Friday, January 6, 2012

2012 Where Are You Reading Challenge

I've been hesitant about joining this challenge as I didn't even read a total of 50 books this year, but hey, who really cares?  If I don't finish the challenge then that's it.  Sheila from Book Journey is hosting this challenge once again and you can read the complete rules and even sign up for yourself here if you are interested!  I am not savvy enough to create the map as Sheila has, but I will just list the books behind the state after I read it.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona--Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls--Completed 9/30/12
Arkansas
California--The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh--Completed 9/23/12
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia--Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons--Completed 2/11/12
Hawaii--The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings--Completed 1/26/12
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts--The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne--Completed 5/1/12
Michigan
Minnesota--Peace Like a River by Leif Enger--Completed 11/06/12
Mississippi
Missouri--Clair de Lune by Jaretta Carleton--Completed 3/21/12
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York--An American Family by Peter Lefcourt--Completed 6/29/12
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania--Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos--Completed 2/26/12
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington--Night Road by Kristin Hannah--Completed 1/31/12
West Virginia
Wisconsin--Come a Little Closer by Dorothy Garlock--Completed 4/2/12
Wyoming

Other Places:
Botswana--The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith--Completed 3/4/12
Panem--The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins--Completed 3/8/12
Egypt--The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran--Completed 4/2/12
Thailand--Cross Currents by John Shors--Completed 4/16/12
France--The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay--Completed 4/17/12
Brazil--State of Wonder by Ann Patchett--Completed 5/15/12
India--The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar--Completed 8/4/12
Ethiopia--Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese--Completed 9/5/11
Poland--Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren--Completed 9/13/12
Ireland--The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey--Completed 12/16/12

4 comments:

bermudaonion said...

Good luck!

Elisabeth said...

I am doing it the same way as you are, nice to know there is someone else out there who still likes doing things the old fashioned way, so to speak.

Esme said...

Yeah-I am curious to see what books you pick up-I did not meet the challenge last year, however I thought it was curious to see where my books where located-NY and California is one of the most common locations for books.

Sheila (Bookjourney) said...

So glad to have you on board - its fun to fill out the map - or the sates no matter how much you read!