Wanderlust Challenges discussion

Interactive US License Plate Game - Take 2
January 1, 2020 to Completion

We are going to take another road trip around the US!!


If you have an upcoming book that takes place in one of the US states go ahead and claim it. Be sure to pop back in and let me know when you are completed the book. Please note: You can only claim one book at a time.

Happy Hunting!

States
50/50

✔1. Alabama - Open Season/Karen ♐
✔2. Alaska - Not a Hero/Karen ♐
✔3. Arizona - In Cahoots with the Prickly Pear Posse/Meg
✔4. Arkansas - Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons/Jillian
✔5. California - Cowboy Tough/Kathryn
✔6. Colorado - Gabriel's Angel/Karen ♐
✔7. Connecticut - My Name Is Brain Brian/Jillian
✔8. Delaware - Sunburn/Connie
✔9. Florida - Their Eyes Were Watching God/Karen
✔10. Georgia - Peaches and Scream/Jan
✔11. Hawaii - Murder on the Aloha Express/Amanda A
✔12. Idaho - Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness/Karen
✔13. Illinois - Born Wild/Karen ♐
✔14. Indiana - Into the Deep/Karen ♐
✔15. Iowa - Antiques Ravin'/Meg
✔16. Kansas - Beautiful Bad Man/ Karen ♐
✔17. Kentucky - Death By Lotto/Meg
✔18. Louisiana - Galliano Gold/Meg
✔19. Maine - Valentine Murder/Meg
✔20. Maryland - The Next Always/Karen ♐
✔21. Massachusetts - Outmatched/Karen ♐
✔22. Michigan - To Fudge or Not to Fudge/Meg
✔23. Minnesota - Ordinary Grace/Karen
✔24. Mississippi - Double Mint/Meg
✔25. Missouri - 30 Second Death/Meg
✔26. Montana - Montana Sky/Book Concierge
✔27. Nebraska - Killer Apple Pie/Meg
✔28. Nevada - Without Restraint/Karen ♐
✔29. New Hampshire - Miss Hickory/Karen
✔30. New Jersey - Murder, She Knit/Meg
✔31. New Mexico - Tyrannosaur Canyon/Book Concierge
✔32. New York - Apprentice in Death/Connie
✔33. North Carolina - Where the Crawdads Sing/Jillian
✔34. North Dakota - The Way The Rhubarb Crumbles/Meg
✔35. Ohio - Dim Sum of All Fears/Meg
✔36. Oklahoma - The Ladies' Room/Meg
✔37. Oregon - Valerie/Connie
✔ 38. Pennsylvania - Dead End in Norvelt/Karen♐
✔39. Rhode Island - The Name of Honor/Karen
✔40. South Carolina - Honeysuckle Summer/Karen♐
✔41. South Dakota - Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood/Meg
✔42. Tennessee - Wrongful Termination/Meg
✔43. Texas My Favorite Cowboy/Connie
✔44. Utah - Finding Harmony/Meg
✔45. Vermont - And I Love Her/Karen ♐
✔46. Virginia - Tribute/Connie
✔47. Washington - Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive/Kathryn
✔ 48. West Virginia - Apple Cider Slaying/Amanda A
✔49. Wisconsin - The Simplicity of Cider/Book Concierge
✔50. Wyoming - Sign Off/Meg

Overflow if Needed

I will start us off by claiming Georgia. I'm going to read:
Georgia On Her Mind

I'll claim California. I'm going to read:

Just Over the Mountain by Robyn Carr

Great Karen!!

I can take PA with Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos if you are accepting kid's books.

Sure thing Karen!! I'll mark you down for PA.

Jan, I have just started but won’t finish Where the Crawdads Sing until next year. If it is okay that I already started then I can take North Caroline for it if not I will check back in once I start a book in a different state.

I would like to claim West Virginia.
Apple Cider Slaying

I'll take Louisiana. I plan to read Galliano Gold.

Jillian wrote: "Jan, I have just started but won’t finish Where the Crawdads Sing until next year. If it is okay that I already started then I can take North Caroline for it if not I will check bac..."

That works fine Jillian!

Thanks Amanda & Meg!!

Jan, can I change my book from California to Vermont with ?

I can take New York with .

Karen ♐ wrote: "Jan, can I change my book from California to Vermont with ?"

Sure Karen!

Got it Connie!!

Finished West Virginia
Apple Cider Slaying 1/1

I'll take Washington with Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Stephanie Land

Finished 1/3/20 **

Nothing I can pick up at the moment.since I'm visiting Scotland with The Christmas Sisters

I'm finished with Pennsylvania and with Jack Gantos. There have been some Newberys that cause me to scratch my head but this one just completely boggles my mind. Wow. Glad that one's behind me.

Thanks for the update Amanda & Karen! Sorry your book was disappointing Karen.

Kathryn - I'll mark you down for Washington :)

Jan wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "Jan, can I change my book from California to Vermont with ?"

Sure Karen!"

Finished Vermont - - 1/3 - 4 stars

I'll take Nevada with

Great Karen!!

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'll take Nevada with "

Finished - 3.5 stars

I finished North Carolina Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 1/4/2020

Thank yo u both!

I can take New Hampshire with

Sounds good Jennifer :)

I finished up New York:

Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

I can take Virginia with Tribute by Nora Roberts.

Thanks Connie! I will get you updated.

I finished Maid for Washington. Nothing tp take right now my current book is in Scotland.

Thanks for the update Kathryn!

I finished which is set in Rhode Island

maybe I'll read a book set in the U.S. lol - reading one set in New York but that is taken!

Karen ♐ wrote: "I finished which is set in Rhode Island"

Thanks Karen!

Denise wrote: "maybe I'll read a book set in the U.S. lol - reading one set in New York but that is taken!"

LOL .... Check back (in a year or so) when you get ready to read another one in the US Denise.

I'll take Alabama with

I'll take Hawaii. True Fiction

I will get you both updated ... thanks!!

Meg wrote: "I'll take Louisiana. I plan to read Galliano Gold."

Completed: Louisiana
Galliano Gold ****
completed on: 01/13

I'll take North Dakota next:

Great Meg!! But Deadwood is in South Dakota :)

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'll take Alabama with "

Finished 1/17 - 4 stars

Thanks Karen :)

Jan wrote: "Great Meg!! But Deadwood is in South Dakota :)"

LOL LOL, that's what I meant to write!

Yep, I'll be taking South Dakota 😂

I'll take California with Cowboy Tough

I'll take Massachusetts with - Finished 1/19 - 4 stars

Karen - going forward I would prefer you choose a state and book before you complete it. Thanks!!

Jan wrote: "Karen - going forward I would prefer you choose a state and book before you complete it. Thanks!!"

Sorry. I didn't find out where this one was located until almost the end. But I'll make sure to choose it before completion.