Literary Escapes Challenge 2019

UPDATE: I didn’t make all the states for 2018. I still needed 5 or 6 I believe, but I am trying to plan this year’s a little better.

Lori at Escape with Dollycas blog is once again running this challenge. You can sign up on her 2019 Literary Escapes Challenge page or see the Literary Escapes Challenge Facebook group page. This is a fun challenge even if you don’t have a blog. Just keep track on the Facebook group or make yourself a Goodreads shelf for it.

Challenge members will try to read one book from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia–1 point each, but 50 points completes the challenge. Countries count too–1 bonus point for each country.  See Lori’s blog link in the first paragraph for the official rules or for any questions you might have that will probably be answered for you on that blog page. Have fun and happy armchair traveling! (or hammock, bathtub, deck–wherever you like to read!)

Alabama  One Taste Too Many, #1 Sarah Blair–Debra H. Goldstein

Alaska  Snowy Misery, #7 Alaska Mystery–Wendy Meadows

Arizona

Arkansas  Basket Case, #1 Silver Six Crafting–Nancy Haddock

California  A Case of Syrah, Syrah, #1 Wine Country–Nancy J. Parra

Colorado

Connecticut  Peril at the Pawn Shop, #1 A Walk in the Bark–Mel Faye

Delaware  Secrets in a Bottle, #1 Whodunit Antiques–Shelly West

District of Columbia

Florida  Candy, Murder & Me, #1 Cookie Berelli–Carolyn Chambers Clark

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas  Murders on Elderberry Road, #1 Queen Bees Quilt Mystery–Sally Goldenbaum

Kentucky  Batter Off Dead, #2 Southern Cake Baker–Maymee Bell

Louisiana  A Murder Moist Foul, #1 Frosted Love–Summer Prescott

Maine  In Peppermint Peril, #1 Book Teashop–Joy Avon

Maryland

Massachusetts  A Scandal in Scarlet, #4 Sherlock Holmes–Vicki Delany

Michigan  The Novel Art of Murder, #3 Mystery Bookshop–V.M. Burns

Minnesota  Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, #24 Hannah Swenson–Joanne Fluke

Mississippi  A Gift of Bones, #19 Sarah Booth Delaney–Carolyn Haines

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada  A Pinch of Murder, #2 Frosted Love–Summer Prescott (based in Louisiana, but most of the book takes place in Las Vegas)

New Hampshire

New Jersey  Bones Behind the Wheel, #10 Haunted Guesthouse–E.J. Copperman

New Mexico  Dead Editor File, #1 Taylor Browning–G.G. Collins

New York  Candy Apple Killer, #3 Apple Orchard–Chelsea Thomas

North Carolina  The Whispered Word, #2 The Secret, Book & Scone Society–Ellery Adams

North Dakota

Ohio  Death by Coffee, #1 Bookstore Cafe–Alex Erickson

Oklahoma

Oregon  Meet Your Baker, #1 Bakeshop Mysteries–Ellie Alexander

Pennsylvania  A Midwinter’s Tail, #4 Lucky Paws Petsitting–Bethany Blake

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas  Pleating for Mercy, #1 Magical Dressmaking–Melissa Bourbon

Utah

Vermont

Virginia  Past Due for Murder, #3 Blue Ridge Library–Victoria Gilbert

Washington  Heirlooms and Homicide, #1 Heart’s Grove–Danielle Collins

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

COUNTRIES:

Scotland  Death and Daisies, #2 Magic Garden–Amanda Flower

England  Gin & Daggers, #1 Murder, She Wrote–Jessica Fletcher/Donald Bain

Australia  This Spells Trouble, #1 Private Eye Witch–Stacey Alabaster