I am participating in Sheila's Where Are You Reading Challenge this year so I am going to use it as my wrap-up at the end of each month. I am really having fun posting each book I read to my 2011 Reading Map (on Google).
Here's where I read in January:
Europe:
- London, England--Little Bee by Chris Cleave
United States:
- Los Angeles, CA--Murder on the Down Low by Pamela Samuels Young
- San Francisco, CA--Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai
- 2 somewhere in the US--The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen and The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
- Texas--A Good Long Way by Rene Saldana, Jr
- Illinois--Yummy: Last days of a southside shorty by Greg Neri
- Georgia--Shine by Lauren Myracle
- Washington--The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
South and Central America:
Asia:
Middle East:
- Every country except Oman--Muslim Women Reformers by Ida Lichter
- Afghanistan--Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai
- Palestine--Palestine by Joe Sacco
- Iran--Women without Men: a novel of modern Iran by Shahrnush Parsipur
Africa:
- Nigeria--Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- Sudan--A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Challenge Update:
- Awesome Authors-- 3 out of 6 to 10 books
- Middle East--9 out of however many I want
- Mystery and Suspense--3 out of 12
- One, Two Theme--1 out of 6
- PoC--9 out of however many I want
- Reading from my Shelves--4 out of however many I want/can
- What's in a Name--2 out of 6
You read some good books in January with varied locales. Hope February is just as good.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving using this map so much! It's wonderful seeing which countries you've "visited". I certainly read quite a few books outside the US this time, and would love to continue the trend.
ReplyDeleteDiane--January felt like a really great reading month so I hope the trend continues in 2011!
ReplyDeleteAths--I am such a geography geek that the map is perfect for me. Actually, it combines maps, books, and technology so really, it's all good!
I found you from the mystery and thriller challenge and commented on your Murder on the Down Low review. Definitely would recommend reading Buying Time also.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower.
I looks like you got a lot of good books read in January! I'll be putting my January wrap-up post together sometime this week, I'm not quite sure how many books I've read so far.
ReplyDeleteI have the same Washington point as you, the Art of Racing In The Rain :) Have fun Helene - I am loving my map!
ReplyDeleteMarce--I saw your other comment and am going to look into getting Buying Time sometime this week. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAlyce--Can't wait to see your wrap up as well. For me, January was a really good reading month and I hope February is awesome as well
Sheila--Racing in the Rain was SO good. Thank you for the map challenge/idea!
Wow, looks like you are making some serious progress on your challenges already! Nice work!
ReplyDeleteAmused--I must admit that I schedule books for my challenges early in the year to make sure I complete them without panicking at the end :-)
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