Book Geeks and Bookniks discussion

And thus my journey around the States begins:

1. Massachusetts - Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong - finished 26/01/11, 5*
2. Georgia - The Color Purple by Alice Walker - finished 15/02/11, 4*
3. California - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart - finished 19/02/11, 5*
4. Kansas - In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote - finished 25/03/11, 4*
5. Minnesota - Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater - finished 02/05/11, 3*
6. Oklahoma - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - finished 06/06/11, 4*
7. Pennsylvania - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - finished 21/06/11, 3*
8. New York - A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - finished 17/07/11, 1*
9. Louisiana - From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris - finished 14/08/11, 4*
10. Maine - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson - finished 08/09/11, 5*
11. Wisconsin - Blankets by Craig Thompson - finished 20/09/11, 4*
12. Mississippi - Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin - finished 26/09/11, 5*
13. Nevada - From Vegas With Blood by Jonathan Sturak - finished 01/10/11, 4*
14. Texas - The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - finished 01/10/11, 5*

How do you ever find time to make tea?

I've become quite adept at doing it one handed with a book in the other, taken a bit of practice though and it's a skill you must continually work at to keep at your best ;-D

I'm thinking The World Without Us will be my next book. It looks so interesting. Did you like it?

I also have that Bill Bryson book and want to read it soon. I read his Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe a few months ago and enjoyed that.

Caroline wrote: "I'm thinking The World Without Us will be my next book. It looks so interesting. Did you like it?

I also have that Bill Bryson book and want to read it soon. I read his Neither Here nor The..."</i>

I did thoroughly enjoy it and foiund it very readable given the rather complicated subject matter. If your a fan of Bill Bryson, I think you'd enjoy it, although it does lack the humour of Bryson but the style of writing is very similar. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it if you do read it.

I haven't read Neither Here nor There but I have read a few other Bryson books which I have enjoyed. I started with [book:A Short History of Nearly Everything, which was also rather good.

15. Arizona - The Stand: American Nightmares by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa - finished 11/10/11, 4*

16. Hawaii - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown - finished 27/10/11, 4*

17. Florida - Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong - finished 21/11/11, 5*

18. Colorado - Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser - finished 26/11/11, 4*

19. New Jersey - The Final Detail by Harlan Coben - finished 18/12/11, 3*

20. Illinois - Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith - finished 18/01/12, 5*

21. West Virginia - Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam - finished 19/02/12, 4*

22. Ohio - The Sorrow King by Andersen Prunty - finished 22/02/12, 5*

Finally finished another one for this

23. Nebraska - Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King - finished 14/06/12, 5*

Good job!
I was hoping to finish my challenge by the end of the year, but now I just don't know...

Melki wrote: "Good job!
I was hoping to finish my challenge by the end of the year, but now I just don't know..."

I'm just treating it as an ongoing thing, especially with the number of challenges I've got going at the moment (actually now I think about it, I'm treating all the ones without deadlines as ongoing things, a lot less stressful that way!)!

That's how I feel about my "Reading Round the World" challenge, but I'm getting closer to the finish line with the state challenge. And still looking for a book set in Delaware.

Stolen again

I've gotten another one and didn't even realise!

24. Maryland - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - finished 22/08/12, 5*

Aha, another one down!

25. North Carolina - Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs - finished 26/09/12, 3*

And another one, whoop whoop!

26. Virginia - Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell - finished 01/12/12, 2*