Hooked on Books discussion

Lets face it if money was not an object who wouldn't want to travel and hit all 50 states in a year. I would love for you all to join me on this epic road trip adventure. The challenge will run all year and it will be self paced.

Rules: You can choose your own books or choose from the list I provide. You can go in any order you like but just need to complete 50 book/states in the year. I will provide a list of a couple books for each state in case you dont feel like doing research. You will earn points for each book you complete(5 points). You can earn bonus points if the book is over 500 pages(1 point). Another way to earn bonus points is when all the states are finished and you read additional books for the states(2 points). All standard rules apply.

Points:
5 Point for each book
2 Points for additional books
1 Point for 500+ pages

Challenge runs Jan 1-Dec 31

Include:
Title
Author
Pages
Date Finished

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

STATES

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona - Off the Air (2024) by Christina Estes (Hardback 320 pages) (11/12/24)
Arkansas
California - Plot Twist (2021) by Bethany Turner (Paperback 321 pages) (02/11/24)
Colorado
Connecticut - Read and Gone (The Haunted Library Mysteries #2) (2018) by Allison Brook (Hardback 313 pages) (01/06/24)
Delaware
Florida - Death by the Sea (A By the Sea Mystery #1) (2018) by Kathleen Bridge (Paperback 235 pages) (01/27/24)
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho - Moonshadows (Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery #1) (2015) by Julie Whitesel Weston (Hardcover 303 pages) (04/03/24)
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - Our Lady Of The Prairie (2018) by Thisbe Nissen (Hardback 357 pages) (01/11/24)
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine - Fire Exit (2024) by Morgan Talty (Hardcover 243 pages) (07/19/24)
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota - Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 (2006) by Daniel James Brown (Hardback 288 pages) [623.9618] (09/21/24)
Mississippi
Missouri - Pudd'nhead Wilson/Those Extraordinary Twins (1894) by Mark Twain (Paperback 256 pages) (01/29/24)

States Continued

Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey - Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story (2023) by Terri-Lynne DeFino (Hardback 416 pages) (03/07/24)
New Mexico
New York - The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society (2024) by C.M. Waggoner (female) (11/08/24) UPSTATE
North Carolina - The Story of Land and Sea (2014) by Katy Simpson Smith (Hardcover 246 pages) (07/23/24)
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - Now Is Not the Time to Panic (2022) by Kevin Wilson (Hardcover 246 pages) (03/25/24)
Texas - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012) by Ben Fountain (Hardback 307 pages) (02/09/24)
Utah
Vermont - Well-Offed in Vermont (Pret’ Near Perfect Mystery #1) (2011) by Amy Patricia Meade (02/20/24)
Virginia
Washington - Recipe for a Charmed Life (2024) by Rachel Linden (10/18/24)
Washington DC - Make Russia Great Again (2020) by Christopher Buckley (09/16/24)
West Virginia
Wisconsin - Wisconsin - Home Is Where the Bodies Are (2024) by Jeneva Rose (06/22/24)
Wyoming

State: CONNECTICUT
Title: Read and Gone
Author: Allison Brook
Pages: 313 pages
Date Finished: January 06, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 5

State: IOWA
Title: Our Lady Of The Prairie
Author: Thisbe Nissen
Pages: 357 pages
Date
Finished: January 11, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 10

State: FLORIDA
Title: Death by the Sea
Author: Kathleen Bridge
Pages: 235 pages
Date Finished: January 27, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 15

State: MISSOURI
Title: Pudd'nhead Wilson/Those Extraordinary Twins
Author: Mark Twain
Pages: 256 pages
Date Finished: January 29, 2024

How It Fits: The first sentence sets the location, as follows:
“The scene of this chronicle is the town of Dawson’s Landing, on the Missouri side of the Mississippi, half a day’s journey, per steamboat, below St. Louis.”

Points: 5
Total Points: 20

State: TEXAS
Title Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Author Ben Fountain
Pages 307 pages
Date Finished February 09, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 25

State: CALIFORNIA
Title Plot Twist
Author Bethany Turner
Pages 321 pages
Date Finished February 11, 2024
How it Fits: Set >90% in Los Angeles, California

Points: 5
Total Points: 30

State: VERMONT
Title Well-Offed in Vermont
Author Amy Patricia Meade
Pages 236 pages
Date Finished February 20, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 35

State: NEW JERSEY
Title Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story
Author Terri-Lynne DeFino
Pages 416 pages
Date Finished March 07, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 40

State: TENNESSEE
Title Now Is Not the Time to Panic
Author Kevin Wilson
Pages 246 pages
Date Finished March 25, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 45

State: IDAHO
Title Moonshadows
Author Julie Whitesel Weston
Pages 303 pages
Date Finished April 03, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 50

State: WISCONSIN
Title Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Author Jeneva Rose
Pages 256 pages
Date Finished June 22, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 55

State: MAINE
Title Fire Exit
Author Morgan Talty
Pages 243 pages
Date Finished July 19, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 60

State: NORTH CAROLINA
Title The Story of Land and Sea
Author Katy Simpson Smith
Pages 246 pages
Date Finished July 23, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 65

Location: WASHINGTON, D. C.
Title: Make Russia Great Again
Author: Christopher Buckley
Pages: 278 pages
Date Finished: September 16, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 70

Location: MINNESOTA
Title: Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
Author: Daniel James Brown
Pages: 288 pages
Date Finished: September 21, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 75

Location: WASHINGTON STATE
Title: Recipe for a Charmed Life
Author: Rachel Linden
Pages: 372 pages
Date Finished: October 18, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 80

Location: NEW YORK STATE
(upstate New York, in a village near Albany, New York)

Title: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
Author: C.M. Waggoner
Pages: 339 pages
Date Finished: November 08, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 85

Location: ARIZONA

Title: Off the Air
Author: Christina Estes
Pages: 320 pages
Date Finished: November 12, 2024

Points: 5
Total Points: 90