Task #10: Read a book that takes place in a rural setting

[Julia]

Olivia,

Ironweed by William Kennedy is a book that has been on my shelves for 20+ years, but I won't read it for this. It's set in Albany, NY. Some people would say it's not much of a city, but it is a city.

I'm hoping to read some Richard Russo like Mohawk or Nobody's Fool. These are set in a place like Russo's native Johnstown, NY. I started Empire Falls, but it's set in ME.

[Miriam]

I read Where The Crawdads Sing be Delia Owens. It takes place in rural North Carolina. It was a quick read.

[Jasmine's]

News of the World

we read this in my local book club and i heard Tom Hanks has made it into a film to be released in Dec this year also.

[Virginia]

I read Call of the Wild for this prompt.
The Call of the Wild

I also read The Great Alone, Simon the Fiddler, Light Changes Everything, and Little House In the Big Woods which would count.

[Meredith]

I love (!!!) coming-of-age stories set in small towns, and I was really hoping to find a good one for this task. After a couple of false starts (Sadie -- too dark, Boy's Life -- is there a central plot???!), I ended up with a classic, Rocket Boys. It was everything I'd hoped for! I listened to it on audio, and the writing was so amazing that the narrator even chokes up at the final scene (as I did). Highly recommend, if you've not yet read it!

[︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ Steph ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿]

I read Of Mice and Men and The Color Purple.

[Sandy]

I just finished Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and wonder if it count as a set in a rural setting? It starts in Mexico city but then the protagonist takes a train to a little town and spends most of her time in a house near the little town. The town sounds mostly walk able and there is one doctor for anything more substantial you had to go to the nearest city.

[Hope]

Would Hex count for this prompt?

[Reade]

Does Friday Night Lights take place in a rural setting?

[Bonnie G.]

Reade wrote: "Does Friday Night Lights take place in a rural setting?"

Its a small town, not a farming community, but I would say rural enough to qualify.

[Liz]

For this challenge I read The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm
Super enjoyable book makes me want to go live on a farm!