18: A book with a location in the title

[Sarah]

Sooo-- what about a fantasy location?

I read The Just City and was thinking I could maybe count it for the location prompt... but it feels like it might be cheating because it isn't a real city (it's real city in the book).

[Melissa]

I’m reading Longbourn for this prompt, which is also a fictional location.

[Jody]

What are you reading for this category?
I'm tackling the doorstop The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas for this one.

Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
It's one of the settings, yes.

[Lizzy]

Marissa wrote: "I am excited that someone just recommended The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
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Marissa- My daughter just saw the musical based on this book, in New York. She said it was terrific!

[Lizzy]

I had hoped to read something else; but since my library holds haven’t come through I am reading Cold Comfort Farm. And, I’m really enjoying it. It’s a sendup, tongue in cheek funny book, parody of a certain kind of English novel.

The main character hasn’t gotten to the farm yet, but she is on the train heading there. It should be fun.

[Samantha]

- What are you reading for this category? An American Marriage
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting? It i set in America so I guess so.

[Ashley]

I read Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda.

The location in the title does reflect the actual book setting. This is the street a character lives on, people watching down and everything is happened on or just off this street.

[Stacey]

Ashley wrote: "I read Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda.

The location in the title does reflect the actual book setting. This is the street a character lives on, people watching d..."

How did you like this one, Ashley? I really enjoyed this one, although the story was pretty sad.

[Ashley]

Stacey wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I read Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda.

The location in the title does reflect the actual book setting. This is the street a character lives on, pe..."

The story was sad. I didn't really like it. I thought the story could have been better and I felt like I didn't really know the characters. I didn't really get into the way I do with some books.

[Stacey]

Ashley wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I read Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda.

The location in the title does reflect the actual book setting. This is the street a charact..."

Sorry you didn't like it. Guess our varying opinions are what make the world go round, which is a good thing :))

[Ashley]

Stacey wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I read Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda.

The location in the title does reflect the actual book setting. This is the s..."

It's ok. Can't like everything. It's good people have different taste because it would be boring if everyone liked the same thing. Glad you liked it tho.

[Erika]

I'm going to read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for this one

[Crystal]

- What are you reading for this category? The Heiress of Linn Hagh by Karen Charlton
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes, it takes place on an estate called Linn Hagh, in Northumberland England

[Joy]

- What are you reading for this category?
The Edge Chronicles 6: Midnight Over Sanctaphrax: Third Book of Twig

- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
About half of the book is set on the floating city of Sanctaphrax.

[Jeimy]

I am going to listen to Nick Offerman read the audiobook for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The title does indeed reflect the setting, but the location on the title is not the setting.

[Jean]

What are you reading for this category? Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting? Haven't read it yet but the cover says the two main characters move to Gap Creek after their marriage. So yes.

[Sue]

I read Cycling Home From Siberia by Rob Lilwall. His epic 3 year cycling stint from the eastern coast of Siberia (in mid-winter!) and back to London via Asia, New Guinea, Australia, back to Asia and finally Europe was exhausting to read. So many bad decisions - it's a wonder he's still alive.

[Jody]

I've ended up swapping my books for this week. I'm stuck on The Count of Monte Cristo, and just found The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society down at my local Badi, and read that this afternoon instead. It was adorable!

And yes, the location in the title is the actual book setting.

[Matthias]

- What are you reading for this category?
I am reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Well, it is certainly set in 'Wonderland' and in the lands 'Through the Looking Glass' however much those are metaphorical, imaginative, or fantasy.

[Kim]

I couldn't find where I posted what I read, so here goes:
- What are you reading for this category?
Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes, this takes place in Chicago, in 1933 - which is mentioned in the subtitle.

[Elizabeth]

What are you reading for this category? Who Killed These Girls?: The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders 6/15/18

by Beverly Lowry
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting? it a true crime story where 4 teen age girls was murder in Austin Texas

[Aine]

What are you reading for this category?
The red virgin and the vision of Utopia by Mary M. Talbot

Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Utopia is a place Louise is trying to get to (and creates for her community despite their dystopian circumstances).

[Jennifer]

What are you reading for this category?
Winesburg, Ohio

Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes, except for part of one chapter/story.

[Rebecca]

I just started reading Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else: The stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names

Not only a place name in the title but all about place names! This is the kind of thing I love!

[Sheri]

Forgot to add this

- What are you reading for this category?

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
For the most part, the main character starts in London, I believe, but does travel to Guernsey.

[Sarah]

What are you reading for this category?
The Highland Fling Murders By Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yep is sure. This book starts in Main, then moves to London but spends the majority in Scotland.

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

- What are you reading for this category? Rivers of London
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting? Yes it does

[Liz]

Would Where the Crawdads Sing work for this? It's not a town, city . . . but it's a where.

ETA - I think I'm going to go with The Girl Who Drank the Moon instead with "moon" being the location.

[Milena]

Liz wrote: "Would Where the Crawdads Sing work for this? It's not a town, city . . . but it's a where.

ETA - I think I'm going to go with The Girl Who Drank the Moon instead wi..."

Funny, I was just looking at my library holds and wondering if Where the Crawdads Sing would work.

[Liz]

Milena, if you wondered the same thing, then I’m going to say yes for both of us! Haha

[Milena]

Liz wrote: "Milena, if you wondered the same thing, then I’m going to say yes for both of us! Haha"

Sounds good.

[Bana AZ]

- What are you reading for this category?
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason - My rating: 4 stars
It's a collection of parables with advice on how to handle money.

- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes. I especially liked the historical info at the end. Babylon used to be one of the richest places in the world.

[Sara]

What are you reading for this category?
I read The Towers of Silence

Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
No. I had thought the towers were going to be purely metaphorical, but at the very end the Towers of Silence do indeed exist and are seen by the main character out a window. It is perhaps a stretch to use this for this category, but since I am battling time, having started this project in July, I will allow myself the stretch. It is a place, so technically, it fits.

[Emily]

What are you reading for this category?

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?

Yes, the majority of the book takes place in Paris.

[Veronica]

-What are you reading for this category?
I read Casino Royale
- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes, most of the action takes place in the casino.

[Anne]

What are you reading for this category?
Birmingham Rose
Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes, for parts of the book.

[Evelyn]

- What are you reading for this category?
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
Yes the location reflect the setting because the character goes to visit Havana.

[Melanie]

I'm reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West for this prompt. It's been pretty difficult to get through because it makes me so angry. This would be a good choice for the indigenous people prompt in 2019. It's heartbreaking but definitely worth reading.

[Tracy]

I haven't made time to read Newtown: An American Tragedy so far, which might be a good thing because I've read so many depressing books this year that I'm about to finish 4 for the challenge and then read ALL the juvenile fiction. Just binge on it.

I did read Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest, which fits here. What. A. Slog.
Anne warned me, but I had to finish.
Honestly the story is disturbing, like an accident you can't take your eyes off of, and I had to finish it but in retrospect I recommend just going to Wiki and looking it up. You'll get all the same story without the exhausting filler and save yourself several weeks of reading.

We also finished our picture book here with Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm. I cannot explain to you how much I LOVE this book. It is my childhood favorite and I've read it a million times and I had to buy a brand new copy for myself as soon as my first daughter was born so she could grow up with it. Its my animal obsessed little one who appreciates it though. Just a really cute story about what all of the animals and pets on and around Maple Hill Farm are doing all the time. It dedicates one spread to each type of animal ( the cats, the dogs, the horses, the goats, etc...). I lived on a farm briefly when I was very young so I don't really remember it, and again for a year in my 20s, so I guess that and my love of animals is why this book stole my little heart. Its like my dream home, LOL.

Nadine, go read this one. You love picture books :-)
Johanne too
All of you, its my favorite...go read it.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Starvation Heights was that bad huh? I have that on my tbr; maybe I should rethink it.

[Tracy]

Jackie wrote: "Starvation Heights was that bad huh? I have that on my tbr; maybe I should rethink it."

Ugh, dont do it LOL

[Kelly]

- What are you reading for this category?
Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber

- Does the location in the title reflect the actual book setting?
It certainly does! Without it, the book wouldn't make sense!