Literary Escapes 2024

 

Literary Escapes Challenge
Hosted By: Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

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Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2024 

Summary of Rules:
Try to read 1 book that is set in each of the 50 USA states + District of Columbia (51 points). If I complete the challenge, I earn a bonus 50 points.  Other bonus points are given for each country around the world.  Only 1 point per state/country can be earned.  If a book goes from one state to another, use the state that the majority of the book is located in. Any genre, or format can be used.

MY GOAL: 
26 States + 4 Countries  

PROGRESS: 
20 States + 5 Countries  

States: (not read yet/suggestions)

• Alabama ~ ✅
• The Darling Dahlias series #6 by Susan Witttig Albert 
• Alaska ~ 
• Alaskan Diner series by Elizabeth Logan
• Arizona ~ ✅
• Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn
• Tell No Lies by Allison Brennan
• The Cupcake Bakery series by Jenn McKinlay
• Arkansas ~ 
• TBA
• California ~ ✅
• The Missing Witness by Allison Brennan
• Secret Staircase series by Gigi Pandian
• IQ series #1 by Joe Ide
• Tourist Trap series by Lynn Cahoon
• Witchcraft Mystery series by Juliet Blackwell
• Toby Peters series by Stuart M. Kaminsky
• Haunted Home Renovations series by Juliet Blackwell
• Colorado ~ 
• Knitting Mystery series by Maggie Sefton
• Connecticut ~ 
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson
• Delaware ~ 
• TBA
• District of Columbia ~ 
• Camel Club series by David Baldacci
• Florida ~ ✅
• Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
• Lisa Unger books
• Georgia ~  ✅
• Body Movers series #2-6.5 by Stephanie Bond
• Grant County series by Karin Slaughter
• Charmed Pie Shoppe series #3-5 by Ellery Adams
• Magical Bakery series by Bailey Cates
• Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter

• Hawaii ~ ✅
• The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich
• Idaho ~ 
• Kitchen Witch series  by Lynn Cahoon
• Illinois ~ 
• Tita Rosie's Kitchen series by Mia P. Manansala
• Indiana ~ 
• TBA 
• Iowa ~ 
• TBA
• Kansas ~ 
• TBA
• Kentucky ~ ✅
• Southern Comfort series #1-1.5 by Sarah Title
• Campers & Criminals series by Tonya Kappes
• Louisiana ~ ✅
• Seven Girls Gone by Allison Brennan
• Caleb Rooney series by James Patterson
• Maine ~ ✅
• The Edge by David Baldacci
• Lucy Stone series #9 by Leslie Meier
• Blackmoore Sisters series # by Leighann Dobbs
• Gray Whale Inn series by Karen MacInerney
• Maine Clambake series by Barbara Ross
• The Inn at Holiday Bay by Kathi Daley
• Maryland ~ 
• TBA
• Massachusetts ~ 
• Borden Dispatch series by Cherie Priest
• Nantucket Candle Maker series by Christin Brecher
• Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
• When All The Girls Are Sleeping by Emily Arsenault
• Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series by Vicki Delany
• Michigan ~ ✅
• Baker Street series #1 by Valerie Burns
• Beacon Bakeshop series by Darci Hannah
• Minnesota ~ 
• Mason Falls Mysteries series by Raelyn Drake
• Hannah Swensen/Cookie Jar series by Joanne Fluke
• Cork O'Connor series by William Kent Krueger
• Mississippi ~ 
• Louis Kincaid series by P.J. Parrish
• Missouri ~ 
• TBA
• Montana ~ ✅
• Big Sky Cowboys series #1-2 by Nicole Helm
• Calder saga #6 by Janet Dailey
• North Of Nowhere by Allison Brennan
• Sean Stranahan series by Keith McCafferty
• Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts 
• Nebraska ~ 
• TBA
• Nevada ~ ✅
• Righteous (IQ #2) by Joe Ide
• New Hampshire ~ ✅
• Booktown Mystery series #2 by Lorna Barrett
• New Jersey ~ 
• TBA
• New Mexico ~ 
• TBA
• New York ~ ✅
• Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
• The Bishop's Wife by Robert Nathan
• When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
• True Love series #1-2 by Camilla Isley
• The Hollows series by Lisa Unger
• Magical Bookshop series by Amanda Flower
• Mitchum series by James Patterson
• Lucas Page series by Robert Pobi
• The Book Collector series by Victoria Abbott
• North Carolina ~ 
• Enchanted Bay series by Esme Addison
• Seaside Cafe series by Bree Baker
• Secret, Book, & Scone Society series by Ellery Adams
• Antique Bookshop series by Laura Gail Black 
• North Dakota ~ 
• TBA
• Ohio ~ ✅
• Amish Candy Shop series #2 by Amanda Flower
• Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards
• Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo
• Cheese Shop series by Avery Aames
• Oklahoma ~ 
• TBA
• Oregon ~ 
• Haunting Danielle series by Bobbi Holmes
• Pennsylvania ~ ✅
• Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
• Rhode Island ~ ✅
• A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
• South Carolina ~ 
• TBA
• South Dakota ~ 
• The Killing Season (Carter Blake series) by Mason Cross
• Dearly Departed in Deadwood (Deadwood series) by Ann Charles
• Funeral Food (Tory Bauer series) by Kathleen Taylor
• Tennessee ~ 
• Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector #2) by Thomas Harris
• Texas ~ 
• TBA
• Utah ~ 
• Board Game Shop series by C.J. Connor
• Vermont ~ ✅
• The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
• Small Spaces series by Katherine Arden
• Virginia ~
• Murder In The Reading Room by Ellery Adams
• Washington ~ ✅
• The Third To Die by Allison Brennan
• The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan
• Waterman & Stark series by Gregg Olsen
• Victim Six by Gregg Olsen

• West Virginia ~ 
• Trial by Twelve (Murder in the Mountains series #1) by Heather Day Gilbert
• Wisconsin ~ ✅
• The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay by Kelly Harms
• Mattie Winston series by Annelise Ryan
• Wyoming ~ 
• Dyer Consequences by Maggie Sefton (WY and CO)

Countries:

• United Kingdom ~ ✅
• Scotland
• Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
• Hamish Macbeth series by M.C. Beaton
• Shetland Island series by Ann Cleeves
• Cotswolds
• Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton
• England
• Love and Loss at Whitmore Manor by Anita Stansfield
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Long Weekend by Gilly MacMillan
• Brown Sisters series #1 by Talia Hibbert
• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
• Spider's Web by Agatha Christie
• The Manor House by Gilly MacMillan
• Max Tudor series by G.M. Malliet
• Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
• Vampire Knitting Club series by Nancy Warren
• Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
• Hawthorne and Horowitz series by Anthony Horowitz
• Parker Pyne series by Agatha Christie
• Jane Austen Murders series by Tirzah Price
• Italy
• Rome, Italy
• Ireland ~ ✅
• Ireland, 
• Irish Village Mystery series by Carlene O'Connor

• Dublin, Ireland 
• Irish Castle Mystery series by Ellie Brannigan
• Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French

• China
• Shanghai 
• Inspector Chen series by Qiu Xiaolong
• Caribbean
• Paraiso Island
• Paradise Island series by Carrie Doyle
• Australia ~ ✅
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
• France ~ ✅
• Paris
• The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich
• Canada ~ ✅
• Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
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