50 State Challenge

[Cheryl]

New page of comments! I'll bring in the list of what I have left:

Alabama ... Delaware ... Kentucky ... Louisiana ... Mississippi ... Nebraska ... Oklahoma ... Rhode Island ... South Dakota ... Utah ... West Virginia ... Wyoming

[Cheryl]

Ohio Doll Bones - not much ubiety, and the kids quest to Ohio but live in PA, but at least for now I'm counting it.

More of Ohio is seen in If I Never Get Back so between the 2 I feel satisfied.

[Maeve]

Ok, so I have 19 left... which is intimidating... but I went through and made a plan and have definite books for 15 of the 19 so I'll be more focused now! Before I could just sort of knock them off. But now I've looked through some of my other challenges and tried to match up. There are a bunch of 1001 books set in various states, so there we go!

[Cheryl]

Atta girl!
I've got plans for a few that I have left; I admire you for being more organized. :)

[Cheryl]

Ok, I just checked - apparently we have just under a year - Feb 17, 2016 is the last day, if I understand correctly.

I'm here because I read a book set in Maine and thought it'd be new. But no. :sigh:

[Paula]

Well I better concentrate on what I don't have then!

[Cheryl]

New Mexico The Green Glass Sea - an MG book about a girl and her neighbors at Los Alamos when it was a 'factory town' (military base) developing the Bomb during WWII.

Montana Hattie Big Sky - historical fiction for all ages 11 - adult. Homesteading in Montana, a single 16 yo girl, during WWI, when even on the prairie a German last name could get you in trouble.

[Cheryl]

If anybody needs New Hampshire, The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood is a fun read, with good ubiety.

[Maeve]

17 left... egad!!! And I do need New Hampshire so I will check out the Good Good Pig :)

[Cheryl]

:smiles:

[Maeve]

14 left... if I do 2 month a should make it...

[Paula]

Good luck Maeve!

[Cheryl]

Yeah, since I'm pretty much moved over to Leafmarks I'm not so good about keeping track here. Hm...none of the ones I have listed as still to do look at all familiar. I might not finish. :(

Go Maeve!

[Maeve]

10 left! Of course now they are getting harder...

[Judy]

Which states are folks having a hard time finding? Maybe I can suggest something...

[Maeve]

South Dakota and Wisconsin

[Cheryl]

I personally love Michael Perry.
Truck, Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, and Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting are all very Wisconsin.

[Nancy]

Edwina wrote: "Nancy wrote: "It is a little late to start, but I will start paying greater attention to the setting of each book. Maybe I can get a few done before the year is up. Probably not all fifty states."
..."

Well, I don't think I made it in the three-years time limit. Alas...eleven states left. Anyone complete their list?

[Nancy]

Cheryl wrote: "I can't believe I forgot about this resource: goodreads.com/places
It's simply a very long alphabetical list, but it should help. For example, Arkansas is on page 4, and clicking gives 2 pages of r..."

A little late, but The Holdouts by Sherry Clements is set in Little Rock, Arkansas.

[Cheryl]

Hm. I guess I gave up on this. Kinda forgot about it. Def. didn't finish in time!

But I am reading the book that inspired the challenge! My local "state library & archives" has a copy, so I decided to pick it up.

[Edwina]

I didn't finish ... I sorta kinda forgot about this challenge. :(
Still working on the decade challenge and reading wishlist tag books also. Never enough hours in the day ... So many books, so little time. Etc. Etc. Etc.

[Nancy]

Edwina wrote: "I didn't finish ... I sorta kinda forgot about this challenge. :(
Still working on the decade challenge and reading wishlist tag books also. Never enough hours in the day ... So many books, so litt..."

Well, I am a bit behind on the Decades challenge, but am still working on it, Edwina.

@ Cheryl...I saw a program based on the book; it was fascinating.