Anna’s Comments (group member since Jan 06, 2009)

Anna’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

29. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen

28. Bloodroot Amy Greene

27. Tinkers Paul Harding

26. Patriot Games Tom Clancy

25. This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald

24. Eating the Dinosaur Chuck Klosterman

23. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon David Grann

22. A Family Daughter: A Novel Maile Meloy

21. The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway

20. The Ice Harvest: A Novel Scott Phillips

19. Then She Found Me: A Novel Elinor Lipman

18. Carved in Bone Jefferson Bass

17. Supreme Courtship Christopher Buckley

16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey

congratulations! you're almost halfway there in the third month of the year, that's impressive.
I've googled things like "authors from minnesota" and then looked up the individual writers, usually on wikipedia. it's kind of hard, actually, because a lot of the authors that are considered "from" a state often aren't, they might just live there now, or did for a while, etc. at this point, i'm doing the opposite and taking any author i hear about, who sounds interesting, and looking them up. i've exhausted all my resources going the other way. ;)
ps-thanks for the tip! i also just love mysteries so even if she's not from VT, i'm always looking for new ones to read.

Hi Sheila--It's actually been kind of hard, because my rule is that the author has to have been born in the state and spent formative years there. However, I've already cheated with Willa Cather (who is actually from VA), and will also w/ Chuck Klosterman (who's from MN). and I still have a few states that I don't have an author for yet. SD, VT, UT and WY, to be precise. If the book has to do with the state, I consider that a bonus :)

15. Between, Georgia Joshilyn Jackson

14. Under the Dome Stephen King

13. Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons

I have often thought about reading all of the Pulitzers, as many of my favorite books are Pulitzer winners. I find the writing is always so good.
I just read Lonesome Dove, and i thought it was beyond amazing. i've already convinced five friends to read it, they all loved it.
Some of the other ones i've read and really liked are:
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and The Hours: these two are in my top-10 of all time
American Pastoral: some people hate Philip Roth, but i found this book to be incredibly thought-provoking. i really liked it, and someday i'll probably read it again.
Empire Falls
Middlesex
Independence Day