40. A book with a place name in the title

[Kathy]

I read Death in Berlin by M.M. Kaye. The location in Berlin in the 1950s and is very central to the plot of the story.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Ana A wrote: "I read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 4 stars!

I kind of did a Keep it Simple (KIS) version where the word "America" itself isn't there but it's still within the title som..."

I think a lot of it is in Lagos and it is also in some US cities, maybe New York and Atlanta, I've forgotten - so between all those it should count!

[Marie (UK)]

1. What are you reading for this category? The Night Climbers Of Cambridge 02/05/2020
2. Is the location real or fictional? Real
3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book? yes it is a non fiction book about people who attend Cambridge university and try to climb its building without getting caught and rusticated

[Jana]

Miracle Creek Very enjoyable!

[MN]

I read Lawrence Durrell, Bitter Lemons of Cyprus for this topic. Here's the GR synopsis:
... Lawrence Durrell's unique account of his time in Cyprus, during the 1950s Enosis movement for freedom of the island from British colonial rule. Winner of the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, it is a document at once personal, poetic and subtly political - a masterly combination of travelogue, memoir and treatise.

Masterful.

[Virginia]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read America's Sacred Sites: 50 Faithful Reflections on Our National Monuments and Historic Landmarks.

2. Is the location real or fictional?
Real.
3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
Yes, it has a Natural Park Service location for each state in America.

[Laurel]

I read Love and Murder in Savannah by Harper Lin

Savannah is a real place and the location is important to the plot.

[Tracy]

I read High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver for this prompt. Tucson is, of course, a real location, and one that I group up in, so this was particularly poignant for me to read. Kingsolver basically used some Tucson themes to tie her essays together.

[Shelley]

I read China Rich Girlfriend. Such a let down from the first one but I still stayed up all night finishing it. It was like a trainwreck.

[MN]

I read Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and City for this topic. Absolutely excellent!

[Samantha]

1. What are you reading for this category? Catherine House
2. Is the location real or fictional? Fictional
3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book? Catherine House is a school of higher learning where the book takes place.

[Jette]

1. What are you reading for this category? The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (I used a KIS approach to this one. The place name is a region of the US, not specific)

2. Is the location real or fictional? Real, outside of Charleston, SC

3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
Yes, In that there are certain expectations for behavior that are particular to the South in general

[Susan]

ok, anyone think maybe it doesn't have to be a physical place....I was thinking First to Die by James Patterson. First place....

[GailW]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read the lovely little book Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

2. Is the location real or fictional?
Definitley real

3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
Only as a cultural backdrop. Would not have been the same story say in New York or London.

[Joan]

1. What are you reading for this category? The Bridges of Madison County
2. Is the location real or fictional? The location is real. I looked it up.
3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book? Yes it definitely has significance. It's where everything takes place in the story and where they meet.

[Arunimaa]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I am reading Pet Sematary by Stephen King.


2. Is the location real or fictional?
Fictional. "Pet Semetary" is the name of a cemetery in the book.

3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
Oh, yes. A wretched, horrifying, importance.

[Donna]

I'm going to read Next Year in Havana, by Chanel Cleeton. It has been on my TBR for a LONG time, and apparently I am not going to make time for it without pledging to read it.

It takes place in Havana, Cuba in 1958 when a Cuban-American sugar heiress returns home for her grandmother's funeral.

[Anastasia]

@Susan, I do not think it needs to be a real place, but it does need to be a name.

[Ooha]

I interpreted this as place meaning anything, not necessarily a proper noun and went with Upon a Sleepless Isle.
This is the author's account of travelling through his home country of Sri Lanka. I picked it up while I was travelling through the place just before everything went to hell...and just couldn't get past the feeling that it's such an appropriate fit for this prompt!

[Alexx]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I may have cheated slightly, but I read Dominicana by Angie Cruz

2. Is the location real or fictional?
It is a real place

3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
Yes, the narrator was from the Dominican Republic

[Marie]

I read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald.

It's set in the fictional town of Broken Wheel, Iowa. The location is really important to the story, it's about how a visitor from Sweden changes things for the town and its inhabitants.

[Stacey]

I just finished Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion. The location is real. The significance of Bethlehem is from the last line of W.B. Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming":

The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

The poem refers to the coming apocalypse and a new messiah from Bethlehem who's come to "ravage the world". Imagine that as you will.

[star_fire13]

1. What are you reading for this category?
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

2. Is the location real or fictional?
REAL!

3. Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
Absolutely. It's the basis and catalyst for the plot, as well as the character's development.

[Angela]

What are you reading for this category?
Death in Kashmir, by M.M. Kaye


Is the location real or fictional?
It’s real.

Does the location have importance in the content of the book?
It does, the events take place in Kashmir.

[Joanne]

I read On the Edge by Ilona Andrews. I was going to read this book for a book related to witches because it was tagged that way on Goodreads, but after reading I didn't really feel like it fit, so I put it here. The Edge is the location where the main characters live and it is important in the novel because it is the intermediary between the Broken and the Weird.