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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Armchair Travel Challenges


 There are several challenges based upon reading books based in different locations.  The primary challenge I participate in is the Literary Escapes Challenge #LiteraryEscapes hosted by DollyCas.   This intends for readers to read a book set in all 50 states plus DC and track other countries as well.   Sign up here

On Goodreads there is the Around the World in 80 books which has both US Roadtrip and Global challenges.   The idea being to diversify where your books are set.   There is a perpetual Global one that goes by Circumnavigation.  My global tracker for 2022 is Tourist Travels which meant I could read any books in any order after starting with a US based book.  There are harder and easier challenges within this global option as well. They also host some prompt based challenges called Magic Squares.  Many of these prompts are different from most of the other challenges.  

My Circumnavigation tracker   At this point I have traveled to all 9 regions and 54 countries

Tourist Travels 2022

Here is my US Roadtrip for 2022  


 For a full list of challenges I found for 2022 see this blog entry.




My book passport in 2022


States Visited so Far: 42/51
Additional Countries: 22
Alabama  
√ Alaska  Murphy's Slaw by Elizabeth Logan Blog Post and Goodreads Review  5/21/22
Arizona  Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/28/22
√ Arkansas  Swimming with the Fishes by Marc Jedel Blog Post and Goodreads Review 11/10/22
√ California  Fudging the Books) by Daryl Wood Gerber  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/24/22

√ Colorado Body in the Book Drop by Lynn Cahoon Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/20/22
  Connecticut  Killer Research by Jenn McKinlay  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/3/22

Delaware IDEA: the unbearable book club for unsinkable girls by Julie Schumacher / Hope Never Dies
  District of Columbia  Color Me Mine (Pen & Ink #1) by Krista Davis Blog Post / Goodreads 12/29/22
 Florida  Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel Reyes Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/2/22
√ Georgia  Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/11/22
Hawaii   
√ Idaho One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch #1)  by Lynn Cahoon Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/11/22
√ Illinois Murder of a Sweet Old Lady by Denise Swanson Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/4/22
√ Indiana  Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day   Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/8/22
√ Iowa Nearly Dead in Iowa Wendy Byrne  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 8/6/22
Kansas IDEA:  Gluten for Punishment (A Baker's Treat, #1)
√ Kentucky Christmas, Criminals and Campers by Tonya Kappes Blog Post / Goodreads Review 11/21/22
Louisiana  
√ Maine   A Safe House (Stone Barrington #61) by Stuart Woods  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/8/22
√ Maryland  Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/13/22
√ Massachusetts  Murder at the Taffy Shop  by Maddie Day  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/9/22
√ Michigan  All I want for Christmas is Fudge by Nancy CoCo Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/24/22
√ Minnesota  Christmas Caramel Murder by Joanne Fluke Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/22
√ Mississippi Classified as Murder  by Miranda James Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/8/22
√ Missouri   Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan Blog Post and Goodreads 3/16/22
√ Montana  Butter Off Dead (Food Lover's Village #3) by Leslie Budewitz Blog Post / Goodreads 11/10/22
Nebraska IDEA: Death by Dissertation
√ Nevada A Disguise to Die for (Costume Shop #1) by Diane Vallere Blog Post /Goodreads Review 12/22/22
√ New Hampshire  A Deadly Deletion by Lorna Barrett Blog Post and Goodreads Review 11/10/22
√ New Jersey Beauty Expos are Murder by Libby Klein Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/23/22
√  New Mexico  The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson Blog /Goodreads Review 2/18/22
√ New York Dachshund Through the Snow  by Rosie A Point Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/6/22
√ North Carolina  The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams Blog Post/ Goodreads Review 4/9/22
North Dakota IDEA: The Night Watchman
√ Ohio   People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Blog Post and Goodreads Review  2/3/22
√  Oklahoma   A Pocketful of Pie (Meera Patel #2) by Leena Clover Blog Post / Goodreads 10/18/22
 √ Oregon  Beagles Love Cupcake Crimes by C.A. Phipps  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/2/22
√ Pennsylvania  Death by Chocolate Lab  by Bethany Blake Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/12/22
√ Rhode Island  Murder at Beechwood by Alyssa Maxwell  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 8/4/22
 √ S Carolina  Killing in a Koi Pond by Jessica Fletcher and Terry Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/10/22
South Dakota  IDEA: Nearly Departed in Deadwood
 √ Tennessee  Songteller by Dolly Parton  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/6/22
 Texas  A Vacation of Mischief Anthology by Cozy Mystery Tribe Verena DeLuca, Sue Hollowell, Rune Stroud, Kathyrn Mykel, Brittany E Brinegar and Patty Joy Blog Post / Goodreads Review 3/21/22
√ Utah  Comic Sans Murder (Dangerous Type #3) by Paige Shelton Blog Post and Goodreads 11/4/22

√ Vermont  Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese #1) by Linda Reilly Blog Post and Goodreads Review 8/23/22
 √ Virginia  A Crafty Christmas by Mollie Cox Bryan  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/13/22
√ Washington  Death by Auction by Alexis Morgan Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/22/22

√ West Virginia  The Cider Shop Rules  by Julie Anne Lindsay Blog Post and Goodreads Review 8/31/22
√  Wisconsin  Goodbye Cruller World by Ginger Bolton Blog Post and Goodreads Review 10/18/22
 Wyoming  IDEA: Sign Off



Additional Countries Visited:

Australia:  Death Under The Stars (Murder Mystery Book Club 3) by CA Larmar Blog Post and Goodreads Review 12/18/22

Chile:  Violeta by Isabel Allende Blog Post and Goodreads Review 12/9/22

Cuba:   Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/2/22

Ecuador:  Diamonds and Donuts by Becca Bloom Blog Post and Goodreads Review 12/21/22

Egypt:  Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/13/22

England:  The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/22/22

France:  The Perils of Paris (Julie Cavallo Investigates, #5) by Ana T. Drew  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/4/22

Germany The Watchman of Rothenburg Dies (The Homeswappers, #1) by Adriana Licio Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/27/22

Greece:   Jackie and Maria by Gill Paul  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/7/22 

Greenland:  Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/16/22

Hungary:  Death on the Danube  by  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/24/22

Ireland:  Death of an Irish Mummy by Catie Murphy Blog Post and Goodreads Review  5/16/22

Japan:  Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Blog Post /Goodreads Review 1/23/22

Mexico: Don't Taco 'bout Murder by Mona Marple  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/1/22

Monaco:  An Alaska Adventure by Lizzie Josephson Blog Post and Goodreads Review 12/19/22

New Zealand:  Quiet in Her Bones by Nahlini Singh  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 9/4/22

Poland: The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli Blog Post and Goodreads Review 11/28/22
  
Romania:  I Must Betray You by Ruta SepetysBlog Post and Goodreads Review 6/3/22

Saudi:  Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/21/22

Scotland: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett Blog Post and Goodreads Review 11/1/22

Singapore:  Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/23/22


English Regions: 

Nether Woodsmore  Death in an English Cottage (Murder on Location #2) by Sara Rosett Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/28/22

Hampshire  A Safe House (Stone Barrington #61) by Stuart Woods Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/8/22

Brighton  Dead Cert by Dick Francis Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/29/22

Cumbrian  Holiday Heist (A Recipe For Disaster Cozy Mystery, #2) by Zanna Mackenzie Blog Post and Goodreads Review 10/5/22

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