2012 Where Are You Reading Challenge

Challenge host: Book Journey
Challenge time frame: January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012
Challenge commitment: Try to read a book set in each of the 50 states (bonus points for a drawing are available for reading in other countries, as well)

Sheila, the challenge host, has a really cool Google map where she keeps track of her reading. I had been considering this challenge for a while, but the map looked complicated and time-consuming, and kept me from joining. Then, I read in the challenge sign-up post that participants can choose to simply keep a list of the 50 states and add titles of books as they go. That sounded more up to my speed, so I decided to jump in.

United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California – Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry; Pretty by Jillian Lauren
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas – Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Kentucky – That Distant Land: The Collected Stories by Wendell Berry
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland – The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman; Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire – While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Other countries:
Africa – The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
England – A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
Ireland – The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney
Japan – Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner