What? Where Is That? (Aug 31, 2026)

[Barbara ★]

What? Where Is That?

Duration: September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026
Level One: 1 task per town
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THRU 10/7

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READ: 26/50

✔ 1. Burnt Corn, Alabama
🤔 Read a book where something gets burnt OR with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count (share count) OR with a Native American character.
Of Books and Bagpipes - Paige Shelton (320 pages) 9/11

✔ 2. Unalaska, Alaska
🤔 Read a book set on an island OR where there a harbor important to the story OR where a character is a fisherman (of any kind).
Aunt Bessie Assumes - Diana Xarissa (Isle of Mann) 9/14

✔ 3. Why, Arizona
🤔 Read a book whose title begins or ends with Y OR with the word WHY in the title OR with 85 or 86 (intact) in the page count (share count).
Death at the Dinner Party - Ellie Alexander 9/27

✔ 4. Possum Grape, Arkansas
🤔 Read a book where characters argue about something ridiculous OR where you find the word GRAPE in the text (share page/Loc#) OR with a dark purple or black title (show cover).
The Body in the Fountain - Diana Xarissa 9/23
(I'll stick to sparkling grape juice) loc 118

✔ 5. Zzyzx, California
🤔 Read a book with a criminal OR where someone spends time in jail OR with a character who is a federal officer (FBI, CIA, NCIS).
Gray Tidings - Hailey Edwards (MC) 9/18

✔ 6. No Name, Colorado
🤔 Read a book with a highway on the cover (show cover) OR with more than 119 pages (share count) OR with a character in construction.
Strangled Eggs and Ham - Maddie Day (Michaela) 9/21

✔ 7. Happyland, Connecticut
🤔 Read a book where a hurricane happens OR set in the 1930s OR with nine letters in the title (in any form).
Dire Bound - Sable Sorensen 9/11

✔ 8. Little Heaven, Delaware
🤔 Read a book where a person stays in a cabin OR with an Irish character OR set on a farm or orchard.
Batter Off Dead - Maddie Day (Liam) 10/5

9. Burnt Store, Florida
🤔 Read a book set on a river OR with a character who is a store manager OR where someone dies in an attack.

✔ 10. Experiment, Georgia
🤔 Read a book where a person works for a university OR with a character that is involved in food production and/or agriculture OR with the letters AES (in any order) in the author's name.
Four Leaf Cleaver - Maddie Day (MC owns restaurant) 10/7

11. Haiku, Hawaii
🤔 Read a book where a person speaks abruptly OR with a red title (show cover) OR set in Hawaii.

12. Good Grief, Idaho
🤔 Read a book where a spouse buys a large item without their spouse's knowledge OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR where there is two dogs or an old grouch in the story.

13. Boody, Illinois
🤔 Read a book where a town is named after a family still residing there OR tagged Humor OR by an author that uses a middle initial.

✔ 14. Santa Claus, Indiana
🤔 Read a book set at Christmas OR with a Santa character OR whose location begins with a letter in CHRISTMAS (share location).
Halloween Night Murder - Leslie Meier (Nick Claus) 9/3

✔ 15. What Cheer, Iowa
🤔 Read a book with a character named Peter or Joseph OR where there is a town meeting in the story OR whose publishing year contains a 2 and 1 (share year).
In the Company of Witches - Auralee Wallace 10/3

16. Kickapoo, Kansas
🤔 Read a book with a character that is a wanderer OR whose title begins with K OR with a Native America reservation in the story.

✔ 17. Hippo, Kentucky
🤔 Read a book with a character who is an irritable and complaining person OR where a character has a nickname OR set in Kentucky.
TimeReaping in Deadwood - Ann Charles (Cooper)10/7

✔ 18. Waterproof, Louisiana
🤔 Read a book where a drought occurs OR with a farmer character OR set in Louisiana.
Bad Liar - Tami Hoag 9/3

✔ 19. Bald Head, Maine
🤔 Read a book where a character has a bald head OR with a hotel as the main location OR with a cliff on the cover (show cover).
Gray Witch - Hailey Edwards (Clay) 9/14

✔ 20. Accident, Maryland
🤔 Read a book with two main characters OR with a 1, 7 or 0 in the page count (share count) OR with a one word title.
The Third to Die - Allison Brennan 9/17

21. Sandwich, Massachusetts
🤔 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR that has been on your TBR/WTR list forever OR with some sort of colored glass on the cover (show cover).

✔ 22. Hell, Michigan
🤔 Read a book where a character is a mayor OR where characters get married OR someone stops by the post office.
No Grater Crime - Maddie Day (Corinne Beedle) 9/5

✔ 23. Embarrass, Minnesota
🤔 Read a book whose title begins with E OR where you find the word IRON in the text (share page/Loc#) OR set in Minnesota.
Carving Shadows into Gold - Brigid Kemmerer 9/9
(the clang of hammered iron), p64

24. Hot Coffee, Mississippi
🤔 Read a book by an author who uses initials (not just a middle initial) instead of a first name OR where someone makes coffee OR where someone visits New Orleans.

✔ 25. Frankenstein, Missouri
🤔 Read a book where a church is important to the story OR with a main character whose first name begins with G OR with a 0, 1, 8, or 9 in the page count (share count).
Bait and Swiss - Korina Moss (304 pages) 9/7

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26. Big Arm, Montana
🤔 Read a book with a big arm on the cover (share cover) OR set near a lake OR with the letters ARM (intact) in the title.

✔ 27. Worms, Nebraska
🤔 Read a book where a village has a bar, church and homes OR that has a connection to a TV show (share show's name) OR whose title begins with a letter in LUTHERAN.
Laptops for Seniors in Easy Steps ? Windows: For the Over 50s - Nick Vandome 9/10

28. Sugar Bunker, Nevada
🤔 Read a book where the government does shady things OR a Series #6 OR someone goes to a storage unit.

29. Potter Place, New Hampshire
🤔 Read a book tagged Magic OR by an African-American author OR with a character who is a magician, ventriloquist, or showman.

30. Cheesequake, New Jersey
🤔 Read a book where a character goes hiking, camping, fishing, or boating OR set in a town with a funny name OR with a 1, 2, 4, or 7 in the page count (share page count).

31. Pie Town, New Mexico
🤔 Read a book where pie is a prominent thing OR with 0 or 6 in the publication year (share year) OR with the word PIE in the title.

32. Butternuts, New York
🤔 Read a book with a large tree on the cover (show cover) OR where a tree is chopped down in the story OR set in New York.

33. Whynot, North Carolina
🤔 Read a book where characters are settlers to a new area OR with a page count that contains a 0, 5 or 7 (share page count) OR where a character makes or buys pottery.

34. Zap, North Dakota
🤔 Read a book whose author's name contains a Z OR where there is a mention of banking or Scotland OR with a catchy title.

35. Pee Pee, Ohio
🤔 Read a book with an African-American character OR by an author whose first or last name begins with P OR set in Ohio.

36. Slaughterville, Oklahoma
🤔 Read a book with a small grocery store that is important to the town OR whose author is named James (may be first or last name) OR published in November of any year (share year).

37. Boring, Oregon
🤔 Read a book where a character is/was in the military OR where there is a forest around the town OR where the MC's first name begins with W (share name).

38. Asylum, Pennsylvania
🤔 Read a book where a character must leave their country because of war OR set in Pennsylvania OR set in the late 1700s.

✔ 39. Woonsocket, Rhode Island
🤔 Read a book whose location begins with a letter in NIPMUC (share location) OR where there is a waterfall in the story OR set in Rhode Island.
Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros (multiple waterfalls) 9/30

✔ 40. Coward, South Carolina
🤔 Read a book set in a "quiet and peaceful place" OR where a character goes over a bridge OR whose page count contains a 1, 2 or 6 (share page count).
The Desolations of Devil's Acre - Ransom Riggs 9/22

CHANGE 41 or 47
41. Red Shirt, South Dakota
🤔 Read a book with a red cover (show cover) OR where a character wears a red shirt OR that is tagged/genre Western.

✔ 42. Sweet Lips, Tennessee
🤔 Read a book with less than 100 pages (share page count) OR with the word CREEK in the text (share page/Loc#) OR with a movie tie-in of some kind.
The Unseelie King - Heather Killough-Walden 9/13
(others had fallen across the creek), p17

43. Looneyville, Texas
🤔 Read a book with a word in the title that contains double o (oo) OR with a character that is a storekeeper OR set in Texas.

44. Eggnog, Utah
🤔 Read a book where eggnog is served OR with a page count that contains a 1, 7 or 9 (share page count) OR where a character needs some energy.

✔ 45. Mosquitoville, Vermont
🤔 Read a book with a swamp in the story OR set in Vermont OR where the author's first and last name totals 12 letters in any form.
Gray Court - Hailey Edwards 9/26

46. Dragonville, Virginia
🤔 Read a book with a dragon in the story OR whose title begins with D OR set in Virginia.

✔ 47. Humptulips, Washington
🤔 Read a book set by a river OR where a canoe is used OR where someone eats salmon.
A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir (canoe used in the great escape) 10/5

✔ 48. Booger Hole, West Virginia
🤔 Read a book with a ghost hunter OR where someone is murdered or someone disappears OR with a mythical creature in the story.
The Wrong Sister - T.E. Woods 9/12

✔ 49. Imalone, Wisconsin
🤔 Read a book where a person is alone a lot OR with the word ALONE in the title OR where someone stops at a gas station.
The Bone Maker - Sarah Beth Durst (Kreya, 25 years) 9/20

50. Chugwater, Wyoming
🤔 Read a book where a legend is told OR with a buffalo/bison in the story OR with a character who hunts