Sunday, December 08, 2013

USA Fiction Challenge: State By State in 2014


Hosted by: Kerrie of Mysteries in Paradise
Dates: Throughout 2014 (or longer)

See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE

Guidelines (quoted from the challenge announcement/sign-up page):
"Read just one novel from each state - you choose whether the link is the setting or the author. You choose whether you confine yourself to a particular genre or not."

I'm signing up for this one knowing, going in, that I'll never finish it in one year.  So I'm going to consider it an ongoing challenge and just see how far I get.  Should be interesting.

Kerrie says it's OK to start reading for the challenge now, so I can get going. Here's my list of states, with a few possible titles (all from my TBR list).  During the year, I'll be tracking my progress and listing the books I've actually read, over on my challenge blog.
  1. ALABAMA 
  2. ALASKA 
  3. ARIZONA 
  4. ARKANSAS 
  5. CALIFORNIA
    Tales of the City. Armistead Maupin
  6. COLORADO 
  7. CONNECTICUT 
  8. DISTRICT of COLUMBIA 
  9. DELAWARE 
  10. FLORIDA 
  11. GEORGIA 
  12. HAWAII 
  13. IDAHO 
  14. ILLINOIS 
  15. INDIANA 
  16. IOWA 
  17. KANSAS
    In Cold Blood. Truman Capote
  18. KENTUCKY 
  19. LOUISIANA 
  20. MAINE
    The Burgess Boys. Elizabeth Strout
  21. MARYLAND 
  22. MASSACHUSETTS
    The Cranefly Orchid Murders. Cynthia Riggs
    Night Passage (Jesse Stone #1). Robert B. Parker
  23. MICHIGAN 
  24. MINNESOTA 
  25. MISSISSIPPI 
  26. MISSOURI 
  27. MONTANA
    The Whistling Season. Ivan Doig
  28. NEBRASKA
    My Antonia. Willa Cather
  29. NEVADA 
  30. NEW HAMPSHIRE 
  31. NEW JERSEY 
  32. NEW MEXICO 
  33. NEW YORK
    The League of Frightened Men. Rex Stout
  34. NORTH CAROLINA
    Guests on Earth. Lee Smith
  35. NORTH DAKOTA
    Ancient Shores. Jack McDevitt
    The Beet Queen. Louise Erdrich
    Born Brothers. Larry Woiwode
  36. OHIO 
  37. OKLAHOMA 
  38. OREGON
    The Quick and the Thread (Embroidery Mystery #1). Amanda Lee
  39. PENNSYLVANIA
    Mickelsson's Ghosts. John Gardner
  40. RHODE ISLAND
    The Ivory Tower. Henry James
    Theophilus North. Thornton Wilder
    The Witches of Eastwick. John Updike
    The Widows of Eastwick. John Updike
  41. SOUTH CAROLINA
    The House on Tradd Street. Karen White
  42. SOUTH DAKOTA 
  43. TENNESSEE 
  44. TEXAS
    Texas. James Michener
  45. UTAH 
  46. VERMONT
    The Secret History. Donna Tartt
  47. VIRGINIA 
  48. WASHINGTON
  49. WEST VIRGINIA 
  50. WISCONSIN 
  51. WYOMING

3 comments:

  1. Do you have a book in mind for Alabama yet?

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    1. Not really, although I was thinking maybe "Save Me the Waltz" - wasn't Zelda born in Alabama? Or maybe something by Fannie Flagg - I think some of her books are set in the state. But I'd love suggestions.

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  2. You are very welcome Joy. Thanks for the lovely post

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