2020 Literary Escapes Reading Challenge - Sign Up

This is one of my favorite reading challenges and I'll be doing it again in 2020.  It's hosted by Lori at Escape with DollyCas.

Challenge – Try to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Counties around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country. (No repeats – only 1 point can be earned for each country.)

Your books can be fiction or non-fiction and can be in any format, print, digital, audio.

So how do you decide what state a book is categorized under?

1. In a fiction read it would be the State or Country that the book spends the most time in. (Ie. If your main character is from Wisconsin but the book is all about his/her time in college in California – the books should categorize under California….)

2. Non fiction reads categorize in whatever State or Country it is about (Ie…. a book about fly fishing in Colorado is a Colorado point, and a book about women in Afghanistan is an Afghanistan point.

3. If the book goes from one state to another… go with the state that most of the time is spent.


Alabama

Alaska - How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond Fleischmann (Click here to read my review.)

Arizona

Arkansas

California - Memories and Murder by Lynn Cahoon (Click here to read my review.)

Colorado - Murder in Cottonwood Springs by Dianne Harman (Click here to read my review.)

Connecticut - Buried in the Stacks by Allison Brook (Click here to read my review.)

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida - Easter Hair Hunt by Nancy J. Cohen (Click here to read my review.)

Georgia - Southern Double Cross by Caroline Fardig (Click here to read my review.)

Hawaii

Idaho - Chili Cauldron Curse by Lynn Cahoon (Click here to read my review.)

Illinois - Come Homicide or High Water by Denise Swanson (Click here for my review.)

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky - Still Knife Painting by Cheryl Hollon (Click here for my review.)

Louisiana - Risky Whiskey by Lucy Lakestone (Click here to read my review.)

Maine - Hems and Homicide by Elizabeth Penney (Click here for my review.)

Maryland

Massachusetts - The Nantucket Inn by Pamela M. Kelley (Click here for my review.)

Michigan - Statue of Limitations by Kate Collins (Click here for my review.)

Minnesota - A Case of Cat and Mouse by Sofie Kelly (Click here to read my review.)

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire - More Than Neighbors by Shannon Stacey (Click here to read my review.)

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York - Here Comes the Body by Maria DiRico (Click here to read my review.)

North Carolina - Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert (Click here to read my review.)

North Dakota

Ohio - A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (Click here to read my review.)

Oklahoma

Oregon - Trouble is Brewing by Ellie Alexander (Click here to read my review.)

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina - Lavender Blue Murder by Laura Childs (Click here to read my review.)

South Dakota

Tennessee - Witness Protection Widow by Debra Webb (Click here to read my review.)

Texas - Revenge is Sweet by Kaye George (Click here to read my review.)

Utah - The Fallen Girls by Kathryn Casey (Click here to read my review.)

Vermont

Virginia - Killer Spring Fling by Mollie Cox Bryan (Click here to read my review.)

Washington - Survival Can Be Deadly by Charlotte Stuart (Click here to read my review.)

West Virginia - A Winning Season by Rochelle Alers (Click here to read my review.)

Wisconsin

Wyoming - Wyoming Special Delivery by Melissa Senate (Click here to read my review.)