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Discussion: Booklikes-opoly: Community Activities
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Could we have boards to post square recs? genres are more or less easy, but I'm looking for suitcase in the cover, or oversea travel, and I remember realizing there were a lot of interesting choices after reading the one with jewelry on the cover.
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Don't see why not. If people are looking for something, ask here and we will see about some recommendations. We have just been doing that on people's individual posts so far.
I think that's a great idea.
Or someone could start a list for some of the more specific squares.
Absolutely!
Or make posts tagged "booklikes-opoly" with suggestions, books they considered when they landed on those squares, requests for recommendations for a square ...

[Personally, if I land on Lincoln one more time and am faced with reading a book featuring an American lawyer or politician one more time I'm just screaming then skipping that turn).]
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Just in case, Debbie, have you read Heart of Stone by C. E. Murphy? It's urban fantasy and there's an American lawyer as a main character.

I'd probably skip the Lincoln square, myself...
Ok, I got some awesome suggestions. Thanks for those lists Tanat
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I just hope they help someone. And possibly me. :)
Reply to post #9 (show post):

Since I posted these suggestions on your blog post, I'll repost them here, since the consensus seems to be that this would be a good place for everyone to reference for suggestions. So these are my 4-5 star reads that would fit the New Orleans sq station: Overseas travel or has a suitcase on the cover:
* Life of Pi (Martel) - overseas travel
* The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Gaimain) - overseas travel (although not *earthly*)
* The Forgotten Garden (Morton) - overseas travel
* The Secret Garden (Hodgson Burnett) - overseas travel
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No, haven't read Heart of Stone but adding it to my library wishlist.
Posting some square suggestions here and also on my blog.

Main Street 10-
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
-Our Town by Thornton Wilder
-It by Stephen King
-Boys Life by Robert McCammon

Main Street 11-
-Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman
-Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
-An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-The Body by Stephen King

Main Street 12-
-Something About You (FBI/US Attorney Book #1) by Julie James
-Overruled (The Legal Briefs, Book #1) by Emma Chase
-The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
-Whispering Rock (Virgin River #3) by Robyn Carr
-Final Jeopardy (Alex Cooper series #1) by Linda Fairstein

Cars Land 16
-Indemnity Only (VI Warshawski #1) by Sara Paretsky (all novels set in Illinois)
-Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (set in Missouri)
-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (set in Kansas)
-The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (set in Oklahoma and California)
-No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (set in Texas)
-First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson #1) by Darynda Jones (set in New Mexico)
-Desert Heat by (Joanna Bradley #1) by J.A. Jance

Cars Land 18
-Christine by Stephen King (car on cover)
-From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (car on cover)
-Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (car on cover)
-On the Road by Jack Kerouac (car on cover)
-The Lincoln Lawyer (Lincoln Lawyer #1) by Michael Connelly (car on cover)

New Orleans Square 19
-Dracula by Bram Stocker
-The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
-Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
-Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

New Orleans Square 21
-Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (ocean and beach on the cover)
-The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (ocean on cover)
-The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (ocean/waves on cover)
-Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer (ocean and beach on cover)
-Barefoot Season (Blackberry Island #1) by Susan Mallery (ocean on cover)
Main St. 10:

The Girl Who Chased the Moon, by Sarah Addison Allen
Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns
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Would people find it helpful to have lists made for those squares as well?
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