A Book Set in Nebraska
I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but I was happy to find myself hooked from the opening page. Cather’s writing captures perfectly the place and time of her story (which makes sense as she is writing about the place and time that she herself grew up in), and it gave me that supremely satisfying feeling that I get when I’m reading a classic I enjoy. The novel begins in the 1880s on the plains of Nebraska with a particular focus on an immigrant family from Bohemia.
A Book Set in New York
While I originally hoped to read through all fifty states in the order they were admitted to the Union, that bright idea fell apart pretty quickly, as I couldn’t seem to find a book I wanted to read set in Delaware. I suddenly realized that fifty books is half my reading goal, and I better get started! Delaware would have to wait.
2026 Reading Goals
Happy New Year! I’m beginning the year with the usual goal-setting, and that includes figuring out how to add more reading and travel inspiration to this website on a more regular basis. In honor of that aspiration I thought I would share a reading project for 2026 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It is not a novel idea at all, but I want to read one book set in each of the 50 states to mark the occasion.