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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
To add to my earlier response: with regards to which US state the author calls home, I do find that I read books a little more closely when they take place in settings with which I am very familiar. I have read at least one or two books *because* of the setting, but I never turn a book away because of the setting.
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Thank you, I believe that puts it very well.
I was a bit worried by some of the responses - that some seemed to suggest my OP was region-ist with all the worst connotations, and I'd rather hoped for better from myself. I don't care about the story or author's region/nationality
after I've read a book, I either liked it or I didn't, but it definitely can have an impact on my initial decision to
try the work (out of the very many choices available). Despite this tendency, in a separate thread listing
11 top novels my submission had no Australian authors listed (not that we don't have some very good authors, just that so far none have made it that far up
my list of favourites).