A review by carrieliza
State by State by Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey

3.0

I like this book in theory, but not so much in execution. I like the idea of having an essay about each state, but I quickly realized there are some states I just really don't want to read about. I ended up skipping around reading the essays that looked interesting/were by writers I enjoy. So I can tell you Dave Eggers' piece on Illinois is fantastic. And I read Rick Moody's Connecticut, despite my sort of dislike of him. I liked it, but it focused on Fairfield county, which is not a part of my state that I care to read much about. Which is, again, why Eggers' was so good. A bit of history, a bit of wandering around the state, some generalizations. Great reading. The rest? I'm not sure.