvania 29 Done! (own)
Rhode-island Theophilus North (own) Done!
Road-trip Greyhound Done! (own)
South-carolina Carolina Chansons Done!
South-dakota Land of the Burnt Thigh Done!
Tennessee Walking to Gatlinburg (own) Done!
Texas Heart of the Sunset Done!
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher The Brimming Cup Done!
Virginia Their Pilgrimage Done! (own)
Washington Boneshaker Done!(borrowed)
Washington-dc The Crook Factory Done! (own)
West-Virginia The Ghost Girl Done!
Wisconsin The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Done!
Wyoming Wyoming: Four Novels of Love in Frontier Forts(own) Abandoned

I also added The Crying of Lot 49. Perhaps, a group read with it?

I've had it on my tbr shelves for about 10 years, so good idea! :-)

I picked it up at a paperback sale a few years back - and I'm trying to cover at least half the states with books I already own :-)

5 left to go!

Thanks for posting your list. It gave me several great ideas and choices. Happy Reading.

Glad to be of help :-)

I chose Mudbound, too.

I bought it earlier this year, as it came highly recommended, so now I just might get to reading it! :-)

Got two books from the list in the mail today :-)

I've browsed the sale racks at the library and elsewhere and have found some books.

only 11 more books to get!

I can't wait to start book shopping!

I like your list. I haven't started mine yet but I want to make sure I read books I already own like you, so I still have to make an inventory around my house and my kindle. I will come back to your list for inspiration.

I always start out wanting to read mainly books I already own - but then get tempted by all the exciting new titles I discover!

Louise wrote: "I always start out wanting to read mainly books I already own - but then get tempted by all the exciting new titles I discover!"

I know that feeling. A few years back I tried to be good and stopped going to libraries and bookstores until I finished all my books at home...but now with electronic books...they are everywhere you look! Such temptations :)

Cool to see Trouble No More on your list. I love Tony's work--I taught at the university where he works and learned about him through that. Enjoy it!

Hope I will :-)

Done with the first book :-)

Just need 4 more, and I have all the books!

January leaves me done with the first three titles! :-)

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
The English Major
and Bear Down, Bear North: Alaska Stories

Bear Down, Bear North looks good. I just checked my library and they have it, too. I think I'm changing my Alaska read *smile*

Changed book for Missouri

Added a book for Louisiana, lot's of good stuff on gutenberg.org :-)

Done with New Mexico! Uh, I have to read 5 books a month for the rest of the year to finish on time - better hurry up :-)

Hmm can't quite figure out which one to read next....

I was looking at your list and the The Handmaid's Tale is very good. Why did you abandon Winesburg, Ohio? That's on my TBR list for August.

The audiobook was awful, but I have friends who read it as a regular book who loved it :-)

24 books done! Think I'll be finishing this in 2014 :-)

Louise wrote: "The audiobook was awful, but I have friends who read it as a regular book who loved it :-)"

After reading the book I can't imagine listening to it, but I am not a big fan of audiobooks. I get to distracted.

Louise wrote: "24 books done! Think I'll be finishing this in 2014 :-)"

You and me both! I keep getting distracted by other books I want to read in-between!

I've even swapped a few, because I read other titles that qualified :-)

Louise wrote: "I've even swapped a few, because I read other titles that qualified :-)"

I have probably swapped a third of the books that I originally started with, and I am really distracted with other books right now

And now my husbnad brought me 7 new Booker long list books, when he returned from his business trip yesterday, more distractions ahead!

Louise wrote: "And now my husbnad brought me 7 new Booker long list books, when he returned from his business trip yesterday, more distractions ahead!"

Oh let's be Booker buddies; I'm halfway through. You must be in the UK? Some of the books aren't out here yet but I got a galley of the Catton.

I'm in Denmark, but he was in London :-)
I got:
We Need New Names: A Novel
A Tale for the Time Being
The Luminaries
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
The Kill
and
Unexploded

Here are the ones I need to finish in 2014:

Alabama Alabama Slave Narratives Done!
Delaware Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Vol. 3 Done!
Florida The Revenge Of The Radioactive Lady Done!(own)
Hawaii The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii Done!
Illinois Erik Dorn Done!
Indiana The House of a Thousand Candles Done!
Iowa NOS4R2 (own) Done!
Maine A Little Maid of Old Maine Done!
Maryland Winter Sunshine Done!
Massachusetts Thieftaker(own) Done!
Michigan A Michigan Man 1891 Done!
Minnesota Indian Legends of Minnesota Done!
Mississippi A Gentleman from Mississippi Done!
Montana Conjugations of the Verb To Be: Stories (own) Done!
Nebraska Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains Done!
Nevada Atlanterhavet vokser Done!
New-Jersey The Butterfly House Done!(own)
Oklahoma Touching Darkness (own) Done!
Oregon The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon Done!
Rhode-island Theophilus North (own) Done!
Road-trip Greyhound (own) Done!
Tennessee Walking to Gatlinburg (own) Done!
Texas Heart of the Sunset Done!
Washington Boneshaker Done!(borrowed)
West-Virginia The Ghost Girl Done!
Wisconsin The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Done!
Wyoming Wyoming: Four Novels of Love in Frontier Forts Abandoned

Right! I'd better focus if I want to finish this year :-)

I know what you mean, Louise. I'm finally reading the last book for LAST YEAR'S challenge! I decided to start this year's challenge in 2015 instead:)

Hmm - think I'll have to finish this in 2015!

No worries! Just enjoy the reading, Louise!

Yeah most of us are in this for the LONG HAUL. :)

But that has a charm of it's own doesn't it :-D

That's the truth!

3 to go!

YAY Louise! Way to go!

Wow good for you!

I just discovered this discussion group So interesting Around the USA in 52 books Love it. I went through my 2014/2015 books and my list is below. I would recommend "The Promise" for Texas It is a not only a story about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane but it weaves a beautiful love story throughtout its pages. Also for Massachusetts I recommend "Inside the O'Briens".


Someone is Watching........... Florida
The Home for Wayward Clocks... Iowa
The Boston Girl............... Massachusetts
Where They Found Her.......... New Jersey
Delicious..................... New York
Mean Streak................... North Carolina
Every Fifteen Minutes......... Pennsylvania
The Personal History of Rachel South Dakota
Dupres
The Promise................... Texas
The Bishop's Wife............. Utah
Winter People................. Vermont
Gray Mountain................. Virginia
Morning Glory................. Washington

In looking over my list for 2014/2015 I found I had a lot of books with the same state as a setting. So now I have to read 39 more to meet the challenge. Don't think I will get there but I am definitely going to be on the lookout for books with the states I haven't read yet. Plus Louise's list is so complete I will also take those suggestions!

I forgot to ask.. Is Around the USA just fiction or can we add non fiction? Like The Wright Brothers..North Carolina

Martha wrote: "I forgot to ask.. Is Around the USA just fiction or can we add non fiction? Like The Wright Brothers..North Carolina"

However you want to do it is up to you. Some people restrain themselves to books about a place written by people from that place but that's the most extreme. Non-fiction is fine, genre is fine, even poetry. It's nice to have some variety, in my opinion.