Here is where I will keep track of where all those delightful read happen in our world…. the goal is to hit the 50 states this year, anything outside the states is bonus! Here is my map.
Alabama
Alaska Into The Wild by John Krakauer
Arizona
Arkansas
California Seriously I’m Kidding by Ellen Degenerous, Bitter Melon by Cara Chow (feb)Enjoy Every Last Sandwich by Lee Lipsenthal (feb)
Colorado The Girl Who Was On Fire by multiple authors
Connecticut Heartbreaker by Pamela Wells (March)
Delaware
Florida Life Is A Trip by Judith Fein (feb)
Georgia The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews (feb)
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois: Divergent , Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elekeles (feb), Carry The One by Carol Anshaw(March)
Indiana:
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick (feb), ICE by Linda Howard (March)
Maryland
Massachusetts 52 Small Changes by Brett Blumethal, The Book Club Cookbook
Michigan Love In A Nutshell by Janet Evanovich (March)
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (feb), One False Move by Harlan Coben (feb)
New Mexico
New York Cook Yourself Thin Faster by Lauren Deen, Very Valentine by Ariana Trigiani (feb), Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (March)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Oklahoma
Oregon Henry’s Sisters by Cathy Lamb
Pennsylvania The Future Of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Rhode Island
South Carolina: Folly Beach
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas Born Standing Up by Steve Martin, 11-22-63 by Stephen King
Utah The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Vermont
Virginia
Washington Neve Eighteen by Megan Bostic (lakewood Washington)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Can you share your google map of 2011 with me?? Im trying to set up my own for this year.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216254007243021660638.000498cefa0b63b848a15&msa=0&ll=26.431228,144.84375&spn=134.828343,346.289063
I set up my map. This is a little tricky for me, it’s stretching my techie skills. Not quite sure yet how to do the book covers…
This will be a fun challenge
Cheri I am no techie and it took me awhile to get too but once you have it – you have it..
It is a ton of fun 
I just have a question about what qualifies a book to be for a certain state? I noticed that you have Cook yourself thin for New York. Is that because of the author? Some books I have I am not sure how they will fit in.
That is a great question! If I am reading a book with recipes, or a work out book (books that have no state/ country – unless of course they do… ie…. Texas Cookbook) I go with where the author is from.
If it is a memoir or biography, I go with where the author/ person spent the most time in the book or where they were born.
Some books are hard to figure out – I usually have a few that I truly have no idea where they were suppose to be… I have even emailed authors to ask them
Dystopian books like Hunger Games, you can sometimes figure out… for instance, District 12 in the book is Pennsylvania.
Hi, Sheila –
A bit late (as usual), but I finally decided on a few challenges for this year, including two of yours! Here is my post:
http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-reading-challenges.html
Are you keeping up the map this year again as well or just this list?
Sue
Hi Sue! I am keeping up the post and the map (LOVE the map!) I love to see where my little peg will go
I hate to tell you this, but you are missing 3 states from your list! Where’s Indiana, Iowa and Kansas? You’ve got some more readin’ to do! Hee!
Ah – seriously? That is hilarious! I copied the states from something on line so I did not have to think about it
Fixing it now – and I am so glad you told me. 
I only noticed it because I just happened to be singing that “Nifty Fifty” song in my head that they made us learn in school in order to memorize the States in alphabetical order! I guess it worked because I still know them all!
So funny! Appreciate you noticing and telling me