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Saturday, January 18, 2014

2014 Where Are You Reading? Challenge



This challenge is being hosted by Sheila at Book Journey!

Here are the details copied from Sheila's blog:
2014 Where Are You Reading? Challenge

What is the point of this challenge?  It is to try to read in each of the 50 States between January 1 2014 – December 31, 2014. 


How do you decide what state a book is categorized under?


1.  In a fiction read it would be the State or Country that the book spends the most time in.  (Ie. If your main character is from Wisconsin but the book is all about his/her time in college in California – the books should categorize under California….)

2.  Non fiction reads categorize  in whatever State or Country it is about (Ie…. a book about fly fishing in Colorado is a Colorado point, and a book about women in Afghanistan is an Afghanistan point.

3.  If the book goes from one state to another… go with the state that most of the time is spent.


How to get started


Set up a map under Google Maps.  It is easy to do!  Every time you read a book in 2014, upload a cover picture to Picasa Web Albums (there may be other sites to use, feel free to use what works best for you).

Once you are ready and have your map set up please create a blog post (those who have blogs) using the Challenge picture I provided above as well as link to this post so others may join in. Then come back and link that post here to Mr Linky (below) so I as well as other participants know that you are participating and we can pop in throughout the year to check out your map and how we are all doing. I will post a linky at the end of each month so participants can check in with their own post of how they are doing on their challenges for 2014.

This is actually a fun and easy challenge as all books you read qualify and it will be fun to see where you generally read books from as well as searching out books to fill in areas that you need.

For those who have covered the 50 states by the end of 2014, they will go into a drawing for a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble or to Amazon. ** All other areas beyond the 50 states are bonus points and we will have a drawing ($10 Amazon or B and N gift card) using random.org for those who read 10 or more books throughout 2014 in that category.
Here is a link to tips on how to do it.  Any other questions – please leave them in the comments section below. 

I can’t wait to see WHERE You Are Reading!
If you would like to join me in the challenge, click on the challenge badge at the beginning of this post.

Here is a link to my Google Map for the challenge.

  1.  TEXAS: The Farm by Emily McKay (The Farm, Book #1) 

BONUS LOCATIONS BEYOND THE 50 STATES:
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