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DiscussionsFifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge
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1varielle
Why can I not resist another challenge? I can't keep up with all the others. Oh well. I think I will start with what I've done in 2009 and go forward from here. I'm going to try to stick with one's that stay in one state. I've read a few others that wandered around a bit.
So far...
LA - Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes
An old pot boiler, dated but interesting in that when you read it you scratch your head wondering how could people ever think or behave llike this.
NC - Silk Hope, NC by Lawrence Naumoff
There were some nice bits about mill life, but overall a disappointment.
So far...
LA - Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes
An old pot boiler, dated but interesting in that when you read it you scratch your head wondering how could people ever think or behave llike this.
NC - Silk Hope, NC by Lawrence Naumoff
There were some nice bits about mill life, but overall a disappointment.
2varielle
CA - The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Most of this book was set in San Francisco with flashbacks to life in China. It's an interesting look at the immigrant experience and generational conflict between daughters and mothers. It was OK, but not as good as Tan's earlier Joy Luck Club or The Kitchen God's Wife.
Most of this book was set in San Francisco with flashbacks to life in China. It's an interesting look at the immigrant experience and generational conflict between daughters and mothers. It was OK, but not as good as Tan's earlier Joy Luck Club or The Kitchen God's Wife.
3varielle
NY - Just finished The Night Club Era by Stanley Walker. Written in '33 takes a look at booze addled NY during Prohibition.
4varielle
WA - In an attempt to figure out the workings of a 16 year old's mind, I started reading the Twilight books and tore through them all. I had expected stupid, mindless drivel, but I couldn't stop. I'm drivelling.
5varielle
I put a ticker here, but it doesn't seem to want to work anymore. Let's see if we can get it to come back.
visited 7 states (14%)
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visited 7 states (14%)
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6varielle
MN - Much of the action of State of Wonder takes place in Brazil, but it all starts and ends in Minnesota.
8varielle
Massachusetts - with John Adams. I've grown quite fond of the little president.
9countrylife
Some day I hope to get to read John Adams. When we moved, it had to get packed up unread, and until bookcases are built, it must continue languishing in a box.
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