SeperatedByAPondTour

Bishop's Wife | Mette Ivie Harrison

The other day @suzie.reads posted her #ReadUSA map which led me to see how many states I‘ve read this year. I‘m pretty impressed 😁So now I‘m attempting the challenge ❣️This is for #Utah / it‘s really interesting so far. Are you hosting this one too @Librarybelle ????

Cathythoughts This does sound good ! I‘ll be looking out for your review 👍🏻 5y

Verity Oh this is really cool. I wonder how many I‘ve done so far this year. 5y

Megabooks Did Barbara and Jess do the USA last year? There is a group doing a relaxed multi-year read, but I haven‘t seen any posts in awhile. @BarbaraBB (edited) 5y

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erzascarletbookgasm You‘re adding another challenge?! I‘m not even halfway in my existing ones! 😆 But, you go, girl! 💪 5y

Cinfhen Hahaha, thanks @erzascarletbookgasm !!! I figure there‘s still half a year left @Verity @Megabooks I think @squirrelbrain is loosely participating 🐿💕 5y

Cinfhen I‘ll let you know @Cathythoughts 👍🏽 5y

Librarybelle @Cinfhen @Megabooks I am not hosting it this year, but I love the spirit of it is continuing! I think the Litten who started it, after asking me if they could do so, is not active anymore. 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @Librarybelle ♥️ 5y

BarbaraBB That is impressive. I participated in this challenge last year and loved it. @squirrelbrain finished it last year too. 5y

BarbaraBB If you want suggestions I‘ll tag you in my overview of the books I read for #ReadingUSA2019. (edited) 5y

squirrelbrain Yes, @BarbaraBB is right - I completed all of the states last year. Let me know if you want to see my list! 😁👍 5y

TheAromaofBooks I know both @Andrew65 and I are doing this challenge, and it's also part of our larger, multi-year challenge to read the #SeparatedbyaPondTour (every state/territory/province/county in the US, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, & Ireland... the countries traditionally considered separated by the Pond haha). You've already had quite the traveling year!!! 5y

Cinfhen Wow!!! That‘s super ambitious @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 🙌🏻❤️ 5y

Cinfhen I‘d love to see your lists @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain ❣️❣️❣️ 5y

KarenUK Wow! You‘ve read so many already! 💕 5y

Cinfhen It was hard to remember where some were set @KarenUK I needed help from Google to refresh my memory 😉 5y

BarbaraBB I tagged you! 5y

Cinfhen Thanks so much @BarbaraBB I see a few books I own for states I‘m missing ❤️ 5y

Cinfhen Too bad we aren‘t reading this one....I think I need Kansas

The Topeka School: A Novel

suzie.reads You are doing well. I need inspiration off everyone please 🤣 5y

Andrew65 @Cinfhen I never do things by half 🤣 So far as at end of April these are my totals for the #SeperatedByaPondTour
US : 19
Canada : 0
England : 18
Scotland : 6
Wales : 0
Ireland : 2
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Andrew65 @Cinfhen @TheAromaofBooks If that‘s not enough also doing #ReadingEurope2020 😳. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB (edited) 5y

Cinfhen I‘m about halfway through #ReadingEurope2020 @Andrew65 and it‘s A LOT!! Can‘t believe @TheAromaofBooks is doing #SeparatedByAPond and #ReadingEurope 😳 5y

Cinfhen Great stats on your challenge @Andrew65 !!! I don‘t even know what all the territories are 🤪 5y

Cinfhen Let me know what states are stomping you @suzie.reads and I‘ll share my book titles with you!!! 5y

Andrew65 @Cinfhen That took a lot of research! http://www.librarything.com/topic/314898 5y

Cinfhen Woohoo @Andrew65 I read the Murakami and I don‘t know why I was thinking Boston but it works for Hawaii!!! Yay!!!!

What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir

Cinfhen And I need a Rhode Island book so that was super helpful too @Andrew65 🙌🏻 5y

suzie.reads I have the next 5 states planned my brain hurt looking at all the states 🤣 5y

Cinfhen I think I want to try to get Vermont and New Hampshire next, I‘m in middle of Utah & Oregon @suzie.reads plus I‘m still working on #Belgium 🤪🤪🤪 5y

Cinfhen That list was incredible @squirrelbrain THANK YOU!!!! My bookclub is reading Stoner in June so I was excited to see that on your list #Missouri

Stoner

suzie.reads I've done New Hampshire but none of your other three. I'm just starting Arkansas and Minnesota 5y

squirrelbrain I‘ll send you my list from last year @suzie.reads - it includes quite a lot of suggestions from web pages that @Librarybelle highlighted at the time. 5y

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome Cindy. I really liked Stoner, and it will be good for book club discussions. 5y

suzie.reads @squirrelbrain that would be fantastic, thank you 🙂 5y

Andrew65 @Cinfhen I‘ve really enjoyed the Hazel Gaynor books. 5y

marleed Oh good for you. I‘m doing ReadTheUSA2020 and to date I‘ve read 48 states and DC. I have Mississippi and North Dakota left, and my priority was to read from my shelf of a state was there - that‘s been a fun self imposed additional challenge. I think I should read Guam and Puerto Rico, as well, to represent US governors. 5y

BarbaraBB I want to read The Topeka school too but no one nominated it 🤷🏻‍♀️😘 5y

TheAromaofBooks I'm theoretically also doing #ReadingEurope2020 but am kind of failing at that one, so I'm embracing #ReadtheUSA2020 and #SeparatedbyaPondTour 😂 I have 19 states checked off so far!!! 5y

Hooked_on_books I did this challenge last year and it made me curious enough to track where my books are set this year, though just for fun. I have a chalkboard placemat of the states on my wall and make a mark in a state each time I read a book set there. I‘m running out of room in NY! 5y

Cinfhen That‘s a cool idea @Hooked_on_books maybe I‘ll incorporate that in my reading log for 2021😊and WOWZA @marleed 48 all from your TBR 🙌🏻♥️thats awesomeness 5y

marleed @Cinfhen I didn‘t quite hit all the states from my TBR, I‘ll have to count but I‘m estimating 40 or more from my shelves. I had to be creative in counting Playing for Pizza for Ohio but it was where the story for the MC began. And I‘d already read Little Fires Everywhere in 2019 - dang! 5y

Cinfhen That‘s still amazing @marleed I‘m sure as the year draws nearer to December I may need to get creative too😉 5y

JaclynW I can't believe how many challenges people are doing. 😱 I WANT to do all of them! But. It's harder to fit in than I thought! I'm super impressed at those that are managing all of these. How are people doing this!?? @Andrew65 @Cinfhen @TheAromaofBooks 5y

Cinfhen I like the challenges as it gives me a sort of reading guide but they are definitely not for everyone @JaclynW 5y

Suet624 @JaclynW I feel like such a slacker when I see how many challenges people are doing. 5y

Suet624 If you‘re looking for a Vermont book, there are quite a few. But this one I really enjoyed:

On Kingdom Mountain: A Novel

TheAromaofBooks @JaclynW - I have to say that, for the most part, I do challenges backwards. I read books that I want to read, and then see if they fit any of the challenges! That's totally how I'm doing #ReadtheUSA2020 and #SeparatedbyaPondTour. Maybe when I get down to just the last few I'll have to actually do some research, but for now... I just read along and hope for the best! 😂 5y

Cinfhen Going to search for that book @Suet624 although I think I own a book already for Vermont

Broken Girls

JaclynW @TheAromaofBooks That has been what I have resorted to as well. It is a fairly decent method. Bit I'm not always completing challenges. I would love to check those boxes and complete them all! 😄👍 5y

JaclynW @Cinfhen I love the challenges to be used as a reading guide too. I also love that it gets me to read new things I may have not originally picked up. They are fun! 5y

JaclynW @Suet624 You aren't a slacker! Reading is a very individual sport. ? I am amazed at how "sporty" some readers are though! ?? 5y

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