Reading with Style

message 1: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (new)

Aug 14, 2015 07:04AM

You may share your planned itinerary in this thread. If you're looking for reading ideas, please post in the Reading Suggestions thread.

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message 2: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (last edited Oct 02, 2015 08:39AM) (new)

Aug 14, 2015 07:05AM

Mississippi - The Hamlet
Alabama - The Well and the Mine
Georgia - Blindsighted
~~So. Carolina - Saints at the River OR Ella Minnow Pea~~
No Carolina - Look Homeward, Angel OR Serena
Virginia - The Kitchen House OR The Confessions of Nat Turner
Washington DC - Breaking Her Fall
Maryland - The Clock Winder
Pennsylvania - American Rust
~~Ohio - The Last Runaway~~
New York - Sutton
Massachusetts - The Rise of Silas Lapham

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message 3: by Kate S (last edited Sep 05, 2015 06:20PM) (new)

Aug 14, 2015 07:36AM

Maine: 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
New Hampshire: ~~Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian~~ only 49% of this book is in NH
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Vermont: ~~Light on Snow by Anita Shreve~~this book is actually set in NH, not VT.
Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian
Massachusetts: Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Rhode Island: Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willett
Connecticut: The Three Weissmans Of Westport by Cathleen Schine
New York: Ironweed by William Kennedy
New Jersey: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Pennsylvania: American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Delaware: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Maryland: Chesapeake by James A. Michener

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message 4: by Ed (last edited Aug 18, 2015 08:55AM) (new)

Aug 15, 2015 12:06PM

My list is under construction...so far it looks like this:

North Carolina - Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Virginia -The Longest Memory by Fred D'Aguiar
Washington DC - Grief by Andrew Holleran or Murder on Embassy Row by Margaret Truman
Maryland - Richard Carvel by Winston Churchill
Pnnsylvania - Rabbit Redux by John Updike
New Jersey - A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
New York - The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Connecticut - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin or Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
Rhode Island - The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike or Murder by Yew by Suzanne Young
Massachusetts - Herzog by Saul Bellow

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message 5: by Amanda (new)

Aug 15, 2015 03:40PM

I cannot make a consecutive run of States, I keep getting stuck at six, so I guess i am going to have to go for the Flight-seers route.

Conneticut The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Maryland Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Massachusetts The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Arizona The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
New Jersey A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
Arkansas True Grit by Charles Portis
North Carolina If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Tyler
Louisianna The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Tennesee A Death in the Family by James Agee
Ohio The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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message 6: by Amanda (last edited Aug 15, 2015 04:32PM) (new)

Aug 15, 2015 04:30PM

And, if I get to it :

Alaska The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Nebraska My Antonia by Willa Cather
California The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
New York Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Illinois The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Texas Giant by Edna Ferber
Mississippi Losing Battles by Eudora Welty
Minesotta Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
New Hampshire Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Indiana The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

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message 7: by Kathleen (itpdx) (last edited Sep 20, 2015 03:07PM) (new)

Aug 15, 2015 07:26PM

Kathleen (itpdx) (itpdx) | 1697 comments

Here is my first pass--Western states
Alaska The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury
Washington Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman's Life on Oyster Bay by LLyn De Danaan
Oregon ~~A New Life by Bernard Malamud~~Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife by Michele Longo Eder
California House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Nevada Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century or Turning the Tables: A Novel
Arizona The Wood Wife or The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction
New Mexico House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
Colorado Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Wyoming Wounded by Percival Everett
Montana Work Song or Winter in the Blood

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message 8: by Tien (new)

Aug 16, 2015 06:31PM

My attempt at Land Cruisers (I'm doubtful of completing this but I'm going to try)

North Carolina - A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
Georgia - Kisscut (Grant County #2) by Karin Slaughter
Tennessee - Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
Kentucky - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Illinois - The Litigators by John Grisham
Indiana - Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani (YA 820L)
Michigan - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Ohio - Sworn to Silence by Linda Castiloo
Pennsylvania - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Matthis
New York - American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

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message 9: by Bea (last edited Oct 20, 2015 03:31AM) (new)

Aug 17, 2015 04:41AM

Planned trip for Land Cruiser:

鈭欳补濒颈蹿辞谤苍颈补 - If Only It Were True by Marc Levy
鈭欰谤颈锄辞苍补 - Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell
鈭歂ew Mexico - The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman
鈭歍别虫补蝉 - Profile for Seduction by Karen Whiddon
鈭歄办濒补丑辞尘补 - Letter From Home by Carolyn Hart
鈭欿补苍蝉补蝉 - The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
鈭歂别产谤补蝉办补 - My 脕ntonia by Willa Cather
South Dakota - Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
Wyoming - The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
Montana - The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans

My list is now finalized.

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message 10: by Valerie (new)

Aug 17, 2015 09:07AM

Amanda wrote: "And, if I get to it :

Alaska The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Nebraska My Antonia by Willa Cather
California [book:The Big Sleep|46..."

Amanda - you might want to check on "Call of the Wild" my recollection (along with a quick google search) is that most of it takes place in the Yukon.

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message 11: by Amanda (last edited Aug 17, 2015 12:48PM) (new)

Aug 17, 2015 12:44PM

Valerie wrote: "Amanda wrote: "And, if I get to it :

Alaska The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Nebraska My Antonia by Willa Cather
California [book:T..."

Thanks Valerie, I will check outside of GR, as it is listed as Alaska here.

Edit : Wiki has it as Yukon.

At least, with Kate's suggestions in the other thread, I have some options. Will re-hash my lists tomorrow night when i have proper time.

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message 12: by El (last edited Sep 11, 2015 01:26PM) (new)

Aug 17, 2015 12:45PM

My East Coast list (Land Cruiser)

Florida Paper Towns by John Green (850 lex(
Georgia Blindsighted by Karen Slaughter
South Carolina Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
North Carolina Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
Virginia Wish You Well by David Baldacci
Maryland Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
Pennsylvania The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
New York City of Glass by Paul Auster
Massachusetts The River King by Alice Hoffman 1160Lex
Maine Under the Dome by Stephen King [this one will change]

Under construction: West Coast list (Land Cruiser)

Alaska The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Washington The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Oregon Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson
Idaho Blue Heaven by CJ Box
Wyoming
Utah The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Nevada
Arizona Desert Heat by JA Jance
California The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider (930L)
Hawaii The Big Island Posse: An Hawaiian Western by Robert B. Olafson

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message 13: by Joanna (last edited Sep 08, 2015 12:12PM) (new)

Aug 18, 2015 08:49AM

Here's a tentative plan:

New Hampshire: Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Massachusetts: Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
~~Maine: Under the Dome by Stephen King~~ - moved to 10.8
New York: The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
Pennsylvania: Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult OR American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Maryland: Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
Washington DC: Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
Virginia: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver ORFireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent
North Carolina: First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen OR If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Tyler
South Carolina: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Georgia: Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson

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message 14: by Amanda (new)

Aug 19, 2015 01:20AM

Re-posting due to changes :

Itinerary 1: (Land Cruiser)

Ohio The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Indiana The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Illinois The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Missouri The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Arkansas True Grit by Charles Portis
Texas Giant by Edna Ferber
Louisianna The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Mississippi Losing Battles by Eudora Welty
Tennesee A Death in the Family by James Agee
North Carolina If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Tyler

Itinerary 2 Flightseers

Conneticut The Stepford Wives by Ira LevinIra Levin
Maryland Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Massachusetts The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Arizona The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
New Jersey A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
Nebraska My 脕ntonia by Willa CatherWilla Cather
California The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
New York Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Minesotta Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
New Hampshire Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Now to go update my spreadsheet so I can keep track of points properly!

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message 15: by Jama (new)

Aug 19, 2015 08:18AM

My first landrover itinerary:
CA A Single Man or Wolf in White Van
NV Six-Gun Snow White
AZ The Water Knife
NM Assumption or The Painter
TX The Killer Inside Me
OK Low Down Death Right Easy
KS The Good Lord Bird
MO The Death of Sweet Mister
TN A Death in the Family
MS Sanctuary

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message 16: by Jama (new)

Aug 19, 2015 08:25AM

My second landrover itinerary:
NH The Last Policeman
VT The Secret History
NY Angry Black White Boy or Spaceman Blues: A Love Song or Dissident Gardens or The Kept
PA Loving Day
MD On Such a Full Sea
V The Shore
NC A Land More Kind Than Home
GA Tobacco Road or Andersonville or Bull Mountain
AL Hell at the Breech
FL Fiskadoro

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message 17: by Rebekah (last edited Nov 30, 2015 05:11PM) (new)

Aug 21, 2015 01:14PM

~~NY Awakening~~
~~PA Circle of Quilters~~
~~OH Everything I Never Told You~~
~~KY Nathan Coulter~~
~~TN Long Man~~
~~NC Ghost Riders~~
~~SC Break No Bones~~
~~GA Between, Georgia~~
~~AL Go Set a Watchman~~
~~FL Nature Girl or Skin Tight~~

or
MS Salvage the Bones or
LA Heaven's Prisoners or Happy, Happy, Happy
TX Mourning Gloria
OK Cimarron
KS The Virgin of Small Plains
CO Tallgrass
NM Bless Me, Ultima
UT The 19th Wife
AZ The Rope or Skeleton Man
CA X

Subject to change as I understand this isn't set in stone

I'm changing my #1 itinerary around because I need to finish Go Set a Watchman for my mother's book club. So I'm going South to North and I'm starting with Alabama and then Florida

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message 18: by Krista (last edited Aug 22, 2015 11:47AM) (new)

Aug 22, 2015 11:45AM

Here's my itinerary. The states are pretty firm. A couple of the states still have multiple book choices on my list. It's nice to know that the list doesn't have to be pre-approved. :-)

Western States Land Cruiser Tour
Hawaii - Blood Orchids
Alaska - Whisper To The Blood
Washington - Bone Crossed
Oregon - Clear and Convincing Proof
California - U Is for Undertow
Arizona - Scents and Sensibility
New Mexico - The Old Man's Love Story, First Grave on the Right, Blackening Song, or Bad Faith
Colorado - Eventide
Wyoming - Close Range, The Cold Dish, or Tensleep
Montana - Sweet Thunder or another book by Ivan Doig that is set in Montana

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message 19: by Karen Michele (last edited Sep 07, 2015 04:17PM) (new)

Aug 22, 2015 02:22PM