Group Reading Map (2019)

[Joanne]

Cool! I left out books that weren't obvious/were fantasy/non-fiction without a specific location

Week 3: England - Thief of Shadows
Week 4: US (New York) - You
Week 5: Canada (Ontario) - Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Week 6: Ireland - The Secret Place
Week 8: US (Alaska) - The Great Alone
Week 9: Canada (Ontario) - What Once Was Perfect
Week 10: US (California) - Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Week 12: US (California) - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Week 40: India - A Good Indian Wife

[Marta]

I am going to drag up books that are hopefully in unread locations.

Tales of the Tikongs (week #20) is set on Tiko, a fictionalized version of Tonga, where the author is from. Oceania

Who Fears Death (week #2) takes place in a fictionalized version of Sudan, Africa

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (week #15) - Rome, Italy

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (week #6) - Alabama, US, and Benin, Africa

The Phantom of the Opera (week #4) - Paris, France

Norwegian Wood (week #49) - Tokyo, Japan

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (week #48) - Oklahoma, US

[Crystal]

Poland- The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Cuba- Beautiful Exiles
Antarctica - Where'd You Go, Bernadette

US
Connecticut- Girl at the Grave
Maine- Pet Sematary
Vermont- The Broken Girls
Pennsylvania- What Have You Done

[Avery]

Here's what I have read so far for the 2019 ATY challenge:

United Kingdom - Pride and Prejudice (Week 27)
United Kingdom - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Week 11)
France - All the Light We Cannot See (Week 48)
Germany - The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Week 41)
Australia - The Husband's Secret (Week 19)
Illinois, USA - Becoming (Week 10)
Ohio, USA - Everything I Never Told You (Week 47)
New York, USA - You (Week 12)
New York, USA - Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails (Week 38)

[Ellie]

Canada Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold
France The House of Shattered Wings and The Gilded Wolves
Sweden Red Snow
England (UK) All the Lonely People and The Salt Path
Nigeria The Rosewater Insurrection
Senegal Redemption in Indigo
Vermont (USA) Two Can Keep a Secret

Everything else has been non-specific regions or in space.

[Perri]

USA:
Alabama (AL) The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
California (CA) 2 The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History, Bad Luck and Trouble
Colorado (CO) A Dog's Way Home
Illinois (IL) Blue Moon
Indiana (IN) Turtles All the Way Down
Maine (ME) Pet Sematary
Michigan (MI) The Outsider
Montana (MT) Those Who Wish Me Dead
North Carolina (NC) Prodigal Summer
Ohio (OH) The Wright Brothers
Washington DC : Lock In

Africa:
Kenya: West with the Night
Somalia: Infidel
South America:
Argentina: Kiss of the Spider Woman
UK:
England 4 The Word Is Murder, Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury, The Chalk Man,Erotic Stories for Punjabi WidowsThe Salt Path
Scotland 2 (Hebrides Isl) The Blackhouse The Lewis Man

[Chrissy]

So far for me:

Asia:
The Night Tiger Malaysia
Out Japan

North America:
White Houses NY
Dear Martin GA
Speak Easy, Speak Love NY
Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience NV
A Trick of the Light Canada

Europe:
If Not Now, When? Poland (mostly)

[Kathy]

Iceland - Independent People

[Sophie]

Here’s what I have so far. If unfortunately not very diverse, but I’ll do better later in the year 😜

UK: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Children of Henry VIII

Canada: Station Eleven

USA: Armada (OR)

[Allegra]

My 2019 ATY Books

Morocco: Wind, Sand and Stars

China: The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

England: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
France: Love in a Dish . . . and Other Culinary Delights by M.F.K. Fisher
Poland: Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories

Australia: Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time


United States:
Alabama: The Almost Sisters
Colorado: Sadie
New York: Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage; An Anonymous Girl
South Dakota: Sleeping Giants

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Monkiecat, Marina actually asked the same thing. I'm really not sure why the software combines it.

I didn't love that it's considered all together either, especially since so many books are set there.

There isn't really a great option for me to break down, aside from doing a separate map that breaks down by county. That would be this one: https://mapchart.net/uk.html

I'm thinking that one is the other extreme and a bit too detailed.

But open to others' thoughts, who are more geographically adept or familiar with the area.

[Carmen]

I was the first to ask for the UK split but couldn't look at your link before. I think it might be too detailed indeed, but perhaps it can be colored in per country? A lot of work of perhaps, but maybe an option?

[Traci]

UK: H is for Hawk
Russia: The Tsar of Love and Techno
Russia: Crime and Punishment
US - Indiana: Shakespeare Saved My Life
Japan (also Canada): A Tale for the Time Being
Syria (also US/Turkey): The Sandcastle Girls
Turkey (also US/Armenia): There Was and There Was Not: A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
US - New York: Alex and Eliza

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Yes, sorry, Carmen, I had been thinking of Greenland :)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I can look at it more this weekend. If I can find a good resource to where I would know which counties are included in each country then I could definitely color in multiple counties per book to equal a country.

[Marie]

Would knowing just the ones that are on the borders work? That link you posted lets you just touch a county to colour it in. If you can do it that way, the border counties would be the edges, and then you could just fill in the middle. If you have to choose the county names individually, I can't help, but I think I know the edges.

I have no idea if it would work that way, and I can't 100% guarantee the accuracy of my geography, but I'm sure there are few other Brits around here who can correct me if I'm wrong.

The two northern-most English counties on that map are Cumberland and Northumberland - everything north of that is Scotland.

The ones at the border with Wales are Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Everything west of them is Wales.

[Ellie]

Marie wrote: "Would knowing just the ones that are on the borders work? That link you posted lets you just touch a county to colour it in. If you can do it that way, the border counties would be the edges, and t..."

I'd agree with your border counties. I love that UK map though and might start tracking my UK reads by counties for myself!

[Pam]

US- New York: Rules of Civility

[Johanne]

This is so cool! Going to go through my ATY reads tomorrow.

[Lizzy]

I must say I'm getting excited to see the next update of the filled in maps.

[Ann]

Thailand Murder at the house of rooster happiness

[Perri]

Has anyone read An American Marriage ?
It seems equal Louisiana (view spoiler)[ where Roy is raised and incarcerated (hide spoiler)] and Georgia (view spoiler)[ where Celestial lives and for the years they were together (hide spoiler)]

[Jillian]

United Kingdom 9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)-
Career of Evil/Robert Galbraith 1/13/19

New Jersey-US (also Illinois but I think a bit more took place in New Jersey) 18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements-
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women/Kate Moore 3/9/19

United Kingdom 34. A book with a person's name in the title-
Oliver Twist/Charles Dickens 1/21/19

Illinois- US 37. A book set in a school or university-
The Map Trap/Andrew Clements 1/6/19

Russia 41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards-
The Girl in the Tower/Katherine Arden 2/7/19

New York-US 47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
French Pressed/Cleo Coyle 1/1/19

Russia 51. A book published in 2019-
The Winter of the Witch/Katherine Arden 2/13/19

[Hélène]

Burkina Faso : American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson.

[Nadine in NY]

American Spy is in Burkina Faso

[Hélène]

Nadine wrote: "American Spy is in Burkina Faso"

Yes, of course, sorry about that! I edited my post. Thank you, Nadine!

[Nadine in NY]

Hélène wrote: "Nadine wrote: "American Spy is in Burkina Faso"

Yes, of course, sorry about that! I edited my post. Thank you, Nadine!"


:-) It was a great book, wasn't it?!!

[Pam]

US- North Carolina: Where the Crawdads Sing

[Kathy]

US - Kentucky : The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin

[Hélène]

Nadine wrote: "Hélène wrote: "Nadine wrote: "American Spy is in Burkina Faso"

Yes, of course, sorry about that! I edited my post. Thank you, Nadine!"


:-) It was a great book, wasn't it?!!"

Yes, it was excellent! I learned a lot without even noticing it, as the suspense was so well conducted and the rhythm so fast-paced. And the main characters were really compelling. I'm already eager to read her next book! :-)

[Sarah]

Lagoon - Nigeria

[Anna]

US, North Dakota: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country

US, New York, and Dallas, Texas: New York to Dallas (In Death #33) by J.D. Robb
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)

UK: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal #1) by Jonathan L. Howard
34. A book with a person's name in the title

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Jody, I'm only using only one location per book so I've placed The Swarm under Germany, 11/22/63 under Texas

Marta, I put Barracoon in Alabama since it seems like it would spend more time there. Let me know if you want it changed to Benin

Perri, I'm putting in GA since my memory is telling me there was the more of the book focused on those years. But someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Anna, I'm putting New York to Dallas under Texas since we have so many for New York already.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

The map is now up to date through message 86.

Unfortunately Oceania is not thoroughly displayed on the world map. I can try to expand that with a separate continent map.

I will also start on the UK map tomorrow. It is now black on the map because it is so much higher in count than all the others. I had to keep fixing the key to try to get the colors right and eventually decided to just black it out. It does have the correct count next to it on the list.

[Nadine in NY]

It's interesting that NY is leading the pack by so much! I live in NY so I tend to read a lot of books set in NY but I didn't realize that everyone else does too!

[Lizzy]

Laura, I can see no changes on the maps. Should I be doing something once I open them? Thanks for your help.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I still have to update the links where each continent is broken down. The main map in the top post has been updated.

[Lizzy]

Thanks Laura. I must admit I had missed that top link to the whole world.

[Jody]

Thanks Laura. Both of those books fell into the “no distinct main setting”, so I put them all in so the group could decide. The Swarm especially had a lot of different settings (but those three were the main ones).

[Ann]

Mozambique- Don't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

UK - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
US (CA) - There There by Tommy Orange
England - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
US (AK) - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

[Edie]

Perri wrote: "Has anyone read An American Marriage ?
It seems equal Louisiana [spoilers removed] and Georgia [spoilers removed]"

I just finished it. It is set primarily in Louisiana, but a good part of it is in Georgia as well. I am going to list it for Louisiana.

[Rachelnyc]

I love this idea! I had to skip the read-a-thon because I was sick and didn't want to drag a team down but was especially bummed I missed it because of the travel theme.

Here are my ATY reads and locations so far for 2019:
I didn't realize how many books I've read this year set in California!

US (CA) There There
The House of Broken Angels
The Mars Room
The Golden State
A Place for Us

Washington (state) Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Canada Heart Berries

Italy The Italian Teacher
Spain Call Me Zebra
Russia A Terrible Country
France French Exit

UK (I'm confused as to whether we are moving forward with the split into countries, so I'm including them just in case)
England The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Watching You
Once Upon a River

Ireland Milkman

Nigeria My Sister, the Serial Killer

Barbados Washington Black

[Edie]

Whoops, this was for an advanced prompt, so it can't count.
Louisiana - An American Marriage. This also takes place in Georgia, but the part of the story that occurred in Louisiana felt more important to me.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Rachelnyc, yes I am going to do a separate map for the UK. But the main map will need to have a total for all of the UK.

So splitting it up when you report it is ideal since it will allow me to apply it to the sub-map. Those that just tell me "UK" will only be reflected on the main map.

I hope that makes sense!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

All of the individual maps have now been updated and there is also a new map of the United Kingdom (message 8)

If you gave me a general location (UK or United Kingdom) then your book is reflected only in the main world map. If you gave me a specific country (England or Scotland) then it is reflected in the specific map of the UK.

If you had given a general location and know the specific country then feel free to let me know and I can add it to the new specific map. Just please clearly tell me that it is an update so I don't add it to the main map a second time.

Wales and Northern Ireland do not have any books yet so they are listed as the country name on the key. This will allow me to still see the borders later.

[Jillian]

update My 2 United Kingdom locations were set in England.

[Kathy]

Update
I had 5 UK books - 4 are England, 1 is Scotland

[Rachelnyc]

Laura,

My Ireland book, Milkman, mentioned in #97 should be Northern Ireland. Sorry for the confusion!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

No problem, I'm glad we have a book for Northern Ireland now :)