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Karin wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "Alabama (AL): Slavery: By 1830 there were 300,000 residents, nearly one-fifth of them slaves, and cotton was the principal cash crop.Alaska (AK): Christmas: Santa Claus & the Nor..."
I also have the old Fanny cook book-one of my favorites
Here are a few thoughts from me:Oklahoma (my claimed home state): Trail of Tears https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Texas: Mexican Heritage https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
New Mexico: Enchantment https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Arizona: Spring Training https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Mississippi: Jim Crow https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Pensilvania: royal (the woman who married the king of England who abdicated for her was from there)Wisconsin: dragons (inventors of d&d)
New Mexico: geeks (Microsoft founded)
For Utah: LDS Authors (the other name for Mormons)https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
You might be surprised who is on the list.
For Colorado: Skiing
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
This is tough! I am Floridian born and bred for many generations so I have a ton to suggest for there, hard to pick just one...Since others have done the main ones, I'm going to do one that not many people may know about:
Florida - Fabric - My family were in FL before it was even a state and all owned cotton farms. I have so many family stories that come from that. They weren't rich but the history is deep of cotton farms in the south, so I went with what cotton creates... Fabric, to be different.
Washington - Cryptid - Because Bigfoot
Oregon - Running - Prefontaine and Nike
Georgia - Fruit - Georgia Peach
I can't help it I found a funny shelf and have to add it to Florida...Books about Old People :)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
When I lived in St. Petersburg, my husband and I were the youngest in our neighborhood by decades upon decades. All my closest friends were at least 20 years my senior.
Charlotte wrote: "I can't help it I found a funny shelf and have to add it to Florida...Books about Old People :)"
Charlotte, you can only have one entry per state, so which one will it be for Florida?
Linda wrote: "For Utah: LDS Authors (the other name for Mormons)https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
You might be surprised who is on the list.
a few "jaw droppers" there for sure!
Charlotte wrote: "I can't help it I found a funny shelf and have to add it to Florida...Books about Old People :)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
When I lived in St. Petersburg, ..."
Pick this one Charlotte-I love it!
Alabama (AL) Civil rightsArizona (AZ) Tombstone
Arkansas (AR) Diamonds (ten of thousands have been discovered there
California (CA)--Earthquakes
Colorado (CO) Centennial (joined statehood 100 yrs after the signing of the Declaration)
Hawaii (HI) Royalty ( the only royal palace in the United States is found in Hawaii)
Iowa (IA) American Gothic
Kansas (KS) Dust Bowl
Michigan (MI) lighthouses (Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state)
RI-WY And that's all of them. RI- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... Rhode Island never ratified the 18th amendment
SC - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter.
SD - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Belle Fourche is the geographical center of the United States
TN - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Grand Ole Pry
TX - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
UT - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Utah has the highest literacy rate in the nation.
VT - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Vermont's largest employer is IBM.
VA - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I
WA - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Washington is the only state to be named after a United States President
WV - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The first federal prison exclusively for women in the United States was opened in 1926 in West Virginia.
WI - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
I always think of cheese
WY https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
This one is for Nicole
Lol! I love the cowboy and rodeo shelves!
Nicole-The titles are what get me goingRode Hard, Put Up Wet: Cowboy Romance
Cowgirl Up and Ride
Cowboy Take Me Away
😂🤣 I am waking up the whole house with my cackling
Joanne wrote: "Nicole-The titles are what get me goingRode Hard, Put Up Wet: Cowboy Romance
Cowgirl Up and Ride
Cowboy Take Me Away
😂🤣 I am waking up the whole..."
Cowboy romances are so not my thing, but those titles are great.
Alright, I only have a few states left with nothing, and I'll add those in a separate post later, but I think I've got some good ones!I tried to choose tags that were open enough to have some interpretation, lending itself to be more open for many readers with different tastes. Also, of course there is my personal taste in there as well. Much of it felt like a word association game to me.
Alabama- Black History (Selma) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Alaska - Cruise (everyone on the West coast talks about doing an Alaskan Cruise) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Arizona - Devil (Sun Devils)- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
California- Hollywood - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Colorado- Rockies (MLB) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Delaware- First (the first state) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Florida- Old People - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Georgia - Blind (Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Hawaii - Beach Read - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Illinois - Comedy - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Indiana - Basketball- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Iowa- Politics - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Kansas - Royals (MLB- shoutout Nicole) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Kentucky - Horses (Kentucky Derby)- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Louisiana - Creole- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Maine - Horror (Stephen King)- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Massachusetts - Witches - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Michigan- Water https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Minnesota - Vikings (NFL) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Mississippi- River https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Missouri - Oregon Trail (start of the OR Trail) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Montana - Mountain (It's namesake)- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Nevada- Hotel - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
New Jersey - Shore (Isn't the first thing everything thinks of Jersey Shore?! lol) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
New York - Broadway - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Ohio - Football (Canton Hall of Fame Museum) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Oklahoma -Musical (Oklahoma!) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Oregon - Hipster- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Pennsylvania - Pirates (MLB) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Rhode Island - Short (smallest state, we read shortest books)-https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Tennessee - Volunteers (NCAA) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Texas - Rangers (MLB) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Utah - Jazz (NBA) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Vermont- libraries (loved Kimber’s idea) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Virginia - Presidents- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Washington - dogs (I swear every Washingtonian I know is a "dog" person, and owns at least 1 dog- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Wisconsin - Cheese - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
States I still need to figure out:
Arkansas
Connecticut
Idaho
Maryland
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Carolina
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Alaska: Mountain climbing--https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...California: Gold Rush--https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Texas: Space Race--https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
North Dakota-- Bees--https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... or Honey--https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...Apparently North Dakota is the No 1 producer in the US of honey.
Thanks for the Royals shout out, Joi!!
Charlotte wrote: "I can't help it I found a funny shelf and have to add it to Florida...Books about Old People :)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2..., ..."
This is a LIstopia list, not a tag / genre / shelf ....
But you could use Retirement
Book Concierge wrote: "This is a LIstopia list, not a tag / genre / shelf ....But you could use Retirement."
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Here's the old people shelf. Lol
Next batch. Only 11 more to go.Idaho (ID) potatoes https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Illinois (IL) (Chicago fire) fire https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Indiana (IN) (has a large Amish and Mennonite population) Mennonite https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Iowa (IA) corn https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Kansas (KS) prairie https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Kentucky (KY) (mammoth cave) caves https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Louisiana (LA) mardi gras https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Maine (ME) stephen king https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Maryland (MD) (naval academy) navy https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Massachusetts (MA) (salem trials) witch https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Michigan (MI) (my home state. I like everyone else's suggestions but I went for something different) motown https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Minnesota (MN) lakes https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Mississippi (MS) river https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Missouri (MO) (most destructive one in US) tornado https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Montana (MT) (glacier National Park) glacier https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Joi wrote: "Alright, I only have a few states left with nothing, and I'll add those in a separate post later, but I think I've got some good ones!I tried to choose tags that were open enough to have some inte..."
Psst... I love the Kansas City love, but the Royals are in KCMO, not KCK.
Hebah, I was gonna let that one slide 😉 it is the thought that counts. Lol
thanks for the responses to my comment, but I wasn't taking this as seriously as some of you lol! just thought I'd chip in with a uk point of view!
Jenny wrote: "thanks for the responses to my comment, but I wasn't taking this as seriously as some of you lol! just thought I'd chip in with a uk point of view!"You had some very creative ones Jenny-for a non-U.S. gal, ya did a fine job!
Here's states I've lived in to start with. (I haven't tried to catch up on all the discussion, so apologies if I missed anything relevant.)Pennsylvania: Amish: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
South Carolina: Sweet Tea: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Illinois: Corn: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Kansas: Tornado: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Washington: whales (you can do some wonderful whale watching on Puget Sound: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...I have lived here
Wisconsin: Logging (the Great North Woods were decimated by the lumber barons): https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... My home state
I have lived in:
Virginia: Revolutionary War https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Last batch of statesAlabama (AL) (US space center) space https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Alaska (AK) nature https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Arizona (AZ) canyon https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Arkansas (AR) clinton https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
California (CA) gold https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Colorado (CO) rockies https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Connecticut (CT) (oldest u.s. newspaper still being published) news https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Delaware (DE) (first to ratify constitution) first https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Florida (FL) everglades https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Georgia (GA) (master’s tournament) golf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Hawaii (HI) volcanoes https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
My beloved home state of Oklahoma....I can think of so many options: Oklahoma football, Oklahoma Land Run, Oil, indians (so many Indian tribes on OK) .....I could keep going.I will submit the following tag:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Utah: coming of age (youngest median age in the US)
I'm going to do a few at a time, because I accidentally closed the window and lost all my work twice already. And the first time, I had almost all 50 done, grrrr. Sorry, I don't know how to search for shelves. I still haven't fully made the transition from Shelfari!
AK: Mountain Climbing (or Mountaineering, if that shelf has more books)
AL: Slavery
AR: Diamonds (or, if there is no such shelf, Rice or Rice Production)
AZ: Polygamy (especially in Colorado City. AZ is my native state, where I lived for 56 years.)
CA: Donner Party
CO: Rocky Mountains
CT: Yale University
DE: American Revolution
FL: Swamps (or Everglades, if that shelf has more books)
GA: Gone With The Wind (or plantations, if there is no GWTW shelf)
HI: SurfingID: Fishing
IL: Chicago
IN: Spring Mill State Park (My ancestors once owned the mill! But if there is no such shelf, try Limestone or Rock Quarries. As a last resort, Abraham Lincoln. I've already read so many books about him and Mary, but for me at least that beats basketball or car racing - by a long shot!)
IA: Corn
KS: Tornadoes
KY: Bluegrass Music
LA: French Quarter (or if there is no such shelf, Hurricane Katrina)
ME: Stephen King
MD: Underground Railroad
MA: Kennedys (or Kennedy Family) MI: Libraries (or Library, whichever shelf has more books. First state to provide for public libraries in its state Constitution.)
MN: Boundary Waters
MS: Mississippi River
MO: Caves
MT: Grizzly Bears
NE: Prairie
NV: Sex Workers (or Strippers, or Sex Industry, whichever shelf has more books)
NH: Appalachian Trail
NJ: Coast Guard (or US Coast Guard, whichever shelf has more books. The U.S. Coast Guard has a large base at Cape May, where my son went to A-school.)
NM: Mexican-Americans (or Hispanics or Latinos, whichever shelf has more books)NY: 9/11
NC: Lost Colony of Roanoke (or Lost Colony or Roanoke, whichever shelf has more books)
ND: Buffalo (or Bison, or American Bison, whichever shelf has more books)
OH: Astronauts
OK: Dust Bowl
OR: Total Solar Eclipse (first and best place to see the 2017 one)
PA: Abolitionists
RI: Shipwrecks (Has more per square mile than any other state)
SC: Gullah Culture (or Gullah People or Gullah. If there is no such shelf, my second choice is Tea - SC has the only tea plantation in the USA, I've been to it! - is the birthplace of sweet tea, and has a "sweet tea trail." Whatever that is. If there's no Tea shelf either, my third choice is Charleston.)
SD: Badlands
TN: ElvisTX: Space Exploration (or if there is no such shelf, Space Travel)
UT: Great Salt Lake
VT: Maple Syrup (or Maple, Maple Trees, whatever works. If there's nothing maple, Autumn Colors or Fall Colors, or just Autumn or Fall.
VA: Colonial Williamsburg
WA: Vampires (Well, I live in Forks, what else could I say? I did consider saying temperate rain forest, but doubt there's many books on that, much less a shelf!)
WV: Coal Mining
WI: Cheese
WY: Yellowstone National Park
Hebah wrote: "Psst... I love the Kansas City love, but the Royals are in KCMO, not KCK."It's all the same to me from my west-coast perspective, haha. Hey- it still has Kansas in the name, I'm counting it!
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Oh, my gosh, yes--my old 1979 Fanny Farmer cookbook is FABULOUS! It is the one edition that, back before the internet, taught me how to make so many things from mayonnaise to pie crusts to jam to soup stocks with no bouillon cubes and more (I know many good cooks, including my mother, use bouillon cubes, but I like to make things from scratch)!!!! I even bought 2 replacements online of this edition when the glue started wearing out on the one my mother gave me. The older ones expect you to know what you're doing and the newer ones use more shortcuts, so take your pick :)