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I'm looking forward to see your books :D I'm going to do this challenge too, but not right now XD I have too many already :)
wow, this one will be tough :DStart Date: 10/30/12
Finish Date: 2/28
50/50
1 Alabama: Barbie Girl 12/5
2 Alaska: White Fang 12/13
3 Arizona - UnWholly - 10/31
4 Arkansas: Where Things Come Back 12/21
5 California:Every You, Every Me 11/21
6 Colorado: How to Save a Life 11/8
7 Connecticut: Revolutionary Road 11/28
8 Delaware:A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 11/16
9 Florida: The Sea of Tranquility 12/8
10 Georgia: Rapture 11/30
11 Hawaii: Something Like Fate 11/16
12 Idaho:Deadline 12/19
13 Illinois: Insurgent 11/20
14 Indiana: Invisible 2/18
15 Iowa: Insanity 12/20
16 Kansas: The Edge of Never 1/5
17 Kentucky: The Kiss Instructor 2/10
18 Louisiana: Bound 1/24
19 Maine: Entice 11/28
20 Maryland: If I Lie 11/10
21 Massachusetts: The Summer I Turned Pretty 11/5
22 Michigan: The Goddess Test 12/2
23 Minnesota: Girl of Nightmares 1/3
24 Mississippi: Miles from Ordinary 2/20
25 Missouri: The Jelly Bean Crisis 12/26
26 Montana: Logan 1/20
27 Nebraska: Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running (story #5) 1/16
28 Nevada: Waking Up Married 12/22
29 New Hampshire: Pandemonium 11/16
30 New Jersey: Pretty Little Secrets (Aria's story) 11/17
31 New Mexico: Crush 1/31
32 New York: Chopsticks 11/14
33 North Carolina: Scrambled Eggs at Midnight 10/31
34 North Dakota: The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer 2/10
35 Ohio: Infected: A Novel 11/7
36 Oklahoma: Origin 11/21
37 Oregon : The Disenchantments 11/6
38 Pennsylvania: Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story 11/2
39 Rhode Island: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 12/6
40 South Carolina: Beautiful Creatures 10/31
41 South Dakota: Stalk Me 2/25
42 Tennessee: Catching Jordan 2/3
43 Texas: Where I Belong 12/7
44 Utah: Uses for Boys 2/26
45 Vermont: Intuition 2/9
46 Virginia: The Raven Boys 12/19
47 Washington: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner 11/18
48 West Virginia: Article 5 1/13
49 Wisconsin: True 12/29
50 Wyoming: Unearthly 1/4
** Bold type means I used book title, not location
Finished:
Start date: 11/6/12End date: 11/6/13
Finished: 14/50
1 Alabama: Barbie Girl
2 Alaska:
3 Arizona:
4 Arkansas:
5 California:
6 Colorado:
7 Connecticut:
8 Delaware:
9 Florida:
10 Georgia: Hex Hall or Fallen
11 Hawaii:
12 Idaho:
13 Illinois: Divergent
14 Indiana:
15 Iowa: Ashfall or Insanity
16 Kansas: The Edge of Never
17 Kentucky: The Queen of Kentucky
18 Louisiana:
19 Maine:
20 Maryland:
21 Massachusetts: Starcrossed
22 Michigan:
23 Minnesota: Shiver
24 Mississippi:
25 Missouri: The Jelly Bean Crisis
26 Montana:
27 Nebraska: Revived
28 Nevada: Waking Up Married
29 New Hampshire:
30 New Jersey:
31 New Mexico: Fated or Crush
32 New York:
33 North Carolina:
34 North Dakota:
35 Ohio:
36 Oklahoma: Hereafter
37 Oregon:
38 Pennsylvania:
39 Rhode Island: Devilish
40 South Carolina: Beautiful Creatures
41 South Dakota:
42 Tennessee: Hourglass
43 Texas: Shattered Souls
44 Utah: Everneath
45 Vermont:
46 Virginia: The Raven Boys
47 Washington:
48 West Virginia:
49 Wisconsin:
50 Wyoming: Unearthly
Start date: TBAEnd date: TBA
Finished: 0/50
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas:
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
I'm in!!!!1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
I'm in.11/03/12-11/03/13
1/50
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California Sweet Venom
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia Passion
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine Silence
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan Fade
23 Minnesota Forever
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York City of Bones
33 North Carolina Paper Covers Rock
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee Catching Jordan
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington Moon Called
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
Hoping for Gisbelle or Jacquelyn's help!!!Okay, so I just finished The Summer I Turned Pretty and it was based on a beach called Cousins Beach.
It never specifies a state. I found on the author's blog, when someone asked her what/where this beach is based on, she said:
It’s not a real beach, but it’s sort of based on Cape Cod and also the Hamptons. And just a splash of the Outer Banks!
So, can I use this for the 50 states challenge? Do I say it takes place in Cape Cod, Massachusetts or am I not able to use this book because it's not in a real place?
Just thought I would check! LOL! I'm not committed either way, but I figured I would clarify now to help me with picking books for this challenge!
thanks ladies, as always!!
Date Started: November 10, 2012Date Ending: November 10, 2013
Complete: 1/50
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
Trisha wrote: "Hoping for Gisbelle or Jacquelyn's help!!!Okay, so I just finished The Summer I Turned Pretty and it was based on a beach called Cousins Beach.
It never specifies a state. I found on the author'..."
Okay, I am going to say that you are able to use it as Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Many of the books I'm putting on for this challenge are not real places either :D Good question Trisha! Glad I could help!
Am I blind? I can't find my list of states and the books I've listed for some of the states so far. Where did it go??
Wait- Vicki are you talking about finding your list on this thread or your specific challenge folder?
Vicki wrote: "Am I blind? I can't find my list of states and the books I've listed for some of the states so far. Where did it go??"Vicki- I found a list with some of the books you plan to read in Message 4 of your own specific challenge folder titled Vicki's Challenges! Hope I helped!
Jacquelyn wrote: "Wait- Vicki are you talking about finding your list on this thread or your specific challenge folder?"I have my list and some books I've read and plan to read with their states. I am SO lost at times. It's rather embarrassing, but I couldn't find it.
Jalyn, I'll look. Why wouldn't it be there though? I'm SURE I didn't "goof up." LOL
Vic, here is the link to member folder http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...I rearranged the folders. That might be the cause of your problem XD Sorry for that. I want to make the folders more organized.
Rules- Read a book for each state
- Book should set place in that state
20/50
1 Alabama Breathe
2 Alaska
3 Arizona UnWholly
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois Sweet Stuff
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota Shiver
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire A Prayer for Owen Meany
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York Second Chances
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina Beautiful Creatures
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
Books Read:
If anyone needs help you should check out this on Epic reads :b http://www.epicreads.com/blog/the-uni...
Thank you! This will help me a lot! I haven't read a lot of the paranormal ones. LOL Trisha, me too! I was looking through them and thinking "Why did I have to read that book right when it came out?"
Start Date: November 12, 2012End Date: November 12, 2013
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
I'm bumping into a lot of books that aren't specifying where they take place. I hope it's okay, but if they mention a prolonged stop or dream of going and then completing that dream, I've been including that state as for the book. :)Example: Something Like Fate: she loves fish, has always wanted to to go Hawaii but she was afraid of swimming. (view spoiler)
Trisha wrote: "I'm bumping into a lot of books that aren't specifying where they take place. I hope it's okay, but if they mention a prolonged stop or dream of going and then completing that dream, I've been incl..."You can use this one. I have read the book and I loved it :)
12/50Alabama: Looking for Alaska
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California: The Sky is Everywhere
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine: Carrie
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan: Ashes
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri: Winter's Bone
Montana: The Last Exit to Normal
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York: The Great Gatsby
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania: The Future of Us
Rhodes Island: My Sister's Keeper
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas: Going Bovine
Utah
Vermont: How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin: Dairy Queen
Wyoming
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Start Date: 10/30/12Finish Date: 2/28
50/50
Okay, throwing in the towel. I'm converting 6 of my states to "first letter in the book title" option. I just can't seem to find books I want to read that are located in those states.
Augusti wrote: "Oh God this one sounds challenging.... Is this still on ?"This is a theme reading challenge, so you can start anytime.
Start date : March,1 2013End date :
Completed : 3/50
1 Alabama : Illuminating Gracie
2 Alaska : Right Behind You
3 Arizona : Hounded
4 Arkansas: Where Things Come Back
5 California: Butterfly Weeds
6 Colorado: From a Distance
7 Connecticut:
8 Delaware: Hawkes Harbor
9 Florida :
10 Georgia:
11 Hawaii : Freefall
12 Idaho :
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
Done :
Its for a year ... I will find it ... B-)Next time you want to give whole atlas challenge or what ... Damn girl you try to find the toughest challenges.... :P
But we still love it though :D
It's easier than it appears. I have quite a few read, but I keep forgetting to add and when I remember, I forget which states were the settings of some of the books. LOL I'm such a loser! LOL
:p ... No no , it happens , sometimes I even forget book names and have to again read to remember whether I read it or not :D
Vicki wrote: "It's easier than it appears. I have quite a few read, but I keep forgetting to add and when I remember, I forget which states were the settings of some of the books. LOL I'm such a loser! LOL"Oh Vic lol... You are NOT a loser :) Just forgetful :P I am too, by the way.
Vicki wrote: "It's easier than it appears. I have quite a few read, but I keep forgetting to add and when I remember, I forget which states were the settings of some of the books. LOL I'm such a loser! LOL"You can't be a loser - you have ME for a daughter. Hello! :)
Augusti and Gis, thanks for telling me because I'm so bad that sometimes I'll be reading a book and LOVE a character and want to tell someone about it but can't remember the name. Geez!
Start Date: March 3, 2013End Date:
Completed: 35/50
1 Alabama: The Vincent Boys
2 Alaska: Out of Play
3 Arizona: UnWholly
4 Arkansas: You Are So Undead to Me
5 California: Lola and the Boy Next Door
6 Colorado: The Book of Broken Hearts
7 Connecticut: Ten Things We Did
8 Delaware
9 Florida: Daimon
10 Georgia: Sweet Evil
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois: Perfect Chemistry
14 Indiana:The Fault in Our Stars
15 Iowa: Deeper
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky: Pushing the Limits
18 Louisiana
19 Maine: This Is What Happy Looks Like
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts: Starcrossed
22 Michigan: Wake
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi: Strands of Bronze and Gold
25 Missouri
26 Montana: Vampire Academy
27 Nebraska: Fangirl
28 Nevada: Crank
29 New Hampshire: Between the Lines
30 New Jersey: The Silver Linings Playbook
31 New Mexico:
32 New York: All These Things I've Done
33 North Carolina: The Summer I Turned Pretty
34 North Dakota: Nobody But Us
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon: The Trouble with Flirting
38 Pennsylvania: The Fine Art of Truth or Dare
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina: Beautiful Creatures
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee: Catching Jordan
43 Texas: My Soul to Take
44 Utah: Everbound
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington: What I Didn't Say
48 West Virginia: Obsidian
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming: The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden
Start Date: March 1, 2013End Date:
Completed:9/50
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5. California: Brother/Sister
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
09. Florida: Paper Towns
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13. Illinois: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19. Maine: Hush, Hush
20. Maryland: Every Day
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37. Oregon: The Day Before
38. Pennsylvania: Ask The Passengers
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42. Tennessee: An Abundance of Katherines
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50. Wyoming: Unearthly
Fecha de inicio: 05/03/201318/50
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyomingmy
Yoly wrote: "a book takes place in different states? account for all of them? or just one?"One state per book :)
Trisha wrote: "Yoly wrote: "a book takes place in different states? account for all of them? or just one?"One state per book :)"
since I read "Beautiful Creatures" I wanted to do something like this. Later I'll do with countries.
Start Date: Mar 22, 2013End Date: Mar 22, 2014
50/50 Complete
1 Alabama - Breathe done 11/14/13 3*
2 Alaska - Altered done 11/26/13 5 stars
3 Arizona - Unwind done 6/20/13 4*
4 Arkansas - This Beautiful Thing done 5/11/13 1*
5 California - The Indigo Spell done 3/29/13 5*
6 Colorado - Rule done 8/11/13 3*
7 Connecticut - Reason to Breathe done 1/19/14 5*
8 Delaware - Defy done 2/15/14 4 stars
9 Florida - The Probability of Miracles done 5/24/13 4*
10 Georgia - Being Friends with Boys done 3/31/13 3*
11 Hawaii - Ember's Kissdone 4/16/13 4*
12 Idaho - Breaking Nova done 3/2/14 4 stars
13 Illinois - Insurgent done 3/15/14 5*
14 Indiana - The Fault in Our Stars done 2/4/14 5*
15 Iowa - Ashfall done 8/20/13 5*
16 Kansas - Amy and Roger's Epic Detour 2/8/14 4 stars
17 Kentucky - Dare You To done 9/11/13 5*
18 Louisiana - The Long Game done 12/2/13 3*
19 Maine - Requiem done 5/4/13 5*
20 Maryland - Enshadowed done 9/19/13 5*
21 Massachusetts - Dangerously Damaged done 7/25/13 3*
22 Michigan - Slammed done 9/21/13 5*
23 Minnesota - Torn done 4/24/13 4*
24 Mississippi - Strands of Bronze and Gold done 6/23/13 4*
25 Missouri - Mind Games done 1/22/14 5*
26 Montana - Fire & Flood done 3/9/14 2 stars
27 Nebraska - That Boy done 12/15/13 3*
28 Nevada - Once done 4/29/13 4*
29 New Hampshire - Asylum done 1/21/14 3*
30 New Jersey - Of Poseidon done 5/24/13 4*
31 New Mexico - Smash Into You done 11/27/13 4*
32 New York - Plastic Hearts done 4/4/13 3*
33 North Carolina - Relentless done 5/16/13 3.5
34 North Dakota - Taken by Storm done 11/20/13 4*
35 Ohio - The 5th Wave done 10/3/13 5*
36 Oklahoma - The Spectacular Now done 1/04/14 2*
37 Oregon - Dizzy done 4/9/13 5*
38 Pennsylvania - Something Strange and Deadly done 9/25/13 4*
39 Rhode Island - I Love You to Death 2/16 4*
40 South Carolina - Virals done 4/27/13 2*
41 South Dakota - Loving Eliza done 5/14/13 3*
42 Tennessee - Significance done 4/23/13 5*
43 Texas - Splintered done 5/5/13 5*
44 Utah - Sweethearts done 6/14/13 4*
45 Vermont - Audition done 7/23/13 3*
46 Virginia - Four Summers done 5/19/13 5*
47 Washington - Ten done 5/10/13 5*
48 West Virginia - Onyx done 3/27/13 5*
49 Wisconsin - The Rules done 8/30/13 5*
50 Wyoming - The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden done 3/23/13 5++*
**Bold Type means I used title not location.
Finished Reads:
Books mentioned in this topic
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Every Day (other topics)
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Honey, Baby, Sweetheart (other topics)
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Duration: 1 year from starting date
Rules
- Read a book for each state
- Book should set place in that state
1 Alabama
2 Alaska
3 Arizona
4 Arkansas
5 California
6 Colorado
7 Connecticut
8 Delaware
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Hawaii
12 Idaho
13 Illinois
14 Indiana
15 Iowa
16 Kansas
17 Kentucky
18 Louisiana
19 Maine
20 Maryland
21 Massachusetts
22 Michigan
23 Minnesota
24 Mississippi
25 Missouri
26 Montana
27 Nebraska
28 Nevada
29 New Hampshire
30 New Jersey
31 New Mexico
32 New York
33 North Carolina
34 North Dakota
35 Ohio
36 Oklahoma
37 Oregon
38 Pennsylvania
39 Rhode Island
40 South Carolina
41 South Dakota
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Utah
45 Vermont
46 Virginia
47 Washington
48 West Virginia
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
** In the case that you cannot find book for any state, you can read the book that starts with the same alphabet as that state (because some states might be a bit difficult to find suitable books)