Where In The World Have Our Books Taken Us? - August 2024

All the Places We Have Visited With Our August Reads!

U.S. States

1-Alabama
Lynda - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion - Fannie Flagg

1-Alaska
Lynda - Northern Lights - Nora Roberts

Arizona

2-Arkansas
Carol - Grave Sight - Charlaine Harris
Heather - The Witch of Tin Mountain - Paulette Kennedy

4-California
Tessa - China Dolls - Lisa See
Carol - Something About Us - Rily Hart
Cecilturtle- E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton
Lynda - Secretly Yours - Tessa Bailey

5-Colorado
Sergei - Three Weeks to Say Goodbye - C.J. Box
Carol - Right As Raine - Lucy Lennox
Lynda - Wild Man - Kristen Ashley
Lynda - Law Man - Kristen Ashley
Lynda - Motorcycle Man - Kristen Ashley

4-Connecticut
Carol - The Nightmare Man - J.H. Markert
Carol - Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Carol - Mister Lullaby - J.H. Merkert
Carol - Champagen Charades - Leighton Greene

1-Florida
Tessa - The Jasmine Project - Meredith Ireland

4-Georgia
Lynda - The Kept Woman - Karin Slaughter
Carol - Prescription for Love - Aimee Nicole Walker
Lynda - The Silent Wife - Karin Slaughter
Cindy - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse - Charlaine Harris

1-Hawaii
Tessa - Everything, Everything – Nicola Yoon

2-Idaho
Cindy - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo
Sergei - Blue Heaven - C. J. Box

2-Illinois
Carol - The Good Girl - Mary Kubica
Carol - A Gift For Dying - M.J. Alridge

1-Louisianna
Carol - First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston

2-Maine
Lynda - The Spy Coast - Tess Gerritsen
Heather - Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline

1-Maryland
Carol - I'd Know You Anywhere- Lauta Lippman

5-Massachusetts
Carol - Kitchen Sink Dom - Tanya Chris
Carol - Chicken Soup Dom - Tanya Chris
Carol - Upsy-Daisy Dom - Tanya Chris
Heather - Ahab's Wife - Sena Jeter Naslund
Carol - Taming Tristan - Leighton Greene

1-Michigan
Carol - Murder Road - Simone St. James

3-Minnesota
Carol - The Good Girl - Mary Kubica
Lynda - Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorna Landvik
Heather - Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline

1-Missouri
Carol - A White Room - Stephanie Carroll

New Hampshire

New Mexico

13-New York
Carol - What We Do in the Dark - Michelle Hart
Carol - Kill for Me, Kill for You - Steve Cavanaugh
Cindy - Blood of My Blood - Barry Lyga
Lynda - Ceremony In Death - J.D. Robb - New York City
Lynda - Judgment in Death - J.D. Robb - New York City
Lynda - Seduction in Death - J.D. Robb - New York City
Lynda - Portrait in Death - J.D. Robb - New York City
Lynda - Divided in Death - J.D. Robb - New York City
Lynda - Immortal in Death - J.D. Robb - New York City
MaryKuhl - Lights Out - Elise Hart Kipness
Carol - Champagne Charades - Leighton Greene
Lynda - Reunion in Death - J.D. Robb
Eadie - Heft - Liz Moore

1-North Carolina
Cindy - Booked for Trouble - Eva Gates

1-Ohio
Eadie - Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance

1-Oklahoma
Tessa- Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse

1-Oregon
Carol - Pretty 'N Peak - Reece Morrison

1-Tennessee
Carol - Embracing the Storm - Carly Marie

3-Texas
Carol - Bishop, Blue Collar Daddies - Jacki James
GenesisDiem - More Than a Convenient Bride - Michelle Celmer
Carol - Don't Mess With The Ex - D J Jamison

1-Vermont
Eadie - Agony Hill - Sarah Stewart Taylor

2-Virginia
Carol - Something About You - Riley Hart
Carol - Something about Us - Riley Hart

2-Washington
Carol - Pretty 'N Peak - Reece Morrison
Julie - My Mama, Cass: A Memoir - Owen Elliot-Kugell

1-Wisconsin
Carol - When I'm Dead - Hannah Morrisey

1-Wyoming
Sergei - Winterkill - C. J. Box

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The Rest of Our World
1-Africa
Lynda - A Treacherous Paradise - Henning Mankell - (Mozambique)

1-Antarctica
Cindy - A Chef on Ice -Sebastien J.M. Kuhn

1-Austria
Lynda - A Death in Vienna - Daniel Silva

9-Australia
Lynda - The Ship of Brides - Jojo Moyes
Cindy - A Chef on Ice - Sebastien J.M. Kuhn
Lynda - The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion
Carol - Not Until Noah - Lisa Henry
Carol - Homecoming - Kate Morton
Carol - Can't Say Goodbye - Eden Finley
Carol - Nothing Special - Casey Cox
GenesisDien - An Ideal Marriage? - Helen Bianchin (New South Wales)
Heather - The Lieutenant - Kate Grenville

1-Belgium
Lynda- The Square of Revenge - Pieter Aspe

2-Canada
Carol - Never Knowing - Chevy Stevens
Lynda - Still Missing - Chevy Stevens

China

1-Corsica
Lynda - A Death in Cornwall - Daniel Silva -

1-Egypt
Lynda - Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

26-England
Craso - Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
Sergei - Deadly Friends - Stuart Pawson
Sergei - Some by Fire - Stuart Pawson
Threadnsong - The White Ship - Charles Spencer
Julie - The Swimming-Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst
Cecilturtle - The Old Silent - Martha Grimes
Lynda - After You - Jojo Moyes
Lynda - Dissolution - C.J. Sansom
Tessa - Nerve - Dick Francis
Julie - Thornyhold - Mary Stewart
Tessa - Good Night, Irene - Luis Alberto Urrea
Craso The Wind from Hastings - Morgan Llywelyn
Lynda - A Grave Robbery - Deanna Raybourn
GenesisDien - The Marriage Solution - Helen Brooks
Carol - Charlotte Gray - Sebestian Faulks
Cecilturtle - The Old Silent - Martha Grimes
Lynda - A Death in Cornwall - Daniel Silva
Threadnsong - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels - by Agatha Christie
Sergei - Cuthbert's Way - LJ Ross
Carol - Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris
Andrew - Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris
Threadnsong - Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris
Lynda - Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris
Eadie Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris
John - Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris
Maura - Why Kings Confess - C.S. Harris

6-France
Cecilturtle - Les clients du Central Hôtel - André Héléna
Lynda - The Kill Artist - Daniel Silva -
Tessa - Good Night, Irene - Luis Alberto Urrea
Cindy - The Collector of Dying Breaths - M. J. Rose
Carol - Charlotte Gray - Sebestian Faulks
Cindy - The Little French Bistro - Nina George

4-Germany
Threadnsong - Nibelungenlied - Anonymous
Lynda - The Amber Room - Steve Berry
Cindy - All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
Carol - The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear - Walter Moers

1-Greece
Dusty - This Immortal - Roger Zelazny

1-Guatemala
Lynda - Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs

1-India
Lynda - The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

2-Ireland
Lynda - Portrait in Death - J.D. Robb
Eadie - The Detective Up Late - Adrian McKinty

2-Israel
Lynda - A Death in Vienna - Daniel Silva
Lynda - The Kill Artist - Daniel Silva

2-Italy
Tessa -Four Seasons in Rome – Anthony Doerr
Lynda - The Collector - Daniel Silva

2-Japan
Lynda - Rashomon Gate - I.J. Parker
Carol - General Misconduct - L.A. Witt

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

1-Mexico
Lynda - The Ruins - Scott Smith

2-Russia
Lynda - The Amber Room - Steve Berry
Lynda - Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith

4-Scotland
Eadie - The Blackhouse: The Lewis Trilogy - Peter May
Eadie - The Lewis Man - Peter May
Eadie - The Chessmen: The Lewis Trilogy - Peter May
Eadie - The Dark Wives - Ann Cleeves

1-South Korea
Lynda - Slicky Boys - Martin Limón

1-Spain
Lynda - The Vacationers - Emma Straub

1-Sweden
Lynda - A Treacherous Paradise - Henning Mankell

1-Switzerland
Lynda - The Kill Artist - Daniel Silva - Switzerland

Wales

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Those Stange & Unusual Places
Threadnsong - Song for the Basilisk - Patricia A. McKillip
Threadnsong - The Lays of Beleriand - J.R. R. Tolkien
Dusty - Hammered - Lindsay Buroker
Cindy - Alex - Lauren Oliver
Lynda - The Deep - Rivers Solomon
Craso - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
Dusty - Why Call Them Back from Heaven? - Clifford D. Simak
Heather - The Witch of Tin Mountain - Paulette Kennedy
Lynda - Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! - Sara C. Roethle
Heather - Relight My Fire - C. K. McDonnell
Cindy - The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal
Dusty - This Immortal - Roger Zelazny
Dusty - Paladin of the Lost Hour - Harlan Ellison
Dusty - Hellborn - Gary Brandner
Carso - A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers
Heather - Uncrowned - Will Wight

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