WHERE ARE OUR BOOKS TAKING US -FEBRUARY 2024

Traveling the World With a Book. Where have you been?

U.S. States
1-Alabama
Lynda - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelo

18-California
Eadie - A Murder in Hollywood - Casey Sherman
Lynda - Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See China & California
Julie - Gracie: A Love Story - George Burns
Sergei - Sourdough - Robin Sloan
Carol - Coming Home - Carly Marie
Sergei - The Gold-Seekers - Gustave Aimard
Lynda - The Refugees - Thanh Nguyen
Lynda - The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
Lynda - There There - Tommy Orange
Lynda - The Heart Principle - Helen Hoang
Andrew- One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia
Andrew - The Women - Kristin Hannah
Tessa - Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Lynda - Hollywood Homicide - Kellye Garrett
Lynda - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelo
Eadie - A Murder in Hollywood - Casey Sherman

3-Colorado
genesisdiem - Return to Stony Ridge - Dani Sinclair
genesisdiem - The Firstborn - Dani Sinclair,
genesisdiem - The Second Sister - Dani Sinclair

1-Connecticute
Eadie - The Dredge - Brendan Flaherty

3-Florida
Lynda - Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Carol - Hellbent - Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Andrew - Her Last Summer - Melinda Woodhall

6-Georgia
Lynda - Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
Threadnsong - Last Train from Atlanta - A. A. Hoehling
Lynda- Dear Martin - Nic Stone
Eadie - Zenith Man - McCracken Poston, Jr.
Tessa - Everything That Rises Must Converge - Flannery O’Connor
Lynda - High Noon - Nora Roberts

3-Illinois
Lynda - Arsenic and Adobo - Mia P. Manansala
Carol - In Love With a Haunted House - Kate Goldman
Andrew - The Women - Kristin Hannah

Indiana

Iowa

1- Louisianna
Lynda - The Seamstress of New Orleans - Diane C. McPhail

Maine

4-Massachusetts
Tessa - All the Days of Summer Nancy Thayer
daxxh - Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston
Carol - Blue Heat - Samantha Cayto
Eadie - The Rumor Game - Thomas Mullen

2-Michigan
Carol - The Michigan Murders - Edward Keyes
Tessa - Ursula, Under - Ingrid Hill

2-Mississippi
Carol - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter - Tom Franklin
Sergei - The Brethren - John Grisham

4-Montana
Craso - Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett
Lynda - Savage Son - Jack Carr
Andrew - The Women - Kristin Hannah
Eadie - Montana Murders: Notorious and Unsolved - Brian D'Ambrosio

1-New Hampshire
Carol - I Have Some Questions For You - Rebacca Makkai

New Mexico

7-New York
Lynda - The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas
Carol - Tending Tyler - Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga
Cindy - The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards
Carol - The Bell Chime - Mona Kabbani
Carol - Bad Boyfriends - Nya Rawlyns
Tessa - Push - Sapphire
Lynda - King of Wrath - Ana Huang

1-North Carolina
Carol - The House Beyond The Dunes - Mary Burton

1-Oklahoma
Carol - At Home- Carly Marie

3-Oregon
Carol - Attraction (Undisclosed) - Carly Marie
Carol - Submission (Undisclosed) - Carly Marie
Carol - Heartsick - Gretchen Cain

3-Pennsylvania
Cindy - Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid
Carol - Night Stalks the Mansion - Constance Westbie & Harold Cameron
Cindy - North and South - John Jakes

2-Rhode Island
Cindy - The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter - Hazel Gaynor
Carol - The Pallbearers Club - Paul Tremblay

1-South Carolina
Cindy - North and South - John Jakes

1-South Dakota
Carol - Ignite- Nora Phoenix

1-Tennessee
Carol - At Home- Carly Marie

4-Texas
Carol - The Wounded Warrior - B A Tortuga
Carol - Tending Tyler - Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga
Carol - The Night of The Storm - Nishita Parekh
Carol - Spruce Texas Box Set -1-3 - Darryl Banner

3-Vermont
Carol - Special Delivery - Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga
Carol - Home at Night- Paula Munier
Carol - A Reason to Stay - R J Scott

2-Virginia
Carol - Hide with Me - Cara Dee
Andrew - The Women - Kristin Hannah

6-Washington
Lynda - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
Carol - The Distance Between Us - L A Witt
Julie - The Edge of Nowhere - Elizabeth George
Tessa - Weather Girl- Rachel Lynn Solomon
Cindy - The Cold Vanish - Jon Billman
Julie - The Edge of the Water - Elizabeth George

2-Washington D.C.
Carol - Hide with Me - Cara Dee
Andrew - The Women - Kristin Hannah

West Virginia

1-Wisconsin
Carol - Wisconsin Lore - Robert E. Gard

1-Wyoming
Carol - Ignite - Nora Phoenix

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Everywhere Else in The World
Africia

1-Argentina
Dusty - The Parrot Tico Tango - Anna Witte

2-Australia
Andrew- The Secret River - Kate Grenville,
Cindy - Gallows Hill - Darcy Coates

1-Brazil
craso - The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey - Candice Millard

1-Canada
Cindy - What Strange Paradise - Omar El Akkad

2-China
Lynda - Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See China & California
Tessa - Ursula, Under- Ingrid Hill

1-Egypt
Cindy - What Strange Paradise - Omar El Akkad

36-England
Heather - The Village Healer's Book of Cures - Jennifer Sherman Roberts
Carol - Two Dead Wives - Adele Parks
Ellen - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley
Carol - The Puppet Show - M W Craven
Andrew - When Grumpy Met Sunshine - Charlotte Stein
Andrew - New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow Jessica Redland
Carol - 10 Things That Never Happened - Alexis Hall
Carol - The Librarian of Crooked Lane - C J Archer
Sergei - Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Rachel Joyce
Carol - Trulli, Madly, Deeply - J J Harper
Tessa - A Curious Beginning – Deanna Raybourn
Sergei - The Marlow Murder Club - Robert Thorogood
Sergei - Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Rachel Joyce
gensisdiem - Lifelong Affair - Carole Mortimer
Tessa - The War That Saved My Life - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Andrew - Blood Lines Angela Marson
Sergei - Blood Lines Angela Marson
Lynda - Blood Lines Angela Marson
Eadie - Blood Lines Angela Marson
Maura - Blood Lines Angela Marson
Bluebird - Blood Lines Angela Marson
Tessa - The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies - Alison Goodman
Carol - The Other People - C J Tudor
Sergei - The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman
Sergei - Empty Nets and Promises - Denzil Meyrick
Andrew - New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow - Jessica Redland
Andrew - Lethal Vengeance - Robert Bryndza
Andrew - The Secret River - Kate Grenville,
Andrew - The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman
Andrew - The Mind of a Murderer - Michael Wood
Andrew - The Lives of Stella Bain - Anita Shreeve
Andrew - Tell It To The Skies - Erica James,
Sergei - There Goes the Bride - M. C. Beaton
gensisdiem - Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter - Sofi Laporte
Lynda - Animal Farm - George Orwell
Eadie - The Body in the Ice House - Kate Hardy

2-Finland
Tessa - Ursula, Under - Ingrid Hill
Lynda - The End of Drum-Time - Hanna Pylväinen

6-France
Tessa - The Paris Daughter - Kristin Harmel
Carol - Clockwork Heart - Heidi Cullinan
Cindy - The Paris Apartment - Lucy Foley
Andrew - The Lives of Stella Bain -Anita Shreeve
Andrew - Tell It To The Skies - Erica James,
Eadie - Ill Met by Moonlight - Rene Weis

1-Greece
Cindy - What Strange Paradise - Omar El Akkad

1-India
Lynda - Blue Bar - Damyanti Biswas

5-Ireland
Sergei - In the Woods - Tana French
Tessa - Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
Eadie - Roses for the Dead - Jenny O'Brien
Lynda - Three Bags Full - Leonie Swann
Andrew - Normal People - Sally Rooney

3-Italy
Carol - Trulli, Madly, Deeply - J J Harper
Tessa - The Little Italian Hotel - Phaedra Patrick
Sergei - That Summer in Ischia - Penny Feeny

3-Japan
Lynda - Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa
Lynda - Salvation of a Saint - Keigo Higashino
Lynda - The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yōko Ogawa

1-Korea
Andrew - The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See

2-Mexico
Lynda - The Hacienda - Isabel Canas
Sergei - The Indian Chief - Gustave Aimard

1-Morocco
Cindy - Garment of Shadows - Laurie R. King

1-New Zealand
Carol - The Art of Husbandry - Jay Hogan

1-Norway
Tessa - Ursula Under - Ingrid Hill

-Portugal

1-Russia
Lynda - Savage Son - Jack Carr - Russia

1-Spain
Lynda - The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas

Sweden

1-Viet Nam
Lynda - The Refugees - Thanh Nguyen

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Those Strange & Unusual Places
Carol - The Bone Orchard - Sara Mueller
Cindy - The Word Exchange - Alena Graedon
Dusty - The Borrowers - Mary Norton
Threadnsong -The Lays of Beleriand - J. R. R. Tolkien
Dusty - The Book of Dreams - Jack Vance
Cindy - Not a Drop to Drink - Mindy McGinnis
Lynda - An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir - Martial Empire
Lynda - Hexarchate Stories - Yoon Ha Lee - The Universe
Lynda - The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh - the Spirit Realm
Andrew- Star Wars : Victory’s Price - Alexander Freed
Andrew - Aurora’s End - Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
Heather - Juniper & Thorn - Ava Reid

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Paris, France
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel

Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA
All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer

Ireland
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

England
A Curious Beginning – Deanna Raybourn
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

Washington state, USA
Weather Girl - Rachel Lynn Solomon

Mexico
Velvet Was the Night - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

New York, USA
Push by Sapphire

Michigan, USA (Also: China and Norway)
Ursula Under - Ingrid Hill

California, USA
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus