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Lea's Read Around the USA Challenge - COMPLETED
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Total States since January 2022 - 45/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total 2024 States 27/50
August 2024
New States:
None
Returning to previously visited states:
Hawaii - 2010: Odyssey Two
Washington - The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
27. Bridge to Terabithia
Total States since January 2022 - 45/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total 2024 States 28/50
September 2024
New States: None
Returning to previously visited states:
28. Vermont - The Plot
Alabama - He Started It
New York - 2061: Odyssey Three
California - The Scarecrow of Oz
Florida - Camino Ghosts
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Great job!!! Woot!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Alondra wrote: "Only a few more states to go, Lea!! Great job!!! Woot!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"
5 left. I need to read Iowa, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah. We're buddy reading a book set in Utah in November. I own books in most of the other places, so you'd think I could just get this done, but I have such a hard committing. :-)
Total States since January 2022 - 45/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total 2024 States 29/50
October 2024
New States: None
Returning to previously visited states:
New York - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Washington - The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, You Love Me
Florida - A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy
Georgia - The Sequel
New Jersey - Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
29. Oklahoma - Paradise
Total States since January 2022 - 46/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total 2024 States 30/50
November 2024
New States:
30. Utah: Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
Returning to previously visited states:
New York - Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Massachusetts - For You and Only You
Tennessee - From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
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Bill wrote: "You're doing great. 4 states left overall..."Yes, I have Iowa, North Dakota, Rhode Island and South Dakota left. I might be able to finish this next year if I focus. :-)
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Yes, I have Iowa, North Dakota, Rhode Island and South Dakota left. I might be able to finish this next year if I focus. :-)"
Even if you don't; you did awesome!!
Alondra wrote: "Even if you don't; you did awesome!!"Thank you! It's been a fun challenge; thanks for setting it up!
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Thank you! It's been a fun challenge; thanks for setting it up!"
You are welcome. ☺️
Maybe we should do a cities challenge, once states are completed??? 🤔
Alondra wrote: "You are welcome. ☺️Maybe we should do a cities challenge, once states are completed??? 🤔"
That sounds fun. Of course, I do need to finish my states. Never underestimate my ability to leave a challenge unfinished for a really long time. :-) :-)
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Maybe we should do a cities challenge, once states are completed??? 🤔"
That sounds fun. Of course, I do need to finish my states. Never underestimate my abilit..."
I hear that; but you're too close not to complete it.
I added links to cities in the US; and also cities around the world. Just in case... 🤔☺️
Total States since January 2022 - 47/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total 2024 States 32/50
December 2024
New States:
31. North Dakota - Fly Away
Returning to previously visited states:
Georgia - Ring Shout
32. Illinois - Heroic Hearts
Washington - Coyote Lost and Found
Massachusetts - Hot Mess
Total States Since January 2022 - 48/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January 2025 - 7/50
New States:
48. South Dakota - Finding Dorothy
Returning to previously visited states:
1. Massachusetts - Swan Song
3. Michigan - Funny Story
4. New York - The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, Mornings on Horseback
5. Montana - Vampire Academy
6. South Carolina - The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
7. Missouri - James
Total States Since January 2022 - 49/50 (See message #1 for specific books)Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
February 2025 - 11/50
New States:
49. Rhode Island - The Wedding People
Returning to previously visited states:
9. California - The Friend Zone, Shattered: Struck Down, but not Destroyed
10. Pennsylvania - Daughters of Lancaster County
11. Idaho - Frostbite
New York - The God of the Woods
South Carolina - Smoke Screen
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
March 2025 - 16/50
New States:
50. Iowa - The Overnight Guest
And with that, my challenge is complete!
I think I might still post the books I read from different states as I read each month, but I don't feel like keeping the first post updated anymore.
Returning to previously visited states:
13. Texas - The Killer Inside Me
14. Maryland - Imperfect Bliss
15. Minnesota - The Happy Ever After Playlist
Pennsylvania - Shadow Kiss
New York - Wrath of the Triple Goddess
16. Oregon - We Used to Live Here
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
April 2025 - 18/50
New York - The Third Gilmore Girl
South Dakota - Kathy Little Bird
Minnesota - Life’s Too Short
Florida - The Pecan Man
18. Georgia - Amari and the Despicable Wonders
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Great list. This will definitely help everyone out with their states too!
Alondra wrote: "Congratulations, Lea! 🥳🥳👏🏽Great list. This will definitely help everyone out with their states too!"
Thanks! I am glad to be done, because updating that first post was getting boring to me, but you're right, others can use some of this thread as a resource if they can't find the right book to read. And I'm always on the quest for the best book...so I will keep looking for more great 5-star books from everywhere!
Congratulations Lea! You are an inspiration. I only have a few left on mine but getting those last few states is difficult.
Michelle wrote: "Congratulations Lea! You are an inspiration. I only have a few left on mine but getting those las few states is difficult."I know! There are certain states where I had to be intentional about reading books set there, whereas other states (hi New York, Massachusetts and California) I had to try to not read books set there. :-)
I'm having the same struggle on the Around the World Challenge. I seem to keep traveling to the same countries.
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - May 2025 - 20/50
19. Maine - Cujo
20. Louisiana - The Awakening
Florida - The Truth About Grace
New York - Blue Sisters
21. Nevada - Spirit Bound
Jackie wrote: "Congratulations!"Thank you, Jackie! :-) How has your challenge been going? I sometimes find that the most challenging thing is figuring out which states the books are set in and tracking them.
Lea wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Congratulations!"Thank you, Jackie! :-) How has your challenge been going? I sometimes find that the most challenging thing is figuring out which states the books are set in and tr..."
I agree that discovering the location can be a challenge. Part of my problem is forgetting to post the books on the challenge page. I'm really far behind in doing that!
Jackie wrote: "I agree that discovering the location can be a challenge. Part of my problem is forgetting to post the books on the challenge page. I'm really far behind in doing that!"I'm about a month behind. I try to do a separate post every month and that helps keep me on track...sometimes....
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - June 2025 - 25/50
22. West Virginia - Last Sacrifice
California - The Big Short
23. Virginia - Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
Pennsylvania - Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along
24. Wisconsin - Crossing to Safety
25. Minnesota - Part of Your World
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - July 2025 - 26/50
July 2025
New York - The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness, The Year of Magical Thinking
Rhode Island - The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Florida - Heaven and Hell: My Life in The Eagles, 1974-2001, A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
26. Ohio - One Summer
Georgia - Fallen
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - August 2025 - 27/50
August 2025
Minnesota - Yours Truly
New York - The Impossible Girl
27. New Mexico - I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir
California - Torment
Missouri - The Factory of Dreams, St. Louis Corvette Plant
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - September 2025 - 29/50
September 2025
Minnesota - Just for the Summer, The Situationship
28. Connecticut - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
New York - The Legend Of Sleepy Hallow
29. New Jersey - How to End a Love Story
Bonus: Washington D.C. - Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
California - Trail of Obsession
Pennsylvania - The Johnstown Flood
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - October 2025 - 32/50
October 2025
30. Illinois - The Law, Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own
31. Kansas - You Like It Darker
32. Vermont - Six Years
California - Angels in the Dark
New York - The Fountainhead
Massachusetts - Partypooper
Total States Since January 2022 - 50/50Total States 2021 - 30
Total States 2022 - 33
Total States 2023 - 29
Total States 2024 - 32
January - November 2025 - 33/50
November 2025
33. New Hampshire - Frindle
California - The Frindle Files
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Total 2024 States 26/50
July 2024
New States:
None
Returning to previously visited states:
22. Ford County
Georgia - Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World
23. Nevada - In the Lives of Puppets
Massachusetts - The Island
24. Alabama - Feedback
25. Pennsylvania - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
26. Maine - Happy Place