Mirrani's reading road trip

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Mirrani's reading road trip

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1mirrani
Bearbeitet: Okt. 7, 2014, 8:35 pm

I've been part of this group for a while, but have never tried to record my progress through my reading, mostly because I sort of half heartedly went through the challenge in the past. But this year is different. I am vowing to complete many of my challenges this year or at least begin them this year (I have 8 that I regularly follow, which means 8 books a month at least) and complete them in years to come.

This year I'm starting to keep track and actually going out of my way to make sure the states are included in my reading list. I've added some of the better known territories in my list as well, just for the sake of doing it. So here goes! (If I've mis-located any of these books, please feel free to slap me around the head and set me straight!)

Alabama Salvation on Sand Mountain - January, 2013
Alaska A Daughter of the Snows - July 2014
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California On Gold Mountain - July, 2013
Colorado Blue Straggler - July 2012
Connecticut The Witch of Blackbird Pond - July 2014
Delaware
District of Columbia The Smithsonian - January 2014
Florida The Black Stallion's Ghost - September 2014
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois Storm Front - January, 2013
Indiana
Iowa Home - November, 2013
Kansas Rifles for Watie - March, 2013
Kentucky
Louisiana Property - August, 2013
Maine Sign of the Beaver - June, 2013
Maryland Ladder of Years - March, 2013
Massachusetts The Ninth Daughter - September, 2013
Michigan Bud, Not Buddy - October 2014
Minnesota
Mississippi Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - March, 2009
Missouri
Montana Yellow Raft in Blue Water - February, 2013
Nebraska The Magician's Assistant - June 2014
Nevada
New Hampshire The Weight of Water - May 2014
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York The Cricket in Times Square - December 2013
North Carolina Blood Done Sign My Name - June, 2013
North Dakota
Northern Marianas Islands
Ohio Win, Place, or Die - October, 2013
Oklahoma Out of the Dust - September 2014
Oregon
Pennsylvania Snake Skin - April, 2013
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island The Lowland - July 2014
South Carolina
South Dakota Twisted Tree - January 2013
Tennessee
Texas Holes - February, 2013
Utah
Vermont
Virginia Renegade Champion - September 2014
Virgin Islands
Washington Yellow Raft in Blue Water - February, 2013
West Virginia
Wisconsin - Rascal - November, 2013
Wyoming

2amysisson
Mrz. 13, 2013, 2:24 pm

Hi mirrani! Did you like Holes? I'm assuming it's the one by Louis Sachar. I adore that book!

I've just started, and only done Hawaii, Alaska, and New Mexico so far. Of the books you've read for your states so far, which would you recommend to others?

3mirrani
Mrz. 13, 2013, 5:02 pm

Gosh, so far I haven't had a bad book in the bunch. Yellow Raft was unusual, but very interesting. Heartbreaking in a way. Dresden Files is good too, and I DID enjoy Holes quite a lot. I actually read Holes and Yellow River very close to each other, which was unique because they both deal with family history in that sort of telling a story through the past kind of way, but it's done differently.

4mirrani
Aug. 4, 2013, 1:06 pm

Finally got to fill in some states! Whew! I'd missed out on some I'd planned for this year and gained some others, so here's hoping I can get a lot more done by the end of this year! :)

5mirrani
Jan. 5, 2014, 11:46 am

I've gotten all of my states updated for 2013 and BOY do I have a lot of places to go! Enjoying the ride though. :)

6mirrani
Jan. 30, 2014, 1:15 pm

Starting a new year, bumping this post up to the top of my list again and adding Washington, DC. Never thought I'd do that easily! :)

7mirrani
Okt. 7, 2014, 8:37 pm

Have added quite a few more books. Thank goodness. This is taking me years. :)

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