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Rosemarie's Relaxing Road Trip 2018-2019
State 1 - MassachusettsEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
The writing in this book amazing, but the story is so sad.
State 11 - WashingtonThe White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist
You are doing great Rosemarie! I just joined and I think I am going to start with a leisurely travel through the countries in 2019- just because My schedule is busy until then- but I love reading about countries, about women authors and works in translation so Im looking forward to the theme group reads next year! Good luck on your reading. 2018 was the only uear I did NOT meet my GRs challenge. The two main reasons were health issues and learning to knit (I joined projects in order to learn - I learned a lot- but it took up all my spare time.). Next year I have to organize better, bit I dont want to quit them because January is 🧦 and I have been wanting to learn socks since I started knitting!!Yay!
Thank you, Candace. I like the fact that you can choose your pace in this group, and read a lot of interesting books as well.I used to knit a lot, including sweaters, but have never tried to knit socks. If you can do that, that will be a major accomplishment--and you will have some pretty socks.
State 30: DelawareA Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse
Around the World in 80 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
A Separate Peace (other topics)Ethan Frome (other topics)
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (other topics)
A Raisin in the Sun (other topics)
The Andromeda Strain (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Edith Wharton (other topics)Edward P. Jones (other topics)
Chuck Klosterman (other topics)
Beverly Cleary (other topics)
Philip Roth (other topics)
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This year I am going to revisit some of the states for a more leisurely trip and continue my journey in 2019.
List of States:
Alabama - Up from Slavery
Alaska - The Year of Miss Agnes
Arizona - The Andromeda Strain
Arkansas - Life on the Mississippi
California - Esperanza Rising, The Postman Always Rings Twice
Colorado - Plainsong
Connecticut - Winterbound
Delaware - A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
Florida - Mules and Men
Georgia - Gone with the Wind
Hawaii - The House Without a Key
Idaho - Avalanche
Illinois - So Big, A Raisin in the Sun
Indiana - Penrod and Sam
Iowa - Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Kansas - Not Without Laughter
Kentucky - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Louisiana - Black Like Me, 12 Years a Slave
Maine - Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Maryland - Jacob Have I Loved
Massachusetts - Ethan Frome, The Scarlet Letter
Michigan - The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Minnesota - Heaven to Betsy
Mississippi - As I Lay Dying
Missouri - The Whole Town's Talking
Montana - Hattie Big Sky
Nebraska - O Pioneers!
Nevada - His Master's Voice
New Hampshire - Our Town, A Separate Peace
New Jersey - Patrimony
New Mexico - Death Comes for the Archbishop
New York - Manchild in the Promised Land, The Greek Coffin Mystery, Brown Girl, Brownstones
North Carolina - Stella by Starlight
North Dakota - Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
Ohio - Homer Price, Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price
Oklahoma - Letter From Home
Oregon - Henry Huggins
Pennsylvania - Appointment in Samarra
Rhode Island - The Dreams in the Witch House, The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward
South Carolina- Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South
South Dakota - The Long Winter
Tennessee - The Jew Store by Stella Suberman
Texas - Giant, Lonesome Dove
Utah - Riders of the Purple Sage
Vermont - Pollyanna
Virginia - The Confessions of Nat Turner
Washington - The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
West Virginia - Too Many Cooks
Wisconsin - Blankets
Wyoming - The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
Washington, D.C. - Lost in the City