{"id":9337,"date":"2019-07-30T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9337"},"modified":"2019-07-30T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T06:28:00","slug":"ten-books-set-locally-id-like-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9337","title":{"rendered":"ten books set locally i’d like to read"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie week, where host Jana of That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a> invites us to make up our own bookish topic.<\/p>\n

I recently finished one book that starts in Washington, D.C., and another that includes D.C. among several settings, which made me think about other books set in the area. Rather than give you a list of books set here that I’d recommend (although I’d be happy to do so if you leave a note in the comments), I thought I’d share ten books set locally that I’d like to read:<\/p>\n

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  1. Monday’s Not Coming<\/em> by Tiffany D. Jackson* (ya)<\/li>\n
  2. Rebound<\/em> by Kwame Alexander (mg)<\/li>\n
  3. Down and Across<\/em> by Arvin Ahmadi* (ya)<\/li>\n
  4. The Van Gogh Deception<\/em> by Deron Hicks (mg)<\/li>\n
  5. Calamity at the Continental Club<\/em> by Colleen Shogan (adult)<\/li>\n
  6. All Aunt Hagar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Children<\/em> by Edward P. Jones (adult)<\/li>\n
  7. All-American Girl<\/em> by Meg Cabot (ya)<\/li>\n
  8. Training School for Negro Girls<\/em> by Camille Acker (adult)<\/li>\n
  9. Speak No Evil<\/em> by Uzodinma Iweala (ya)<\/li>\n
  10. Lincoln in the Bardo<\/em> by George Saunders (adult)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *I own a copy and have no excuse why I haven’t read it yet.<\/p>\n

    Have you read any of these books?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie week, where host Jana of That Artsy Reader Girl invites us to make up our own bookish topic. I recently finished one book that starts in Washington, D.C., and another that includes D.C. among several settings, which made me think about other books set in the area. 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