I am enjoying my “Wanderlust: Reading the World” ongoing personal reading project so much that I’ve decided to expand it by also reading a book from each of the 50 states. (That inspiration came from my blogging friend, Cath, at Read_Warbler.) I’ll call it “Wanderlust: Reading the States”. I’m not a glutton for punishment, I assure you. I’m just interested in and curious about the world around me, and these personal projects are stress-free, motivating, enjoyable, and a way of expanding my horizons. All from my favorite reading chair (on the porch again before too long, I hope!).
I decided that I wanted the two projects to run side-by-side, so I went back through my list of books read in 2019 to find the books that were set in one of the States, or the author was from a particular State, or that State claimed the author as their own. It’s a fancy way of sorting my books! I added them to this list so that both projects were started in 2019. They are “ongoing” with no time limit and are just meant to be fun reading journeys. I’ll review most of the books I read, but not necessarily every one. Please do check back here occasionally to see where I’ve been “traveling.”
- Alabama: Barracoon, by Zora Neale Hurston
- Alaska:
- Arizona:
- Arkansas:
- California: The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck
- Colorado:
- Connecticut:
- Delaware: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle
- Florida:
- Georgia:
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine: The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico: Kokopelli’s Flute, by Will Hobbs
- New York: Here is New York, by E.B. White
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont: Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
