Hey everyone and welcome to my stop for the Bout of Books Road Trip Challenge!! I hope you all are enjoying your read-a-thon week and are getting closer to your goals! I love going on road trips or any kind of trip for that matter and I always bring a TON of books with me. For this challenge, I’d like for you to come up with a list of the top 5-10 states/places you’d love to visit and find a book (you either read or want to read) that takes place in that state/place or a book by an author who lives or is from there. :]
I will post mine right here as an example for you all! All you have to do is comment on this post with a link to yours and you will be entered to win a September release of your choice (Up to $15 on Amazon or The Book Depository).
My Book Road Trip:
Washington: Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic
San Francisco: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
South Carolina: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
England: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Australia: Kerri Williams (Books include: The Moore Justice Trilogy, Never Goodbye, etc)
Minnesota: The Wolves of Mercy Falls Series by Maggie Stiefvater
Arizona: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Maine: Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Texas: Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Alaska: The Call of the Wild by Jack London (I had to put at least one classic book on this list 🙂
Okay, now it’s your turn! Remember, all you have to do is post your own list and comment here with a link to it and you will be entered to win a September release of your choice! Hope you all are dwindling down your goals!! Happy reading!
AND THE WINNER IS….
This was her list if any of you were interested! :]
Alaska: Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Colorado: School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
California: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Florida: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Oregon: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
New York: Tithe by Holly Black
Texas: Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Tennessee: Hourglass by Myra McEntire
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Here is My Road Trip
I'm going away on holiday in October and I'm going to 5 different countries so I thought it would be interesting to choose those as my Top 5.
The countries and books are:
Amsterdam: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (unread)
Munich: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Venice: Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose #1) by Fiona Rose (unread)
Paris: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (unread)
London: I Heart London by Lindsey Kelk (read)
Amsterdam: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Australia: Rose by Any Other Name by Maureen McCarthy
China: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Paris: Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Greece: 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Those would be my top choices.
My Book Road Trip:
England: Godiva by Nichole Galland
Rome; Angles and Demons by Dan Brown
Alaska: Sitka by Louis L'Amour
Germany: Holocaust by Gerald Green
Wyoming: Blood Valley by William Johnstone
New York: The Diviners by Libba Bray
Virginia: The raven boys by Maggie Steifvater
Germany: The book thief by Markus Zusak
Russia: Blood promise (Vampire academy #4) by Richelle Mead
Georgia: Hex hall by Rachel Hawkins (Hex hall # 1)
Great List!
I made a post of mine here: My Book Road Trip
Thanks for the challenge – it was fun!
You can find my answers here: http://www.bookbunnys.com/2013/08/22/bout-of-books-8-0-day-four/
I posted mine here: http://alwayslostinbooks.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/rr-bob-aa/
Here's my list~
1. EUROPE! (England, Scotland, Italy, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece) – 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson. [I think this is the ultimate trip of all time. I want to live this life!]
2. Paris, France – Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins [The food! The sights!]
3. Japan – Ink by Amanda Sun and Train Man by Hitori Nakano [Cherry Blossoms! Akihabara! Pretty Sights! Good food~]
4. England – The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith, Shades of London Series by Maureen Johnson [Whether for just a visit or whether I stay in boarding school, I want to be in England~] Also, HOGWARTS! Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling [I want to go to the Studio Tour!]
5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky [I want to experience that moment in the tunnel!]
6. New York, New York – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, as well as Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, both by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan [I want to go around the city~ I want to go to the bookstore in DaLBoD!] Also, The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger [The fashion scene~]
7. Tasmania, Australia – Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith [I just want to see the pretty sights]
8. Seville, Spain – The Orange Girl by Jostein Gardner [It's seems like such a magical and romantic place~]
9. Troy, Turkey – The Iliad by Homer [I haven't actually read the book, but my history teacher discussed about it and showed pictures of the place and I definitely want to see it. Although I think it's not that safe. Who knows~ But I definitely want to see!]
10. Chicago, Illinois – Divergent by Veronica Roth and Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan [The Bean~ I don't know why. Haha!]
Thanks for the challenge~ 😀
Here is my Book Road Trip:
http://nothingmiss15.blogspot.ru/2013/08/book-road-trip-book-challenge.html
I really like this challenge. Here's my book road trip: http://ofnowhereland.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-thursday-challenge.html
This is such a fun challenge Stephanie! I really enjoyed getting all my answers together. I posted by book road trip challenge here: http://thereadersden.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bout-of-books-80.html
Such a cool challenge! Thank you for hosting it. 🙂
My Book Road Trip is on my blog.
Nice challenge!
1. New Orleans: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
2. Alaska: On Thin Ice by Cherry Adair
3. English coast: Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
4. New York: Captive Heart by Anna Windsor
5. Greece: Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fun challenge! Here is my link: http://floodbooks.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-day-4-update-and-book.html. Thanks for hosting!
This was such a fun challenge! Thanks so much for hosting it!
France: Anna and the French Kiss, Stephanie Perkins
Spain: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Italy: Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
England: Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Greece: The Island by Victoria Hislop
Here is my link to the blog post that I made for this challenge. Thank you for hosting, this challenge was so much fun to be apart of.
http://bethatthecoffeehouse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bout-of-books-challenges-book-road-trip.html
Great challenge! Thanks for hosting! I enjoyed finding books set in the places I want to visit. Here are the locations and books I came up with: http://www.writingmyownfairytale.com/2013/08/18/bout-of-books-8-0-goals-and-updates/
HAHAH what a fun challenge! 😀
My Bout of Books # is 377.
My list is linked here! 😀
Bout of Books 8.0 #139 here!
I had to stick with places in the U.S. otherwise this list would have been REALLY crazy!
Honolulu, Hawaii — The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
New Orleans, Louisiana — Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
San Francisco, California — On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Seattle, Washington — The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Fun challenge! Here's mine: http://christianbookshelfreviews.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-day-4-challenges-update.html
Melanie @ Christian Bookshelf Reviews
frequentreader19 (at) gmail (dot) com
It is a great challenge to participate 😀
My link is here: http://wp.me/p3l89d-6g
What an AWESOME challenge! 😀 I'm definitely going to have to really think about this one and get back to you with my locations…again, GREAT idea. 😀
What a great idea for a challenge! I'll be adding my list to today's update post too, but this is my road trip:
1. Paris – Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (on Mount TBR)
2. Venice – The Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick (on my wishlist)
3. New Orleans – New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith (on Mount TBR)
4. Iceland – Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (read)
5. Cephalonia – Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres (read)
6. Soho, London – Soho by Keith Waterhouse (on my wishlist)
7. Amalfi Coast, Italy – Last Voyage of the Valentina by Santa Montefiore (read)
Hmmm, I'm getting a sudden urge to go book a holiday… 🙂
Ellie @ Musings of a Bookshop Girl / @Bookshop_Girl
emp501 (at) hotmail (dot) co (dot) uk
Oh, this was fun! I could have continued this all day, but I stopped at around ten or so.
My list is here
Stephanie @ Inspiring Insomnia
Here's my answer (scroll down to get to the mini-challenge responses):
http://vickyhooper.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bout-of-books-updates-and-challenges.html
Thanks for a really fun challenge! 😀
Great idea but i had to make some researsh to be sure to find a book set where i want to visit^^
thank you for the giveaway too
here is my link ( scrolldown until the update for thursday)
http://lectureaventure.blogspot.be/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-goals-and-updates.html
now i really need to get back reading a little^^
isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com
Here's my List:
1.Wither by Lauren DeStefano: New York
2.Under the Dome by Stephen King: Maine
3.Life as we Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer: Pennsylvania
4. Safe Heaven by Nicholas Sparks: Southport, North Carolina
5.Mercy Road by Dalia Pagani: Vermont
http://www.freyalikestoread.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/my-book-roadtrip.html
Here is my blog post 🙂
Here is my list: http://illtumbleforya.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-wednesday-results.html
Here's my list 🙂
1. Anna and the French Kiss – Paris, France
2. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series – Greece
3. The Thief Lord – Venice, Italy
4. The Red Pyramid series – Egypt
5. Harry Potter series – England
My list is linked here:
http://theenlightener.tumblr.com/post/59020474271/my-book-road-trip
Great idea by the way!!
I had fun with this challenge! Here is mine http://justyouraveragereviews.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-day-4-challenge.html?m=1
Here we go
1. Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen-Norway
2.The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera- New Zealand
3 Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell- Missouri (the Ozarks).
4. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes- Italy-Tuscany
5. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (Scotland)
6. Ulysses by James Joyce (Ireland)
7 The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb (Appalachian Mountains-North Carolina)
8 Black Hills- Nora Roberts (Black Hills North Dakota)
9. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult (Pennsylvania Amish Country)
10. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Luis Zafon (Spain)
My list:
Sweden- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson
Amsterdam- The Fault in our Stars- John Green
Carribean- Wide Sargasso Sea- Jean Rhys
New Orleans, Louisianna- USA- Definitely Dead- Charlaine Harris
Japan- Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden
This was such a fun challenge! I had to think hard for a couple of them, haha. You can check out my answer post here if you'd like. 🙂 Thanks for hosting!
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Such a fun challenge!
My list:
Scotland: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Cornwall: The Cornish House by Liz Fenwick
Alaska: Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
Paris: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
England: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rome: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Chile: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Miami: Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay
Maine: Bag Of Bones by Stephen King
Australia: Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes
http://tantoslivrostaopoucotempo.blogspot.pt/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-day-4.html
This was such a fun challenge! Thanks for hosting it :D. Here's the link to my post with my list on it.
http://kimberlysnovelnotes.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-update-day-3.html
Just commenting! So far I'm only being able to read What Matters Most and Louise (main character) is taking a road trip from New Jersey to Florida in the book. Good story!
I posted mine here: http://boknerd.blogspot.no/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-challenges.html
I love the challenge, I wish I really got to visit all of these places. I've been to BArcelona once and it is so wonderfull, and I am goint to London in September, I CAN'T WAIT! Hopefully I'll get to visit Paris really soon as well 😀
This was fun! Mine is posted here:
http://writingchristiannovels.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-day-4-challenges.html
What a fun challenge! Here is My Road Trip
Agloe, New York – Paper Towns by John Green
Amsterdam – The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Washington – Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Wales – "Gavin And Stacey": From Barry To Billericay by James Corden
Paris – Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
http://booksforthelikes.blogspot.no/2013/08/bout-of-books-book-road-trip.html?m=1
Hi, thank you for this challenge, it was really fun! You can find my post here: http://thetemporaryescape.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-book-road-trip-challenge.html
Good luck at Bout of Books!
That was a lot of fun – Here's my link:
My Road Trip List
I've got mine up on my Update Post.
My list in the Thursday updates: http://fortunefavors11.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-readathon-daily-updates.html
My list is in my update post for today: http://daisyreads8.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-update-day-4.html
I am #294 on the list!
You can read my list here: http://milwordybeyond.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/bout-of-books-8-0-day-4/
Or to make it easier:
1. New York City – City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2. Palm Springs – Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
3. England – Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
4. Colorado – Soul’s Gate by James L Rubart
5. Seattle – Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
6. Paris – Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
7. Amsterdam- The Fault in our Stars by John Green
This is by far, my favorite challenge yet!! Here's the link to my road trip list! http://nightmareonbookstreet.blogspot.com/2013/08/book-road-trip-challenge.html
Here is my top 5:
London, United Kingdom: Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare
New York, USA: Where She Went, Gayle Forman
Paris, France: Anna and the French Kiss, Stephanie Perkins
Scotland: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
Italy: City of Masks, Mary Hoffman (okay, a little bit of cheating, since it's an alternate version of Italy… but I remember I adored Hoffman's version of the country back in the day)
Thank you for hosting the challenge! 🙂
catarina_romeira(at)hotmail(dot)com
Wow, everyone's answers are awesome! Here's my list:
http://bemusedbookworm.weebly.com/1/post/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-day-4-challengles.html
Here's my list: http://teenagefiction.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-mini-challenge-my-book.html
🙂
This was such a fun challenge to do 🙂
You can see my list on my blog here
I'm Ner @A Cup of Coffee and a Book, participant 138 ^_^
XX Ner
I LOVE this challenge! My dream road trip would go like this:
England: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
France: Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Italy: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Japan: Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Australia: Haze by Paula Weston
also posted here:
http://nijiclovers.blogspot.com/2013/08/read-thon-bout-of-books-80.html
cayce006 at yahoo dot com
Fun challenge! Here is the link to my dream road trip.
Tressa @ Tressa's Wishful Endings
Entrant #350
Here is mine :
http://fictionstateofmind.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-mini-challenge-page.html Thanks for hosting!
My book road trip:
London: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Paris: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
South Carolina: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Amsterdam: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
New York: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare/Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan
My Book Road Trip: http://justanotherrabidreader.info/index.php/2013/08/22/boutofbooks-8-0-challenge-book-road-trip-challenge/
Here is mine:D
http://mandersonxoxomylifemyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bout-of-books-book-road-trip-challenge.html
This was a super fun challenge!
#382 : Micah
Hallo, Hallo! 🙂 🙂 This was a heap of fun! I loved yesterday’s book spine poetry challenge AND today’s is even sweeter as I organised books in my TBR Jar by ‘locale!’ 🙂 Wicked sweet! Mind you, with my list you need to travel by car, ferry, and ship/or/plane!! Bless Book Browse & my local library for helping me sort this all out!! 🙂 Rock on, Bout’ers!! I added on the fact I needed to find *at least 5* books I want to read under each section! 🙂
http://jorielovesastory.com/2013/08/22/day-four-bout-of-books-8-0-marching-forward-with-a-grin-on-my-face/
#141 Jorie @ Jorie Loves A Story
Great challenge! Mine is listed here under my Thursday update, under the 'I Spy' challenge:
http://readinginwinter.com/2013/08/17/bout-of-books-8-0-start-up-and-goal-post/
My list won't fit on Twitter, so here it is:
Scotland: Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Alaska: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chain
New Zealand: The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Charleston, SC: Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
Norway: The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
New Orleans: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Bavaria: The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Pötzsch
Toronto: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Here's my Roadtrip
This is such a fun challenge! 🙂
Here is my list:
1. United Kingdom: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
2. Paris: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
3. Amsterdam: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
4. Germany: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5. Greece: The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
6. Rome: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
What a fun challenge! I posted mine on my blog!
http://juliababyjenreadingroom.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-book-80-road-trip-challenge.html
Here's my bookish road trip:
1.) Ireland — Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
2.) Tuscany (a.k.a. anywhere in Italy!) — The Daughter of Siena by Marina Fiorato
3.) Scotland — The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
4.) Maine — Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
5.) Nashville, Tennessee — Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
It can also be found at my progress thread. I've read all the books and enjoyed them to varying degrees.
This was fun! My list is here
Well I just went to England a month ago and got to cross that off my book road trip bucket list. My other places to visit would be:
1. Russia (St. Petersburg & Moscow) – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. North Carolina (Charlotte & Asheville) – where The Hunger Games was filmed (going there soon!)
3. Paris, France – Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
4. Amsterdam – The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5. Scotland – Harry Potter by JK Rowling (film locations and the pub she first wrote it in)
This was a lot of fun and some of my locations were not as easy as I hoped. My List
Such a fun challenge! Thank you for hosting! I could have gone crazy with this, but I stuck with ten.
http://wordsfromabookaholic.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-challenge-literary-road.html
This was a rather fun challenge. 😀
http://lisalikesbooks.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/bout-of-books-8-0/5/
This one was so fun!! But now I'm all wanderlusty 🙁
(Just kidding, I'm always wanderlusty)
Here's my road trip and thanks for hosting!
Great idea for a challenge: http://inspirationflies.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-day-4-update.html
I made a list in my day 4 wrap up, here's a link http://pearlthebookgirl.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-day-4.html
I added my list to today's goal-tracking post. Here goes:
http://bookswithoutanypictures.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/bout-of-books-8-0-progress-update-round-2/
Great challenge!
Wow! What a neat idea! Here are some places I'd like to visit:
England – of course from Harry Potter
New York – Catcher in the Rye
Boston – Flat Out Love
Africa – The Poisonwood Bible
Sweden – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
And here are some fun ones:
Mars – Feed
Oz – Wizard of Oz
District 13 – Hunger Games
Post-apocalyptic America – The Road
Through time – The Time Traveler's Wife
Oooh! I love this list!! Great choices 🙂
Harder that I thought, but it was fun!! 🙂 Had to changes some of my locations 🙂
New York – "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Florida – "Best Friends Forever" by Jennifer Weiner
North Carolina – "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks
Ireland – "P.S I love you" by Cecilia Ahern
Spain – "Ines del alma mia" by Isabel Allende
Greece – "The sisterhood of the traveling pants" by Ann Brashares
You can also find it here: http://thoughtsbyadri.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-sign-ups-goals-and.html
That was so much fun! Some of my choices were New Orleans, Bahamas, & Istanbul! Check out the others here: http://happy-booker.blogspot.com/2013/08/bout-of-books-80-day-4-update-challenges.html
Here are my picks! (:
https://twitter.com/Drizzy_anna/status/370772470812258304
Here is my list!! This was fun 🙂
http://diamondlovestoread.blogspot.com/2013/08/book-road-trip-challenge.html
Hi! I know the challenge is officially over, but I thought I'd share mine just for fun, because it's such a great cahllenge.
FRANCE: The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
SCOTLAND: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
IRELAND: Circle trilogy by Nora Roberts
AUSTRALIA: Eucalyptus by Bill Murray
ITALY: Extra Virgin by Annie Hawes
Hedda Gabler By Henrik Ibsen (Summary, Book Review, Online Reading, Download, PDF): https://www.toevolution.com/file/view/2210/hedda-gabler-by-henrik-ibsen-summary-book-review-online-reading-download-pdf