Interactive US License Plate Game

[Jan, Moderator]

Interactive US License Plate Game


I loved playing this travel game as a kid! Let's "find the license plate" for every state in the US by reading a book from each state.

If you have an upcoming book that takes place in one of the US states go ahead and claim it. But please do not claim a state until you are sure you will read the book. Pop back in and let me know when you are completed the book for the state you have claimed. Please note: You can only claim one book/state at a time.

Happy Hunting!

States
49/50 Completed

✔1. Alabama - Allegiance/Jillian
✔2. Alaska - Christmas Nights/Connie
✔3. Arizona - Caramel Crush/Barb
✔4. Arkansas - Basket Case/Suzanne
✔5. California - Raiders of the Lost Bark/Jan
✔6. Colorado - End Game/Olivermagnus
✔7. Connecticut - Death in the Stacks/Barb
✔8. Delaware - Put a Ring On It/Suzanne
✔9. Florida - Home Sweet Motel/Barb
✔10. Georgia - Sea Change/JoAnne
✔11. Hawaii - In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans/Jan
✔12. Idaho - Cover of Night/Teri-K
✔13. Illinois - Proven Guilty/Jillian
✔14. Indiana - A Dark and Stormy Murder/Jennifer
✔15. Iowa - Gilead/Teri-k
✔16. Kansas - Little House on the Prairie/Kathryn
✔17. Kentucky - The Secret Wisdom of the Earth/Karen
✔18. Louisiana - Devil's Mark/Connie
✔19. Maine - It/Lena
✔20. Maryland - Digging to America/Kathryn
✔21. Massachusetts - Charlatans/Olivermagnus
✔22. Michigan - Bowled Over/Barb
23. Minnesota - Curiosity Thrilled the Cat/Amy
✔24. Mississippi - Sing, Unburied, Sing/Karen
✔25. Missouri - If Fried Chicken Could Fly/Jan
✔26. Montana - The Christmas Letter/Jan
✔27. Nebraska - O Pioneers!/Olivermagnus
✔28. Nevada - Cool Heat/Olivermagnus
✔29. New Hampshire - Serial Killer Sudoku/Suzanne
✔30. New Jersey - Hardcore Twenty-Four/Jingles
✔31. New Mexico - Rio Grande Fall/Book Concierge
✔32. New York - Falling for Rachel/Karen♐
✔33. North Carolina - The Sea Keeper's Daughters/Bev
✔34. North Dakota - Priceless/Jillian
✔35. Ohio - Hillbilly Elegy/Book Concierge
✔36. Oklahoma - At Odds with the Midwife/Teri-k
✔37. Oregon - A Merciful Truth/Olivermagnus
✔38. Pennsylvania - One Perfect Lie/Olivermagnus
✔39. Rhode Island - Hide Yourself Away/Barb
✔40. South Carolina - Whack 'N' Roll/Allie
✔41. South Dakota - Sex and Salmonella/Barb
✔42. Tennessee - Flame in the Dark/JoAnne
✔43. Texas - Murder on the Boulevard/Jackie
✔44. Utah - Comic Sans Murder/Barb
✔45. Vermont - Damselfly Inn/Rosa
✔46. Virginia - A Murder for the Books/Barb
✔47. Washington - Catalogue of Death/Denise
✔48. West Virginia - The Unquiet Grave/Jillian
✔49. Wisconsin - Romancing Wisconsin Volume I/JoAnne
✔50. Wyoming - The Cold Dish/Jillian

[Jan, Moderator]

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[Jan, Moderator]

I will start by claiming my state: California.

I will read: .

[Olivermagnus]

I'll take Colorado - End Game by David Baldacci

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Lynda! I will mark you down for it.

[Barb]

I'm about 25% of the way through one set in Virginia. If that's ok, put me down for A Murder for the Books, by Victoria Gilbert. If it's not ok, I'll wait and see what I come up with next :)

[Karen ♐]

I’m reading which takes place in New York

[Jan, Moderator]

Works for me!! Thanks Barb & Karen!

[[deleted user]]

I can take Vermont with Damselfly Inn by Cameron D. Garriepy

[Jackie]

I’ll take Texas. I’m on my phone so I will properly add the links when I have computer access.

[Bev(baglady)]

I'll take North Carolina with

The Sea Keeper's Daughters

I'll be starting this one today or tomorrow depending on when I finish the horseshoe book for I spy

[Jan, Moderator]

Thank you Rosa, Jackie & Bev!!

[Jillian]

I'm getting ready to start this one Murder Most Frothy/Cleo Coyle -New York

I'm hoping this challenge will help me get motivated to finish my own 50 state challenge but of course I pick a book with a completed state : )!

[Jan, Moderator]

I hope this one helps you out Jillian but unfortunately, Karen already claimed New York in message 7.

[Jillian]

Oops, I will be back to claim a different state once I finish my current books.

[Barb]

Finished my book for Virginia, but didn't like it as much as I'd hoped :(


(Blue Ridge Library #1), by Victoria Gilbert, finished 11/27 ★★★
A Murder for the Books

I can take Arizona with my next book:
Caramel Crush, by Jenn McKinlay

[Jillian]

I just realized one of my current books would work. I can take Illinois with Proven Guilty/Jim Butcher.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Barb!!

Jillian - that works!!

[Lena]

I recently began reading It by Stephen King...I am just shy of 20% in with the majority of that being read last night (150 pages)...The book takes place mainly in Maine...so if that is ok I will claim Maine.

[Jan, Moderator]

Sounds good Lena! I will mark you down for Maine.

[Book Concierge]

Claiming NEW MEXICO for - Rio Grande Fall
Starting it tonight!

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks BC!!

[jingles]

I can claim New Jersey with Hardcore Twenty-Four.

[Lena]

jingles wrote: "I can claim New Jersey with Hardcore Twenty-Four."

I am waiting so very unpatiently for my turn on the reserve list for this book at the library. lol!

[Jan, Moderator]

Got it jingles!!

Hope the book comes your way soon Lena!

[Debra]

Ahahahaha!!! Raiders of the Lost Bark.
:D
Only you Jangalow, only you....

:D

My book is in Scotland so I'm out of luck, maybe an upcoming book will be in the States.

[Kathryn]

I'll take Indiana. I just finished My Life Before Me

[Jan, Moderator]

Debra wrote: "Ahahahaha!!! Raiders of the Lost Bark.
:D
Only you Jangalow, only you....

:D

My book is in Scotland so I'm out of luck, maybe an upcoming book will be in the States."

LOL....Isn't that a great title!!!!!!

[Jan, Moderator]

Kathryn wrote: "I'll take Indiana. I just finished My Life Before Me"

Kathryn - unfortunately, you need to claim the book before finishing it.

[Kathryn]

Can I claim Maryland since I am going to be starting Digging to America? I did not realize this challenge was starting before December; otherwise I'd have claimed Indiana before today or at least this morning.

[Allison]

I see a South Carolina license plate with by Gail Oust.

[Denise]

Whats wrong with me I can't read about the U.S. ? I'm always in a foreign country. smh

[Jan, Moderator]

Kathryn wrote: "Can I claim Maryland since I am going to be starting Digging to America? I did not realize this challenge was starting before December; otherwise I'd have claimed Indiana before today or..."

Maryland is all yours Kathryn! Pop back in and let me know when you have finished.

[Jan, Moderator]

Denise wrote: "Whats wrong with me I can't read about the U.S. ? I'm always in a foreign country. smh"

When this one is done we will do Europe...LOL

[Jan, Moderator]

Allie wrote: "I see a South Carolina license plate with by Gail Oust."

You got it Allie!!

[Allison]

Jan wrote: "Denise wrote: "Whats wrong with me I can't read about the U.S. ? I'm always in a foreign country. smh"

When this one is done we will do Europe...LOL"

Yay!! :D

[Denise]

Jan wrote: "Denise wrote: "Whats wrong with me I can't read about the U.S. ? I'm always in a foreign country. smh"

When this one is done we will do Europe...LOL"

OK!

[JoAnne]

Bev(baglady) wrote: "I'll take North Carolina with

The Sea Keeper's Daughters

I'll be starting this one today or tomorrow depending on when I finish the..."

I have to look for those books. I like to read books set in my state!!

[JoAnne]

I'm taking Georgia with Sea Change.

[Jan, Moderator]

Sounds good JoAnne!

[Jackie]

Back from my trip to upstate New York. Here is the link to my book.

Murder on the Boulevard by Anne Sloan

[jingles]

Jan - I finished my New Jersey book!

Hardcore Twenty-Four|Janet Evanovich|11.29.17|***

[Jan, Moderator]

Thank you both!!

[[deleted user]]

Debra wrote: "

My book is in Scotland so I'm out of luck, maybe an upcoming book will be in the States."

I'm currently reading a book that I THOUGHT would be set in Scotland (and I would have needed it set there) but actually it turned out they were in Scotland for about two hours and almost the whole book is set in Hell (or some kind of "Underground")

[Jan, Moderator]

Rosa wrote: "I'm currently reading a book that I THOUGHT would be set in Scotland (and I would have needed it set there) but actually it turned out they were in Scotland for about two hours and almost the whole book is set in Hell (or some kind of "Underground") "

That sounds very odd Rosa! Too bad hell isn't a location that works...LOL.

[Debra]

I would say you could use it for Texas during summer, but Texas is already taken.
:\
:D

[Denise]

There is a Hell, Michigan! A florist used as an ad "Go to Hell for your flowers."

[Allison]

I was going to tell them that too, Denise! They REALLY like to use that word to their advantage there.

[Kathryn]

Denise wrote: "There is a Hell, Michigan! A florist used as an ad "Go to Hell for your flowers.""

Being Michigan, I'm sure it isn't unusual for Hell to freeze over.

[Allison]

^It does quite frequently lol. Although we have been hit with a bit of a warm spell. It was 60 degrees the last couple days!